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Show . : : j Western Guns Rank High ! . i NEW YORK. Jan. 2- A former professional pro-fessional trapshooter. wriiam H. If .fr Guthrie. Ok la., is the "inner of the amateur high average av-erage tmphy of the interstate association as-sociation for the season of if 17. During ; tiie season just closed he shot at "05" I facets, of which h3 broke IT, giving i i:i:n an aveiHCn oi .fT-H. which was points above his nearest oompeT i tor. W. Hcii-ic-v-cn of I.c-xinuti'Ti. Kv. Heer won ibf- official high average in liU" and inn. Trapshootinz rules provide that a man who is -a professional and desi res again in hemme an amatir must retire from i cnrcpvrtit'cn lor rhrt;e yars. ttat is, provided pro-vided his average was better i ban 90 p-:r cent. Heer retired from competition j aft-r : The professional hig man is Lester ; German f A herd e-;!. Md.. w'.io sorr.f twenty odd years ;ico i:tc:ied t no Mem-.phis Mem-.phis Southern lea.; ;c team to ch.nnipion-j ch.nnipion-j ships and also pitched for the New York i Nationals. The a-erages for single targets fr both. . amateurs and profesio:!:tis are based on a minimum of :'00" targets. Ti:e averages f r d'uhle targets a ; e computed on the Interstate Trapshooune association tour- I nnmenis only and they are based on two tournaments as a minimum. I More than Z' amateurs and fifty professionals pro-fessionals qualified under these iiihnas ; in the 1917 tra psiioot nig soason. Of this 1 number the first twenty m e:v. h elas i included the foll-jwing: SINGLE TARGETS. I Amateurs 1 Rank. Name and address. Shot at. Fmke. P.C. 1 W. H. lleer, Guthrie. OUla jn:0 ii'OT .9741 2 W. Henderson, I.exincton. Ky C-"i70 Vv2 . 97-j.7 F. M. Troeh. Vancouver, Wash 4:Ttn 4 i:,n .H7S 7 J. R. H. Pfirrmann. T.os Anceles m2U .9tr,r, 9 Otis Evans, Los Angeles 3240 ::i:'7 .9-".M j 1 r' R. A. Kins. Delta, Colo 2t-" 2"T-". .9t;7il ' 12 F. H. Melius. Los Angeles 1:440 2:r.4 .947 ! 1 H. Lnrenson. Newman. Cal .- 244" 2;: 14 . .90t Professionals ' , Rank. Name and address. Shot at. Broke. P.C. 1 L. S. German. Abeuieen. Md 62." K l .1 7 .974 :'--L. II. Reid. Seattle. Wash :;4;" ;::;ii4 .9722 Ed. L. Mitchell. Los Angeles 27ft" 2? 14 .9-;vl 9 H. E. Poston. Pan Francisco H440 1 J 1 s. ,9h..5 IS U. C. Reed. San Francisco , 2790 2075 .9.". 5 7 DOU B LE TARGETS'. A mateurs-- Rank. Name and address. Shot at. Broke. P.C. 1 '"'. P. Piatt. PrifUeton, N. J 2 121 .fl""7 2 C. M. powers. Decatur. II! i:;0 119 .91'.:; :;F. M. Troeh, Vancouver. Wash 120 1119 .9":? 5 R. A. King. Delta, Colo LSU 111 .sS:tS j J. Mr. Seavev. Portland. Ore "12" 101 .ivlK 17 Dr. A. L. Martin. Fresno. Ca! 120 71 ..V.l If. |