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Show cup maUii was fired "Wednesday afternoon after-noon over the SCO-yard nan.se. Although weatlicr conditions were not favorable for hisih scores twenty-two possibilities were made. The Utah civilian team landed live men in the first 100 places, which is remarkable, considering the difference of only three points bet ween the high and low men in the first 1 On. The l.eaeh cup consists of three, stapes of seven shots each at S00. fA'O ond 10i" yards, the possible in each stape bctnst -5. Hopan, Johnson and 'am ell of the. Utah bunch each tallied up "4 points, with Lee and Barnes close behind with a Sli and "J. Tcnlay was spent in cleaning up camp and practice at 1000 yards. The second st a '-re of the T.each cup was shot this afternoon, but ofriVial returns of the results are not available today. The sun shine-s for the first time sine the team's arrival, and as a result the hoys are feelintr much more favorable toward to-ward New Jersey weather. Ul BVLEKH 18 Tpntr Go Through First Target Work at Camp Caldwell in Creditable Style. CAMP CALDWELL, N. J., Aug. 7. Utah's civilian rifle team arrived at Camp Caldwell Monday afternoon. After the usual preliminary of registering the members mem-bers were assigned to their tents and provided with an excellent mea! at the civilian club mess. After that the boys proceeded to arrange things for their Thirty days' stay at the largest rifle range in existence. A lare part of Tuesday was spent at target practice on the -00 and r.i)0-yard ranges, and although the Utah squad .was not entirely rested from the Ion railway journey, they acquitted themseh es creditably cred-itably on the firing line, l'arnell of Og-den Og-den carried off honors of the day with 19i out of a possible 2 00. If the marines are fighters, they are also feeders, as is attested by every Utah boy in cam.). The meals served are excellent ex-cellent in both quality and quantity. No effort is being spared by the various military mili-tary and naval orgn nizations connected with the undertaking to make this range rifhi tournament a success, and their efforts ef-forts are fully appreciated by every civilian civil-ian and military rifle club in the camp. The entire Utah tea m has entered for the Leach match, which will be shot over the S00-, 900- and 1000-ynrd ranges this weelc. The Leach cup, which is the trophy in the Leach match, has been shot for since the beginning of the rifle matches in the United States, and is valued at several thousand dollars. Captain B'adger of the Utah team has offered a prize of $100 to any Utah shooter on the team winning one of the first three places in the match. The first stage of the famous ' Leach |