Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-22 | Page 13 | Becker Honor Shot at Ogden

BECKER HONOR SHOTJptl Smashes 148 Out of 150; Events Closely Contested; Ties Numerous. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, May 21. At the regular weekly week-ly shoot held tills afternoon over the Og-den Og-den Gun club traps, G. L. Becker, the local crack, was high man over all and gave a wonderful exhibition of trap-shooting. trap-shooting. In the regular shoot of fifty targets Becker and Archie Bigelow tied for high-gun high-gun honors with the brilliant scores of 45 out of the 50, both men shooting in exceptional form. Charlev Reilley came over from Salt Lake and broke 4S. In tile Becker trophy event, Becker and Bigelow, shooting from scratch, tied with J. M, . Browning, one of Uncle Sam's best friends, who was awarded a handicap handi-cap of five birds, with scores of 49 out of GO. In the shoot-oft Becker and Browning again tied with perfect scores of 20 out of 20. Bigelow, dropping one bird, was eliminated. In the third time up Becker again went straight and won from Browning, who dropped a couple of hard angles. The Hercules and Dupont trophv event furnished another hard-fought contest, which ended in a tie that will be decided at the next regular shoot. Becker and Ford, who shot from the 21-yard line, tied with J, C. Doone, who stood on the 18-yard mark. Each shooter snuffed 24 skimmers out of 25 trapped for them. Becker continued to shoot and finished the day's work by breaking 148 tar hawks out of 150. Twenty of them were shot from the 21-yard line. Scores for the shoot follow: Broken. Targets. G. L. Becker 49 60 A. P, Bigelow 49 50 C. H. Reilley 48 50 E. L. Ford 47 60 J. L. Taylor 45 60 Harry Heagren 45 60 W. H. Draney.. 44 50 J. M. Browning 44 60 J. C. Doone 44 60 Jack Browning 44 50 F. d Browning 42 50 Walter Browning 37 ' 60 Captain Ball 35 60