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Show GREAT SHOOTING DESfmSTllI Morrison and Browning Roll Up Excellent Scores at Traps. Willie Jones, successor to the lato lamented la-mented Bert rtrown at the Salt Lake. Gun club traps, had a valid alibi yesterday for missln' "em. Wlllio explained that he was unable to distinguish between dicky birds and snowflakes and that at least 10 per cent of his shots smashed flakes to smithereens, smith-ereens, having bean mistaken for targets. tar-gets. "!f the scorer was onto Mb job," quoth Willie, "and wanted to bo fair and square, he'd credit me for the snowflakes 1 busted, bust-ed, and then I'd have Just as good a record rec-ord ae some of thesv other guys." In spite of the snowstorm, extraordinarily extraordi-narily good scores were made by the shooters who ventured forth. This was notahly true of Don Morrison and Archie Browning, who begun by breaking 49 of their 50 birds. Both had long runs of 40 breaks or better. Neither was satisfied with 49 and continued their pood work. Of 100 trapped targets, Morrison broke 53 and Browning f5. Dors-iy Burgess and Harry Heagren, who tied for second place In the B0-blrd race by breaking each 45, took Morrison and Browning on for a team shoot of 25 birds. After considerable negotlatlony. It was flnnllv decided that they would shoot for all the salt In Great Salt Lake. After th- smoke had cleared away It was found that Morrison had missed one bird and Browning two, which got 47 breaks for the team. Burgess and He:gren each missed two birds nrd their total score was 46, which lost them tho race by one bird. Scores for yesterday's shoot: Broke Birds Don Morrison . . . 49 60 Archie Browning 4:1 BO Poraey Burpess 1" ft) Harry Vleanren 4T 5 0 L. C. Baldwin 43 f0 Sammy Sherwood 41 " r-() Willie Jones 39 50 Professional. |