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Show NEWI YORK GUN Mump Wins in Shoot-off; Reilley Breaks 85 in Doubles Event. CHICAGO, Aug. lo. Frank S. Wright, champion of Xcw York, won the American Ameri-can amateur trapshooting singles championship cham-pionship today in a shoototf with R. D. Morgan of "Washington. D. C, champion of the District ol" Columbia, and John "Williams Akard of Fair Play. Mo., after af-ter they had tied at 199 of a possible 200. Xick Arie, of Menard. Texas, won the American amateur championship at double dou-ble targcta. George Andrew Miller, 10 years old, of Brew ton. Ala., the youngest contestant, won the junior championship, and Andrew An-drew Majer. of Madison, Wis., 71 3" ears and six months old, won the three score and ten championship. Mayer also was tha "youngest"' competitor In his event. In the amateur championship at" sin-si sin-si es, the classic event of the program, the field of forty-four thooters averaged .96t3l for the SlsOO targets, and the three who tied averaged .9911 for the 725 tar-sets tar-sets they shot at. , Tmo three tied at 199 each. On the shoo toff at twenty-five targets, Akard missed the thirteenth and was eliminated. Morgan missed his first on tiie second hootof f. while Wright ran his second twenty-five straight, making in all 249 out of a possible. pos-sible. 2?0 targets. The double? scores were not so good as in the last two years. " The rain in the morning seemed to keep the targets low. Arie won with 91: A, O. tikutt. Morton, "X. V.. and J. P. Day. New Orleans, each I had S7. and ". V. Kir by, Ur'oana. 111., J. B. Troeh, Portland. Ore., and C. H. Reilley. Salt Lake City, each scored So breaks. The veterans' and juvenile events were new and attracted much attention. Miller, Mil-ler, the boy champion, who broke 49 out of , 50 targets, was t lie smallest as well as the youngest contestant. " and used a gun and load as heavy as the men. He out shot Harley Woodward, of Houston, Texas, last ear"s champion of Tev.as. Mayer led the veterans, with 46 breaks. His competitors were .1. F. Porter, aged SO, Chicago. 42: P.. Thielman. St. Cloud, Minn.. 72 years old. 29. and J. F. Brieten-btein, Brieten-btein, 74. Burlington, low a, 32. There are 671 entries in the classification classifica-tion eent for tomorrow and MtS for the Grand American handicap on KYidaj. |