Show I Backseat Driving By Frank I K Baker Telegram Sports Editor Salt Lake Gunners Shy at Skeet Shooting While skeet shooting the new clay target pastime increased per cent last year and is expected to double itself in this country again this year Salt Lakes Lake's skeet equipment at the municipal grounds lies idle after desultory des use during the inaugural season season season sea sea- son last summer Utah marksmen haven't taken to the new sport any too top kindly pre pre- I to stick to straight ing Skeet is akin to trapshooting but Is Js designed to offer actual conditions conditions conditions con con- of field hunting on the practice practice practice tice range but many Utah gunners claim the clays travel too last fast to imitate birds in flight night and that the theaster faster aster shooting spoils the individuals individual's work on the ordinary traps The clays travel approximately 50 yards in two and a n fourth sec seconds which Orrin Howard Utah's phenomenal phenomenal phe phe- one-armed one marksman describes describes describes de de- de- de scribes as much faster than a bird lies flies when kicked out o of the grass b by bya a hunter Only One Utahn Broke 25 Straight Targets Because of the many angles at al which the gunman must fire and the rapidity with which he must do doit doit doit it skeet shooting is much more difficult difficult difficult dif dif- dif dif- than the more common trap trap- shooting William H. H Foster of Andover Andover An- An dover Mass who originated skeet admits it is harder than trapshooting ing but contends that it is also less expensive because it is slower The skeet shooter ordinarily uses a gauge gun a smaller bore than the thc The targets in skeet arc are projected from opposite traps one at a foot 10 elevation and the other from the ground level and 40 yards yards- apart The shooters fire at them from lom eight different di ferent stations on a half circle getting a target from each trap at each station Only one Monte Utahn-Monte Monte Ellis of Bountiful broke Bountiful broke 25 straight targets at skeet last summer which is most commendable when Clyde Mitchell of Milwaukee worlds world's open trapshooting ing champion fired rounds in skeet last season eason and broke 25 in a arow arow arow row for a perfect score only once Ellis' Ellis score was made more brilliant brilliant bril bril- by his shooting from the hip from the windup station exactly in inS inthe S the middle of the field between the two traps The clays released from the ground level Ic trap and thrown at t the gunner are the difficult ones onesto to shatter Howard points out for they are coming comin so fast that the shooter must cover them point pointblank pointblank blank with his gun for the charge will vill pass under them if he sights them clearly Hitting the skeet tar targets ets often becomes a matter of ot instinct Howard recently re re- re- re marked All AU Walks o of Life I In Olympic Parade Practically every ever walk of life liCe will vill willbe willbe be represented when the 2000 contestants contestants con con- from 50 nations march in colorful parade opening the Olympic t pic pie games in Los Angeles late in Jul July The athletes each group garbed in the he colors of its nation will ihl be led into Olympic stadium by the delegation of contestants from Greece This honor will be accorded the Mediterranean nation for having originated the games The United t k States as host nation will march last in line with the other nations appearing appearing ap ap- ap- ap in alphabetical order While the guns boom out the 10 gun Olympic salute 1000 white pigeons will viI be released from the center of the field in the stadium with a seating capacity of J 3 persons Even Europe with its flare for class distinction will forget or et its feelings feelings feelings feel feel- ings along these lines for tor the 15 days of the games An English lord will run in the same race with European laborers and a French banker will compete in the meter 1500 race Lord David Olympic meter hurdle champion occupies a scat in England's parliament And If Somebody Should Shout Oh Doctor Doctor Doctor- And the medics will not be without without without with with- out their representatives even a famous mental expert being on hand to console some of his temperamental tal tat opponents should they fly ly into rages of disappointment or disgust at the fortunes of competition Dr Otto one of Germanys Germany's leading physicians will enter the meter race Dr Patrick a participant in the hammer throw is a distinguished Irish psychiatrist And if it somebody disputes the accuracy accuracy accuracy ac ac- ac- ac curacy of the time keeping devices I perhaps a Finn will be able to verify or disprove the grounds for the com corn plaint He is Harry Larva famous jeweler who will vil run the meter 1500 race Two newspaper reporters are also expected They are arc Mikio Oda Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese In ese in the hop step and jump and Arthur Jonath German in the meter run Chuhei Chuhel a Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese salesman is entered in the broad jump and Geor George e Hanlon I a Portsmouth England detective will show his speed in the and meter runs |