| Show Ameri Americans ans Win Great l' l I Olympic tc Rifle Shoot t. t W. Ll r H r 4 t t BISLEY July Jul 11 The The AmorA Amor- Amor 4 lie tho international 4 r A ican team won rifle rib shoot hero today A 1 1 I i H. I H I BISLEY July 11 With H.-With With a lead of 10 points as tho result of yesterday 3 shooting n at three shorter r distances the American team when they went to tho the butts today to start firing at tho the yard i-yard ran rano o were looked upon as pretty certain winners of tho the international match tho the principal cipal event in tho the ri iio o competition n bOlO being held in In Ion on with tho Olympic games I This splendid showing the I Americans a total for this ran range go of out ont of a possible The visitors w were ro satisfied with this score and antI mOre than ever cr before have 0 th they become dangerous an rivals in ill tho the eyes of tho I British marksmen v The continental competitors on tho team are away behind Their a aggregate gr gate u un up to tho the present is Sweden 1607 1601 Prance Franco 1593 1503 1567 Greece 1439 Denmark 1410 HIO The Thc American team increased its ts lead load still further at the tho yard Jard range scoring for this tins while Engan England England Eng Eng- land an mado made but while Canada had Tho The aggregates now arc aro America 2132 England 2113 and Canada 2072 O 2 r Although the Americans' Americans lead of yesterday yesterday yes yes- was wa va not great reat it wets was about as large argo as they expected their hope of winning rinning tho the race raco bein being laid in in tho the scores they expect to mal mako at the longer distances The weather this morning continued unfavorable for good scores tho the day being being be be- ing dull with a variable wind the enemy of all nil riflemen Tho The Americans wever ho-wever at nt SOO yards increased their thirteen points scoring thus bringing their aggregate score for the tho four distances up to 1 1727 21 The r English maintained second place makin making an ng aggregate regate of 1714 Canada Canaan tho the third team on tho the list lost so 50 man many points yesterday that I their total for the four distances is is only 16 1678 8 I Tho The official announcement of the I match hoot yesterday yards individual jester yester da day day- gives ives the tho gold old medal to lEdger of Norway who scored tho silver sliver medal to Lieutenant Semon of Ohio with and tho the bronzo m modal medal to of Norway with The Tho protest of Gorman American against a miss with which w ho was credo ted in tho the individual re ol revolver er contest has las been disallowed The Tho gold Cold silver and ind bronze medals in iu this contest were today oday officially awarded respectively as follows Van Asbrock Bel ur with Belgium with Axtell America with It is thought generally now that tho the tholon lon longer er distances have been reached tho the team earn contest will resolve itself into a ahat hat battle tie between the tho Americans and tho Englishmen Both teams arc are shooting well veil the tho Americans particularly so For Fori ForIt It IL i time timo the Canadians threatened to upset up up- set ot these calculations Four of them at athe atthe atthe the he start today made every shot at atmil's mils hulls a eye but three of this team broke down own with the tho last shot and Sergeant Smith alono alone got tho highest possible Three hrco other Canadians Captain Crowe Private Williams and C Corporal McInness McInnes scored 74 each but their total was spoiled polled by Sergeant Kerrs who got 67 The shooting of the Americans was brilliant and evoked o tho the great greatest cst pr praise ise N None ono of them made the highest score but nit no fewer than ll five e or six men scored 73 3 while w Eastman got 71 Tho The greatest great great- reat- reat est interest is being shown in tho the shooting hooting of three teams Many American women have gone one down own to Bisley to cheer their country country- men Tho The calm confidence of tho the Americans f is a matter of general re re- mark Captain Casey of Delaware did not jot do so well at the tho yard range finishing with Winder Vinder however kept copt up his good shooting and 7 72 7 The Dho other totals were wera Martin artin 71 71 and ana Eastman 67 61 Benedict 61 I The total for tho the range 40 was as a pretty serious senous faling off The lapse was general among all tho the teams how bow over ever and less marked in tho ease case of the tho Americans than any other othor low ow score at this range lost him the distinction dis dis- of getting the tho best individual scores which he had held throughout the tho contest 0 a |
