Show At the with PETE PED CARNEY j i We want to tell you without some pertinent facts about the most wonderful Juvenile rifle shot In th the world world RIchard Richard Lee Beck of Bridgeport t Ohio Master Beck Is 13 years ears of age Announcement Announcement An An- has just been made that he hewon hewon hewon won the time Winchester Junior rifle corps championship in 1921 1021 He lie also won the tile championship In iii 1919 and 1920 the 1920 the only tion three ro e years rears he helas has las mas been in the Furthermore ever every bullet that Beck fired In the Winchester junior rifle corps championship competition for three years ear has been een not in the bulls eye ere n inches Inches but but In the theA A circle which Is Inches That's the kind of ot a shooter Richard Lee Beck Is ts The national titular match of the W. W J. J R. R C C. Is conducted along different lines each year year and and each year the competition Is la stiffer In 1921 the competition was open only to those who had qualified as sharpshooters in every state state some some boys and girls These sharpshooters first competed for the city championship and the winner with the next twenty-five twenty E championship participated rot IP In n The a h snatch match n winner I for of l the the state state title and the next twenty five In line were allowed to shoot for Cor the national title Master Beck won the championship of Bridgeport d with a perfect score o of f ort eW He won the championship I proe f of Ohio hl with I another perfect score and then scored forty shots at eight targets two targets sitting two standing two oft off hand and and two prone at fifty feet I NINE PERFECT SCORES shots were fired at each target Nine shooters made perfect scores on all eight targets but only three of these shooters kept all their shots in the A cir cm I cle These three shot at sixteen additional additional additional addi addi- targets for the national title Beck neck Beckon on the additional targets put eighty shots In the A circle Paul Rau of ot Wakefield Ran Nan the runner up scored seventy nine In the A and one In the B circle and Troy Reed Steed of bt K Ky scored sev sev- enty-eight enty In the tho A circle and two In the theThis B. B This shooting by Beck was done In the open open open-on on the stage of a vaudeville theatre thea thea- tre t-ro in Bridgeport four targets being shot between each act There were over 1000 persons In the theatre to witness the performance Beck did not pay any attention tp the pe spectators the spectators the the only thing he ho knew or had In mind at t l least st was that he e needed 1 d. d shot eliot ln in the A A. circle to win win and and he put every shot there The fact that Beck did so PO well ell wellIs ellIs Is a tribute to the rifle and ammunition as well as ns the sh ot l' l H Hd us used d a Winchester Winchester Win Win- I chester model 90 the the rifle found In modern modern mod mod- ern cnn shooting galleries In 1919 Beck was tied for first with twelve others and In 1920 with thirteen I others Here are the figures on the nine boys who made mad P perfect ct 8 scores r s ii 1 Richard 1 L. L Beck Bridgeport port O 0 0 ZOO 2110 40 A 2 Paul K Rau Wakefield Kans 40 A 3 STroy Troy Reed Ky 40 A 4 Ulric Vance Vance- Hillsboro O 0 0 36 A A- A 4 B 6 5 BLynn Lynn Lyhn McClure Fallbrook Cal 36 A A- A 2 B B 2 2 C 6 Geo Jr Chicago Chicag 7 III 32 A A- A 8 B 7 Vernon L. L Beale Keyser W. W Va 32 A A- A 6 B B 2 2 C 8 Lloyd Bender Gallon Galion 0 0 31 A A- A 8 B B i 1 C 9 K B. B Woodworth Springfield Mass 27 A A iD 10 B B 3 C |