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Show - ' - s-y r - rs ' - . - J ' - jr . Gr::l Accrta II:::ic:p ia Prcjrcss at Ilansas Cily Yitli 191 Entries. KAN3AS CITT, April 16. The Grand , American handicap at Inanimate tar gets was shot at Blue River park today. It was the principal event of the Interstate Inter-state association's fourth annual tournament tour-nament and proved one of the biggest - in the history of the sport. There were !S1 entries, including such well-known marksmen as "W. R. Crosby, H. C. HIrschy, JR. E. Elliot and Fred Gilbert, Gil-bert, and numbering crack shots from every, part of the country. Keen rivalry, rival-ry, was displayed by the men named, and those who had made good scores yesterday, and they were followed from trap to- trap by a large gallery of spectators. spec-tators. The condition for the Grand Amerl-- Amerl-- can handicap was at 100 flying targets at unknown angles. Before the big event opened, the pre liminary handicap at 100 targets, unfln-j unfln-j ished from yesterday, was completed, j In this event only 115 of the 160 men en- ! tered had shot at dusk last evening. ! Five men made scores of 84 or better, I as. follows: Louis Moine? St Joseph, Mo.. 88; C. Dixon. 87: F. E. Rogers. Bucklln, Mo- 87; Frank C. Rlehl, Alton. III., 87; II. S. McDonald. Gravette, Ark., 84. The Grand American handicap was called at 10 o'clock and four traps were soon actively engaged. The weather conditions con-ditions were the beat since the tournament tourna-ment began and in fact were almost perfect. per-fect. However, some of the nineteen-yard handicap men dl the beat work, and exceeded ex-ceeded the scores of crack shots of national na-tional renutation. H. C. Hirsch of Minneapolis, winner of the Grand American live-bird handicap laat year, with a twenty-third-yard handicap, handi-cap, broke but 86 targets out of a possible 100, and Charles G. Spencer of 8t. Louis, runner-up man last year, scored but 85. Others among the first high men to finish follow: L J. Swuier, Wilmington. Del., 19 yards, 92; J. M. Hughes. Palmyra, Wis., 23 yards, 91; H. 8conce, 20 yards, 91; A. J. Stuber, Streator,.IU., 19 yards, 81; E. C. Ford. Foattrlo, O., 19 yards, 91; Chauncey M. Powers. Decatur, 111.. 19 yards. 90; C. W. Budd, Des Moines, la., 19 yards. 9; Rolla O. Heikes. Dayton. O., 21 yards, 89: Fred Gilbert, Spirit Lake, la., 23 yards, 88; W. R, Crosby, O'Fallon. 111., 23 yards, 81; E. D. Rike, Dayton, O., 19 yards, 88; J. A R. Elliott, Kansas City, 21 yards, 86; F. M. Faurote, Dallas, Tex.. 21 yards. 85: Ben Kick, Sterling, 111., 19 yards, 84; H. C. Watson. Sewickley, Pa.. 19 yards. 87; A. C. Conner. Pekin, 111., 19 yards, 81; L. 1. Wade, Nacogdoches, Tex.. 19 yards. 87. At noon fifty men had shot In the Grand American handicap. |