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Show N.Y. SCHOOL LEAGUES ! SHOW dOOD RESULTS NEW YORK, Jea. 4 Nineteen eltlee have recently orianlaed nubllo school athletlo leaguee of a permanent ' sort, aeeordlng to the report of Gen. Oeorge W. Wlngate. president of the Public Si: hoot Athletlo leaue of New York, made public today. A feature of hie report re-port wee the success of the league here In teaching boye to use the rtfle, success suc-cess which recently won the commendation commenda-tion of Mel. Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of start of the United' 6tatee army. "Thle country In time of wer must depend de-pend upon hasty levies of volunteers. he ee.l1. "If the boy are taught to ehoot thfy will nwver forget It. and oniv a little prat-tire will be. require! to make them proficient If an emergenoy should ever arrive whl,-h would require them to 6Minteer to defend their country and their flag." fourteen of the largest high erhools of the city have now Installed a subtarget gun machine largely through the Interest whloh the late CoL John Jacob Astor took In stimulating shooting oontewtn. A feature of the annual meeting was the election of Colonel Aetor's son. 1 In-cent In-cent Astor. as a illrector of the league. It wea aald that the young millionaire would continue the active Interest which hie father had In teaching school beys of the country how to shoot. |