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Show j FRANK D. AKBUCKLE OF ILLINOIS CHAMPION GUNNER, j T. ............... .................... ........T1.Tttj f" ' ""'" " " ' " 'J i - . Frank D. Arbucklo, who now has the distinction 6f bolng tho champion gunner of tho world, was born April 19, 1885, at Kingston, Do Kalb county, III. Ho worked on his father's farm and attended tho district school until his sixteenth year, when bo entered tho United States navy as an appron-tlco, appron-tlco, whero ho served two and one-half one-half yenrs. At present ho Is on tho cruiser Nownik. Ho war In tho recent re-cent engagement at Santo Domingo Feb. 3. In n recent target practtco for championship ho flrcd a six-Inch gun twelve times- in ono minute and fifty-four seconds, hitting tho target clovon times, thus breaking all previous pre-vious records. Tho world's championship champion-ship was heretofore held In England, tho best record bolng tho firing of a six-Inch gun twelve times in two minutes, min-utes, hitting tho targqt nine tlmfis. Tho Ulnted States championship was held by a gunner from Wisconsin, but young Arbucklo, only 18 years of age, has given to Illinois tho world's championship. |