Show CRAC K SOT H 0 a MT 11 1 I 6 0 fi CONFERS WITH LOCALS REGARDING UTAH IDAHO CONTEST in three day tournament at salt lake idaho ohp shots ts expect to be easy winners until may 7 members of the ogden and wasatch gun clubs will devote their spare time at the traps trying at doubles singles keowns and unknowns to prepare themselves for the utah idaho tournament which is to bo be held in salt lake for three days P J holohan one of the most accurate shooters in the united stat states es was in ogden yesterday in the interests of the meet holohan lives at twin falls idaho when home but spends moat of his time expanding on the merits of du pont font powder and breaking world records just to show amateur shooters what can be accomplished provided the aspirant Is willing to practice long enough with other professionals ho he attend the meet and enter as an exhibition shooter 1 I think the tournament will be most successful said he be in traveling gli montana I 1 found the gun clubs there interested and preparing to send to salt lake twenty of 0 their best marksmen in idaho there is a general belief that utah will nat carry off the honors boise will send a squad twin falls two and pocatello several I 1 dont know just how hov many ive estimated that at least 75 shooters will ue ee dt at the meet the trophies are valuable and hand handa some they can be shot for only by competitors of idaho and utah but outsiders may enter the events for the purses which in all amount to the browning gold medal the becker cup confarr medal becker individual championship medal twin falls gold medal and salt lake gun club medal become the property of the winning teams for one year only but medals and trophies offered for matched events will become the permanent possession of the ahe winners there are 22 events in the opinion of holohan ogden has hag two of the finest shooters in the entire west vest in becker and bigelow the general average of local club men too he thinks is above the usual percentage of hits scored with a given number of blue rocks idaho however fie declares is the home of many ex et 1 ports who will inake the tournament lively tor for the utah contestants this afternoon the wasatch and ogden clubs are to shoot at the traps of the latter for cups and medals offered uy by the browning brothers company most of the squad shooters of b both clubs have practiced diligently for several weeks in anticipation of the tournament to so that in addition to adding fam e jtb what h has ds already been accomplished by ogden experts the local squad may save the state from defeat in last years tournament held in ogden it was the high records made by local men that prevented idaho froin winning I 1 a decisive victory |