Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-28 | Page 8 | American Trapshots Awarded Their Medals

I AMERICAN TRAPSHOTS AWARDED THEIR MEDALS ' ANTWERP, Jly 27 AmerPnn tfapshooters today received thrtr Olympic medals. Ai the ccreruoiiv. In-cldant In-cldant to the presentation these wan j no hint of a protatM agalnal th vmer-1 vmer-1 leans on the ground of professional-lam. professional-lam. which It mm stated in Ktoile, Beige yesterday might be made. Captain Jay Clarke of Iht American Ameri-can team, questioned on the subject. ' aatd We left some of our best Amm-Can Amm-Can shooters at home Just to guard j agalnat any hint of professionalism." i ANTWERP. Belgium. July 21 The marksmanship Utlo of tho world Is at stake in the i'linplc target a v ants beginning toda at the Belgian Bel-gian army range at Camp Beverloo. about SO ml Ira from Antwerp In the direction of the German frontlei 1 The, boat arms and civilian trap- I shooters with army rifles, pistols and , carbines, drawn from all corners of the earth are lompnini with theli choaen weapons. One unuiusl feature fea-ture of this target shooting is that tho Amerian rtlle is rogtfOM r.tr.i b two loam the Amcri n nnd Belgian. Bel-gian. Th lattrr decided tho I'nlted trTatrs arm wan ihe br( in thf world and secured pcrrnip!i-n from the vsr department at Waahlngton to use it. In addition to the American learn, which has strong hope o( winning th ffleet. tho following nations were rcg-lafored rcg-lafored to compete: Belgium. Brasil. Qnnada. iVnmsrk, Hpain. Finland. Holland. Great Bniam Ital .Nor I 8wttirrUn4 and Caocho-81omlL I a sit ' Tho eenta will continue un'.U Aug. uet 4.