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Show HPSHOOTII . if tl GREAT W J r ' ; Forty-two Runs Over 100 Have Been Compiled This Season .u Trapshootlng is having Its best s year. i There seems to be mora interest 1 in the sport this year than sine prior io the war and with new clubK' organizing In all parts of the United,; States and Canada it loo.ks like Bojr as If the figures of 1916 would b(? wiped from the books. The peculiar part of the season thui, far or for tho first 46 shoots held Is that the very first shoot of tho., season, that at Plnehurst, was tho biggest in point of numbers and targets tar-gets thrown. There were 228 ahootj ers at Plnehurst and 177,200 targets were thrown. By tho lime tho next batch of reports come in Clarksdale, and Lakewood will both have passed-Plnehurst passed-Plnehurst In attendance figures, but in the first 46 shoots reported Plnehurst Plne-hurst was the leading club ; In the tournaments reported, 22 amateur Bhooters shot 23 straight scores over 100 and nine profession1- , al3 shot 14 scores over 100 straight. j' and not one cf the scores reached ; 200 straight. The longest run by an amateur J H was 1S3 by W. G. Warren of Yer- H (rlngton. Nevada. ' which he made in j j i winning the championship of Call- t H Ifornla and Nevada. J. Blaine Troeh, !of Portland,. a brother of the famous H : Frank, broke 175 straight in Portland 5 'and had another fun, of 101. Frank H I Troeh has made more long runs over tkj 1Q0 than any other shopter, having H ; runs of 148. 132, 123, 119, and 116 to I his credit. I. N. Ford of San Fran1 i Cisco has runs of 155 and 144; Tony IH (Prior, oC San Francisco, 127 and 121; MH IP. H. O'Brien of Butte. Mont., 103 land 100; F. H. Melius, Los Angeles, 'H 1-16; J. D. Clay Dallas, Tew, 153 iH Oscar Hansen, Fremont, Nebr., 10Sf il I A. A. Flickinger, Los Angeled, 10; j Frank Cairns. Tampa, Kans., 11$; H 'George Grubb, Wetraore, Kans.. 102' H j Herbert Cooev. Toronto, r-n. t A. C. nice, Douglas, Ariz., 129; Orvle" jl I Overall, vital ia. titi., iti, jH Earle, Star, S. C, 120; N. R. Good' erham, Toronto, Can., 112; W, H. ! :Yule. Dayton, O., 100; Jay Clark, S I Worcester, Mass., 107; and James !S.- Dav. Mew Orleans. La.. 104. ' RH The best run made by any of the wLm professionals was 178 by Ed. O'Brien of Iawrence, Kan. Rush Razee of yLm Curtis, Nebr., has runs of 132, 102 H land 103 to his credit. Charlie Spsn- - leer of St Louis, Mo., has runs of vLW h il and 114; Art Killara, of St. Louis. H III.; Homer Clark, of Alton, 111., 105 and 103; Henry Phirrman, Loa ApJ H geles, 1.30. 106, 108; C. S. Planck, San ( 'Francisco, 14S: 11. V. Reed, Seattle ) 1112; and Len Hauzhurst 126 and 112i |