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Show BECKER PRAISED BY TARGET STARS Records Made on Coast Are Compiled as New Marks; Ogdenite Gets Credit Ogden has aK-iin been placed on the trapshootlnic map in AmSrlCS 5 1. "Gus" Becker, well Known business man of Ogden and rated as on,- of the best trapshooters in the United 81 '" -turne.i the trick while entered in com-, petition In the recent shoots at San, Francisco and Is Ane;ee I 1 : i shattered the Pacific Coast record forj 111'; pnii doubles his score being 9." out of a possible ion. This feal H 19 accomplished at San Pranclsco. BREAKS RECORD M Vernon Becker broke the Pacific 'coast record tor 200 targets, shooting i from the -1 yard line gathering 194. The American Tta pshooling association associa-tion has written Mi. Becker and congratulated con-gratulated him one his performance on the coast The letter In port from the A. T. A . written by Secretary Stoney McLinn follows. "Congratulations upon your splendid doubles shootlnp at the Olympic club In San Francisco The score of 9". In fifty pair mnde by Messrs. Kip Klbert .and Charles Spencer, are record;? In open or unregistered competition. But our association consider? as records onlv scores made on registered targets IN RECORD BOOK "The record score at registered double dou-ble targets was 96 This was made by C B. Piatt at Chicago, in 1517. Your I score therefore is one tarcet below the I world record However, i certainly r,- EM rd it as a very commendable score 'and one whicb we shall be 'ad to give a place In our record book of 1921 "It Is the highest score in doubles ever mnde on the Pacific coast at registered reg-istered targets and the score of 194 on |