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Show AMERICAN SHARPSHOOTERS DEMONSTRATE SUPERIORITY New York, July 25. American sharpKhootors have again demonstrated demon-strated their superiority to the marks-inent marks-inent of other nations, and In a match held in Pekln. The contestants were I picked men from the legation guards, of all the nations represented In the Ctlnese capital. The scores shot have Just been received by officials at the navy yard here. There" were two matches, one between be-tween officers' teams of two men each, the other between enlisted men teams of three each. In the officers' match tbo highest score was made by. Ihe American representatives, Captain Cap-tain J. Holeombe. Jr., and Lieutenant L W". T. Walter, Jr., of the marine guard. In the enlisted men's match the three Americans Corporals Smith and Sufelt and Private Shuler carried off tbe honors of the day. The scores were as follows: .Officers' match, highest possible Bcore 300 American team 272 British team 251 German team 211 Enlisted men's match, highest pos-fiiblo pos-fiiblo ncore 4R0 American team British tenm 377 German team jjj3 Italian team jj20 Austrian team |