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Show SHOOT IS A DECIDED SUCCESS The Utah-Idaho state tournament; held under the auspices of the Ogden Og-den Gun club, came to a close yen-terda yen-terda yafternoon, A. P. BIgclow of this city carrying off too highest honors. hon-ors. Mr. Blgelow captured the high average medal by hitting 415 tarkets out of 435. He phot in the amateur clas and was tied by Guy Holohan, a professional. G. Ll Becker of Ogden took second average by 411 and V. R. Thomas of Idaho third average by 409, T. S. Brownlngk fourth by 407. The tournament was perhaps the roost . successful ever pulled off In the state. About thirty contestants con-testants entered in the shoot and twenty-one of these finished. The scores made were exceptionally high. W, R. Thomas won the individual championship modal by scoring 25 straight targets.- " , ( In yesterday's shoot, K. L. Egan won the Becker cup by a score of 48 out of a possible 50. G. L. Becker seized the Salt Lake handicap medal by kiJling 48 "birds" out of 60. shooting from '22 yards. " The high averages made by Blgelow in the amateur class and Holohan la the professional class amount to 95 1-5 per cent Tho longesfruns of the tournament were made by Dennis Holohan, who ran 111 straight, and Max Henslaw, who made an unfinished unfin-ished run of 135 straight This is considered a most phenomenal piece of gun work. The scores of the tournament. Including In-cluding all of the contestants who finished, follow: A. P. BIgelow 415 Guy Holohan. 416 G. L. Becker 411, Max Henslcr 410 W. R. Thomas 409 R. A. King 407 T S. Browning 406 H. S. Mills 403 I A. Cummlngs 402 M. Skeen 396 C. H. McClure 39r. W. H. Anderson 395 R. A. Lohr 394, D. Holohan '. 391 D. H. King 389. K. L. Egan 3SC G. E. Browning 385 1L L. Tucker 384 J. F. McGanny 37C Neal McMillan 3fG C. Haight 3C5 Tho selection of a place for the tournament of noxt yenr was left to a committee of thre, and. while it has not beep definitely decided. It is considered more than likely that the 1911 shoot will be held in this The time, of the shoot will pro'o. .ho a little oarlier in the aoasou, when, the weather is less torrid. Ail of the visiting shooters are believed be-lieved to have enjoyed their stay in Ogden, The plesure of the contest was heightened by excursions to the canyon In the evening and by hisplt-ality hisplt-ality extended .'by the local contestants. contest-ants. This year'6 tournament was voted to be held at Salt Lake City, but the shooters of that city decided that It was impossible 'under their conditions to give the tournament and requested the Ogden Gun club to take it. |