| Show IMP TRIP SHOOT I 1 philadelphian lills ninety tito birds out of a hundred bixell tal I y P chronicle sert lee I 1 feb 7 in amateur circles the great pigeon shooting match which benan began yesterday was wait a sensation which lias has not been equalled equal led in recent years some time ago cert t tain enthusiastic members of the tile union clab declared that among their membership was one man vi who ho could beat the tile world at trap shooting tins was dr lea ike knapp a physician he ile had displayed capacity ai as a shot sufficient to justify the confidence of his ilia friends in agreeing with him that he ile was the beet best amateur wing shot in america outside of new york no little dispute m was as rained raised on account of this contention and various other clubs insisted that they could produce a man who could do better than dr knapp in this field of amateur sports the philadelphia men were willing to back their convictions with money so it has happened that for a week or two negotiations have progressed between the tile Weilt westminster minster kennel club whose representative la is dr knapp and the philadelphia association of sportsmen representative so fur far as wing shooting is concerned is ble mcallister McAlli Allister ater lach of these amateurs has made records an am wing shots which would if they were professionals rank thern them with such shots as bogardus or ur dr carver the tile terms as finally agreed upon were that each man should shoot at live birds upon three separate occa occasions siong and the stakes were fixed a side or in all betting has boen buen very lively and the tile odda odds laid were in favor of mr knapp in proportion of 60 50 to 80 in the union club bet bets aggregating not vot far from b have ve been laid upon the this arti result the result of 0 yesterdays yesterday Is sport aport gives I 1 0 ft 0 I 1 4 1 y 1 the palm to the philadelphian who out of 0 birds killed iya and anda S ol 01 the tile ho he did not newl to boat knapp and anti wag car careless elers he ile mado made the sur ann of ag knapp killete 79 70 jofs missed 21 and made a r ran un of 12 |
