Show RICHFIELD RIFLEMEN TO ATTEND STATE SHOOT sa s1 OT BIG EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE PACE AT al FORT DOUGLAS while in 1 this city a short time ago H A weymouth president ot the salt lake rifle revolver club visited with B C luth secretary of 1 the local rifle club for the purpose of discussing plans for the big state shoot to be held in salt lake city on the and of this month inasmuch as mr weymouth was captain of tile the utah civilian rifle team which attended the national matches at camp perry last fall and luth was one of the members of this team the early part of the evening was given to talking over happenings at that match of all matches last year mr weymouth is one of best riflemen and it was on the camp perry range that he earned the title of expert rifleman it was on this range also that mr fr luth was given the right to wear the sterling medal by virtue of a score of points out of a possible thereby surpassing the qualification fi scores of all other members 0 on n the utah team president weymouth advised that the outline for the state matches would be as follows on the practice shooting on all ranges for everyone in the order prescribed by the army officers in charge at fort douglas this is done in order that those riflemen who have never shot on the salt lake range may have an opportunity of familiarizing themselves with the range sight in their gitles get used to light conditions etc on the all riflemen wishing in 0 o do so will be eiven an ity to compete tor for the state rifle championship scooting Snoot ing will be done over what is known as the army qualification course covering the following ranges ards standing yards sitting rapid tire fire yards 5 shots kneeling and 5 shots sitting yards prone from standing rapid fire yards prone slow fire yards prone rapid tire fire and yards prone slow tire fire local men who have already signified their desire to compete for the state championship are abe hansen norman andreason And renson and B C luth it is expected that some other members of the club will have expressed continued on page 8 RICHFIELD RICi mELD RIFLEMEN TO ATTEND STATE SHOOT continued from pago page 1 themselves before our paper goes to press it la is believed by those who have seen the three men mentioned above at ork on the range that any one of them has a good chance of capturing the state title it I 1 is our earnest hope that thai this title ma marbe captured by some one of our local riflemen in addition to shooting tor for the championship in this match on the each competitor will be given an opportunity of securing a rating of either marksman sharpshooter or expert rifleman according to the score made medals will be awarded to competitors on the following scores marksmen to sharpshooters to experts to out of a possible points it is to be hoped that several of these medals may be brought to richfield ld by tho the local riflemen on the shooting will be done over a mixed course similar to the qualification course by teams of five men each representing the many rifle clubs of the state the winning team will be declared the state team champions and suitable medals will be awarded the members thereof in addition to the medals offered tho the merchants of salt lake city have donated for prizes everything from a bag of peanuts down doun through the long list of shooting coats telescopes rifles shooting glasses etc to a ton of coal although it is not our wish to appear selfish it is our earnest hope that even the bag of peanuts may be captured by our local riflemen members embers Al should signify their willingness to attend this shoot at once so that secretary luth may register for them |