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Show CRUMBO RANKS 7TII AS SHOOTERS TRY FOR NEW HIT RECORD Albert Crumbo of Roosevelt was among top finishers in the recent Salt Lake Gun Club's marathon mara-thon aimed at breaking the old scatteregun record on 972 targets out of 1,000. The record was broken by two shootaers, Lee Shafer, who hit 983 and Hortense Wood, who hit 975 in the grueling eight and one-half hour grind. Crumbo finished seventh with 942 targets hit. In breaking the record, Shafer hit a sensational 492 out of his first 500. The test was so difficult and greueling that four of the orginal 14 shooters dropped out near the halfway point. |