Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1913 — ELKHART OFFICER WON BATTALION MATCH [ARTICLE]

ELKHART OFFICER WON BATTALION MATCH

First Lieutenant Otto E. Deal Made Best Score at Parr—Garland Was Not Present. The battalion rifle match held at Parr last week was not as successful as it would have been had. the date on which it was originally ordered been used. When the teams were ordered two days earlier than they had planned to come many of the contestants were unable to be present. South Bend was not represented at all. Sergeant Garland, the crack rifleman of the local company, was unable to ■attend the match because he was busy cornplanting. Renssealer did not fare very well in the match in consequence of Garland’s absence, and fifth place was the best secured by a local militiaman. The match was hotly contested at the first three ranges by First Lientenant Otto E. Deal, the battalion adjutant, of Elkhart; Sergeant Carl Hopkins, of Monticello; Sergeant John E. Robinson, of Rensselaer, and Second Lieutenant Floyd Tharp, of Monticello. At the close of the 300, 500 and 600 yard firing Robinson was tied for first place, with 135 points, Hopkins was third with 133 and Tharp was fourth. None of the other contestants were in the running. At the 200-rapid fire Deal made 45 points. Hopkins made 43 and Robinson’ fell down to 29. Tharp only got 28, having taken too much time, and the target being pulled when he had fired only 8 out of 10 shots.

Deal continued to hold up at the 300-rapid fire and so did Hopkins, and Tharp made a very good score, but Robinson again fell down. The order of finish was: Deal 224, Hopkins 217, Tharp 194, Vandeman 194, and Robinson 193. Lieutenant True D. Woodworth, Corporal Frank Ellis and Private Harry Eger all shot marksman scores, ranging from 173 to 180.

The regimental match will take place at Warsaw, on the range of Company H, on June 12th, 13th and 14th, when teams from the three battalions will meet in competition. A regimental team will be selected there to compete with the several other regiments of the state for the state team which will attend the national matches at Camp Perry.