Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1897 — John King The Cracker Jack. [ARTICLE]

John King The Cracker Jack.

Downs a Bird Most Every Crack. Shoots For lhe Badge and Wins It Back. And Shooters’ Cash Now Fills His Sack. The annual shooting tournament of the Irdquois Gun Club, held here yesterday, was not so well attended by shooters as was expected, owing largely to the rain the night before. It was a fairly successful event, how T ever, and was attended by a large number of spectators. A heavy wind blowing out to field made the shooting a little difficult, but otherwise the day was favorable. Some fine shooting was done, and some excellent scores made. The great single event of the day, the shooting for the ten county gold badge, was won by our townsman, J. W. King. The former holder was J. T. Park, of Brook. Mr. Park fell down pretty bad on the badge shoot, but he is a fine shooter for all of that, and made the best general average in all program events: The position of seconll best being a tie between Mr. King and W. M. Zink. The following is the score of the badge shoot: TARGETS BROKE *LOST. King 50 .48 2 Zink 50 46 4 Park 50 44 6 Hanger 50 44 ....;. 6 Hart 50 38 12 Murphy 50 31 19 The shooters present and taking part in the contest were, Joe Lewis, Geo. Long, Chas. Bussell, of McCoysburg; Mr. Tilton, Lowell, J. T. Park, Brook; Delos Thompson, J. T. Joyner, G. Peffley, J. W. King, Rensselaer; Haywood and Hart, Crown Point, Warner, Wolcott, W. M. Zink, Monticello, Hanger, Stoner and Mprphy, Morocco.

The special prizes, offered by Rensselaer business men were won as follows: E. M. Parcell’s house plant, won by Hanger. Ike Tuteur’s pocket knife, Geo. Long. P. W. Clarke’s collar button, Murphy. Porter & Yeoman's silk tie, Hanger. Bargain Store Hat, Hanger. C. C. Starr's teaspoons, Warner. C. D. Nowels’ silk handkerchief, Peffley. Hildebrand’s 25 cigars, Zink. Antrim & Dean’s razor, Park. Dexter’s meerchaum pipe, phyJohn Eger’s 25 cigars, Long. The Semi-Weekly Republican, Park. Laßue’s cup and saucer, Joyner. N. Warner & Son’s pocket knife, Park. A. F. Long’s fishing reel, King. C. E. Hershman’s 25 loaded shells, Lewis and Bussell. C. Lecklider’s pin tray, Stoner. Phillip Blue’s 50 cents, King. Wade’s hair cut and shave, Stoner. Ellis & Murray’s wool sweater, Park. Wildberg’s silk umbrella, Zink.

Strick's bottle of champagne, Park. Rosey’s 12 beers, King. G. W. Goff’s 50 cigars, King. Shooters got first moneys in the following number of events: Park 5, Zink 5, King 4, Warner 1, Hart 1. Second moneys, Park 4, Peffley 3, Stoner 3, Warner 1, Hanger 1, Hart 1, Tillotson 1, Zink 1, King 3, Long 1, Bussell 2. Third moneys, Murphy 2, Warner 2,giving 1, Stoner 1, Zink 3, Hart 1, Peffley 2, Hayward 1, Tillotson 3, Lewis 1, Bussell 1, Stonei 1.