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^Junior Champions, T 927 4 For the Marksmen of the Country Are Gathering at Camp Perry, Ohio, for the National Rifle Matches. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

IME was when a gun was the comk monest weapon, utensil, tool, or ’ whatever you choose to call it, to be found in the hands of an American citizen. That was in the days when there was a frontier, when the West was still to be won, when wild game still formed a part of our daily fare, when there was less law but more justice, fewer courts

but fewer criminals because men carried in their hands a thing of wood and iron which could, when the occasion demanded, act as judge, jUry and court from which there was no appeal. And of all the types of weapon which the generic term “gun” covers, the one which was preeminently American was the rifle. “Witness this sweet ancient weapon of our fathers, the American rifle, maker of states, empire builder,” writes Emerson Hough in “The Way to the West,” “This engine of civilization served its purpose across the timbered Appalachians, down the watershed to the Mississippi, up the long and winding streams of the western lands, over the Rockies, and down the slopes of the Sierras to the farther sea.” But with the passing of the frontier and frontier conditions, the American “laid aside the rifle for the sickle and the plow,” and tests of marksmanship fathered by necessity which had become onfe of the leading sports for a large proportion of our population became almost a lost art. The sport interests of the average American today are of a far different type. He plays golf or tennis and he watches others box or play football, baseball basket ball. But of marksmanship he knows little or nothing. Unless he is one of the comparatively small number of sportsmen who find recreation in trap or target shooting, he gets no thrill from a sports page announcement that a new record in shooting has been established. However, there are signs that a renaissance of interest in this form of sport is under way. The World war, which put rifles into the hands of millions of young Americans and taught them the thrill of puncturing the bull’s-eye, had something to do with it. But more important in crystallizing the interest in the revival of this “lost art” are the annual National Rifle association matches which for the last 20 years have brought to Camp Perry, Ohio, in increasing numbers the crack shots of the country. Last year 2,667 participants stepped up to the firing line in the various contests and this year the matches which are being held from September 11 to 16 are expected to draw an even larger number. For many years the national matches were dom inated by the military element and the winners were largely members of some branch of the national military, or naval establishment. In recent years, however, the matches have attracted more of our nonmilitary population and Camp Perry has recently been called “the biggest civilian camp in America. It is somewhat like a huge automobile tourist camp with between 3,000 and 4,000 persons from all parts of the country, most of them, however, from the smaller towns and cities of the West and Middle West, living under canvas there during the matches. Many of the competitors bring their families with them and they make* it a glorified vacation, which is satisfactory In more ways than one. They are having part in a great sporting event and one that is more con-

> Who Will Win the Big Match?

What team is likely to capture the laurels in the big team events at Camp Perry this year? If the National Rifle team match la any criterion, almost any group, civilian or military, may win the coveted first place. A glance at the records for this match which have been hung up during the past few years shows that the Infantry captured the laurels in 1906, 1908,1910,1915, and 1920, and that they

i p 13 B H •. > t >(H mb W $ ? : n - s On the SOO yard firing line structive than just a mere test of marksmanship. It may be argued that, in the last analysis, a man learns to shoot so that he may destroy and kill. But you will find, if you investigate among those who attend the matches at Camp Perry, that they are among the most law-abiding persons in the world. And that goes, not only for the civilians, but for members of the regular military or naval establishment as well. Thev are all proud of their markmanship and enjoy the sporting element of this test of their skill, but they have the satisfaction also of knowing that they are training themselves to be of real service to their country if it should have need of them. W hen It is said that whole families come to Camp Perry for the matches, it should not be supposed that the feminine members of it are there merely to look on as their fathers and husbands and brothers take their turn on the ranges. For if you walk through the “squaw camp," as they facetiously refer to the camp for women, you will find plenty ,of “Annie Oakleys,” both young and old, who are as enthusiastic addicts of “oh. shoot!” as the men and boys. They speak the argot of the rifle range, a tongue that is as Creek to the outsider, but perfectly understandable to those who attend the matches —this talk of windage, mirage, a fish-tail wind, lands, grooves, dope, swabo and the like. And out on the firing line some of these girls can give just as good an account of. themselves (and probably even better) with a death-dealing instrument in their hands against the painted targets as their pioneer grandmothers and great-grandmothers and great-great-grandmothers once did, when the occasion arose, against the painted Indians. If you doubt that, ask some of those who attended the national matches last year and watched Miss Louise Thompson, the modern “Annie Oakley,” pictured above, do her stuff out on the ranges 1 As for the boys, take a l“ok at the medals which adorn the three “Davy Crocketts” shown in the picture labeled “Junior Champions, 1927.” In tiie center is David MacDongal, a sixteen-year-old high school boy from the I dstrict of Columbia, who was the winner of both the national individual championship and the high school individual championship in last year's match ;. On his left is another sixteen-year-old, Philip Renter of Norwood, Ohio, who was McDougal's close competitor in the national individual matches and who won tiie senior classified match. On his right is Lawrence Wilkins, fifteen years old and also hailing from Norwood, Ohio, who won the two-po.sition match. Any of these three youngsters can go out on the range any day and make a record which older marksmen of Another day would be proud of. Although the national rifle matches at Camp Perry are the biggest of their kind in this country, they are quite unlike any other great sports event. Usually there are no huge crowds on the range and no thunderous cheers gi-eet the victor. A few devoted enthusiasts stand back of the firing line, tight-lipped, quiet and intent. But they are appreciative spectators, nevertheless, for they are watching tests of skill which are not spectacular, but

also won this banner event last year. The United States marines forced to the front and took the prize in 1911, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1925. r l he National Guard took first place in 1903,*1904 and 1905, while the United States navy team proved to be the winner both in 1907 and 1909. The United States cavalry showed their marksmanship in 1913 by cap-

tnrins the big event, and the United States engineers outshot all other thams in 1921. The Herrick trophy match, another tpam event fired at long distance ranges, is also an example of the uncertainty of group competition. This match has been fired annually for the lust eight years. It was first won by a Massachusetts civilian- learn in 1920, but the following year the United States infantry proved to be the victors. New Englanders again annexed the cup In 1922, but

which demand the utmost in ste dincss of nerve ami concent ration on tiie part of tin' contestant. Stand hack of the tiring line with them anti watch it typical scene. Over on the right Is a young marksman. lio looks sixteen ami is a< tual y on tiie junior side of twenty. It Is ids first match. Is lie nervous? Not so you could notice it 1 Nervous men—or boys don't last 1 ng on rille ranges. But there is a ripple of comment as b ■ hoots a “possible." in other words, he has placed every shot within the edges of the bull (outsiders call ft bull's-eye) that looks like a pin point from the firing line. No one cheers. There is not even the polite hand clapping that greets a tennis champion on tiie courts. Tiie boy grins as lie gathers up his “brass” (the empty shells that the ejector of his rifle has sent spinning to tiie ground). The young marksman walks slowly to the next range to fire his final string. However, lie avoids the spectators. There is a reason for this. Even the youngest rifleman Is prey to the superstition of the range, and it is bad luck to receive congratulations until the last shot is fired. And. by the way. don't ever try to take a snapshot of a shooter until he has finished his match. If his warning does not stop you and he cannot run away, he and his buddies may wreck your camera. Black cats may cross I is path, mirrors may smash to bits in his hands, and ho will saunter unconcernedly under a leaning ladder; but if he Is photographed during a match, that match is lost — and he knows it. The riflemen are ready tn fire the last string at rapid fire. Several of the young marksman's rivals are crowding him. and he is doing some rapid figuring. He knows, with the lead he has secured in the earlier matches, that if he makes 48 out of a possible 50 he is safe. Even if his nearest rival should make a “possible,” the young marksman cannot be defeated unless he falls below 4S. Any score below that figure will make defeat possible, and even probable. In rapid-fire a shooter must get off his ten shots within a limited number of seconds. The firers take their places on the firing line, loading and locking their rifles against accidental firing. The officers, stationed on the firing line, walk to and fro to see that all is ready. The field telephone operator sends his “stand-by” messages to the rifle butts, where sweating men operate the targets. “Ready on the right,” cries an official. “Ready on the left,” echoes another. “Ready on the firing line,” calls the operator. A gong sounds. Up ride the white targets from behind an embankment like a company of soldier ghosts attacking from a trench. Thon the guns beg i to bark. It is called rapid fire, but to the novice the riflemen seem very slow. How can they ever get in ten shots with such unhurried ease? But these men are able to judge time in split seconds. It seems only an instant after the last burst of firing splits the air that the targets sink slowly from sight. Our young marksman has his eves turned toward the butts. There is a bable of voices around him. but he hears nothing distinctly. He is watching with eager Interest for the reappearance of the target. Up It comes slowly—too slowly for his wildly heating pulse. Seconds seem like hours. He has set his heart on winning this match arid— Now comes the flash of a white disk. That means “V”—five points—a bull's eye! It flashes again, and again and again. He counts forty points before the disk drops down for a short interval, and again comes up white. That last, slow flash of the disk indicates that one of his shots was inside the bull by a fraction of an inch. Down goes the disk again. Everything hinges on its next appearance. He knows he has forty-five I points. A “miss” means almost certain defeat. A “tree” or better assures victory. Up bobs that fatal disk again. It is red this time. indieaUng a “four.” Our young marksman now has a total of fortynine and has won the match. And that, as a famous cartoonist would say, is certainly “one grand and glorious feeling.”

this time it was the Massachusetts national guard. The United States infantry came back and took the cup in 1923. The next year the coast artillery corps made the highest score anil walked away with the trophy, but a Californian civilian team carried it back to the west coast in 1925. In the next national matches the United States marines were the winners. Last year the United States navy team broke all previous records for the match and captured the trophv.

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