Traps

At Vandalia, Ohio, three Ohio men and a Texas boy tied ahead of 962 other contestants, with 97 birds out of 100, for the country's most important trapshooting championship -- the Grand American Handicap. The men, taut-faced, middleaged, were J. L. Scott and Dan Casey of Toledo and Lawrence Crampton of Dayton. The boy, least nervous of the four, was Alfred Rufus King Jr. of Wichita Falls, son of famed Marksman Rufus A. King, 1921 winner of the Governor's cup. Short and slender for his 14 years, he looked out of place beside his competitors as they went out to shoot 25 birds to decide the tie. A handicap in trapshooting is sometimes given in score, but usually in yards. At Vandalia, while 8,000 people stirred with excitement, young King shot at the 16-yd. line, Casey at 17, Scott at 18, Crampton at 21. The guns banged loudly, 25 times each in the tense stillness of the shoot-off. Scott missed his second bird, Crampton his sixth and eighth. Casey missed his twelfth, leaving young King ahead until he missed his 14th. Then Casey missed his 19th, Scott and King shot along even until the 22nd bird. There Scott cracked, dropped three birds in a row while young King coolly ran out his string for the championship.

P: Women's North American Clay Target championship: won by Mrs. J. A. Murphy of Freehold, N. J., with 185 out of 200.

P: Class AA championships: Frank M. Troeh of Portland, Ore., with the perfect score of 200.

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