Word: marksmanship
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Police and militia in New York City last week took steps to overcome the mechanical fallibility of their marksmanship with submachine guns. The U. S. Navy already has done...
...Jennings Bryan, he sat down to breakfast, found a wooden decoy duck on his plate. It was explained that each was to eat what he had shot the day before. Said Governor Neff: "The report that I never fired a gun almost cost me my governorship. Now my expert marksmanship is about to rob me of my breakfast...
While motorists made a twelve-mile detour to another bridge, the Texas Rangers under mighty Captain Tom Hickman answered Governor Murray's criticism that "all they can do is cuss and shoot craps" with a public demonstration of their marksmanship. Captain Hickman shooting from the hip hit 18 out of 20 matches at 50 ft. Ranger Goss, firing his pistol upside down, split a playing card...
...overtime Springfield scored twice, while the first year men, because of poor marksmanship, failed to force the nets. SPRINGFIELD HARVARD '34 Bishop. g. g., Johnson Peabody, e.p. e.p., Eagleton Pretka, p. p. Holsapple, Fields Reylea, 1d. 1d., Rogers Davidson, Roberts, Miller, 2d. 2d., Althouse, Clapp, Wilbur Thompson, Cant, 3d. 3d., Rabinovitz, Townshend Taylor, c. c., Levan, Topalian Fisher, 3a, 3a., Sise, Merrit, Merry Linton,2a 2a.,Lowe, Higgins, Reed Hubbard, la. la.,Housem Lewis, o.h. o.h.Lessig Townsend, l.h. l.h.,Lowery...
...special arrangement with the Director of Civilian Marksmanship 120 rounds of ammunition are furnished free to each man, thus saving a considerable sum of money. The club now numbers about 40 men, and a large turnout is expected this spring...