Word: shooting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Moore '93 has said that if the Freshman rifle team proves successful he will favor the awarding of rifle team numerals to its members. The marksmen have now begun practising on the 75-foot range, and every candidate for the Freshman or upperclass teams is required to shoot at least three targets each week...
Negotiations are under way for a telegraphic match for the University team with Princeton, and it is also expected that a shoot with Dartmouth will be arranged. The Freshman representatives will shoot nearby preparatory schools...
Plans for the spring, however, will depend largely on the interest shown this winter. All candidates for the Freshman or upper-class teams will shoot three or more targets a week at the Bay State Rifle Range, near the Boston Arena, and turn the three highest scores in to the range office files. Such practice will continue until a sufficiently capable marksman can be chosen captain, when a different system may be initiated...
Practices and home matches were usually held on the Bay State Rifle Range at St. Botolph street, Boston. The shooting was done with the 22-calibre, heavy gallery rifles, at a distance of 50 feet, and candidates were required to shoot and turn in three targets a week...
...with 200,000 men we never are quite certain whether the army is being run by Kerensky or whether they are leading him back to jail. The Russian soldier is so wonderfully obedient that any one can march him off to battle; moreover it is much more amusing to shoot at Battalions of Death than at Germans, because the latter always shoot back whereas the young ladies refrain from such rudeness...