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A large number of spectators accompanied the members of the Shooting Club to Watertown, yesterday afternoon, to witness the team match for the class championship. The grounds and traps were in good condition, and, but for a heavy north west wind, everything favored high scoring.
Here is a story of Prof. Sophocles which has possibly never been in print. The old Greek was catechising his class one day on the ancient history of his native country. "When did Theodophilus live?" he asked of one sophomore. "Before Christ." "Wrong!" shouted the professor. And then the next...
These high scores may be partly accounted for by the fact that the traps were not in as good working order as usual.
A goodly number of men assembled at the Watertown range yesterday to witness the opening shoot in the series of matches now being held by the Shooting Club. Twenty gunners were on hand, and this large number made it necessary to keep two traps in constant operation. Eighty-nine was...
The exhibition game with Brown proved so attractive that on Wednesday last, only an even dozen of contestants faced the traps for the first competition in the new match. No better weather could have been desired than that with which the shooters were favored, yet for some reason, the scores...