1965 at Valley Gun and Country Club, Elysburg, PA
June 17-20, 1965

JIM STINE WINS PENNSYLVANIA SINGLES, DOUBLES AND HAA TITLES
EIGHTY YEAR OLD JOE UHLMER IS SQUAD HUSTLER FOR 35TH YEAR

The Valley Gun & Country Club spent more than $20,000 remodeling and enlarging its clubhouse and adding walkways to the last few traps. The club will use all 12 traps and practice shooting will be shot only before the day's events start in the morning.

Jim Stine won his second straight Singles Championship with a 199x200 and shoot-off victory over Sam Ambler. Stine broke 75 straight in overtime for the win. He had to go 150 overtime targets in 1964 for the same title. He became the 5th person in state history to win back to back crowns. Mary Christopher defended her women's title with a 194, and Dallas Kraft won the junior award. The Western Zone team defeated the East squad by 6 targets in the team race. Sam Ambler led the West squad with a 199. Stine broke a 96 in the Doubles Championship to win his first Doubles crown. He edged former champion Bud Ross and Russ Krause by one target. New Yorker Frank Little led the field of 167 gunners with 98.

On Sunday, 477 took the line for the Handicap title. Four tied for the big title including Jean Hunsberger. A women had never previously won a major title at the State Shoot. However, in the four way shoot-off for the crown, Dan Williams of Chester took the title with 25 straight in the extra inning. Stine also won the HAA with 389 and the HOA with 677. He also won the AA title in the Class Championship with 100x100.

1964 at Fayette Gun Club, Uniontown, PA
June 18-21, 1964

JIM STINE WINS SINGLES TITLE, ETCHEN TAKES DOUBLES AND HAA
DANIEL LUTZ WINS HANDICAP CROWN WITH 98

The Fayette Gun Club of Uniontown, PA held their 5th State Shoot in the last 15 years. Sam Ambler was elected President of the PSSA, replacing Charles Oberholtzer, who had served the last 9 years.

Jim Stine won the Pennsylvania State Singles Championship with a 199x200 and a remarkable shoot-off victory over R. M. Orndorff. Stine broke 150 straight in overtime for the win. The longest singles shoot-off in state history was in 1941 when Steve Crothers defeated Walter Beaver with 175 straight in their shoot-off. Mary Christopher took the ladies' title and John Worner won the junior award. Rudy Etchen won the Doubles title, a crown he won back in 1960 and 1962. Allen Chub was next with a 96.

Daniel Lutz of Pittsburgh, shooting from 22 yards, posted the only 98x100 to win the Handicap Championship. Mary Miller broke 95 to win the women's award. George Newmaster took the AA award in the Class Championship with 100 while Joseph Rice, Stine and Etchen took the preliminary singles, handicap and doubles.

1963 at South End Gun Club, Reading, PA
June 13-16, 1963

PETE GEORGE WINS HANDICAP, W. J. WOMER WINS TWIN BIRD CROWN
BILL HUNSBERGER TAKES SINGLES TITLE WITH 200 STRAIGHT

The 12 traps at South End were not sufficient for the large turnout in the State Singles Championship on Saturday. The event had to be finished on Sunday morning. There were 225,000 targets thrown during the 4 day tournament and 443 entries for Saturday's singles championship. There were 31 women who participated in the program and 125 non-residents from 9 different states.

The top three score's posted for the Singles Championship belonged to Bill Hunsberger with a 200 for the top award, John Miller with a 199 for the runner-up spot and a 198 by Bob Diefenderfer for the AA award. Diefenderfer also broke a 198 in the Class Championship the day before for the AA crown. Margaret Ambler took the women's title while Lee Moss paced the juniors with 194. W. J. Womer of Lititz took the Doubles crown with a 94, one target ahead of Bud Ross.

Peter George of Erie smashed 98 of his yardage clays from the 20 yard line to claim the State Handicap Championship. Womer took the HAA with 385 and Allen Chubb won the HOA with 670x700.

1962 at West Penn Gun Club, Sardis, PA
June 14-17, 1962

GEORGE JONES BREAKS 100 STRAIGHT FOR HANDICAP TITLE
FIRST PERFECT SCORE TO WIN STATE HANDICAP TITLE SINCE 1939

The 71st Pennsylvania was held at the West Penn Gun Club in Sardis, Pennsylvania. The shoot drew 456 shooters and produced record scores in every major race. The big news of the tournament was the perfect scored posted to win the Handicap Championship, the first perfect score posted since John Rigg broke 100 straight to win the 1939 State Handicap crown.

Elmer "Bud" Ross of Uniontown turned in the only perfect 200 to win the State Singles Championship. It was only the 6th time in state history a 200 straight won the title. Philip Wyne, Sam Ambler and Louis Greco posted 199's with Wyne taking the runner-up award with 25 straight in a one round shoot-off. Evelyn Eperjessy won the women's crown with 193 and Frank Dissinger paced the veteran's with 196. Rudy Etchen set a state record in the Doubles Championship when a broke 99x100 in a field of 123 entries.

There were 393 gunners in the handicap title race on the last day. Scores of 94, 95 and 96 were a dime a dozen. Shooting near the end of the event was George Jones of Washington, PA. He turned in a perfect 100 straight from 19 yards for the title. Robert Miller was runner-up with a 97 after going 25 straight in a shoot-off. Etchen won the HAA with 391x400 and also the HOA with 686x700. Ambler took the AA award in the Class Championships with 100 straight and another 100 to win over George Newmaster.

1961 at Valley Gun and Country Club, Elysburg, PA
June 15-18, 1961

HOWARD LEWIS WINS SECOND STRAIGHT STATE SINGLES TITLE
ARTHUR DUNLAP WINS DOUBLES, DIEFENDERFER CLAIMS HAA AWARD

A total of 175, 850 targets were thrown during the four day Pennsylvania State Shoot held at the Valley Gun and County Club. The shoot attracted 465 gunners which included 399 from Pennsylvania and the rest from out of state.

Howard Lewis became the fourth shooter to capture the Amateur Singles Championship for two straight years when he broke a 199 to win the title. That was one target better than Bob Diefenderfer and Bud Ross. Diefenderfer went straight in a one round shoot-off for the runner-up award. Mary Christopher won her first of 7 women's titles she would win in her career. Frank Dissinger took the vet award with 196. Arthur Dunlap of Kennett Square, PA won the Doubles title with 94, one target better than Morris Kline.

M. Shoffstall of Lebanon broke 97 from 20 yards to claim the Handicap crown. He defeated Harry Scheppy in a one round shoot-off for the title. Mildred Meli won the ladies' award with 92 and G.C. Stuarts won the junior prize with a 93. Lewis also won the AA award with a 99 in the Class Championships. Harold Kurtz won Class A with a 99 also while W. C. Powley won Class B with a 99. Diefenderfer won his 2nd HAA title with 386 while Bud Ross also took his second HOA title with 661x700.

1960 at Fayette Gun Club, Uniontown, PA
June 16-19, 1960

RUDY ETCHEN COMES OUT OF "RETIREMENT" TO WIN HAA TITLE
HOWARD LEWIS WINS SINGLES TITLE WHILE ETCHEN WINS DOUBLES

The 69th annual Pennsylvania State Shoot was held at the Fayette Gun Club in Uniontown, PA. the shoot attracted 285 shooters for the singles championship and 366 for the handicap event on the final day. Rudy Etchen, a successful Pittsburgh advertising executive, who hadn't fired at a registered target in over a year and a half, was the main attraction at the shoot. Lou Silvestri, a member of the Four Aces, sang with his group each night and shot each day.

The state double's race drew a field of 115, and only one shot a score in the 90's. That was Etchen. He won the State Doubles Championship with a 95, six targets ahead of the field. The three time national doubles champion drew huge crowds to watch him shoot doubles. Many spectators and shooters new he was on the grounds and they flocked to watch him shoot. He did not disappoint them. They marveled at his speed when he shucked his gun for the second bird. The targets were puffs of smoke. It was Etchen's first State Shoot. He moved to Pennsylvania the year before. Howard Lewis won the Singles crown with a 199, missing his 191st targets. Twice he called for his target, but it came out broken. On the third attempt, he got a good target but he failed to connect. Etchen and John Miller of Reading finished runner-up with 198's. Frank Dissinger took the Vet title. Margaret Ogilby defended her ladies' title she won last year when she broke 192x200.

Etchen's 389 took the HAA title and Lewis won the HOA crown with 658x700. C.R. Rhodes broke 98 for the Handicap Championship while Rhoda Wolfe broke 96 for the ladies' award. Sam Ambler won the AA award in the Class Singles Championship with 98 but J. J. Eder broke 100 straight to claim the A title.

1959 at South End Gun Club, Reading, PA
June 18-21, 1959

SOUTH END HOLDS LARGEST STATE SHOOT EVER HELD ON EAST COAST
JOHN MILLER WINS SECOND STRAIGHT SINGLES TITLE

A total of 512 different gunners faced the South End Gun Club traps for the annual Pennsylvania State Shoot. It was the largest state shoot ever held on the East Coast. A total of 177,200 targets were thrown during the four day event.

Elmer "Bud" Ross of Uniontown won his second Doubles Championship in 6 years when he broke a 94, three targets ahead of the field. John Miller of Reading was second with 91. The following day, Miller won his second straight Singles Championship with a 199, beating Howard Lewis by one target. Margaret Ogilby won the women's title with 188. Her mother won the same title last year. Young Joe Newmaster took the junior award with 186, his second straight title. During the Class Championships on Friday, George Newmaster broke 98 for the Class A award, beating Lewis in a one round shoot-off.

Joe Newmaster continued his good shooting on Sunday when he broke a 96 in the State Handicap Championship but had to settle for runner-up when he lost a shoot-off the Joseph Osterheldt. Rhoda Wolf was high lady. Bob Diefenderfer won the HAA with 377 while G. Newmaster took the HOA by one target over Diefenderfer.

1958 at Valley Gun and Country Club, Elysburg, PA
June 12-15, 1958

JOHN MILLER DEFEATS BUD ROSS FOR SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
DIEFENDERFER DEFEATS MILLER IN DOUBLES SHOOT-OFF

A record breaking 889 entries took part in the 67th Pennsylvania State Shoot at the Valley Gun and Country Club in Elysburg. A total of 133,475 targets were shot at in the four day meet. This includes practice targets plus the night shoots held in conjunction with the State Shoot.

Robert Diefenderfer of Reading out shot John Miller for the Doubles Championship. They tied for the crown with 95. Diefenderfer was straight in his 20 shoot-off targets while Miller missed one. The following day, Miller won the Pennsylvania State Singles Championship by defeating Bud Ross in a shoot-off for the title. They each broke 198. Mrs. Fred Ogilby won the women's title with 185. Joseph Newmaster took the junior award and Dallas Kraft won the sub-junior title.

The final day of the tournament saw J. R. Sheppy Jr. of Baden, PA win the Handicap Championship. He was the only one to break a 97 in the wind and cold. He shot from the 20 yard line. When all the shooting was done, Miller took the HAA with 380x400. George Newmaster and Bud Ross were tied for second with 376. Newmaster took the HOA with 670x700, 8 targets ahead of Ross. Newmaster also won the Class A title in the Class Championships with 100 straight. Stan Ward won the Class B title with a perfect score also.

1957 at Fayette Gun Club, Uniontown, PA
June 13-16, 1957

BOB DIEFENDERFER WINS SECOND STATE SINGLES TITLE
ORVILLE EBERLY TAKES DOUBLES AND HAA TITLES

Robert Diefenderfer of Reading won his second of five Pennsylvania Amateur Singles Championships when he broke a 200 straight at the Fayette Gun Club in Uniontown. George Newmaster finished second with 199. Shirley Orndorff won the women's title and Dale Kraft took the junior award. Charles Todd of Conshohocken to the Class A award with a 198.

Orville Eberly of Uniontown won his 5th and final Doubles Championship, breaking 96x100. Bud Ross and George Baldwin broke 95's. The 5 double's title's won by Eberly is a state record which still stands today. It is one more than Steve Crothers. Capt. E. S. Throckmorton won the State Handicap title when he broke a 97 from 20 yards. He would later become the first shooter in ATA history to break a 100 straight from the 27 yard line. Mahlon Schwar of Emmaus finished second.

Howard Lewis won the HOA with 667x700, edging out Eberly and Ross by a single target. Eberly took the HAA crown.

1956 at South End Gun Club, Reading, PA
June 14-17, 1956

GEORGE NEWMASTER WINS STATE DOUBLES CROWN OVER ANDY LONG
WALTER PENROSE NEW SINGLES CHAMPION, MILLER WINS HAA & HOA

A total of 408 shooters entered events during the four day run of the 65th annual Pennsylvania State Shoot at the South End Gun Club in Reading. The club threw 130,00 targets, making the 1956 State Shoot the largest ever held in Pennsylvania. Eight professional representatives were present to held run the shoot along with a record 18 women contestants.

The State Handicap event had a huge entry of 338 shooters, forcing the PSSA to call off the Calcutta purse because of "the exceptionally large entry". John E. Dunn of Greencock, PA won the title with a 95, winning a shoot-off over Dale Raudenbush and A. E. Shirk. In a classic shoot-off for the State Singles crown, Walter Penrose won the title in a four round shoot-off over Sam Ambler, Charlie Todd and George Baldwin Jr. Penrose broke 97 while runner-up Ambler broke a 96. Rhoda Wolf won the women's title, her second in four years. Danny Kessler of Mt. Carmel won to top junior award while M.S. Speckman took the sub-junior crown.

George Newmaster broke a 95 in the State Doubles contest but he had to beat out Andy Long in a one round shoot-off for the crown. For the 48 year Newmaster, it was his third and last State Doubles title, having won the title in 1947 and 1943. Long won three titles, in 1946, 1942 and 1938. John Miller nosed out Long for the HAA 377-376. Miller also beat Long by two targets for the HOA crown. Baldwin won the Class AA title in the Class Championships on Friday, breaking the only perfect score.

1955 at Valley Gun & Country Club, Elysburg, PA
June 16-19, 1955

HOWARD LEWIS WINS SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 198 X 200
JOHN WILDE TAKE HANDICAP TITLE, EBERLY WINS DOUBLES

The entire four days of the shoot featured hot and clear weather. There were 328 shooters, 53 of those coming from out of state. At the annual meeting, Frank Dissinger was once again elected President of the PSSA, Charles Oberholtzer was elected Vice President, while Andy Long was elected Secretary and Lawrence Stefl was elected treasurer. Dissinger was also elected ATA Delegate. Aaron Bird, ATA manager, was on hand for the entire four days of the shoot.

Howard Lewis of Uhlerstown, PA won his first of three Pennsylvania State Singles titles when he broke the only resident 198 to win the title without a shoot-off. Robert Smith of Tanneytown, MD led the field with a 199. Orville Eberly of Uniontown, PA won his fourth Doubles title in six years with a 96x100. He would win his last double's title in 1957. John Wilde of Philadelphia won the Handicap Championship with 97 from the 22 yard line. George Newmaster won the HAA with 379 while Eberly took the HOA with 663x700.

1954 at Fayette Gun Club, Uniontown, PA
June 17-20, 1954

BUD ROSS WINS DOUBLES WITH 91X100, ALSO WINS HAA & HOA
GEORGE NEWMASTER WINS SINGLES, KOPPENHAVER HANDICAP CHAMPION

The Fayette Gun Club of Uniontown, PA hosted the Pennsylvania State Shoot for the second time. They would host the shoot three more times, the last coming in 1964. The club presented each lady at the shoot with a beautiful carnation corsage. Andy Long was elected to his first term as PSSA Secretary. He would lead the Association as Secretary for another 30 consecutive years. Frank Dissinger was elected to his 8th term as President of the PSSA.

George Newmaster, the legendary shooter from Myerstown, PA, won his only state Singles title when he bested a field of 170 shooters with a 198. Orville Eberly finished runner-up with a 197. The Singles Champion-ship was held on Sunday, June 20th. Carolyne Elliott of Philadelphia won her third ladies' title with a 180. The Cherup brothers, Tom and John, won the junior and sub-junior titles respectively.

Al Koppenhaver of nearby Paximos, PA took the Handicap title on Saturday, the 19th, with a 95x100 from 18 yards. It would be his only state title. Bud Ross of Uniontown won the Doubles title with a 91 and a shoot-off victory over Andy Long and S.W. Seybold. Ross also captured the HAA with 380 and the HOA with 659x700.

1953 at South End Gun Club, Reading, PA
June 18-21, 1953

S.W. SEYBOLD WINS 2ND STRAIGHT SINGLES TITLE WITH 198 X 200
DIEFENDERFER WINS HANDICAP TITLE

The 62nd annual Pennsylvania State Shoot returned to South End Gun Club and produced the largest state shoot in history. The club threw 120,00 targets and saw 242 entries in the Singles title race, 299 in the Handicap Championship and 79 in the Doubles event. The four day run of the shoot saw perfect weather conditions.

The State Singles Championship ended in a four way shoot-off between S.W. Seybold, Al Godshall, R. M. Orendorf and Walter McVey, all with 198's. Seybold was the only gunner to run the 25 targets and took the title, while Godshall finished runner-up. Rhoda Wolf of Philadelphia won the ladies title with 194. It was her first State Singles title. She would win twice more in her Hall of Fame career. Twenty seven year old Bob Diefenderfer of Reading won his only State Handicap Championship with a 96 from 22 yards. The last time the shoot was held in Reading in 1951, Diefenderfer won his first of 5 State Singles titles. Orville Eberly of Uniontown won the Doubles Championship, his second in a row, with 92. Seybold won the HAA with 385 and Eberly won the HOA for the second straight year with 665x700.

1952 at Valley Gun & Country Club, Elysburg, PA
June 12-15, 1952

ORVILLE EBERLY WINS DOUBLES, HAA, HOA
S. W. SEYBOLD WINS SINGLES WITH 199

The 61st Pennsylvania State Shoot returned to Elysburg for the first time since 1949. The shoot saw a huge entry for the four day run from June 12-15. The club would host four more state shoots until 1968 when it became the permanent home grounds of the PSAA.

The star of the big show was Uniontown's Orville Eberly, duplicating the awards he won back in the 1950 State Shoot at Reading. . He took his second Doubles Championship with a 93 and a two round shoot-off over John W. Miller of Reading and George Best of Pittsburgh. He also won the HAA title with 381, also his second, and the HOA title with a 666x700. He also won the HAA and HOA back in 1950. Robert Diefenderfer and Charles Todd hit 99's to pace the Class AA shooters in the Class Championship, with Diefenderfer winning the shoot-off over Todd S.W. Seybold of Marienville, PA won the Singles title with a 199. His score was the high score turned in for the day. Carolyne Elliott of Philadelphia won her second ladies title. The Handicap Championship went to C. H. Alexander of Parksburg, PA with a 95 from the 19 yard line. He defeated George Best of Pittsburgh and Bert Maser of Irwin in a two round shoot-off. Best finished runner-up.

1951 at Fayette Gun Club, Uniontown, PA
June 14-17, 1951

BOB DIEFENDERFER WINS FIRST STATE SINGLES TITLE
ANDY LONG WINS HANDICAP, HOA

The Fayette Gun Club of Uniontown hosted their first Pennsylvania State Championship on June 14-17, 1951. Frank Dissinger was elected to his 5th term as PSSA President Dr. E. R. Raymaley was re-elected Vice President, George Neubling was re-elected Secretary and George Best was re-elected Treasurer. The shoot was highlighted by a changing of the guard, as youth had to be served. Twenty four year Robert Diefenderfer of Reading, while on his honeymoon, won his first of 5 career State Singles Championship and sixteen year old Shirley Orndorff of Connellsville, PA won her first of 2 career ladies titles.

Diefenderfer had to go two extra innings and 50 straight to oust George Baldwin of West Chester, who missed one in the second round. 270 shooters faced the traps for the event. It would be almost 4 decades before Diefenderfer would lose a shoot-off at a state shoot. G. E. Swonger of Frank, PA won the Doubles title with a 94, while Orville Eberly finished second with 94. Andy Long of Shamokin took the Handicap Championship with a 98 from 22 yards. He had to defeat Herb Jones of Fawn Grove, PA in a two round shoot-off. Baldwin won the HAA with 386 and Long won the HOA with 662x700.

1950 at South End Gun Club, Reading, PA
June 15-18, 1950

JOHN W. MILLER WINS STATE HANDICAP TITLE WITH 98 X 100
MIKE BURYCHKA TAKE SINGLES, EBERLY DOUBLES, HAA, HOA

South End Gun Club of Reading, PA hosted it's 6th Pennsylvania State Shoot on June 15-18, 1991. It was the second largest State Shoot in history at the time. 321 shooters took part in the four day program. The same slate of officers that were elected the previous year were placed in office again. They included Frank Dissinger, Dr. Raymaley, George Nuebling and George Best.

Mike Burychka of Skippack, PA took the State Singles Championship with the only 199. He was followed by M.D. Clark of Woodbury, CT with a 198 and state runner-up Herb Jones with a 197. Carolyne Elliott won the ladies 16 yard title as well as the ladies Handicap title. Orville Eberly and Al Mulhaupt of Bradford tied for the Doubles title with 94 but Mulhaupt forfeited the title to Eberly. Back in 1946, George Baldwin lost a coin toss to Andy Long for the same title. Orville would go on to win four more twin bird titles during his career.

The Handicap Championship went to John W. Miller of Reading, PA when he broke the only 98. He shot from the 22 yard line. Eberly also won the HAA with 377x400 and the HOA title with 474x500. Both Eberly and Miller would shoot themselves into the Pennsylvania Trapshooting Hall of Fame during their long careers. Eberly would also be elected into the ATA Trapshooting Hall of Fame.

1949 at Valley Gun and Country Club, Shamokin, PA
June 15-19, 1949

HOWARD NICE WINS PENNSYLVANIA SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
IRENE HESS WINS 9TH AND FINAL LADIES' SINGLES TITLE

The five day Pennsylvania State Trapshoot was held under the auspices of the Valley Gun and Country Club in Elysburg, PA. The grounds are one of the finest in the entire state and the club recently finished installation of four new trap fields to bring the total to 8. All the PSSA officers from 1948 were re-elected at the annual meeting held on Saturday night, June 18, 1949. The office was handled by employees of the Hercules Powder Co. and Remington Arms Co. The scoreboard by A. F. DeForrest of Federal.

Two Hundred and eighty five shooters took part in the 5 day program. Walter Penrose took the Class A title in the Class Championship with a 146x150 and a shoot-off victory over Andy Long and George Baldwin. Howard Nice of Abington broke 25 straight in extra innings after a 197 to defeat George Baldwin Jr. and H. Rutherford. Baldwin won the second place award. Nice would later write a letter to the shoot management to applaud them on the way they conducted the shoot. Irene Hess won her 9th Pennsylvania ladies Singles Championship during the shoot with a 180x200. Morgan West of Uniontown won the HAA title with 368x400 as well as the Doubles Championship with 91x100. Andy Long won his second consecutive HOA title with 523x550.

1948 at Bradford Gun Club, Bradford, PA
June 17-20, 1948

AL MULHAUPT WINS STATE DOUBLES TITLE WITH 96 X 100
P. K. KAHLE WINS FOUR WAY STATE SINGLES SHOOT-OFF AFTER 198

The Bradford Gun Club held their 5th Pennsylvania State Shoot from June 17-20, 1948. They last hosted the big event in 1941. During the four day shoot, 180 different shooters took part in the 550 target program.

H. L. Heverly broke a 149 to win the top award in the Class Championship. He was followed by Walter Beaver with a 148 and Andy Long with a 146. In the State Singles Championship, P. K. Kahle of Duke Center, PA, won his only state Championship. In one of the great shoot-off's in state history, he defeated Roy Hemmig (1937 Singles Champion), Walter Penrose (1956 Singles Champion), and S.W. Seybold (1952, 1953 Singles Champion). In this classic shoot-off, Kahle broke 25, 25, 25, 24 to defeat Seybold 25, 25, 25, 23. Hemming went out in the first round with a 24 and Penrose went out in the third round with a 25, 25, 24. Emma Fairchild won her only ladies Singles Championship. In the State Doubles Championship, Al Mulhaupt broke 96. He forfeited the 1950 Doubles title after a tie with Orville Eberly.

The Handicap Championship went to R .A. Merry of Bradford with a 98 from 20 yards. He had to go overtime with big game hunter Dr. E. C. Boyer, also of Bradford. Andy Long secured the HAA award with 383x400. Howard Lewis, a future three time state Singles champion was second, one target behind Long. The Shamokin school teacher and banker also won the HOA with 529x550.

1947 at South End Gun Club, Reading, PA
June 12-15, 1947

WALTER BEAVER WINS THIRD STATE SINGLES TITLE
LEON ZETTLEMOYER WINS HAA AND HOA TITLES

With World War II history, large crowds again began to attend the Pennsylvania State Shoot. For the first time since 1941, the classic Pennsylvania Singles Championship was contested at 200 targets. South End was hosting their 5th State Shoot, their first since 1943. Walter Beaver, one of the greatest trapshooters in state history, won his final Singles Championship. The legendary Steve Crothers, now 60 years old, competed in three events and broke 195 in the Singles Championship. The high level competitive careers of the two shooting immortals were drawing to a close.

Beaver, of Conshohocken, PA, won the Singles title with a 197. Walter Penrose of West Chester finished second with 196. The Singles event was the closing event in the four day shoot. Martha Glotfelty of Pittsburgh won the women's title over Mrs. O. T. Titus after each posted 186's. George Newmaster was perfect in the Class Championship when he broke 150 x 150. That same day, Newmaster won the State Doubles title with an 89. He bested Leon Zettlemoyer of nearby Virginville in a one round shoot-off, 18-15. Zettlemoyer is President of the host club. However, Zettlemoyer won both the HAA (376x400) and HOA (519x550) titles.

John Murphy of Riegelsville, PA, won the distance Handicap Championship with a 95 from 18 yards. A record field of 220 shooters took part in the event. He beat C. N. Herbert of Rosemont, PA, and Harry Doernte of Pittsburgh in one extra inning. That evening, Doernte would be elected President of the PSSA, a term he held for only one year.

1946 at Pleasant Hill Gun Club, Lebanon, PA
June 13-16, 1946

WORLD WAR II OVER, STATE SHOOT LARGEST EVER
CHARLES RAMSDEN WINS SINGLES TITLE, LONG WINS DOUBLES, HAA

The Pennsylvania State Shoot returned after one year absence produced the largest attendance in history, despite to lack of ammunition and bad weather. This was the only state shoot ever held on these grounds, and was a great success in no small part to Frank Dissinger. This was his club. He was elected President of the PSSA at the Friday meeting, succeeding Andy Long, who serve the last three years as President. Both men would become ATA Presidents, Dissinger in 1952 and Long twenty years later in 1972.

Long won the State Doubles Championship on a "COIN TOSS"!!! He and George Baldwin of West Chester each broke 91 in the event. It is most likely the only coin toss to decide a Pennsylvania state champion. In 1950, Al Mulhaupt forfeited the Doubles title to Orville Eberly. 203 gunners took the line for the Handicap title on Saturday, June 15th. When the smoke cleared Stanley Goff of Chester, PA, led the field with the only 93x100 from the 20 yard line.

The second day of the tournament was contested in a heavy downpour and cold temperature's. It was necessary to postpone the Doubles event that day. However, Mercer Tennille of Shreveport, LA led a wet field of 130 with a 99 in the Class Singles. The final day of the tournament featured the Pennsylvania Singles Championship, increased to 150 targets. During the war time shoots of 1942 & 1943, lack of ammunition caused the shoots to be reduced to 100 singles, 50 handicap and 50 doubles. Charles Ramsden of Dravosburg broke 149 for the title. He defeated a field of 310 shooters. Ramsden had tied for the title back in 1941 with Steve Crothers and Walter Beaver with 199. That was the shoot where Crothers and Beaver went 175 overtime targets to decide the title with Crothers winning. Ramsden was eliminated in the first 25 target shoot-off. Long won the HAA with 317x350 while Forrest McNeir won the HOA (which was open to all) with 596x650.

No war time shoot held in 1945.

1944 at Ruffsdale Gun Club, Ruffsdale, PA
June 24-25, 1944

CHARLES STEINER HAS THE ONLY 100 STRAIGHT TO WIN STATE
SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP, BEAVER WINS THIRD DOUBLES TITLE

Ruffsdale hosted the 1944 State Shoot, the first time since 1929 that a Western Pennsylvania club hosted the shoot. Like the 1943 shoot, it was reduced to 200 targets. It was incredible that they were able to hold any shoot at all. In fact, the shoot would be canceled in 1945. Lack of ammunition, travel restrictions, defense jobs, shooters in the armed service, tire rationing, gasoline rationing, etc. would play a major part in the 200 target shoots of 1943, 1944 and the cancellation in 1945. High winds reduced the scores on Saturday, brought about by the tail end of a tornado which took 158 lives less than 100 mile from the club. Andy Long was re-elected President of the PSSA as well as all other officers, including George Baldwin, George Neubling and Doug Gilpin.

On Saturday, Walter Beaver paced a field of 53 when he smashed 48x50 for the Doubles Championship. That same day, with 107 shooters on the line, John McCornmick of Bentleyville, PA, ran his score up to 47 from the 18 yard line and led the field by two targets. Emma Fairchild won the women's Handicap title, as well as the women's Doubles title. 32 squads took the line on Sunday for the State Singles Championship and Charles Steiner, of nearby Pittsburgh, broke the only 100 straight to win the title. His highest previous score was a 98. An outstanding score which saw a stiff wind leave many of the state's great shots well down the leader board. Irene Hess won her 8th Women's Singles Championship in nine years.

1943 at South End Gun Club, Reading, PA
June 19-20, 1943

RALPH GROVE WINS SINGLES TITLE WITH 100 STRAIGHT
CROTHERS/BEAVER WIN STATE TWO MAN TEAM TITLE

Never in the remarkable history of the PSSA, organized at Ye House of Crosby, in Correy, Erie County, on Friday, August 22, 1890, been compelled to call off their annual state shoot at clay targets. During the Spanish American War in 1898, the shoot was held in Reading, and 85 shooters participated. Again, in 1918, during World War I, the shoot was held in Lancaster. However, a record d field of 240 shooters took part in the reduced two day program.

Ralph Grove of York, PA, won the Singles Championship when a topped the record field with the only 100 straight. The York alderman won a $100.00 defense bond and will represent Pennsylvania in the Champion/Champions event at the 1943 Grand American. Frank Dissinger won an 8 way shoot-off for the $50.00 defense bond for runner-up. The field included Steve Crothers, who had a 25, 24, 24 to Dissinger's 25, 24, 25. Crothers had attempted to win his 15th State Singles Championship. Irene Hess won the ladies' title, her 7th. George Newmaster won the HAA with 192x200 and the Doubles title with a 49x50, while Dissinger took the Handicap title with 47x50. Crothers and Walter Beaver won the two man team title with 99x100 (known as the Milt Lindsay Cup, placed in competition in 1892) . The three man team title (Harrisburg Shooting Asso. silver trophy, first placed in competition in 1891) was won by the Bradford Gun Club, and the five man team trophy.

1942 at Valley Gun and Country Club, Elysburg, PA
June 18-21, 1942

GEORGE NEWMASTER WINS HANDICAP, HAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
LONG WINS DOUBLES TITLE, MORLEY MCBRAYNE WINS SINGLES

The shoot was held at the Valley Gun and Country Club in Elysburg for the second time, the first being in 1937. The club had four program traps available, and would expand to 8 for the 1948 shoot. Credit for the out-standing success of this shoot goes to Andy Long, the tournament chairman. Without question, the 1942 Keystone state classic was voted one of the best shoots in history. A gallery of over 3,000 could be seen each day, following squads and shoot-offs. Long was also elected President of the PSSA, his first elected office in the PSSA. He would serve three years as President and 31 years as Secretary. Joe Ulmer, Norristown, PA, the legendary squad hustler, kept the shoot moving throughout the tournament.

The Class AA award in the Pennsylvania Class Championship was won by Walter Beaver with 149. Al Mulhaupt won the Class A title with 148. Long won the Doubles Championship on Saturday with a 97x100. George Newmaster, the legendary pigeon shooter, surprised the crowd when he took the State Handicap Championship with a 97 which included a long run of 69. Lawrence Dana, the 1934 Grand American Handicap Champion, finished one back with a 96. On Sunday, the State Singles Championship drew a field of 150 shooters. Morley McBrayne of West Chester, PA, captured the big title with a 197 and a three round shoot-off over Joe Ruos of Doylestown, PA. Irene Hess won her 6th women's title. Joseph Dissinger won the junior title with a 171x200.

The Bradford Gun Club won the 5 man team Reading Cup. Morris Leitzel and Leon Zettlemoyer of South End Gun Club won the two man team Lindsley Cup. The historic Harrisburg trophy, awarded to three man team champions, was won by the Homestead Park Gun Club.

1941 at Bradford Gun Club, Bradford, PA
June 18-21, 1941

CROTHERS WINS 14TH AND FINAL STATE SINGLES TITLE
DEFEATS BEAVER 175-173 IN CLASSIC SEVEN ROUND SHOOT-OFF

The Bradford Gun Club hosted their 5th Pennsylvania State Championship. The last two times Bradford held the big shoot, in 1936 and 1931, Steve Crothers won the Singles titles. So it came as no surprise this year when he won again at Bradford. But how he won, in the most historic shoot-off in state history, was a surprise. C.D. Wolfe of Washington, PA, was elected President of the PSSA. George Baldwin was retained as Vice President, George Neubling as Secretary and Doug Gilpin as Treasurer.

With America about to enter World War II in less than 6 months, a dark shadow was cast over the shoot. The war had already begun in Europe. The big news of the shoot was Crothers and Walter Beaver, each tying for the coveted State Singles Championship with 199's. Also in a tie for the title was C. E. Ramsden, but he fell out of the historic shoot-off after the first 25. Crothers and Beaver matched target for target for the first 150 extra inning targets. However, on the 7th extra round, with the sun setting, Beaver drew two targets in line with the setting sun and lost them, giving Crothers the title. Crothers also beat Beaver for the Class AA in the Class Championships, winning this in regulation 149-148. Irene Hess won her 5th State Women's title with a 195.

On Saturday, June 20, 1941, Beaver took the State Handicap title when he broke a 99 from the 25 yard line, the maximum distance in 1941. It would be 51 years before another shooter would win the State Handicap title from maximum distance. In 1992, Steve Huber of Bethel, PA, would win the title from the 27 yard line, beating Frank Little in another historic shoot-off. Beaver set a HAA record of 394x400 that would not be tied in 50 years, by Frank Little in 1991. However, in 1994, the record was finally erased when Ken Darroch of Aliquippa, PA, when he had a 397x400.

1940 at Roxborough Gun Club, Philadelphia, PA
50th Annual Pennsylvania State Shoot
June 19-22, 1940

FIFTIETH ANNUAL STATE SHOOT AT ROXBOROUGH GUN CLUB
STATE RECORD LOW SCORES WIN ALL MAJOR EVENTS

The Roxborough Gun Club, Philadelphia, PA, organized in 1924, hosted their first and only State Shoot from June 15-19, 1940. This marked the 50th renewal of the big event, the first being held in Williamsport in 1891. The club threw 650 program targets during the four day festival. The scores that won the singles, handicap, doubles, and HAA remain the lowest to ever win these titles over the 107 years of the state shoot.

Steve Crothers, the Philadelphia "Ironman" captured his 13th Singles title when he won a two round shoot-off over Howard Nice, after each posted 194's in the wind blown championship. It marked the lowest score ever to win the event. 125 shooters took part in the program. The two man team trophy (Lindsley Cup) ended in a tie between the team of Crothers and John Rigg and the team of Roy Hemmig and D. B. Diefenderfer. Walter Beaver, Crothers and Rigg won the three man team title (Harrisburg Cup). The five man team (Reading Cup) also ended in a tied between Roxborough and South End.

E. M. Alleman of West Fairview, PA, won the Handicap title from the 21 yard line with a 91x100. The weather conditions were ideal with very little wind. This also marked the lowest score ever to win the Handicap Championship in state history. In high, gale force winds, A. J. McDowell of Lansdowne, PA, won the Doubles title with 82x100. This also was the lowest score to ever to win the Doubles Championship. Beaver won the HAA with a record low score of 355x400.

1939 at South End Gun Club, Reading, PA
June 15-18, 1939

RIGG BREAKS 100 STRAIGHT TO WIN STATE HANDICAP TITLE
CROTHERS WINS 16'S, BEAVER WINS DOUBLES

South End Gun Club hosted the 49th renewal of the Pennsylvania State Shoot. The club added 8 new trap fields for the tournament and would replace the old clubhouse with a new one at the conclusion of the shoot. This new clubhouse still stands today. Shoot attendance was not as large as the PSSA had expected, probably due to business conditions. Oscar Wilde and the Roxborough Gun Club were awarded the 1940, 50th anniversary State Shoot. George Baldwin was elected to his second term as PSSA President. Also elected were H. Henline, George Neubling and Doug Gilpin.

The Pennsylvania Class Championships were decided on June 16th and Al Mulhaupt, the oil magnate of Bradford, PA, won the Class A title by "annihilating" all 150 targets. Walter Beaver won the Doubles title in the afternoon by breaking a 98. He was followed by John Rigg, who had 97. On Saturday, Rigg also won the State Handicap Championship with a 100 straight, from the maximum distance of 25 yards, just 6 days after he posted a 100 straight in New Jersey State Handicap. Beaver trailed Rigg with a 98. The temperature was around 100 degrees. On Sunday, Steve Crothers won his 12th State Singles Championship with a 199. He lost his 56th target. Beaver and James Stinson trailed Crothers by 3 targets. Irene Hess defended her women's title. Rigg won the HAA with 392x400 and Beaver took the HOA.

1938 at Brinton Lake Gun Club, Concordville, PA
June 15-18, 1938

BEAVER BREAKS 200 STRAIGHT FOR SINGLES TITLE
AL MEISS WINS DOUBLES TITLE WITH 98

The Pennsylvania State Shoot was held at Brinton Lake Gun in Concordville, PA, which is near Philadelphia. This was the only year that the club hosted the shoot. George Baldwin was elected President of the PSSA and John Eshelman was elected ATA delegate. Eshleman, of Lancaster, PA, was President of the ATA in 1933.

The annual Class Championship saw Steve Crothers break 150x150 for the Class AA title, and C.D. Wolfe of Washington, PA, won Class A with 150 straight also. E. F. Hill of Hughesville, PA, won the State Handicap title breaking a 98 from the 19 yard line. He ran his last 95 targets to win the title. He needed every one of them as Walter Beaver finished second with a 97. During the tournament, Beaver had a straight run of 499 singles targets. Counting targets broken prior to the State Shoot, he left the shoot with 623 straight. Beaver was one of five shooters who broke 200 straight in the Singles Championship, which included three amateurs and two professionals. He had to go three extra innings to defeat Roy Hemming and Walter Penrose. Hemming was trying to defend the title he won last year at Elysburg. He missed his 45th shoot-off target while Beaver and Penrose went 50 straight. However, Penrose lost his 64th targets and the title went to the legendary Beaver, who broke all 75. Irene Hess won her third straight women's title and broke her first 100 straight during the tournament. She broke a 198, which was the highest women's score ever broken in the ATA to that date.

Al Meiss of Hazelton won his second straight twin bird title when he broke a 98x100, the highest doubles score ever broken in the State Shoot until that time. Beaver would break 98 in 1939 and the record was not broken until 1962 when Rudy Etchen smashed a 99 at West Penn. Beaver broke a 393x400 for the HAA title and the HOA award with 642x650. The 3 man team (Harrisburg Cup) went to went to John Rigg, Crothers and Beaver with a score of 299.

1937 at Valley Gun and Country Club, Elysburg, PA
June 16-19, 1937

"DARK HORSE" WINS STATE SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
AL MEISS WINS DOUBLES TITLE WITH 96, BEAVERS TAKES HAA

The almost "perpetual" Pennsylvania State Champions of the last few years, Steve Crothers and Walter Beaver, were dethroned by Roy Hemming, a Reading, PA, "dark horse" whose name was not familiar to those outside of his home town. The Valley Gun Club hosted their first state shoot. C.D. Henline of Bradford was elected PSSA President and John Eshelman of Lancaster Vice President. Despite the rain that fell during the tournament, over 150 gunners took part in the classic.

Al Meiss broke a 96 to win his first Doubles Championship. Beaver was second with one less. W. B. Vernon, a 19 yard handicap shooter from Bradford, won the State Handicap title with a 95. He had to go an extra inning to edge George Baldwin of West Chester 23-22. Beaver too the HAA with 383, which was one more than Al Mulhaupt. This was Beaver's third HAA title. He would win 7 of these titles in his career. Crothers holds the state record with 10, and Frank Little has 8.

However, the big news in the tournament was the Singles Championship, won by Hemmig with 200 straight. There were four shooters tied for runner-up with 199, including Crothers and Beaver. Also breaking 199 were Alex Schwarz of Philadelphia and O. S. Sked, a former professional. The shoot-off for second place was one of the classic shoot-offs in state history, which was won by Crothers. Schwarz was eliminated first in the second 25. Beaver hung on for four shoot-off rounds, ending with a 99. Sked and the "ironman" Crothers battled another 50 targets before Sked lost two in the 6th string of 25 giving Crothers the runner-up award. Irene Hess won her second Ladies Singles Championship. She would go on and win 7 more during her career.

1936 at Bradford Gun Club, Bradford, PA
June 24-27, 1936

CROTHERS WINS 7TH SINGLES TITLE IN LAST 9 YEARS
"IRONMAN" ALSO CLAIMS 3RD HANDICAP TITLE, HAA

The Bradford Gun Club hosted their fourth State Championship, and it turned into the Steve Crothers show. The greatest shot in America won 3 of the 5 major titles, failing only to win the Doubles and HOA. Four years ago at North End Gun Club in Allentown, Crothers did win every major title.

Crothers had to go into overtime to snare the Handicap Championship, beating PSSA President, C.D. Henline in one round after both broke a 95 during regulation. Crothers shot from the 25 yard line. Andy Long won his first major title in State Shoot competition when he won the Doubles Championship, breaking 95x100. This was two more than Walter Beaver and three more than Crothers. In the Singles Championship, Steve broke a 198 which was three more than Al Mulhaupt and E. Murray Jr. It was his 7th State Singles Championship. He would win 7 more during his career. Crothers took the HAA with 385 and Mulhaupt won the HOA with 787x825. Mulhaupt would win the State Doubles Championship 12 years later at this same club. Irene Hess won her first of nine Pennsylvania State Women's Singles Championship. On the first day of the tournament, Beaver and Mulhaupt would share the Class A award in the Pennsylvania Class Championship with 148x150.

The "old vet", professional J. Mowell Hawkins, won all the professional titles during the tournament, winning the Singles with a 191, the Doubles with an 86, the Handicap with a 90, the HAA with 367 and the HOA with a 784. As a young man, Hawkins managed the 1909 State Shoot in Reading. Last year at Quaker City, he won all the events except the singles.

1935 at Quaker City Gun Club, Philadelphia, PA
June 12-16, 1935

STEVE CROTHERS WINS SINGLES, DOUBLES TITLES
WALTER BEAVER CLAIMS HANDICAP, HAA

Quaker City Gun Club, established in Philadelphia in 1924, hosted the 45th annual Pennsylvania State Shoot on June 12-16, 1935. This was the last time the shoot would be at Quaker City. Their last shoot was in 1927. It was Walter Beaver, Steve Crothers show. Beaver winning the Handicap title plus the HAA while Crothers won the Amateur State Singles title. 186 shooters participated in the four day tournament. T. I. Carson, President of the Quaker City Gun, won the Handicap Championship. Claude D. Henline was elected PSSA President at home because of illness, which prevented him from attending the shoot. At the annual meeting, an address were given by the President of Pennsylvania Game Commission, Major Nicholas Biddle and George S, McCarty. McCarty established the permanent homegrounds of the ATA in Vandalia, Ohio.

The first day saw Al Mulhaupt win the Ross Patterson trophy on the combined scores of the three events when he broke 164x175. Walter Beaver captured the Class A Championship on class day with a 149, missing his 132nd target. Crothers and Beaver tied for the Doubles title with 96's. In a classic shoot-off between the two trap-shooting giants, Crothers took the title with a 19-18 while Beaver took the runner-up prize with 19-17. On Friday, the day of the Singles Championship, it was clear with a high wind blowing. 127 gunners took the line to seek the august title. Crothers broke a 199 to lead the field by three targets. Mrs. G. Worrell II of Ardmore took the women's trophy with 185x200. The team of Crothers and J. Rauch won the Lindsley Cup in the two man team race with 196x200, while the Harrisburg Cup in the three man race was won by W. H. Pearson, T. E. Ridge and C. Francisco. The Reading Cup in the five man team event went to Beaver, C. H. Mason, Doug Gilpin, George Baldwin and Morley McBrayne. During another rainy and windy day on the last day of the tournament, Beaver broke a 95 to win the State Handicap title. There were 58 shooters entered in the event. This also gave him his second straight HAA title with a 386x400.

1934 at South End Gun Club, Reading, PA
June 13-16, 1934

WALTER BEAVER CLAIMS FOUR MAJOR PENNSYLVANIA TITLES
FRANK WALTER BREAKS 100 STRAIGHT TO WIN HANDICAP

The Pennsylvania State Shoot returned to the South End Gun Club for the first time since 1909 and despite the financial depression, more than 200 shooters took part in the shoot. Walter Beaver and Steve Crothers went head to head in a 50 target shoot-off for the State Singles title, won by Beaver. Great credit was due the club which is the oldest active trapshooting organization in America.

The Class A title in the Class Championship, held on the first day of the tournament, went to Steve Crothers, when he broke a 148 and out shot Walter Beaver in a two round shoot-off. Beaver took the Doubles Championship, won by Charles Newcomb last year, during the afternoon when he hit 94 targets. This was 5 targets better than Allen Heil of Allentown, PA, and John Eshelman. Heil is a former National Doubles champion. More than 2,000 spectators were thrilled at the classic shoot-off between Crothers and Beaver for the Singles Championship. Each broke 199 in regulation. But today Beaver turned the tables on his trapshooting rival, braking 50 straight in the two round shoot-off to claim his first Pennsylvania Singles Championship. They would meet again many times on the shoot-off line. Heil finished third with 198. Twenty four year old Alice Crothers, daughter of Steve Crothers, bowed to her cousin, Elizabeth Wister, for the ladies' title. Frank Walter of Easton, PA, saw to it that Beaver did not clean the table when he took the Handicap Championship with 100 straight. Beaver finished second with 97 and the HAA title with 390x400 and the HOA title with 605x625.

The two man Lindsley Cup went to Beaver and William Cochran. Chester County Rod & Gun Club won the Reading Cup five man team title and York County Gun Club took the Harrisburg Cup three man title.

1933 at York County Gun Club, Haines Park, York, PA
June 15-17, 1933

CROTHERS WINS FOURTH STRAIGHT SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
NEWCOMB WINS DOUBLES, HAA, RIDGE TAKES HANDICAP

York County Gun Club, located at Haines Park, east of York, PA, hosted the 1933 State Trapshoot. It was the first June Classic in York since 1913. Claude D. Henline was elected President of the PSSA at the annual meeting on June 15th at the Yorktowne Hotel in York. 95 shooters and wives were in attendance at the dinner meeting.

In the State Class Championship, Steve Crothers smashed 149 for the Class A title. Charles Newcomb and Walter Beaver finished second with 146. In the afternoon, Newcomb, a veteran shooter of over 30 years, won his second State Doubles title with a 91. Newcomb was one of America's greatest shooters 15-20 years ago. Runner-up to Newcomb was Al Mulhaupt of Bradford with a 88. He would finish runner-up in the Doubles four times during his career. On a rainy June 16th, Crothers won his 4th straight State Singles title. Long before the last shot was fired it was obvious that Crothers was the winner. Beaver finished 3 targets behind in second place. Beaver would finish second seven times in his career, six of those times to Crothers. Steve's daughter, Alice Crothers, won the women's title for the fourth straight year. The three man team Harrisburg Cup and five man team Reading Cup went to the Kennett Square Gun Club. Beaver and J. W. Yohn of the Kennett Square Gun Club won the two man team Lindsley Cup, giving the club a clean sweep of all three team events.

On the final day of the tournament, T. E. Ridge of Easton, PA, broke a 95 from the 21 yard line to win his only Handicap title. He was on the winning 1935 Reading Cup five man team champions. Alex Schwarz finished second, two targets behind. In the morning York County Special Singles event, Schwarz defeated Crothers in a two round shootoff after each posted 100 straights. Newcomb won the HAA and Crothers won the HOA. The HOA title was his sixth straight and the 11th in the last 13 years, and he would never win another one.

1932 at North End Rod & Gun Club, Allentown, PA
June 15-18, 1932

STEVE CROTHERS WINS ALL TITLE'S AT 42ND STATE SHOOT
AMERICA'S GREATEST SHOOTER TAKES NO PRISONERS

What a show the great Stevenson Morris Crothers put on in Allentown at the 1932 Pennsylvania State Shoot. Remarkably, he aced the entire shoot. The June Classic, held at North End for the first time since 1924, was the Steve Crothers show that may never be duplicated. All the great Pennsylvania shots were there, including Beaver, Newcomb, Mulhaupt, Heil, Eshleman, Meiss, Henline, Grove, Schwarz, Baldwin, just to name a few.

Under rainy, cloudy, threatening, hot weather, Crothers marched through the shoot like Sherman through Georgia. He won the Singles Championship with a 199, two targets ahead of J. O. Yohn and L. E. Strahley. He took the Doubles title with a 95, one target ahead of Bud Meiss. He won the Handicap Championship from 25 yards with a 99, one target ahead of Walter Beaver. He won the HAA with a 393x400, 8 targets ahead of Beaver . Crothers also won the HOA with 640x650.

In the Pennsylvania Class Championships, Alex Schwarz won Class A with 149, Al Mulhaupt took Class B with the same score. Crothers and Howard Nice won the two man team Lindsley Cup, South End won the three man Harrisburg Cup and West Chester won the 5 man team Reading Cup.