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Watertown Gun Club
1895
09 18 JOHNSON CREEK CRACK SHOT
The Johnson Creek "unknown" crack shot came
up last Wednesday afternoon and endeavored to show the Watertown Gun club, at
the grounds in the Fifth ward, how to shoot clay pigeons. The biggest score in the goose-egg line of the
season was the result - 25 missed birds.
It is said that it took the aforesaid "unknown" so long to
return home in the evening that his brother and partner John was obliged to
send out a searching party for him, finding him practicing on a lot of eggs
from a load he was conveying home. After
he has practiced sufficiently, H. J.'s Watertown friends hope he will again
join them. WR
1901
08 23 JEFFERSON COUNTY MEDAL
At Washington Park next Sunday afternoon
the Watertown Gun Club will hold its first annual gold medal shoot, at which
amateurs of Jefferson county only are to take part in the gold medal
contest. There will be eleven other
events. The gold medal is a beautiful piece
of jewelry on which is engraved the inscription “Jefferson County Medal Presented
by the Watertown Gun Club.” It can be
seen at Schempf & Schulz’s drug store.
The conditions are that the successful Jefferson county contestant will
hold the medal until the nest annual medal shoot, and will then receive
one-half of the medal purse. After any
one contestant earns the medal three times at the annual Medal Shoot such
contestant becomes the permanent owner.
WG
Watertown Gazette, 08 21 1908
Diamond Medal Shoot
The thirteenth diamond
medal shoot and target tournament of the Watertown Gun Club was held at
Washington Park on Sunday. R. H. Keel of
this city won the diamond medal, until then held by John Reichart. Keel broke 23 clay pigeons out of a possible
25. The silver cup for high gun shooting
was also secured by Mr. Keel, who broke 160 clay pigeons out of a possible
175. The diamond medal must be won three
consecutive times before it can become the property of the winner, but the
silver cup is held permanently by the winner of each contest.
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Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
Elect Officers. At the annual meeting of the Watertown Gun
Club held last Friday evening, the following officers were elected:
President—Ben H. Rieck
Vice President—Ben A.
Krueger
Secretary—Ary G. Keel
Corresponding Secretary
—Joseph Mirgler
Treasurer—Louis Mueller
Field Captain—John Richart
Executive Board—Joseph Mirgler, R. S. Keel, Joseph Glaus
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Gun Club Elects Officers
Watertown Gazette, 01 13 1911
At the annual meeting of
the Watertown Gun Club held Friday evening the following officers were elected:
President—A. G. Keel
Vice President—Ben A.
Krueger
Secretary—Ben H. Rieck
Treasurer—Louis Mueller
Field Captain—John Richart
Executive Board—Joe Glaus, chairman, R. S. Keel, William Wolff
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Watertown Wins Shoot
The Watertown Gun Club won from the Spring City Club Sunday afternoon at the local club’s grounds, east of the city, in a 250 bird shoot by thirty-tree birds. S. R. Keel of Watertown was high man with 40 out of 50 . . .
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Dreyfus
High Gun in Amateur Class
Breaks 144 out of a possible
150 targets
Watertown
Gazette, 06 03 1915
In
the inter-state shoot of the Watertown Gun Club on Memorial Day, Fred Dreyfus
of Milwaukee was high amateur with a total of 144 out of a possible 150
targets. F. A. Siefkin
was high professional with a total of 146.
Mr. Siefkin lost but one bird out of his first
135 and dropped [lost] three more in the last event of 15 targets. Dreyfus is the present amateur champion of
Wisconsin, and besides first money he is entitled to the first medal, three of
which were offered by the interstate association, besides $25 in cash. F. M. Graper of Austin Park, Ill. was the
winner of the second medal and was tied with O. Eisner of Hales Corners, and W.
E. Meusel of Green Bay for second high average, 113
out of 150. John Strook
of Mayville won the third medal and had third high average with 142 out of 150.
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