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Fifth & Sixth Annual Champion of Champions. Results and Newspaper clippings, 1970, Feb.15-May 1

 File — Container: MS 450 Document Case 07, Folder: MS450.07.02

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Fifth and Sixth Annual Champion of Champions. Results and Newspaper clippings. * The FIFTH ANNUAL CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS – International Gallery Match: * 40 Shots-Standing-Iron – 3rd Place Margaret Murdock, Score 377. * 40 Shots-Kneeling-Iron – 2nd Place M. Murdock, Score 395, Women’s Record. * Full Course-Iron – 2nd Place M. Murdock, Score 1170. * 40-Prone-Any Sights – Murdock Score 399, Women’s Record. * 40-Stand-Iron – Winner and Women’s Record, Score 381. * 40-Kneel-Iron – 2nd Place Murdock, Score 394. * ½ Course-Iron – Murdock Open, Service, and Women’s Records, Score 295. * ½ Course-Iron – 3rd Place Murdock, Score 588, Women’s Record. * Full Course-Iron. 1st Place Murdock, Score 1174, Women’s Record. * 40 Kneel-Any – 3rd Place Murdock, Score 398, Women’s Record. * Full Course-Any – Women’s Record, Score 1167. * Iron Aggregate – 1st Place M. Murdock, Score 2344. * Grand Aggregate – 4th Place Murdock, Score 4668. * TEAM USA-BLUE: Margaret Murdock, John Foster, Lones Wigger, and Bill Krilling. * 40-Stand-Iron, Total score 1504 Open and Service Records, 1st Place, Score 1504. * 40-Kneel-Iron, 1st Place – Total Score 1568. * Full Course Iron – 1st Place, Open and Service Records, Total Score 4666. * 40-Prone-Any – 1st Place, Total Score 1597. * 40-Kneel-Any – 1st Place, Total Score 1584. * Full Course-Any – 1st Place, Total Score 4664. * 40-Stand-Iron -1st Place, Total Score 1491. * 40-Kneel-Iron – 1st Place, Open and Service Records, Total Score 1569. * ¼ Course-Iron -1st Place, Open and Service Records, Total Score 1172. * ½ Course-Iron – 1st Place, Open and Service Records, Total Score 2336. * Full Course Iron – 1st Place, Total Score 4654. * USMFITAA TEAM: Margaret Thompson-Murdock, Marie Thompson-Alkire, Tricia Foster, and Kathy Krilling. * WOMEN’S RECORDS SET in the following matches: * 40-Prone-Any, Total Score 1588. * 40-Stand-Any, Total Score 1402. * 40-Kneel-Any, Total Score 1561. * ¼ Course-Any, Total Score 1145. * ½ Course-Any, Total Score 2281. * Full Course-Any, Total Score 4551. OPEN GALLERY SECTIONAL. * Match #5 – Aggregate of 4-Position, Margaret Murdock and Lones Wigger tied for 2nd Place, Total score 799. TEAM Matches: US Army Red 1st Place (Murdock, Davis, Bassham, and Dalton), Total Score 1589. SIXTH CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS MATCH – Conventional: * Match 1 – Iron, 20 shots prone and kneeling – 1st Place Murdock, Score 200+118 Open, Service, and Women’s Records. * Match #2 – Iron, 40, 4-Position – 1st Place Murdock, Score 400+4, O-S-W Records. * Match #3 – Iron, 20 Stand, 3rd Place Murdock, Score 195, Women’s Record. * Match #4 – Iron, 20 Stand and Prone – 2nd Place Murdock, Score 199, Service (co-holder) and Women’s Records. * Match #5 – Iron, 30, 3-Position – 1st Place Murdock, Score 299, W-S-O (co-holder) Records. * Match #6 Iron, 40, 4-Position – 1st Place Murdock, Score 400. * Match #9 – Any sights, 20 Prone and Stand – 4th Place Murdock, Score 199, Women’s Record. * Match #12 – Any, 20 Prone and Kneel – 2nd Place Murdock, Score 200+118, Women’s Record. * Match #14 – Any, 30. 3-Position – 9th Place Murdock, Score 297, Women’s Record. * Match #22 – Aggregate, Iron 80, 4-Position – 1st Place Murdock, Score 800, O-S-W Records. * Match #24 – Aggregate, Iron and Any, 160 Shots, 4-Position – 2nd Place Murdock, Score 1592, Women’s Record. * Match #25 – Agg, Iron, All fired matches – Individual and Team – 2nd Place Murdock, Score 3183. * Champion of Champions, All fired matches, Individual and Team, Iron and Any – 3rd Place Murdock, Score 6852. * TEAM MATCHES: Match #19 – Any, 30, 3-Position – 3rd Place Murdock and Bassham (tied with Wigger and Cramer), Score 596, Service Record (co-holder). * Match #15 – Any, 40 Prone and Stand – 1st Place Murdock and Foster, Score 796, O and S Records. * Match # 11 – Iron, 40, 4-Position – 1st Place Wigger, Foster, Krilling, and Murdock, Score 1591, O and S Records. * Match 21 – Any, 40, 4-Position – 2nd Place Wigger, Cramer, Krilling, and Murdock, Score 1590. * Match #8 – Iron, 30, 3-Position – 1st Place Murdock, Wigger, Bassham, and Krilling, Score 1187. * Match #18 – Any, 30, 3-Position – 1st Place Wigger, Murdock, Bassham, and Cramer, Score 1192. * Match #10 – Iron, 40 Prone and Stand – 1st Place Wigger, Murdock, Bassham, and Davis, Score 1579. * Match #17 – Any, 40 Prone and Stand – 2nd Place Wigger, Bassham, Cramer, and Murdock, Score 1583. NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS: The Bayonet, Fort Benning – “Captain Sets 2 rifle Records” – “U.S. Marksmanship Unit Team Makes New Records” – “ Five Set Records With Smallbore Rifle” – Army Times – “WAC SHOOTER BREAKS 10 NATIONAL RECORDS”

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  • 1970, Feb.15-May 1

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From the Collection: 13.00 boxes

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