Sports Afield
Jimmy Hunter, Reno, Nevada, (Junior) 197 out of 200; Grace Bachhuber, Mayville, Wisconsin, (Women) 194 out of 200; Paul Smith, Lakewood, Colorado (Pro) 198 out of 200; Art Holm, Minneapolis, Minnesota, (Introductory Veterans) 98 out of 100.
All-American Johnny Sternberger of Trotwood, Ohio, won his first major GAH victory when he shattered 200 straight, then 125 straight, to take the Introductory Crown in a shoot-off with six others. Pete Souba of Minneapolis, Minnesota, placed second; Dan Orlich won third place and the AA Class trophy.
Other winners were: Mrs. Van Marker, Versailles, Ohio, (Women) 192 out of 200; Joe Hancock, Wichita, Kansas, (Junior) 198 out of 200; Jimmy Columbo, Omaha, Nebraska, (Sub-Junior) 195 out of 200. Winner of the Veterans race for 70-year-olds and better was Adolph Nelson, the 73-year-old Detroit, Michigan, marathon artist who has shot more registered targets than any man dead or living. Nelson, who has fired at more than a quarter of a million 16-yard registered clays, shot 99 out of 100 to win.
More winners: Bard and Eulalie Higgins, Duluth, Minnesota, (Husband and Wife) 398 out of 400; Mrs. Van Marker, (Women’s Vets) 99 out of 100; Bard and Jimmy Higgins, (Parent and Son) 398 out of 400. The famous brother duo, the Berlet boys from Wapakoneta, Ohio, again triumphed in the Brother and Brother race when they shot 396 out of 400. When we asked Dave if the heavy rain bothered his shooting, he said, “We’re just a couple of farmers. We don’t know enough to come in out of the rain.”
Then big Dan Orlich, the former Green Bay Packers football star, banged out 100 straight to take the Champion of Champions race for the third straight time. But Orlich had to beat state champion Sonnie Rich of Greenville, Mississippi, and Don Mackerman of Newton, Iowa, in a three-way shoot-off. Jimmy Hunter won the Junior Champ of Champs contest with 99 out of 100, and Punkin Flock of Miami, Florida, headed the Women’s field when she registered 198 out of 200.
C.E. Bernhart, who had a big week at the Grand, taking two of the three major shotgun titles, won the coveted Class AA championship when he broke 200 straight in the main event and 175 without a miss in the shoot-off to beat two Iowans, Don Mackerman of Newton (second) and Bob Martin of Cedar Rapids. Ken Kleckner of Riverdale, Illinois, won Class A with 200 straight. Seventeen-year-old Dick Polcyn of Russell, Kansas, took B Class with 198 out of 200. Ed Platske of Milwaukee grabbed D Class when he scored 195 out of 200. Sonnie Rich was the victor in the Zone Champ of Champs with 99 out of 100, and Freddy Missildine, the famed skeet shooter from Sea Island, Georgia, was the winner of the Professional event when he broke 200 straight, then beat Tom Frye in the shoot-off. Young Tommy Dunn of Joliet, Illinois, broke 199 out of 200 to pace the Illinois team, which captured the Five-Man-State-Team race with 987 out of 1000. Other members were Gary Stafford, Harry Skalsky, Gus Wesley and Forrest Woods. Larry Gravestock, the 25-year-old Amarillo, Texas, sporting goods dealer, became the second amateur to break 100 straight doubles at the Grand American. Larry won the Special race with this score. Merle Kemmerly, the Bossier City, Louisiana, night club owner, broke 100 three years ago.
Seventeen-year-old Jimmy De Filippi of Oglesby, Illinois, a member of my 1963 Sports Afield All-American Junior Trao Team, caused somewhat of a furor when he shattered 99 out of 100 to win the world Doubles championship. Dick Baldwin, Danbury, Connecticut, took the Professional championship when he fired 98 out of 100; and Judith Allison of Elgin, Illinois, was the top gun in the Women’s event with 88 out of 100. Wayne Rowland, a fine shot from Garden City, Kansas, winner of the Kansas State Championship, was victorious in the Vandalia Open Handicap when he scored 99 out of 100 from 23 yards. Bob Diefenderfer, 36, of Reading, Pennsylvania, climaxed a great session of shooting when he won the important High Over-All championship. The hard shooting Keystone gunner broke 971 out of 1000. Other HOA winners were: Sheila Egan of Mount Vernon, New York, (Women) 935 out of 1000. Lt. Col. Hank Copsey, Colorado Springs, Colorado, headed the All-Around field when he finished with 391 out of 400.
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