1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

It will be seen by the rules of the competitions, which can befound in the latter part of this book, that considerable changes havebeen made in the regulations in force at the Olympic Games of London,1908, the reason of this being a desire to give the competitions,as much as possible, the nature of a sporting event.On the proposal of the Committee the following gentlemen wereelected to act as officials at the competitions:For Clay Bird Shooting:Judge:Count Claes Lewenhaupt, Secretary to the Cabinet;Controllers: N. Krook, J:nr., Esq., and B. Lindroth, Esq.Deputy Member: Carl Kjellberg, Esq.For Running Deer Shooting.Judge:Lieut T. Kroplien;Controllers: Wilh. Schumacher, Esq., and G. Mossberg, Esq.Deputy Member: Lieut. E. Helling.Captain Fr. Björkenstam acted as leader of the competitions.n) CLAY BIRD SHOOTING. TEAM COMPETITION.Teams of 6, with max. 3 reserves.3 stages.1st stage: Teams shoot at 20 birds per man in 2 rounds2nd3rdFor the team competition, which took place on the 29 June and the1 July, there were entries from seven nations:Finland France GermanyGreat Britain Russia SwedenU. S. A.The Russian team did not compete and, in accordance with theregulations in force, the French team retired after the first round, andthe Swedish and Finnish teams after the second round. Of the threeteams left, that representing the U. S. A. was placed first, with 532points, Great Britain coming second with a score of 511, and Germanythird with 510 points.U. S. A. Gold Medal.1st. round: 2nd rd: 3rd rd: Total.Charles W. BillingsRalph L. SpottsJohn H. HendricksonJames R. GrahamEdward F. GleasonFrank Hall45 Fifth Olympiad. 705