U.S. International Final Tryouts
Lackland AFB, Texas

Pan-Am Tryouts Draw National's Top Shooters

Some of the most expert members of the shooting world in the United States will converge on the Lackland Air Force Force Base next week to compete in the 1963 Pan American Tryout Matches. the matches will be held jointly at the Lackland and Camp Bullis ranges, beginning Monday morning.

Tryouts are held annually to determine the top civilian and military shooters that will compete for the United States in the Pan American Games to be held Apirl 20 - May 5 at Sao Paulo, Brazil.

More than 300 expert shooters will be competiting for positions on the six five-man teams.

Invited are such shooting celebrities as Jack Horner of the Army, the 1952 United States Skeet Champion; Tom Heffron of the USAF Marksmanship School at Lackland who won the U.S. International Trap Shooting Championship last September, and who in October shot his way in third place in the world competition at Cario, Egypt; and Gary Anderson, the 22 year old Army reservist who recently set two new small bore world records at the Cario matches.

Also invited to the competition were pistolmen T. D. Smith of the USAF Marksmanship School at Lackland, 1962 Air Force Pistol Champ. and William B. Blankenship, the Army's 1961 Inter-Service Pistol Champion. Franklin C. Green, also of the Marksmanship School and arch-rival of these two also has received an invitation. Green shattered the old world record last January with an aggregate score of 2661 previously held by Blankenship at 2659.

Express & News, San Antonio, Texas, Saturday, January 19, 1963, Page3D

Anderson Tops Field In Shooting Tryouts

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Competition in rapid fire pistol shooting and 300-meter free rifle events continued today in tryouts for the U.S. Pan American Games rifle and pistol team.

Gary Anderson, Army reservist from Axtell, Neb., and Edwin Teague, of the USAF Marksmanship School at Lackland Air Force Base here, set the pace in Sunday's firing.

The final two events to select a 24-man U.S. team for the Pan American Games in Brazill - skeet and center fire pistol - will be held laster this week.

Anderson won the 50-meter small-bore rifle competition last week and hit 1134 of a possible 1200 to pace shooters in the 300-meter free rifle event Sunday. Teague posted a 593 x 600 score to win the rapid fire pistol shooting.

Sunday's leaders:

300-meter free rifle: 1. Gary Anderson, Axtell, Neb., 1134; 2. Verle Wright, Ft. Benning, Ga., 1124; 3. John Beriva, USAF Marksmanship Shool, 1121 (place decided by higher prone position score); 4. John Davis, Ft. Benning, 1123; 5. Lone Wigger, Ft. Benning, 1123 (place decided by higher standing position score after prone scores were tied).

Rapid fire pistol: 1. Edwin Teague, USAF Marksmanship School, 593 x600; 2. Robert Stineman, Ft. Benning, 590; 3. John McNally, Ft. Benning, 589 (49 bullseyes); 4 Robert Dueitt, USAF Marksmanship School, 589 (43 bullseyes).

Del Rio News Herald, Del Rio, Texas, Monday, January 28, 1963, Page 4

Skeet Shooting Tops Today's Card At Lackland AFB

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Two events, skeet and center fire pistol, began today for marksment seeking places on the team that will represent the United States at the Pan American Games in Brazil.

Capt. Cecil Wallis was the leading qualifier Tuesday as Army marksmen from Ft. Benning, Ga., captured all four places in rapid fire pistol shooting at Lackland Air Force Base.

Wallis finished with a three-day score of 1759 and 140 bullseyes.

SFC Laurence Mosley was seond with 1758 and 143 bullseyes. M. Sgt. Robert Stineman also scored 1758 by placed third with only 141 bullseyes. SFC Aubrey Smith took fourth with 1757 and 138 bullseyes.

Leaders in Tuesday's final round of rapid-fire pistol shooting were S. Sgt. Edwin Teague, USAF Marksmanship School at Lackland, 590 and 50 bullseyes; Marine Capt. William McMillan, Quantico, Va., 590 and 47 bullseyes, and S. Sgt. Alvin Merx, Marksmanship School, 587 and 46 bullseyes.

Skeet and center fire pistol qualifying is scheduled to end Friday. They are the last six events in the tryouts.

Del Rio News Herald, Del Rio, Texas, Wednesday, January 30, 1963, Page 5

Pan Am Games Tryouts Continue at Lackalnd

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The Army and Navy divided honors Wednesday in trials for shooters bidding for places on the U.S. team in the Pan American Games.

Skeet and center fire pistol firing continued today.

Kenneth Sedlecky, with the Navy at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., was the first round skeet leader with a 100x100.

Capt. Cecil Wallis of Ft. Benning, Ga., shot a 596x42-600 to pace the center fire pistol shooters.

Center fire pistol: Sfc. Aubrey Smith, Ft. Benning, 588x48-600; Capt. James Getchell, USMC, Quantico, Va., 588x48-600; Capt. William McMillan, Quantico, 587x47-600; Capt. T. D. Smith, USAF Marksmanship School, Lackland AFB, 586x47-600.

A rapid fire match broke a Smith-Getchell tie. Smith, 300x30-300; Getchell, 296x26-300.

Skeet M. Sgt. Henry Shaw, Ft. Benning, 99x100. M. Sgt. Harold Myers, USAF Marksmanship School, 99x100.

Del Rio News Herald, Del Rio, Texas, Thursday, January 31, 1963, Page 4B

PanAm Tryouts Complete; Two MCS Shooters Win

Sgt. David I. Boyd of Marksmanship Training Unit, Weapons Training Battalion, blazed his way into a berth with the U.S. Pan-American Rifle and Pistol Team at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas this week.

The team which is slated to compete in the Pan-American Matches at Sao Paulo, Brazil in April, will be accompanied by Capt. Paul J. Shank, also of Marksmanship Training Unit. Capt. Shank placed fifth in the tryouts and will accompany the team to Brazil in the capacity of a substitute in the event of a dropout of a regular team member.

The Marine tryout team was composed of 12 of the Marine Corps top shooters. This team has an impressive array of awards to its credit, both on the team and individual levels. These include; the Olympic Gold Medal, Presidents' Match Champion, three state championships, an International rifle champion, and many other awards.

The crack 12-man team is composed of Capts. William W. McMillan, Paul J. Shank and James L. Getchell; 1stLt. Roger E. Knopper; Warrant Officers William E. Eubank and Emmett D. Duncan; SgtMaj. Robert O. Jones; Sgts. Charles McConnell, Larry L. Hausman, David I. Boyd, Ray H. Green and PFC H. C. Coleman.

The entire team, with the exception of Sgt. McConnell, is stationed at Marine Corps Schools with the Marksmanship Training Unit.

Quantico Sentry, Friday, February 1, 1963

Pan American Tryouts

The tryouts for the U.S. Pan American Games Shooting Squad wre fired at Lakeland Air Force Base, Tex., Jan. 21 - Feb. 1. Six events were conducted: 50-Meter 3-Position Rifle, 300-Meter Free Rifle, Free-Pistol, Center-Fire Pistol, Rapid-Fire Pistol, and Skeet. The top 4 shooters in each event were selected as firing members of the 1963 U.S. Pan American Team.

The individuals selected will fire in the Pan American Matches at Sao Paulo, Brazil, in April. There will also be a 50-Meter Prone Rifle Match fired by 4 shooters from the 50- and 300-Meter Rifle Teams.

The U.S. Pan American Team Captain is Col. Peter W. Agnell, USAF (Ret'd), and the Team Adjutant is Maj. Fred Rakow, USAF.

American Rifleman, Vol. 111, No. 3, March 1963