First 100 in dbls. 1 thru 100. Modern day. Who ?

Several years ago I saw a book that Veldon Smith had that listed 1 thru 100 of the persons breaking 100 in doubles. This was a modern day list not in the 1800s. Has anyone else ever saw this book or list.

 

According to ATA records Mark Arie broke the FIRST 100 straight in doubles ever recorded at a shoot in Denver 1926. --- Rudy Etchen broke the first 100 straight in doubles at a Grand American even in 1950.

 

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I knew Rudy well and he was like lightning with that 870 ! --Funny Story . Rudy had a great sense of humor ! Rudy used to coach my wife and I some when we lived in LA. My wife always shot doubles with a pump gun. When I went to a pump from an 1100 I asked Rudy if he could could give a tip or two about shooting a pump for doubles. Rudy said "Ya know Mike, after awhile the pumping sort of takes care of itself , It's the "HITTIN" you need to concentrate on ! "

 

Notice the picture of Rudy and his 870 which has the innovative "Etchen" pistol grip! His whole family great, great marksmen and knowledgeable about the theory of good shooting.

 

Actually, Rudy's father Fred R. Etchen is the earliest shooter I have on file to break 100 straight doubles. He did this on August 14, 1921, on a cloudy and somewhat windy day at the Coffeyville (Kansas) Gun Club, but because it was not on a registered field or registered shoot, his accomplishment has always been viewed as the first "unofficial" 100 straight doubles.

I also have Mark Arie as the first to break 100 registered double targets.
Arie was the first shooter to run 100 straight doubles from scratch when he broke the first 163 in a 100-pair race at the Great Western Handicap Doubles Championship at the Denver Municipal TC on July 18, 1926. He broke 163 straight and totaled 198x200. This was a new world’s record.

“Mark went down the line of five doubles traps cleaning up each forty without a skip, the shooters and spectators following him from trap to trap asking themselves how far he could keep it up. He passed four traps without a mishap, breaking the 20 pair and making a puff of dust out of most of them. On the fifth trap he had a slight mishap, an ejected shell from his gun striking him in the eye because of the position in which he inadvertently held it. Soon after this he lost a target and then another one, finishing the string with 38 for a total of 198.

Mark did not lay the misses to the “bat in the eye,” but to a dropping target at this trap, as a wind had sprung up and they were ducking fast.”

Ted Renfro, of Dell, Montana was the first recognized amateur shooter to break 100 straight doubles at a registered tournament when he broke them all at the Utah State Shoot on July 25, 1931.

Homer Clark Sr. went straight at the 1933 Kentucky State Shoot

Johnny Jahn, of Spirit Lake, IA broke 100 straight doubles at the 1938 South Dakota State Shoot.

Earl Colson Jr., of Tacoma, WA broke his 100 straight doubles at the 1948 P.I.T.A. Championships

Rudy Etchen broke the 100 doubles at the 1950 GAH.

At the 1952 Louisiana State Shoot, Mercer Tennille broke 100 straight doubles.

I've read that Rush Razee was the second professional to break 100 straight doubles but I have not verified this report as of yet.

 

Fred may very well broken the first unofficial 100 straight in doubles and perhaps they may have been others but, as you say ,and I also posted, Mark Aire broke the FIRST "Official " registered 100 straight at a "registered shoot" in Denver in 1926 . Mercer Tennille broke the first 100 straight by an "Amature" at the Grand American in 1960 . This caused some confusion. Rudy broke his while he was an industry employee in 1950 so his win with 100 straight was listed as the first "Industry Rep" to break 100 straight while Tennille was list as the first "Amature" to break 100 in doubles at the Grand although it was 10 years later.

 

Does anyone recall the title of the book that Mr. Smith listed the 100 straight doubles? I'd like to look it over.

Veldon Smith broke 100 straight doubles at the Grand American also. A newspaper article from 1972 said he "mowed down 50 pair in reverse order at Vandalia yesterday (Aug. 22) to become the first Class C shooter ever to hit 100 straight."

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HB,

Do you have info on the gun Mark used for tis feat ?

Having been hit in the eye, can we assume it was a SxS double, and not his Marlin Pump ?

 

L. C. Smith double with ventilated rib and a Hunter One-Trigger.

 

Did Donald Peed of Maryland win a doubles championship at the Grand and if so, was it a 100x100 ?

 

rookieshooter, nice to see someone recognize Donald Peed, one of Maryland's greatest shooters. In fact, he was pretty good wherever he shot.

Yes, Mr. Peed won the Grand American Doubles Championship in 1966. Four tied with 99x100. Donald Peed won the shoot-off with 20 straight. Myron Willoughby was Runner-up with 18; Homer Clark Jr. won AA 1st with 17 and Mercer Tennille was AA 2nd when he forfeited.

Mr. Peed had only started shooting in 1960 and I didn't register any doubles until 1962 (1650 - .8715 avg.) Reports say that he loved his doubles. I read recently that in 1981 he won the Maryland State Doubles Championship for the 8th time. I also recall reading that he traveled to the Grand American one year just to shoot the Doubles Championship.

In 1970, Mr. Peed won the Grand American Doubles Championship a second time. He again broke 99 and shot off the tie with Emerson Hoblit (Hoblit Release Trigger), of Ohio. It went two rounds, Mr. Peed scoring 39x40 (19-20_to Mr. Hoblit's 36 (19-17). The Dayton (OH) Daily News article title was "Peed Likes Shootoffs." He told reporters he flew in last year (1969) and "arrived on the grounds at 11 o'clock." "They told me entries closed at 10:30 . . . "This year (1970) I made sure I got here a day early." "Next year, you bet I'll get here a day before the race, too."

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Thanks so much for taking time to post this.
Prince George gun was my home gun club which was run by ''Pappy'' Webb. A great shooter in his own right. It was the first gun club I ever shot and where I first
saw Donald Peed shoot.
Donald shot the first target rather slow letting both targets rise near it's apex before firing the shot...but that's when Donald performed his magic.
The time between first and second shot was like greased lighting.
The last time I ever shot the Grand was shooting with Donald Peed in the1985 Doubles Championship. I got lucky and was high man on squad.
After shoot off I took home a class trophy. But not after what Donald told me '' Set yourself up and don't rush the first target''.

 

I would have guessed Ned Lilly was the first to break 100 doubles.