L.P.S. would be Lou Smith, I assume. Mr. Weir probably started his competitive trapshooting career in 1913, shooting 150 Interstate Association birds and averaging .7333. He did not shoot in 1914. In 1915, he shot 300 birds and averaged .8500. In 1916, he was shooting his new gun and shot 550 Interstate birds with an average of .7945. In 1917, he shot 300 birds again and averaged .7600. He apparently did not shoot in 1918, and by 1920, he had moved to Rockford, shot only 150 American Trapshooting Association birds but at an improved .8400 average. It seems he was not a consistent shooter and probably enjoyed shooting non competitive trap more than for money. An Illinois resident in those days had to compete against Mark Arie, Homer Clark, Horace Kirkwood, C.M. Powers, Tom Marshall, W.R. Crosby, J.R. Graham, all among the greatest shooters in the country at the time.
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