U. S. R. A. LEAGUE AGREEMENT FOR 1914-15.
Entrance Fees.—Each club with paid-up affiliation in the U. S. R. A. shall pay an entrance fee of $10, others $15; this to cover cost of prizes only.
Expense.—The association shall furnish all targets to the clubs and shall pay the transportation from the association to the clubs and pay for all necessary telegrams to or from the secretary-treasurer, and an accurate account of these charges to be kept by the secretary and the amount to be charged back to the clubs, each club paying an equal amount. This is not to exceed $10.
Secretaries of the clubs where shooting nights and distance will permit are to use the mail, others the telegraph in the cheapest form. Results of the week MUST reach the secretary by noon of the next Monday after the shoot. The press has no use for stale news. Clubs shall pay a fine of $1 for each failure to report on time; the fines to go into the club fund for expenses.
Targets are to be sent to the various clubs prepaid. Only clubs which guarantee to stay through the series will be allowed to enter.
Shooting Night.—Clubs may shoot on one or two evenings of the week most convenient for them, but it must be the same evenings each week all through the match, unless a change be authorized by the secretary-treasurer. Any club may be allowed at the discretion of the executive committee to divide their shooters into two divisions and have two shooting nights a week. The membership of the divisions must be kept distinct, that is, a man may not change from one division to another and each division must have its regular shooting night. Matches not shot according to the above may be forfeited.
Teams to consist of five men, but each club may at its option shoot in any match from five to ten men and pick the scores of the highest five. Qualifications, paid-up membership in the U. S. R. A. and good standing in the local club. A man may shoot on the team of but one club. The scores of members in arrears for dues may be forfeited.
Conditions.—Revolvers and pistols will be allowed on equal terms, but both must comply with the U. S. R. A. rules. Five strings of five shots each will be required for each man. Target, Standard American. Distance, twenty yards. Each individual score to be completed within twenty-five minutes from the time of firing the first shot.
Scoring.—Official scoring to be done by the secretary-treasurer. In close matches, where the count of doubtful shots will determine the winner, at least two of the members of the executive committee shall be called upon to assist the secretary in scoring these shots.
Supervision.—Members of the executive committee and U. S. R. A. governors shall supervise matches within their jurisdiction, and certify that all U. S. R. A. conditions have been fulfilled. Any score not so certified may be protested, by any competitor and at the discretion of a majority of the executive committee may be thrown out.