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fifty-thirty NORTH WITH THE BOW By Dr. Pau! E. Klopstcg field archfry at the NATIONAL
Ry Howard Hill INDOOR archery Ry R G. Thompeon SASHA S1EMAL EDITORIAL ARCHERY STEALS SHOW
kore has his say By Kore T. Duryee hunting OHIO ARCHERS PACK
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By Part* B. E- Stockdale \ field ARCHERS archers CALIFORNIA ..." By John L- Yount THE LOWER THE BCY8 IN brackets jt r,F ARCHER'" the LIGHTER 8T omin’r* Edited by Ge »ir< * WHO IS PARKER? WHO IS brommers
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Fifty-thirty North with the Bow By Dr. Paul E. Klopsteg, Chicago, Illinois The only animal I ever killed rooms, electric lights, newspapers, with an arrow was a frog. Unfor radio, automobiles, furniture, and hot tunately for him, the amphibian was water faucets. My decision to go, sitting behind the target, possibly prompted by most cordial invitations from Forrest Nagler and Roy Case, with a mistaken sense of security. When I went to retrieve a miss, the was sudden; and, having gone, there are decidedly no regrets. I shall go frog was impaled on the arrow. The largest game I had ever shot again at the first opportunity, es pecially if it can be in the company with firearms was a squirrel, when in the days of my youth I was the of such hunting companions as For proud owner of my first and only .22 rest and Roy. I have always been Stevens Favorite. A .22 short got told that the true metal of a man is revealed when he is far away from him. •My story is thus introduced to clear civilization. By that test they rate 100 per cent, and I hope that in their the reader of any misapprehension that I am by nature a big game hunt estimation I wasn’t what Caesar call ed ‘‘impedimenta”—excess baggage. er. The introduction may also help No archer can read Saxton Pope’s to stimulate his curiosity about how a “book and magazine hunter” hap “Hunting with the Bow and Arrow” pened to break loose from his moor without absorbing into his soul some ings and go after big game. Those of the spirit of that classic. A sec moorings, consisting principally of ond and third reading give him a business duties, have been tight as a persistent desire to experience the adventure which awaits him, and a clove hitch during the past seven determination some day to find it. years. My intention being to make this a If anything was needed to stir the candid word portrayal, I must con desire and determination still more, my all-too-brief acquaintance but fess that I still feel surprise when I contemplate the two weeks spent treasured friendship with Art Young away from the desk, soft beds, warm provided it. Archery hunting stories
I Packed and Ready To Start Down English River {Al, Alf, Roy, Paul, Fox)
December, 1937 2 YE SYLVAN ARCHER I left Chicago on the Hiawatha at in the magazines were further, though 1:00 P.M. on Thursday, September quite unnecessary stimulants. When m” turn came I was eager but not 30. Roy boarded the train at Mil quite ready to go. The few days of waukee some 75 minutes later. We preparation, of winding up my work arrived in Minneapolis at 7:30 P.M. at the office, and assembling equip and changed to the Soo Line train, ment, were filled with activity like leaving at 8:05, which deposited us in that of the ant before a hard winter. Winnipeg the following morning. The subject of equipment can be Forrest was to meet us in Hudson at covered briefly. We were going to about 2:00 A.M. the next day. At this point I shall let the diary the English River country in On tario, latitude 50 degrees 30 min take up the narrative and carry it through the days of glorious adven utes north, longitude about 93 degrees west. We might encounter ture in the woods where sounds other temperatures as low as 15 degrees, than the hammering of the wood pecker, the rushing of rapids, the oc and snow or rain might be expected. Clothing was selected accordingly. casional calls of chickadee, whiskey jack and raven put all your senses in There were plenty of woolen socks, underWear, shirts, breeches, parkas focus to catch their meaning. Friday. October 1 1937: As we of Grenfell cloth, ponchos of alligator cloth, and the indispensible high tops entered Winnipeg we saw on the left, at St. Boniface, a perche with its with cerpe rubber soles. Each of us three archers and two guides carried grille, used in popinjay shooting by a eiderdown sleeping bags. “Bush fea group of French and Belgian archers. thers”—spruce and balsam boughs— We arrived in Winnipeg at 8:30 A.M. kept stones and sticks from denting and went to the office of the Canadian us too much. Two of us being “soft”, customs inspection. We found the carried air mattresses and would do chief inspector to be an armchair so again. Large duffel bags and hunter, much interested in bows and packsacks for extra clothes and staple arrows, and with accurate knowledge grub, and small bags for the much- of the hunting exploits of Saxton used essentials; a reflector stove; an Pope and Art Young. We showed aluminum cooking and eating kit for him our bows and arrows, evidently five; bows and arrow cases—these giving him much pleasure. Several constituted our luggage, all packed Canadian passengers on the train for convenience in portaging. The were also much interested. They gave five men and baggage made a full us information about the country into which we were going and offered load for the guides’ two canoes. Roy carried a 58 pound osage bow their services in any way in which with curved rigid tips, slightly over we could use them. After break 5 feet long, and a similar yew bow fast we went to the Hudson’s Bay a few pounds lighter. Both are raw store and museum. I was disappoint hide-backed. Forrest’s were straight ed because the store was a small long bows, near 50 pounds. Two of edition of Marshall Field’s rather them are of yew, and a third of osage than the primitive institution I had is of the takedown type. My bows always imagined Hudson’s Bay stores Were two in number. There was a to be. Then we went to Hudson’s Bay 55-pound longbow of osage, slightly House where we saw one of the edi reflexed, and a Turkish bow of 60 tors of “The Beaver” and left a sub pounds. With a 540-grain broadhead, scription with him. This well-printed the former has a point-blank range magazine, published by the Hudson’s of 83 yards, and the latter of 100 Bay Company, always has interesting yards. The Turkish bow was used pictures and stories of the far north. most of the time because its short We were permitted to browse in the length of 4 feet proved very conven library which has a most interesting ient, both in the bush and in the collection of books on hunting, ad canoe. The heavy rains to which it venture, trading and allied subjects. was plenty of time during the was exposed for hours had no effect There day to make purchases of such sup on it. All of our bows except the plies as we had not brought, and Turkish have rectangular limb sec after supper at the Canadian National tions. Railway Station we boarded the train
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for Hudson at 6:45. Saturday, October 2, 1937: We ar rived at Hudson at 2:00 A.M., ap proximately an hour late. Hudson is about 260 miles northeast of Winni peg on the lower end of Lac Seul— “Lonely Lake”. Nagler had arrived on a train from Toronto a few min utes before our arrival. We went to Kenneally’s hotel, managed by Mrs. Mike Ament, where we were able to get several hours’ sleep. We were out at 7:00 and got our duffel all packed for the final lap of the trip by air plane. We Idft our “civilization” clothes at the hotel. The plane left at ten o’clock and flew to Sioux Look out, about 12 miles away, to pick up passengers reported waiting. When we arrived there, the passen gers had already departed on the plane of a competing company, so we immediately took off and flew northwest about 60 miles. The country is dotted with lakes of all sizes. The principal waterway be tween Hudson and the Red Lake sec tion to the northwest consists of Lac Seul, the English River, the Chukuni River, Pakwash Lake, and finally Red Lake. The intervening country is heavily wooded with spruce, jack pine, popular and birch, with some low growth of evergreens and decidu-
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ous shrubs, and with willows along the shores of lakes and rivers. There is a great deal of wild rice which is harvested by Indians, where the ducks leave anything to harvest. Our flight was interesting, al though visibility was limited by the fact that there was no sunshine. In 45 minutes We arrived at Little Canada, a settlement near Ear Falls and Gold Pines. At Ear Falls there is a power plant of the Ontario’ Hy droelectric Commission, supervised by Mr. Rust, which supplies power to the gold mines in the Red Lake sec tion. The settlement at Little Can ada consists principally of the opera ting personnel of the power portage at this point. Gold Pines is a small settlement with a Hudson’s Bay store and a few houses. We paid a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Rust at Ear Falls, both of whom are University of Toronto graduates. Mrs. Rust has adapted herself to the country and likes it very much. She devotes much of her time to photo graphy and has made many excellent pictures, particularly of winter scenes. She has also given some attention to the breeding of dogs suitable for dogsleds, and has specialized on Alsa tians. (Continued Next Month)
“Where Sounds .... Put All Your Senses in Focus to Catch Their Meaning” —Cut Courtesy of Hudson’s Bay Co.
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Field Archery at the Rational Ry Howard Hill, North- Hollywood, California
The place of field archery at the National is a pertinent question and we are indebted to Mr. Howard Hill and Mr. Ray Hodgson for the follow ing letter on the subject from Mr. Hill to Mr. Hodgson. We invite further comment.—Editor. In answer to your request that 1 write an outline of the idea I dis cussed with you a few weeks ago re garding what could be done at the next national tournament to encour age the field archers, I want to say at the outset that I have been trying to figure out something that could be done ever since the first national ar chery tournament I ever attended, that in Rye, N. Y., in 1928. I long since decided that the plan I shall outline, or one similar to it, is the answer. I have restrained myself from offering a suggestion until now, because before this time I have never been approached by anyone officially connected with the N.A.A. As an en thusiastic lover of field archery, I felt that to be too free with my own ideas as to what the N.A.A. could do to encourage the field archers might be construed by some as taking too much for granted. Even after your kind assurance that the time is right for me to make such suggestions I am afraid that some members of the association may feel critical toward me. However, that fact does not trouble me a great deal if only I can say something that will benefit ar chery as a whole. There is no branch of archery that I do not enjoy, and I rejoice to see each of them advanc ing steadily. The way I see the matter is that the sport of archery might be likened unto the Olympic Games or any other big field meet. In the Olympics there are many sports represented and some of those sports, again, are di vided into various branches. Due consideration is given each branch, and all the contestants work toward winning in their respective events for the general good of all, yet it is im possible for any one contestant to participate in all the branches of any sport, as, for instance, in the swim-
ming or in the track events. The way I look at the N.N.A. tournament is this: there are too many branches of archery for any one person to be able to compete in all the events, if each branch is to be given equal con sideration. At the same time, it does not seem fair to leave out any branch of the sport, because, after all, the devotees are archery lovers and are keen for the sport, whether they in dulge in target shooting, game shoot ing in the field, flight, clout, roving, or what not. It is all archery, and each branch automatically helps ev ery other branch and aids in building up the sport as a whole. I realize that there has been an ef fort made to include all the branches of archery in the National Associa tion, but so far, insufficient time has been afforded for each division to be adequately represented, the way things have been managed. I believe the target archers are entirely within their rights to wish to continue the regular rounds to which they are ac customed. Let us concede, then, that the target archery is being run sat isfactorily at the National Tourna ment; also the flight and the clout. Then the field archers could be taken care of in the following manner. Select a man to take charge of the field archery and allow him all the time that the target archers have for the Double York and the Double American to put on his program for the field archers. In other words, while the target shooting is being done the field archery events will also be in progress. It would then be left up to the individual as to whether he shot target or did the field shooting. A certain portion of the field could be given over to the field archers, or if there was not sufficient room on the same grounds without interfer ence, let the field shooting be done on some other spot in the same city. At first thought, two fields might be hard to find, but as soon as cities understand what grounds are needed on which to hold the N.A.A. shoots, I know the host cities can, and will
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be happy to, furnish plenty of room. The field program could be ar ranged so that the contestants in that division could also compete in the flight and clout events. This part of the program all the archers could in dulge in, together. In that way, any one going to the National would have his or her choice as to which events to enter, either target, flight, and clout, on the one hand, or field shoot ing, flight, and clout, on the other. This arrangement, it seems to me, will be fair to all members. It is a dead certainty that so long as wc try to allow every one to enter all events, some one branch, at least, will be short, for lack of time, and I do not think it wise or sensible to try to wedge anything that has been shortened, into a crowded program, nor do I think it expedient to extend the time covered by the meet as a whole. Some few individuals have sug gested that the field shooting take place either the week before or the week following the target shooting. This plan would be all right except for a few reasons which I feel make it objectionable. First, if an archer wanted to compete in both events (or even in clout and flight in addi tion to one of the other two branches under consideration) his doing r,o would require him to go to a great deal of expense for such a lengthy stay. Such a plan would cause the shooting to last too long for interest by the newspapers to be sustained, and newspaper support is positively essential if archery is to continue to grow and to reach the position which it deserves in the realm of sports. The question as to how the field archery is to be financed naturally arises. All field archers should pay the regular fee of .$4.00, the same as target archers. Whatever portion of the moneys so collected be needed for putting on the field events should be so used and the remainder should go into the general fund of the N.A.A. to be expended as needed. I am sure that because of the small expense en tailed in putting on field events, there would be ample funds collected even the first year to support the events. If such a plan as that outlined is worked out for the next national meet to be held in San Francisco, I would
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almost guarantee at least twentyfive archers from Southern Califor nia to be there, who would not be present if no adequate program of field archery is offered. When we remember the great number of field archery clubs existing in California, Washington, Oregon, and Utah, sure ly there will never be a more suitable time and place to try out this pro posed plan than next year at the na tional in San Francisco. If it seems expedient to try out this plan next year (and it can be done in an experimental manner— there doesn’t have to be anything per manent about it until it has been thoroughly tested out), it would seem that an active field archer should be chosen soon to begin working out a nrogram for the San Francisco meet. I think a series of events might be suggested to the person selected, to be carried out as closely as time and conditions will permit. A committee of, say, three field archers should be appointed to consider what events should be tried out. In any and all these events the shooting should be strictly of the field variety and done with hunting tackle, under condi tions as nearly reproducing those in hunting game as possible. I will be happy to donate a cup as first prize for the highest total score in the field shooting. Further, I will gladly aid in any way that I can to help to make a success of the first trial of field shooting. I trust that this letter fulfills your wish for an outline of the plan I have had in mind for some time. With best wishes, Yours for archery, HOWARD HILL. Lieut. Frank Latta, U.S.N. is back at the Coco Solo Submarine Base. We hope he is gathering material for another article.
Our Los Angeles correspondent is falling down on his job. Jt took a letter from Howard Hill to explain that he was the technical director in charge of archery for the new produc tion of "Robin Hood,” and now we are in receipt of a clipping from a New York paper telling that Chester Seay filled the same office in the filming of “Marco Polo.”
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Indoor Achery By B. G. Thompson, Corvallis, Oregon The announcement of the eleventh annual Olympic Bowmen League re minds us that the season for indoor archery is at hand. Apparently in door archery was common in the seventies and eighties in the United States. The following from “Har per’s Bazar” gives us some idea of indoor archery as practiced in those times. Notice “Seay release” of the lady near the center of the picture. From “Archery in Mid-Winter” in Harper’s Bazar of March 27, 1880. “Our people have centainly a pleas ant knack of adapting their amuse ments to the exigencies of climate. Archery has heretofore been consid ered a distinctively summer pastime or exercise, associated with expanses of green lawns, bright skies, shade trees, and parti-colored tents and canopies as protection from the solar rays. That any of these pleasing ac cessories are not essential to the en joyment of archery has been very conclusively proved by the experience of this winter in many of our large cities, where, as in Chicago, Cincin
nati, Buffalo, Boston, New York and Brooklyn, large halls have been se cured, and fitted up with all the need ed paraphernalia of the toxophilite. “Our artist has cleverly sketched one such scene in our own city, where, at a range of 'fifty yards, delicate ladies can send an arrow straight into the heart of the gold, regardless of the icy winter blasts raging around them on the outside of a building comfortably heated, and brilliantly lighted with gas. “It is not to be supposed that ar chery is as healthful when thus prac ticed as it certainly is in the open air, but wholesome exercise of any kind is worthy of all encouragement, and archery in mid-winter has this ad vantage, that it keeps the fingers and muscles of the shoulders and chest in condition for the more continuous exertions of the summer. “We are not of those who believe that target practice in a hall tends to any marked improvement in those engaged in it. The conditions are so different from practice in the open
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This Tigre Gave Us a Fine Fight
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Editorial Tellin’ You To All Oar Friends—The very best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the publish ers of Ye Sylvan Archer. Mr. Mervin R. Lehigh, Detroit, Mich.—Christmas Greetings in the form of a year’s subscription from M. G. Lehigh.
admit that our French isn’t what it used to be. But there is no mistaking the name and the classic mug of I. Stamps of Seattle and beyond any doubt he is shown with a nice looking buck. This is the kind of publicity that has brought archery to where it is today, and Mr. Nagler has done his full share in writing such articles.
Archery Steals Show
(Contributed) From Martin P. Kelly, one of the best showmen in the country and producer of the Minnesota Sports men’s Exposition, comes the answer as Gossip to whether there’s a chance for real There are novel ways and means showmanship in archery. Comment of obtaining needed refreshments, but ing on the archery act put on at the if Mr. Nagler is right, Commdr de exposition in St. Paul November 1117 by Larry C. Whiffen and Russ . Marbois knows all the ropes. The Commander and his Indian Hoogerhyde, National Champion, of friends, it seems, both with bows, Northbrook, Ill., Mr. Kelly said: returned to camp one evening from a “There is no question but what trip after caribou on a glacier. In those two fellows stole the show com the outskirts of the camp De Marbois pletely. They have a grand act which took a shot at a marmot, one of those is worth plenty of money to any show. gray headed mountain woodchucks, of If I ever saw an act that would click aiderman proportions, that make their anywhere, that’s it. We have booked homes in rock piles. The broadhead them back for our show next year.” glanced from a rock, through some The archery act put on by Hooger bushes and into the shoulder of one hyde and Whiffen was short and of the pack horses. Much disturb snappy, taking just fifteen minutes. ance by the horse, much confusion to During this short time their whole the archers, the horse ran into camp bag of trick shots was gone through, with the arrow sticking in him, was both archers doing their own special caught by a rope, the doctor sum shots. The audience reaction was moned, the arrow removed by a little amazing and their generous applause quick surgery. While Mr. de Mar spontaneous. This was in the face of bois held the horse, the doctor put other splendid acts of ice skating, in eight stitches in the cut. The com door ski jumping and many other at bination of the day’s hunt and moun tractions which filled out a two hour tain climbing, the embarrassment of show. the accident and the sight of the sur The Twin City archery club cashed gery were too much for our hero. I in on the act also. They had a small understand that he fainted, had to commercial range set up selling six be taken to the expedition leader’s shots for a dime to the customers. tent and revived with a husky shot After the audience got through of rum. “It sounds like a Rube Gold watching Hoogerhyde and Whiffen berg way of obtaining a drink to play William Tell and do all sorts of me,” says Mr. Nagler. things with the bow and arrow, they Commander, are you going to let got a yen to try it out themselves. your friend get away with that kind The result was the range added about of stuff? Our columns are open to $65.00 to the club coffers. Dr. A. A. your rebuttal. Kelly was the smart St. Paul archer Mr. Nagler also sent us a clipping responsible for that successful venture. from a Canadian paper. It is written So it just goes to prove that all ar in French and editorially we must chery needs is plenty of showmanship.
H. Fred Woodley, Inglewood, Calif. —Will be looking for you on your trip north. Be sure to stop.
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Kore Has His Say Dear Davis: We had a wonderful hunting trip this fall — L. D. Hunter, I. M. Stamps, Albert Van De Venter, L. D. Alexander, and myself. Caldwell of Sedro Wooley and Nichols were in a few days, and three scouts packed in, Bob Rutherford, Ralph Copestick, and Ed Fry. The scouts were only in for four or five days on account of school. Had all the grouse (shot with bow and arrows) we could eat and all the fish we wanted. Went in on Sunday, September 26, and the following Sat urday I. M. Stamps shot a nice fat two-point black tail deer. We ate most of it in camp and was it good? You could cut the meat with a fork. We hope to get this country set aside for bow and arrow. Gave a bow and a few arrows to Mrs. Constans, wife of the man that packed us in. Her son, Richard,
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aged seven, shot four grouse and one rabbit the first week. They are all very much interested. Am enclosing picture of Richard. The bow was much too strong for him but he had the eye. You know, I have learned a couple of lessons this summer, and they are never to make any remarks about cartoonists or writers. Last winter I made some remark in an Olympic Bowmen report about C. E. Shaw of Gig Harbor and look at the stomach he put on me in the American Bow men cartoon. Then that man Gard ner—California archers haven’t told you half about him. I looked out for my money with him and only lost a couple of cents and two tokens. But O Boy, he got me in his auto camp and to shooting at a legitimate tar get. He was shooting with us. Then he began trying different stunts till he had dropped out and was using his camera. You notice he has an at tractive secretary, and she keeps shooting with you and, of course, you pay no attention to that man Gardner—and he keeps on taking pictures. Will have to admit Partee and I had a wonderful time and they fed us swell, so what’s a few pictures after all. Sincerely yours, Kore T. Duryee.
Rovers and More Rovers Southwestern and western Ohio sure likes its rovers shoots. On Oc tober 3, at Middletown, 50 shooters braved soaking rain for the opening shoot of the Middletown Archery Club. Then, on October 17, some 70 shooters participated in a delightful rovers round near Versailles, followed by a double-header chicken dinner— all sponsored by that active Versailles Archery Club. Not enough room to publish the winners of these two shoots. Maybe you’re good at guess ing German and Scotch names. Oh yes! Some more rovers stuff. Not to be outdone, those Dayton ar chers and “rollers” have announced their “Rovers Shoot Barbecue” for Sunday, October 31. Curt Hill and Jim Heffernan guarantee more than just a dinner—a real FEED. Proof of the pudding’s in the eating! —Ohio A. G. and H. A. News Letter.
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Ohio Archers Pacl{ Hunting Grounds By Paris B. Stockdale. Columubs, Ohio Indians could have been no more abundant among the forests of the early days of tribal warfare than were the archers of Ohio who braved bitter cold and deep snow to partici pate in the third annual hunting par ty of the Ohio Archery-Golf and Hunting Association, Saturday, No vember 20. The affair was held on the central Ohio archery-shooting grounds, a special 500-acre tract of land set aside by the State Division of Conservation for the exclusive use of archers. There were 90 partici pants who bagged a total of 19 rab bits and four cock pheasants. Ray Shumway, Cincinnati, president of the association, who is a crack target shot, failed in his efforts to get game, but was the champion captor of cold feet. Mrs. Aaron Steinmetz, Middle town, was the only successful woman hunter among some twenty-odd. A feature of the hunting party was the banquet at the close of the day, held at the Hotel Southern, Columbus. There were 80 participants, special guests of Trent Sickles, Secretary of the League of Ohio Sportsmen. This was the largest group of archers ever assembled at a banquet in Ohio. A feature of the dinner program was an address by Commissioner L. Wooddell of the State Division of Conservation. Other speakers in cluded T. M. Jones, Toledo, repre senting the League of Ohio Sports men, members of the Conservation Division, and officers of the ArcheryGolf and Hunting Association. The turnout for the hunting party is a fitting index to the success being achieved by the Ohio Archery-Golf and Hunting Association in its efforts to promote interest in archery-hunt ing, sportsmanship and conservation. At the first annual hunting party, two years ago, there were 20 partici pants who took but one rabbit; at the second hunt, last year, there were 40 participants, with a bag of 24 rabbits and three pheasants; at the recent hunt, there were 90 participants. Three years ago it was illegal to hunt with bow and arrow in the State of Ohio. Today, not only is archery
hunting legal, but there are three special tracts of land set aside as archery-shooting grounds. These achievements have been thru the ef forts of the Ohio Archery-Golf and Hunting Association in cooperation with the Ohio Division of Conserva tion whose sympathetic director, L. Wooddell, appreciates the conserva tion and sportsmanship elements in archery-hunting. One aspect of archery which is rapidly gaining popularity in Ohio is Rovers. This is especially true in western and southwestern Ohio where autumn Rovers Shoots are sponsored by the archery clubs of Dayton, Mid dleton, and Versailles. An analysis of the Game-captors at the recent hunting party speaks of the benefits derived from rovers shooting, for the “roving archers” from the south western part of the state took far more than their portion of all game bagged. Curtis Hill, National free style flight-shooting champion for 1936, from Dayton, and Malcolm Elam, Cincinnati, each took a rabbit in addition to a pheasant. Ray Roush, Columbus, was the only shoot er to take two rabbits.
The Greater Miami Archery Club wishes to extend the challenge of a correspondence match shoot to some other club through “Ye Sylvan Ar cher.” As we are just a young club we would like very much to hold a match with some other young club. In this way we hope to ascertain a fair standard as to score, judging from others as well as ourselves. We would appreciate very much if some club would start a correspon dence with us, telling us about them selves and under what conditions their club could shoot. As our wea ther permits us to hold our shoots outside all the year we can very eas ily adjust ourselves to the conditions of our opponents. Our address is: Mr. C. Thigpin, 22nd Ave. and 87th St., Miami, Florida. Jessie Meyers, Sec.
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Southern California Field ^Archers By John L. Yount, Secretary
IN MEMORY OF ARNOLD F. TULLIS
A true archer, quiet and un assuming, always willing to do his part. He was a good sports man and a perfect gentleman, under all circumstances. Arnold passed away Monday, Novem ber 22, 1937. The regular September tournament of the Field Archers Association of Southern California was postponed because of deer season, so was held at El Segundo October 31 with the Art Young Archers of Los Angeles as our hosts. It was a fine meet with a good crowd regardless of the fact that the Elysian Club held its turkey shoot on the same day. Owing to in juries, motion picture work, etc., there was no competition in the Championship Class, but the compe tition in the General Division was keen enough to make up. The winner and new champion was Wayne Stat ler. Volus Jones finished second, and third place went to Bob Faas. The winning lady was Dorothy Ahman. The field activities of the week-en 1 of November 21 began with a round of archcry golf Saturday afternoon on the links of the Redlands Country. Club, followed that evening by a ,re.il old fashioned archer’s talk fest at the clubhouse of the Redlands Archery Club. Sunday morning, the sixth regular tournament of the Field Archers As sociation was held over the new rov ing course of the Redlands club, which is located at the Country Club. Ken Wilhelm won the gold bar in the Championship Class and Wayne Stat ler won the silver bar. The General Division was won by Bob Faas, who by so doing becomes one of the ex alted six of the Championship Class. Second in the General Division was Volus Jones, and third, Bernie Ah man. The ladies division was as usual won by Glenn Curtis, with
Audrey Grubbs second, and Dorothy Ahman, third. The afternoon was devoted to a little artificial hunting. The Red lands club held its fifth annual turkey shoot at this time. There were 85 archers taking part in the festivities and getting themselves 30 turkeys.
We Saw Walt Wilhelm shooting a good score with his broken right arm strapped to his belt and pushing the bow forward with his left hand to get his draw. A real archer, fellows, a real archer! Brother Ken shooting 100 points above the next best man. Earl Grubbs starting back to Los Angeles with two turkeys between his knees looking him in the face. Emery Watts and wife with two more in the same car, and Bill Logg and his turk—5 people and 5 turks in one car and Los Angel es 60 miles away. Jim Sullivan miss the stack and lose two pheasants to E. J. (Woody) Woodward with a measly one. Rasp berries to Sulliman! The pheasants were donated by Theodore Curtis. Bob Fass, the mighty hunter and champion shot, letting Bernie Ahman break the most balloons and take the turkey. Of course, it was “do” or hamburger with Bernie. Fred Woodley, Bob Fass and Ted Carpenter bedding down for the night on the floor of the Redlands club house. Great rejoicing when George Esta brook became member No. 101 and started his first round of rovers. George later reporting it great fun but darned difficult. “Old Rover” Theodore Curtis teach ing the game to the Diehr brothers of New York and taking a trimming for his pains. Volus Jones taking his third suc cessive second place in the General Division. Many inquiring as to the where abouts of Howard Hill, who by the way, is still working on “Robin Hood.” (Continued on page 15)
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Bo)is in the Lower Brackets By THE RETIRED BASEMENT CHAMPION 80 yards. Now he has forgotten all The gates swing open to welcome a about it and demands a red ribbon. lodge brother, but there is something Admission granted. I knew all along fishy about it. We have documentary that that squirrel story was a damn proofs, see photograph, that Dr. KJopsteg was not corrupted by his lie. association with Mr. Nagler and Mr. Major J. W. Barker of Cincinnati, Case on a recent Canadian hunt, and 0., called and demanded admission. that he could, would and did, scorn Why not? As far as I know the the bow and got his big game with a major has never killed anything with rifle. The evidence, as Mr. Nagler a bow, though the Lord knows he has points out, is plain; Paul belongs. tried hard enough. Also, as I under Well, he is admitted on probation. stand, Mr. Wilbur Doerr of Cincin If we ever catch him with as much as nati and Mr. Haskell of Gloucester, a rabbit in his possession, out he goes. Mass., both of whom were far too good Ray Hodgson nominates Hanson shots before they met the major, and Middleton of Pomona. Says that have now backslid to the point of if they are sportsmen enough to trav eligibility. We are proud to have all el fifty miles just to attend a San three of you. Pedro shoot, they are good enough for So you think you can get away us. We concur and are proud to with it, Russell Judas Jones and How have you, gentlemen. Don Carson, ard Iscariot Richards of Eugene, also of Pomona, we hope you are re Ore. Snakes in the grass you are and covering nicely from your illness. betrayers of the innocent. Next time Erie Stanley Gardner thinks that don’t write articles about the game Kore Duryee and Noyes Tyrrell you have killed if you want to put would be just dandy additions to our (Continued on page 15) membership. We will be glad to take Mr. Tyrrell, who is just recovering from an accident, no matter what his past record may be, and hope he will soon be fully able to be around again and resume his old activities. But, Erie, how in the devil’s name do you reconcile the title of king of snapshooters that you once bestowed on Mr. Duryee with membership in the red ribbon crowd? Get out, Kore, or speak for yourself! Better pick your sponsors with more judgment next time! C. B. Hutchison of Honolulu and parts unknown sends in a raft of nominations. Welcome in, H. J. Green, George Silver, Roger and Hap Humphrey, Fred Rich, James Hyashi, Tara Inoue and Eugene Chang; we are really proud to have such a cos mopolitan representation. But just a word in your ear, don’t trust Hutch too far. By the time he is nicely broken in on your team his feet will be itching again. We know him bet ter than you do. Stanley Christilaw, taking advan tage of a note we had due at his bank, spent two hours telling about a Klops teg and His Catch ground squirrel he hit in the eye at
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Lighter Side of Archery i
By THE DOGHOUSE PHILOSOPHERS
Edison Archers Heard From Doghouse Editor Dear George and brother dub: May say that as I conned over the samples of that rare stuff you arc dishing up apparently with machine regularity, I became conscious of the utter futility of my furnishing any essence worthy to be associated with the RANK and file of your quantity production. Nevertheless, weasels will rush in where the stench is too strong for pole-cats, if you get what I mean, and so here goes exactly nothing. In the dim and dusty 29s or 30s while the world was in a bad F.X., Goulet, of Edison Junior High School in Los Angeles found his golf in the same F.X. so verily he begot a bow and some arrows and set out to re trieve the lost road to Robinhood. He couldn’t find this alone so he gather ed about him a goodly number of males and three fems, and it came to pass that they became Edison Archers. The fame of this club spread abroad as a great wonder, so much so that an Oregon cow shed her bell to be used for a mascot to the organization, and it came about that the name of the club was called The Cow Bell Club. And it came to pass that the Cow Bell Club waxed strong in the land; each meet brought out bigger and better scores; each eat better food and more bull, until at last that electric device, wonder-working miracle of the age which threatens to render all after dinner speeches safe for inno cent ears, and the stories told at the Cow Bell Club dinners mentionable; that ox products Filter was presented to the club by honorable Deodorizing Duncanflicter Ducey, inventor extra ordinary. That invention took the wind out of the club so that it has verily been on the skids until this year when it has begat two new members and re vived a few others such as Judge Warren who has been exalted to presidency and Chester Seay who was a Rightist and is now confident the
future of archery lies to the Left (handed). —B. E. D. Here is a little ditty that is neither wise nor witty, but it sets forth something of the status of the Edison Archers as they hold forth today under the alias Cow Bell Club: An Ode (or) to (of) Edison Archers By Bedma, Ed. D. If you should ever call the roll Of the Cow Bell Club • You’d find a dub For every master of “Relaxed Control.' There’s mighty Douglas at the top With Zelma so low And Davis also While Seay goes Left to fight a flop.
McMillan is still a canny shot While Two-Door Hux And Wilson are klocks And Donyes is far from being hot!
F. X., an archer one time, himself; While Wilson roars And Black makes scores, With Spicer, is going on the shelf. Poor Armstrong, can’t find her an chor, dear; But Clifford’s start To learn the art May save the bunch a fall on the ear.
The Cow Bell Motto Let this be my daily song: If you shoot ’em right They sure go right, Unless you shoot ’em wrong! By Prexy George Warren, ad libing for F. X. Goulet.
Paul Bunyan Offended By Paul Gordon Beacon, N. Y., Nov. 26.—Paul Bun yan, inventor of flight shooting and formerly its most celebrated expon ent, was greatly exorcised when in terviewed at dinner here last night over what he characterizes “a scur-
December, 1937 14 YE SYLVAN ARCHER rilous and unfeeling attack” on his. on the corner of Main and Dexter. reputation. The offending article, “I was then a member of the Potomac archers, serving as a captain of en published in Ye Sylvan Archer for gineers. It was a blistering hot day, November without his knowledge or and there seemed nothing to stop that consent, was by Chet Good and Cyril disheartening route and the rebel ad Ball of the Cascadian Bowmen and vance. There I stood, my sword had to do with Mr. Bunyan’s recent feat of scoring on the sun with ar melted, my cartridges all exploded in the intense heat. rows shot from a wooden bow. “Well, suh, suddenly I conceived Although Mr. Bunyan was credited the only possible way. Seizing a log in the account with four consecutive from a frantic log-rolling congress, hits, it was at first supposed that his displeasure was occasioned by refer and using the limp Washington Mon ument for a bow, I loosed it toward ence in the article to his first shot, the enemy.” which was a miss. However, John Here a look of regal scorn illum Inkslinger, Mr. Bunyan’s confidential secretary, who had also been present ined the old man’s face. “My detractors of the Cascadian at the sun shoot, was ready with cop Bowmen would pretend that there’s ies of the old flight maestro’s author something remarkable about shooting ized statement even before the per in a straight line at the sun, and oration was over, and the statement hitting it. That’s mere child’s play. left no doubt as to Mr. Bunyan’s But to shoot to all four points of the position. compass with one arrow on a single •“In the name of charity, I protest,” loose—that, gentlemen, requires some read the statement in part. “The skill.” His face was suffused with sun shooting was just innocent relax ation, and I had no suspicion that it heroic pride, now. “I did that. Such was the force of would be disclosed; worse, that it that loose that the confederates would be construed as a feat repre turned gray at the arrow’s passing; sentative of my best. You don’t kick it caused a drought in the middle a man when he’s down, and by the west, scared Texas cattle into grow same tokens you don’t ridicule a ing long horns, and landed so hard broken-down archer whose best days in Yellowstone Park that it created are behind him. I have nothing but a geyser where it struck.” (The contempt for the Cascadian Bowmen geyser, “Old Faithful,” is still there. and their feelingless indiscretion.” “But was it true?” inquired a —Ed.) His audience were impressed, and scribe. it was recalled that Mr. Bunyan Mr. Bunyan choked up and nodded. came by his extraordinary talents, It was. He was so moved, however, particularly his skill as a raconteur, he was obliged to put down the beef through his distinguished lineage, joint he had poised delicately between allied as he is with the house of thumb and forefinger, and began to Munchausen on the distaff side and weep. It was distressing to see how with the house of Bach on the Bachold and pitiable the maestro looked at side. that moment. He wept until the re This reporter asked him finally: porters and score of waiters serving “Mr. Bunyan, as one of the archery him put on waders, and the Beacongreat, what is your opinion of the Newburgh ferries had to move up river and use the slips at Pough more recent techniques in archery— Pedominal flight shooting, for ex keepsie and Highland. ample?” In order to avert a tidal wave, “Phui!” shouted the old maestro, someone thought to ask Mr. Bunyan and launched into such a tirade of what he considered his own best per torrid vituperation that the excess formance with the bow. That cheer ed him considerably, and he called for water boiled off around the BeaconNewburgh landings, and the ferries a fresh tablecloth to wipe his eyes. were able shortly to return. “It was during the afternoon of July 20th, 1861, at the height of the Union retreat from Bull Run,” began Who Is Parker? the great man. And he fetched a If some archer were to ask, who is sigh that changed the traffic signal Charlie Chaplin or who is Franklin
15 December, 1937 YE SYLVAN ARCHER on account of justice, we have had to D. Roosevelt, it would make me un exclude so far. easy, but I would forgive him. There Of course we couldn’t admit you to may be other Parkers, for instance full privileges; but we might have an this Clem person of Norristown, Pa., “Order of Lobos” -within our ranks but all I know about that one is that to cater to field archers of your ac he dips a wicked quill. I could write complishment. We wouldn’t want to a book about our Parker but I won’t. be snooty about it and if you Lobos Here are just a few of the things will remember your place, stand at that I know about him. attention and speak respectfully to Name, Maynard L. Parker. He is genuine red ribboners, it seems it is the only member of the Elysian about all we should ask. Championship team who never lost Go to it, you Lobos! Your claims his goat. Apparently modest and un to admittance may be questioned, but assuming, but don’t be deceived. He your sportsmanship is not. How bears about the same relation to Ely about it, Capt. Styles; will you round sian Club that cement bears to a brick up our membership in the Bay re wall. He taught Larry Hughes and gion, lobos and all? Dr. Pfouts, George Parrish how to shoot but there must be a lot of you around neither will give him credit for it. Utah. The rest of you blue ribbon They pretend that it is just a natural ers, how about duffing in? We al gift. ready know about you, but how about The “Parker System” has raised the other thorough sportsmen we the scores of many of the local hot have never heard of? All of you Gay shots. It consists of drawing on the that the red ribbon is one of the best point of aim, then going into a trance things that ever happened to archery. and thinking over a few abstract How about backing your opinion with problems before releasing. a little practical assistance? Parker’s arrows are made of im ported ebony and fletched with vul ture feathers. Some say that his California Field Archers heart is as black as his arrows and (Continued from page 11) that he has made a pact with, the Fred Woodley demonstrating cer Evil One. I believe that rumor was tain advantages in his quiver. started by Parker himself, to under John Yount several days after the mine the morale of his opponents. above mentioned demonstration hunt For further information on this ing over a three mile route for his subject, see “The Black Arrow” by quiver of arrows, finally finding them Robert Louis Stevenson. on the running board of his car. —R. W. Lower Bracket Boys (Continued from page 12) something over. You will take me coon hunting, will you, you two reprobates? Get out and stay out! W. J. (Chief) Compton also called. He says he thinks that the red ribbon boys will put new life in archery. Under cover of that smoke screen he wants to join. And we would be proud to have you, Chief, you grand daddy of archery and boon companion of Pope and Young. Tell you what we might do: If you will write us a letter telling about the really qualified red ribbon archers and good sportsmen in your neighborhood, I will use my influence to have you admitted through the back door. I will hold out the same inducement to other miscreants whom,
Who Is Brommers? And now comes a Mr. Clement Parker and wants to know who this “Bloomers Guy” is. Well, Clemmey, old boy, you have no doubt heard some seemingly tall stories about a M”. Bunyan, a Blue Ox, Swampsaugers, Onion Trees, etc. and believed them naught. Well, such has been the case with me but, Clemmey, old boy. you can take it from me—since I have actually seen this “Bloomers Guy” I believe them all, Clemmey, old pal, old pal, I am here to state, I have survived a first-hand encounte • with this ‘Critter,” I have watched it roam around among Pumners, Chemical and Ladder-trucks, I have seen it grin and heard it speak but as to who or what it is—well, Brother, I don’t know either. Cyril C. Ball
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Granddaughter of Sitting Bull Princess Waste Abidiwihn, grand daughter of Sitting Bull, famous Sioux Indian, came to Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, to learn to use the bow and arrow. She be come a member of the University archery class while a student there. She is known to her fellow students as Evelyn Welch, and is from Culberton, Montana. Miss Welch sings in the girls’ glee club, the Philhar monic choir, and the Treble Cleft club. She has served as president of the University International club and as historian of the independent women’s orgonization, Daleth Tcth Gimmell. She also helped receive President Roosevelt at Fort Peck last summer.
December, 1937
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