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THE CLOUT YARD SHAFT Oh! the barbed shaft held on the straining Ftring Eager to be off on whistling wing; Then swift as light the arrow sings, Hissing away from the twanging string.

Down from ahigh he humming sings, , Down to earth the deer tie brings, Buried deep to the quivering wing.

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Table of Contents SHARK SHOOTING IN CALIFORNIA

By Chester Seay

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A GIFT OF THE GODS

By C. H. Styles ............

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ARCHERY IN PICTOGRAPHS

By B. G. Thompson

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A DESCENDANT OF LYTEL JHON

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EDITORIAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION •z .*

By Ray Hodgson ;7

OLYMPIC BOWMEN LEAGUE BUNK BY BROMMERS

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Sharif Shooting in California

By CHESTER SEAY

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open sea, claims it's entirely too open “Hello! Hello, Bert! What are you at times. doing Wednesday ? ” By the rules of all orthodox fish “Nothing in particular, Chester, stories our trip should contain a lot that’s my day off. So what?”

“Let’s take our bows and arrows of hardships and dangers, but by no stretch of the imagination can a and go shark shooting.” mile, early morning ride at “0. K. I’ll bite. When do we start?” sixty forty miles an hour along a scenic “Seven-thirty A. M. from the shop California highway skirting the in my car, you to pay half of the ex­ ocean, be called a hardship; as for pense.” the dangers of shark shooting; "Oke doke—see you Wednesday.” “Phooey.” We did have to walk fifty It is just that easy to start Bert feet from our car to the fisherman's off on some fool stunt of mine. He is house, from whom we finally rented, a “Fire Putter Outer” by profession, for a dollar and fifty cents, a skiff an inventor by inclination and a for the day. part-time archer by accident.

Our fisherman-boat renter, eyeing Me? I have to work for a living. our “archery" fishing tackle with Bert showed up Wednesday morn­ awe and ourselves with suspicion, ing ahead of time all rigged out in helped load the skiff and shoved us the kind of clothes the firemen wear off in the lagoon with the parting when they fight fires, and by the admonition “if you get any sharks way, it is not a bad outfit in which don’t leave them around my house to to fight sharks. smell”—but the look he gave us I had been doing some secret ex­ said, “You landlubbers won’t get perimenting with a broadhead to ” lagoon is, at the most, about which was added a heavy barb, and any.

The had found that an ample length of fairly heavy line could be attached and the arrow shot a reasonable dis­ tance with more or less accuracy.

There is also a weird looking gadget attached to the bow on which the arrow line is coiled and which is sup­ posed to allow the line to pay off without fouling one of your fingers, • ’• -it... or something. Some times it works. . .1—IT - * The gadget, I mean. It is rough on the fingers when they get tangled in a stout line sizzling along in the wake of a heavy broadhead hurrying away from a fast, sixty pound bow.

Our first idea had been to go after the big man eating sharks, but after recalling the look in the eyes of one 1 had once seen from a small boat under not particularly pleasant cir­ cumstances, I began to think of many reasons why Bert should not be exPVt to that danger. Bert was soon iked into helplessness and convinc­ es of the advantages of practicing on some of the small three foot arks that frequent our coast ~8°ons — they haven’t many teeth, Yea, bo! Don’t rock the boat'.

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ten feet deep with extensive mud flats covered at various stages of the tide with from a few inches to a few feet of water, and this water is compartively clear. The channel proper is roughly a quarter of a mile wide and ever so long, so we had plenty of room.

Our plans for finding sharks and then getting an arrow into them were hazy and our technique, nil.

After rowing around aimlessly for several hours and deciding it was a bad day for sharks, we beached the skiff and went ashore to stretch our legs. Bert took his shark shooting­ outfit with him and as he came up over a slight embankment overlook­ ing a small arm of the lagoon, caught sight of a large sea bird, something like a cormorant, swim­ ming sleepily along not forty feet away. Bert having never killed any kind of game with the bow may be pardoned for drawing quickly and driving his arrow apparently right through the bird. Furiously Bert be­ gan to haul in on the line, draggingthe bird to him. The bird, no doubt, thinking some one was taking- lib­ erties, shook himself free and risingon powerful wings, flew away. The arrow had apparently passed be­ tween the body and wing of the bird and the barb catching in the heavy feathers almost allowed Bert to re­ trieve an unwounded trophy.

Shooting from land, for the mo­ ment, appearing enticing, I rushed to the boat, got my bow and some broadheads, minus the fish line, in­ tending to show Bert how field arch­ ery is done in our best circles.

“WOW! ! ” Not five feet from the edge of the salt water- and waiting for me to step on him was a rattle snake fully six feet long. (All my life the first unexpected sight of a rattle snake has given me the jitters and this meeting was no exception.)

From a distance of five or six feet I draw a jittery broadhead and—miss.

The snake- crawled from sight under a thick patch of burr clover, about two feet, in diameter, and re­ fused to come out. Several arrows were shot into the patch with the general idea in mind that the snake might be on the end of one when pulled out. He wasn’t. It seemed

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reasonable to believe that if enough arrows were shot into the clover patch the snake couldn’t escape. But why shoot arrows when prodding with one is easier and quicker? The prodding idea won and after many ignominious prods the broadhead came up with the snake impaled, but he had shrunk from six feet to less than two.

These small patches of burr clover sometimes grow into a matted mass several inches thick and it would seem impossible for a snake to strike through them; which state­ ment may in some small way account for my brave prodding.

Sharks lure us again and we reemhark; Bert is also afraid of snakes.

Bert gets a shot at a shark lying close to shore, apparently sunning himself, but shoots too high (having failed to remember our carefully worked out formula concerning the bending of light rays upon entering water) in other words, the fish was not where he appeared to be.

We have a bright idea. Maybe the sharks are in shallow water and maybe they sun themselves too. We row and drift warily along the shal­ lows, and Bert gets a direct hit on a big one but his line does not pay out properly as the shark runs. The alline is foul on the bow! Bert isthe most pulled overboard as '' ‘ and line comes taut but recovers heaves back. The line, tested for ninety pounds, snaps :and Bert tries side ... of the to fall over the other otl,^ ___ boat but again recovers and with tears in his eyes, watches ai stick with three turkey feathers on iit bob. at intervals, above the surface of the water as it makes swiftly for the ocean—his first solid hit.

—— sadly ------ sets about preparing Bert another arrow but jumps up with a yell— a all They are an around us,, drop ”1’1’' those oars and unlimber your be'. bow!

I spring into action, also trying to upset the boat, and get a fair hit on one just under the dorsal fin. I say to myself, “This shark won’t catch me with a foul line the way Bert's shark caught him”—and feverishly pay out line, but the shark does not run, he simply stays where he is and rolls over and over, wrapping

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about a hundred feet of line around something and away went the ray, (it was a ray) taking considerable himself and the arrow in one unholy tangle. I try to heave him aboard line before I could stop him, but he but it is astonishing how strong and was soon on board and we began to stubborn a small shark can be al­ wonder why he did not run when first though trussed up in a snarl of cord­ hit, finally explaining it in this man­ age. At last he is on board and I ner: Apparently the arrow had gone almost knock the bottom out of the boat trying to kill him with an oar. through the ray and a foot or so into Sharks are all around us! A school the bottom, nailing him to the of them! I yell to Bert for him to ground like a coon skin to a barn shoot and he yells for me to shoot! door, and he could not get away Bert raves as he tries to rig another until the arrow was pulled out of the arrow while I calmly disengage a bottom. This, mind you, was under hundred feet of line from around a three feet of water.

We call it a day and go home, sat­ sharp broadhead and one t^...in ­ temperisfied that on the next trip we shall mental and highly nervous shark. know exactly w’hat to do.

We learn quickly, sharks never do what you expect them to do, and PENNSYLVANIA WISHES HELP guide ourselves> accordingly. We rig many gadgets but 1 by that time the The following appeal from Paul V. school is gone.

Leyda, 202 West Fourth Street, Oil Again cruising along where the City, Pennsylvania, should meet with water is about three feet deep, we a hearty response from archers in a see a diamond shaped mass undulat­ number of states. Send articles direct ing slowly along the bottom, looks to Mr. Leyda: like a ray of some kind. As the boat I am anxious to make out a case in drifts over the mass I let drive and favor of a State Archery Preserve, this time pay out the right amount or to seek for some y.;;e form of privilege of line, watching for results. Nothing that will favor archery, in my state a., happens. No run. no rolling over. Was of Pennsylvania. it a miss? Did my eyes deceive me?

So far the Game Commission has granted to A careful pull on the line started held that any privilege ...

- t archers (a minority) would in effect be unfair to thec gunners, who of ;f of the fees. I course pay the bulk ’ shall present „a subscription to the article stating the writer of the best ’ archers side. Forward articles by the -3 hear from end of February. L-!

Let us ra, particularly of the our hunters, pr states now granting some privileges.

What were: the arguments used De­ that seemed fore your commissions i to carry the most weight? Such articles should be of general value to all archers seeking to open up to all their states to archers.

Yours truly, Paul V. Leyda.

d The snake, the shark, and the ray.

The Art Young Archers of Los Angeles, in cooperation with mem­ bers of the L. A. police department are preparing contests between pistol and bow at life sized targets. Some­ where between 50 and 100 yards, police experts believe, will be found a distance at which the two weapons will compete on equal terms.

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February, 1936

A. Gift of the Gods

By C. H. STYLES

Dr. Pope, as he considered the cut­ ting of yew trees, said they were gifts of the gods. They are, truly, to us who like the lightning flight of a well shot arrow. As gold is hungrily’ treasured by a lonely prospector, so is a stave of yew treasured by a bow­ man. Still, the privation-wracked prospector scatters his yellow metal in dives of a frontier town, and we are puzzled at his actions; but, no more puzzled than I am at seeing an archer spend only three evenings on a good bow stave and straightway start shooting with the naked, blind and clumsy creature he has so untimely delivered into the world.

The archers who have shot many seasons know that a real good piece of bow timber, yew, Osage Orange or degame, is very hard to find, and also that they are becoming scarcer and scarcer every year. Tire supply of lance wood is all gone; an Aldred bow of this timber is something no archer should pass by if he finds one in a second hand store or* in an attic.

With this growing scarcity of good staves and the yearly increasing number of archers, we must husband the reserve of bow timber. Of course, good bows can be made of rosewood, beefwood, or snakewood, backed with hickory; but they should be shot Indian style,--held by the feet and the archei' on his back, as these hard­ wood structures kick in a way no wrist can stand.

There is one important rule that I should like to bring out here, in this issue of this magazine, because it can save many, many good staves. It is a simple one, so free from complicat­ ed formulae that it is most likely to go the unnoticed way of homely, use­ ful things. Here it is: “Don’t pull any bow up to full draw until the bend is perfect.”

How many bows have been broken, and how many more have been fatal­ ly over-stressed by drawing up pre­ maturely, it would appall and sadden any bowman to know.

Strange to say, neither Pope, Frentz nor Duff warn against this

danger, probably because they each had such perfect talent for shaping the taper of the bow that when they did tiller one its bend was so sym­ metrical that most archers would pronounce it perfect. Contrast then the skill of their sensitive shaping with the many untrained ones whose output often is so unbalanced that most of the bending occurs in one place, which place is so overworked that it crushes and crysals and ruins the whole weapon.

Making a bow is a simple task, but one that demands the taking of in­ finite pains. No thing made by mor­ tal man, from the hair-spring of a watch to a military airplane, ever tests with such stresses its own strength of material as does a bent bow at full draw. It is obvious then that we musn’t rush the job. One hundred to three hundred years were required to grow the yew tree, which the cutter, if he is an honorable one, sr.o"” coff win* fells only’ in the deepj snows "nnarcher ter; clearly, then, ani p—■shouldn t by begrudging a spoil this treasure L_ weeks extra toil nt the bench.

In the Chapter House, Westminist­ er Abbey, there is an old arrow 30*,2 inches long which was found some years ago in a tower of the Abbey.

The nock is plain, and cut at right angles to it there is a slit which ex­ tends some way’ up the shaft; possibly it was intended to receive a slip of horn to strengthen the arrow at this point, though it seems too nar­ row for the purpose. Silk or thin thread appears to have been wound spirally around the end to fasten on the feathers and to have afterward been covered with pitch or some similar substance. The head has been barbed, but seems hardly strong enough for a war arrow1.—“Archery” —Badminton Library.

-j of longbow­ St. St. Sebastian Sebastian’’ss Guild functioning, was men, which is still 1_. Belgium m in what is now founded L. ' ' !_ 1360.

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A Descendant of Lytel Jhon??

By B. G. THOMPSON

It is indeed interesting to learn that we have among the ranks of modern As a side line to archery, I have feund the collection of photographs archers one who can trace back a probable relationship to one of the of Indian pictographs, which depict most celebrated yeomen of “Merrie archery, very interesting. The pic­ England.” The following account is tures in my collection are from Ore­ from Janies Park Flack of Glen’s gon, Washington and Utah. They are Falls, New York: mostly of archers in the act of shoot­ I was very much interested in the ing but a few show the position of articles in the December number re­ the archer immediately after the re­ garding Sherwood Forest, Robvn lease.

Hood and especially Lytel Jhon. It may or may not, interest you to The one shown on this page is f i om an ancient pictograph know that during the entire term , . on the cliffs near Wenatchee, Washington. I that Ye Sylvan Archer was published t onsider it one of the most interest- you had a traditional descendant of ing of my collection because the Lytel Jhon as a subscriber in myself. archer so nearly approaches the But it is tradition only, not support­ position___ _ assumed after the shot by ed by actual genealogical data. those whoe f:. follow ’.!.-,..- the Seay System.

My mother’s maiden name was Lytle and Lytle is pure Anglo Saxon 7.

-qi for Little and is in the Cynewulf & Cyneheard from the Saxon Chronicle of unknown date believed to be about 800, also in the writings of Alfred the Great about 900. The motto of the Lytle’s is Magnum in Parvn (much in little).

■ 'T < Irish legend says that one of the most celebrated of the Lytle's was the right hand man of Robin Hood in Scotland (Lytel Jhon), and that his descendants emigrated to Ireland ar.d settled at Island Magee.

It is an Historical fact that the Lytle’s were in the Island Magee massacre 1641 and the siege of Derry 1683.

My line of the Lytles emigrated from Ireland to America with a band of about 300 others under the leader­ ship of Rev. Dr. Clark and settled at New Perth, (Charlotte County (now Salem, Washington Co.), N. Y. My line back to the first settler in America is as follows: Jesse P. Flack-6, Sarah Lytle Flack-5, James Lytlc-'l, Andrew-3, James-2, Andrew1."

Andrew-1 and James-2, were in Col. Williams Regiment, Charlotte County Militia, and fought in the se.veral battles of Saratoga whicn ended in the surrender of General Burgoyne October 17, 1777, in the Did he war of the American Revolution.

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Editorial The following fine tribute to Art PASADENA ARCHERS Young and endorsement of the Art ENTERTAIN Young Memorial Movement is from Erie Stanley Gardner. Mr. Gardner Regular bi-monthly shoot of is an archer who has won fame as a theThe Southern California Archery As­ short story writer and novelist. He is sociation was held January 12th on known to many readers, both per­ the Range of the Pasadena Archery sonally and through his stories which Club.

In the team rounds of these appear in the leading magazines: tournaments the men shoot 96 ar­ “I never met Art Young.

“I missed meeting him by narrow rows at 60 yards and the women margins upon several occasions, but shoot 96 arrows at 50 yards. Twenty teams competed. In the men’s class as an archer I frequently cross his A, the Elysian team consisting of back trail. More and more, I am com­ mencing to realize what a tremend­ I.airy Hughes (676), M. L. Parker (633), Geo. Parrish (648), and E. B. ous influence this man exerted upon Gibson (620), finished first with a the lives of those with whom he came total score of 2577. The Elysian in contact.

This man not only did something team, men’s class B, also placed first. constructive for archery but he did The members and their scores were: H. R. Frost (602), G. L. Raffaelli something constructive for mankind.

(561), F. Archer (548), and Don In some subtle way he made the bow a symbol of rugged, clean honesty. Caskey (527). Santa Monica was in men r.-.cr.’sr. class C. Geo. East­ The weapon which he loved seemed high ... to have become a part of his char­ brook (461), B. Cochems (514), S. K. Cochems (499) and E. Watts (432) acter and a symbol of it.

“I note with pleasure that there upheld the honor of Santa Monica in are various memorials for Art this class. Ilda Hanchett (645), Alta Young. The greatest and most en­ Armstrong (538), Bess Gunn (473) during memorial which we can give and Lena Gunn (470) of the Los to such a man, however, is to pledge Angeles club took a close decision ourselves to carry on his work where- from the San Pedro ladies in women’s class A. The Santa Monica ever possible.

“Art Young is dead. That death team, consisting of Helen Little was a great loss to archery and to (477), Bertha Thorburn (460), Marie archers, but if we can keep in our Cochems (418) and Eva Roberts minds the mental attitude which Art (341), were high in class B. The Lakewood; ladies, Marg. Quayle Young held toward the sport and (386), Marg. Richmond (365), B. which he was so peculiarly capable of inculcating in others, we will give Bitzenberger (357) and Annie Dagle him a far more enduring memorial ' (328), were class :C Winners. "Hie than could possibly be obtained next shoot will be at Santa Monica through any other method. on February 9th.

“I think those who knew Art Young personally and who were able As late as 1798, Richard Oswald to appreciate to what extent he made Mason, a member of the Toxophihte the bow stand for something more Society, wrote a book advocating the than a weapon can do a lot for those use of the bow in war. who weren’t so fortunate, by swap­ ping reminiscences around camp An Act of Parlament passed in fires and by encouraging beginners 1541 provided that everyone over in the sport to realize to what ex­ (except eccleseven and under sixtyshould tent Art Young made the bow a practice siastics and judges) symbol for ?traJg1-r „clean shooting with the bow. in every °f

Please note correction of address

of Dr Paul S10JSn?-t0 read “170° Irving Park Blvd., Chicago.”

Queen Elizabeth is said to have or­ ganized a corps of archers among the ladies of her court.

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Southern California Association History of One of Its Ribs

By RAY HODGSON, Secretary S. C. A. A. Any group of active archery clubs can form an association, and that tradesmen. From the beginning of association will be just what those their club, these boys and girls have been widely known as “The Hustling clubs make it.

Redlanders.”

While we do not claim that the Io build up their membership, Southern California Archery Ass’n is any better than similar associa­ they have formed the habit of invit­ tions, we like to give credit for what ing anyone interested to come to it is to those clubs to which the. their place of shooting and give them every privilege of a club member. credit belongs.

They invite them to join in the It is interesting to me to know work even required to fix up their range. something of the home life of suc­ It is not long until that person, or cessful clubs that make up our asso­ ciation and I am gathering some persons, is right in there doing his _ bit and feeling that he belongs there, history that should be interest! interesting.

That is the spirit that has made the Here are some of the highlights in in club so successful. the history of the Redlands Archery ' The Redlanders claim that they Club, one of our important ribs: have never hired anyone to do their Mr. John L. Yount and nine other work, here are a few of the charter members organized The Red­ things and they have done: lands Archery Club in June, 1933. I In 193'1 they got their heads to­ mention Mr. Yount because he seems to be rather an outstanding leader. gether and decided that if they were He is president of the Southern Cal­ going to do any hunting they would ifornia Archery Association, and he have to lay out a Rover’s Course and did a mighty swell job of settling practice. This they did, and today they have one of the finest Rover’s arguments as field captain in the Courses in the country. It consists of 1935 National Yes, John a trail one and three-fourths miles is everything, Tournament. from from a farmer to a fan dancer, He learned the art of long, up through the mountains with twenty four targets of varied sizes, being a captain when arranged to imitate as nearly as pos­ he was successful „aa boy on field his father’s farm sible local hunting conditions.

'■ailing hogs. One morning in June For evening shooting (and chat­ the newspapers notices that Mr. came out with ting) the boys built a well lighted Yount had been _ target range at one of the neighbor’s taught in the obscene dance act of performing an homes. They state that this range a-la-Sally Rand. His has been in use every night from fellow club members dropped their May until October. Then, to take heads in shame shame when this was made this him known, and theywhen brought before care of those cool winter evenings the Southern Southern California Archery from October till May, they have Association Court for pardon, where built a club house, Mexican style, of he Was was sentenced to give an exhibit- adobe 18x24 feet. In here every ■v11,^01 the benefit of the court at the evening by the fire place, schemes National -1 Archery Meeting. He was are hatchd up for future needs, and allowed to continue as president of sometimes they allow their wives to ‘he S. C. i A. A. providing he would (bring down the coffee) and chat with them. The club house did not Promise never to refuse to perform cost them a cent, but lots of cooper­ '•’hen called upon. ation.

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shoot once a year at their range the Sunday before Thanksgiving. Also, they conceived the idea of inviting the S. C. A. A. to hold its team shoot in connection to increase attendance.

A target was set aside and plenty of archery equipment on hand for an invited group of “City Dads!” All this was done, and the first shoot of its kind was held on November 25.

1935. Results: In the wee small hours of the morning a large cara­ van of Archers were headed for Red­ lands. One hundred and twenty five archers took part in the tournament and a dozen “City Dads.” You can estimate the number of spectators.

Forty five turkeys went the bow and arrow route at this meet.

The Art Young Round, the new picnic grounds, and many other in­ teresting things have been added this year which make us all want to go there and enjoy their hospital­ ity. Right now the boys are work­ ing hard to get legislation for the setting aside of a large forest reserve in their neighborhood for hunting with the bow and arrow, and they will succeed, or I will miss my’ guess.

Is this an active club? When the Southern California Archery Ass’n holds a tournament at Los Angeles or Santa Monica, seventy’ miles away, these Redlanders hire a bus and come down in swarms to boost our tournaments. A high score is their aim, but 100% cooperation is their motto.

The Southern (California Archery' Association is proud to have such a “rib.” We have many more such “ribs” and hope to have the privilege of expressing their loyalty through this medium later.

NEWS ITEMS Howard Hill is still in Texas, mak­ ing personal appearances with “The T on* 1 /InvnACC ” Last TXT, Wilderness. ” Harold Beebe of Fulton, New York, says he started playing with bow and arrow in 1904 when his fath­ er purchased him an Indian bow at their county fair. Mr. Beebe likes target shooting but says, “to . slip through forest isles or afield makes my blood tingle most.”

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The Twin (City Club of which George E. Brown, Sr., is president and O. F. Clyngenpeel is secretary, has secured the use of the National Guard Armory for an indoor range.

This building provides a range 50 yards wide and 90 yards in length.

Shoots will be held each Sundaymorning from 8:30 to 12:30 from January to April.

Mr. Eberly Hutchinson, who as chairman of the Ways and Means committee of the New York Assem­ bly, was largely instrumental in the successful passage of an act legaliz­ ing archery' in New York, is a visitor in Los Angeles. Mr. Hutchinson is an archer of years standing himself and is enjoying himself hugely during his vacation ’ey polishing up old tackle and constr ucting new.

Paris B. Stockdale of Columbus.

Ohio informs us that a special com­ mittee is now at work preparing a set of standardized golf rules; new archery golf courses are being estab­ lished over the state; and prepara­ tions have begun for the second annual archery golf tournament to be conducted at the Ohio State Uni­ versity course next spring. The new game preserve for the exclusive use of archers is a 600 acre tract cenv.«..., _____ „ ... trally located in the state, 10 miles north of the city of Delaware.

IVHO KNOWS? The following quotation is from the September 1935, Readers Digest and the comment is that of Geo. F. Miles of Los Angeles: “Terrible punishment was the lot of those vanquished in war. William the Conqueror cut off the thumbs of every' British archer captured at the Battle of Hastings. No more twang­ ing of the bow-strings for them.”

They must have used the old thumb release then, but they must have changed over to the finger loose and they must have lost an inch or two in pull too. Is there any way of checking this?

We invite all club secretaries to send news — items regarding the ac­ tivities of their clubs.

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Olympic Bowmen League January 24, 1936

MEN

C. E. Shaw 21 602 Birmingham Archers Irwin Rust 21 592 2588 Per G Score J. Chamberlin Corvallis Archers No. 2 3 70 764 A. Winslow Chamberlin 36 670 2 66 762 B- S. Firth B. G. Thompson 31 664 1 59 738 Harry Spieth Higgins 20 614 50 730 2994 A. M. Nichols I? 29 600 2548 H. Sigler°rt Wayne Archers Watsonville Archers 67 764 C. Jessup Cliff Dothlefson 1 37 674 65 756 S. Stilwel] o Geo. Cowles 38 670 55 738 A. Coe W. Whitton 20 60S 54 734, 2992 V. AIcClosky 17 559 2511 Seattle Bowmen No. 1 Tom Ewing Greenwich Archers 4 72 772 John M. Dower A. W. Partee 47 690 3 69 768 Leonard K. Watson 41 682 i Alexander 1 54 724 William B. Tubby, Jr. 23 556 H. Adams 2 50 2982 Roderick Van Loan 13 532 2160 Gilman^ Corvallis Keasey Archers No. 718 1 WOMEN 81 792 John Allen Oregon State College Girls No. 1 2 61 748 Roxie White ^ed Myers " ............

28 624 41 704 Loraine Lea 23 623 A. E. Coleman 41 699 2943 Margaret Schoeler 24 618 Portland Archers C Doris Suter 27 609 2474 n C C- F Evans 2 60 744 Ruth Tawney Seattle Bowmen 55 732 Jane Adams 29 634 Merton Bixler 1 53 730 Maud Anderson 1 26 610 Charles Holt 51 726 2932 Belvia Carter 22 596 T Lockslc. ' ley Archers' of Seattle 23 572 2412 Ruth Ewing , M- Stamps 4 760 Portland Archers “• Hunter 50 714 39 686 Thelma Brantner Ct Pears°n 42 700 25 605 Blanche Evans Chnstme Stamps 1_ 40 691 „ 2865 Lloyolla Miller 24 603 r > „ Tacoma Archery Club 17 507 2401 Meda Adcook '^Brockway 2 68 762 R- W. Denton Oregon State College Girls No. 2 48 710 24 594 Anabel Turner hteve Michael 47 710 13 545 Geo. Robinson Veva Shattuck 25 10 532 r Seattle Bowmen No. 622 2804 Betty Barnes 2 13 524 2195 Leona Hillman A M Baker 41 702 War Eagle Club v‘ ^‘Anderson 49 700 Ollie Clark 20 576 T. Duryee 44 696 Mrs. Vennink 20 570 ' Van De^Veuter 29 664 2762 Mary Hansen 9 445 War Eagle Club 9 443 2034 May Etpelding Bill Yennink 1 41 i 688 “Hl Jepson Individual Scores 39 l678 MEN •son 29 (648 per G Ave. 26 616 L. 2630 Gilman Keasey 9 81 792 Archery Club Tom Ewing 4 72 772 1‘ 44 704 ~ ^ophene Swend; A. W. Partee 3 69 768 Ison 38 674 Ta ■ ‘ Gordon J. Chamberlin 3 70 764 35 650 * ouISe Voelker H. H. Sigler 1 67 764 26 594 ___ 2622 P. iChamberlin g>8 Harbor 2 66 762 Eddie Haberecht Archery Club Fred Brockway 2 68 762 51 718 J- H. Strandwold I. M. Stamps 4 66 760 30 676 C. Jessup 1 65 756

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Per G Ave. 23 572 Ruth Ewing 20 570 Mrs. Vennink 13 545 Veva Shattuck 10 532 Betty Barnes 13 524 Leona Hillman 17 507 Meda Adcook 9 445 Mary Hanson May Eperlding 9 443 Corvallis Archers, Gilman Keasey, Corvallis, Oregon; War Eagle Arch­ ery Club, Gordon C. Brown, Sec..

3319 Davis Ave., Sioux City, Iowa; Greenwood Archery Club, Dr. Ralph Bradshaw, Sec., 1015 Lowry Bldg., St. Paul, Minn.; Tacoma Archery Club. Fred Brockway, Sec., Box 48, Route 5, Tacoma, Washington; Port­ land Archery Association, Llovolla Miller, Sec., 7822 N. Wabash Ave., Portland, Oregon; Birmingham Arch­ ers, N. B. Reid, Sec., 179 W. Buena Vista Ave., Highland Park, Mich.; Fort Wayne Archery Club. S. B. Stilwell, R. R. No. 10, Fort Wayne.

Indiana; Greenwich An-chery Club, George Reid, Sec., Greenwich Conn.; Watsonville Archers, Clifford C. Dethlefsen, Sec., 128 W. Lake Ave., Watsonville, California; Gig Harbor Archery Club, C. E. Shaw, Box 63, Gig Harbor. Washington; Pittsburg Archery Club, E. H. Braaten, Sec., 415 James St.,. Turtle Creek. Pa.; Oregon State College Girls, Gilman Keasey. Corvallis, Oregon.

The Battle is on between 19 arch­ ery teams, with the prospect of two more men’s and one women’s team from Pittsburg, Pa. Hope to have their double score for next week’s report.

Be sure and list the highest score first, etc. One team forgot to do this.

Always use the same initials or first name, so that I will not think it is a new archer. It will help if you make an “x” to the left of the name whenevery you have a new archer taking part. When you have a woman shoot­ ing on a man’s team, please indicate, as it is sometimes hard to distin­ guish. ' that some of us will Here’s hoping that do better nextf iweek (except B. G. he trimmed me badly Thompson, as I„ __ last year).

Sincerely yours, KORE T. DURYEE, 301 White Bldg.

Seattle, Washington.

February, 1936

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by Brommers Dear George: 1 had fondly hoped that when the old “Sylvan Archer” was revived, that some effort would be made to keep it clean. In fact, when I read my copy, I failed to note the con­ tents and started right off on the v a r ious articles.

They were all pretty good too, but when I came to that last one, my spirits collapsed. There was old George, rkunks and all.

Even the picture ' a s there. My fervent hope for a ■'.ecent and fair­ smelling piece of literature faded to despair. Since the general public must whiff that four dimensional ol­ factory type of literature whether it wants to or not, I might as well get in and smell up my share. I shall subscribe to the S. A. and consider myself lucky that it only comes out once a month.

A. J. Cosner.

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One of my archer friends 'advises me to lay off the board of governors in this column, lest they gang up on me next time we meet and kick me off the grounds.

Shows how much this adviser and wellwisher knows. If I tell all I can learn in a day’s travel the governors, and not I, will be howling for protec­ tion.

Take Roy Case! Beyond any reas­ onable doubt he has the worst hand­ writing in the world. It looks like a sidewinders’ convention on a hot stove. Roy needs no broadheads when he goes hunting—writing the game a letter is enough.

Dr. Klopsteg wrote a book on Turkish archery just so he would have an excuse to visit the Orient for some original sociological work. Mrs. Klopsteg got wise and it cost the doctor train fare for two to Los Angeles last summer to square mat-

ters.

Dr. Cathey thinks he is a great goat hunter. If I didn’t know more about goats and goat-getting than the doctor does, Joe Cosner would have had my hide on the fence long ago.

Hutchinson is a good scout and will occasionally pay me a social call.

For this reason I hate to point out that the only fish he ever caught was with a fork out of a sardine can.

Dashiell is a great aid in trying moments due to his skill with a movie camera. Morally, intellectually and socially I do not vouch for him— he might turn in and help to frame me next time.

I can say what I want about Hodgson any time. I have known him so long and have so many things on him that nothing he does surpris­ es, or even shocks me.

I do not know our eastern region­ al governors. I feel sure that they are scholars and gentlemen and will stay that way unless some of our western longhorns corrupt them.

Mrs. Palmatier no doubt thought at one time that she saw some good points in our new president. All I know is that I locked horns with him last summer and that my cranial adornments are aching yet. How can you expect me to speak well of a man like that?

The only one who has my unquali­ fied endorsement and syimpathyl is our secretary. There are ten conduc­ tors in his orchestra.

My main grievance against the new board of governors is their in­ dustry. They are setting me a bad example. We elected them because they were willing to work and we are eager to let them do it, but they seem to be injudicious enough to actually like labor.

At that I will pit the present gov­ ernors against any board we have ever had. I think the final returns will bear- me out.

GEO. BROMMERS. “I invested one dollar on the strength of your threats. Now make good!”—J. A. Dashiell.

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Mrs. Cia Craft, who is head of the women’s department of the Craft -----Archery Co., and who directs the Sargent Camp archery program for the University of Boston during four months of the year, will have charge of the archery section and appear on the main program of both the South­ ern and the National American Physical Education Association. The Southern meeting will be in Knox­ ville, Tenn., March 11-14. The Na­ tional Meeting at St. Louis April 15-18.

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