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Sylvan Archer Vol. 9

No. 3

July, 1937

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

WHY I PREFER THE BOW TO THE RIFLE

By Sasha A. Siemal 1 WASHINGTON STATE SHOOT

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COMPOSITE BOWS

By L. E. Stemmier

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MISSOURI VALLEY TOURNAMENT.

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TORONTO HOLDS UNUSUAL SHOOT

By Forest Nagler

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CASCADIAN BOWMEN

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EDITORIAL

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MILWAUKEE FIRM INCORPORATES.

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FIELD ARCHERS — By John L. Yount

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THE LIGHTER SIDE OF ARCHERY Edited by George Brommers .

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TOURNAMENT

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Why I Prefer the Bow to the Rifle

By SASHA A. SIEMAL

It is only logical and natural that I should. The spear is a primitive weapon, so is the bow. While I would rot want to say that hunting big cats with a rifle can not be plenty dan­ gerous and exciting under all circum­ stances, particularly so in our Matto Grosso jungles, where vision is ex­ tremely limited, it seems to me that the bow complements the spear. If I now had any use for a shield besides, I should feel perfectly equipped.

The sportsmen whom I have guid­ ed, and who have used the rifle, must be dead shots. Only a heart or head shot will do, and with an animal as quick and aggressive as our tiger, this calls for good judgment and perfect coordination. Not to mention a sound nervous system. I really believe that I am better protected with nothing but my spear and bow than the average rifleman, no matter how courageous the latter may be.

Unfairly enough, the rifleman is

not always given full credit for his sportsmanship. It is taken for granted that with the development of the modern high powered rifle the game stands no chance. As far as our South American tiger is concerned your sympathy is wasted; the cattle thief is extremely well able to take care of himself. He does not always charge any more than all other large animals do; but the reason is never that he is afraid of the hunter. He either has just had a good dinner, or else, king of the jungle as he is, he considers the hunter not worth his regal attention.

When he charges he means business, regardless of whether he is facing tif.e, bow or spear.

Eut leaving these considerations aside, I feel sure that there is more of a thrill to be had out of a combin­ ation of long bow and spear than it would be possible to get out of fire arms. I he danger, as I have stated, is probably about the same.

“As far as our South American tiger is concerned, your sympathy is wasted."

_____ July, 1937 YE SYLVAN ARCHER At least California has more than With me it is the call of the prim­ its fair share of good target—as well itive. I know the use of a bow and I as field archers. And no state and no know the use of a spear. Most sports­ country has better sportsmen than I men do not, or they would get as much met here. cut of the combination as I do.

Next time I come out to this coast And even when not actively hunt­ I hope to have a little more leisure. ing game, there is a brotherhood in I am under contract now and my time archery, the oldest of the sports, that is not my own. If it were, you may be means a lot to me. Dr. Elmer who sure that I would diligently practice gave me my first instructions in the at all your tournaments. Gardner, for use of the modern bow, brought me one, will have to be taken in hand in contact with that great field archer, soon. I am not altogether persuaded Art Young. We found much in com­ that his story in the last issue of the mon. And I have made other friends Archer contained all the pertinent and good friends that I could have met facts in the case. no other way.

May I extend my best wishes to Ye In this connection I wish to heart­ Sylvan Archer, a magazine that I ily endorse the red ribbon movement will look forward to receiving a copy among the "Lower Bracket Boys". of each month on my return to my And I feel sure that good shots and Brazi'ian jungles. I will do my very prominent archers will feel the same best to promote archery wherever I way about it. go. and trust I may be of some use. if I were an archery champion or near champion, I would most assured­ WASHINGTON STATE SHOOT ly shoot the very best I could in com­ President Porter reports that petition. When I go out after a cat. weather conditions were ideal for the I am out for blood. And what could Washington state tournament. Mrs. equal the grim determination of Erie Belvia Carter established new rec­ Stanley Gardner fighting a dead line ?

It is altogether proper and fitting ords for Washington -nd the North­ west by shooting a 405 National and that hard striving should enter into a 504 Columbia. Two flight records sport as well as into our work. were also broken. A. M. Anderson.

Also it is fitting that we should re­ 60 lb. restricted flight. 375 yards. 2 lax whenever opportunity offers. I am ft. 6 in.; and Bob Mathis shooting sure that no tiger brought down with 314 yards 4 in. in the Junior flight. a bow has given me as much The 1938 tournament will be held pleasure as I got out of shooting it out in Tacoma. S. L. Michael was elected with that grand sportsman Gardner president. for the basement championship al Tom Ewing of Seattle won the the Yermo meet. And I do not want men’s championship with a total of you to condemn Ken Wilhelm too 1204 for the single York and Ameri­ quickly just on Erie’s say so. I am sure can rounds. L. D. Hunter and F. H. that Ken is just as conscientious as Hahn were second and third respec­ Erie insinuates that he isn't. In any tively. Mrs. Carter is the women's case, Gardner can have a return champion. Mrs. Jane Adams. Seattle, match any time he wants to, and may was second with 8uo points in the the worst shot win.

National and Columbia rounds. Mrs. When I shoot at a tiger I feel con­ Christine Stamps was third with 674 fident that I am going to get him, points. Bob Mathis won all the junior with the spear if the arrow fails. I events. I. M. Stamps took the men's take pride in the result. But at Yermo clout and Muriel Alexander won the there was no strain of any kind, just women’s clout. R. W. Denton won good fellowship and bantering. The the men’s open flight shoot with 380 memory of that day is going to be a yds. 2 ft. 9 in. Maud Anderson won very pleasant one to take back with in the women’s division, shooting 271 me. yards. The Seattle Bowmen totaled 2120 points to win the team shoot.

The same thing applies to the day I spent at Griffith Park, where I had Locksley Archers were second and Gig Harbor third. The laides of the the pleasure of meeting some of the Seattle Bowmen defeated their best archers on the Pacific coast. sisters of the Seattle Archers team This probably means the best archby shooting a total of 1907 points. e.s in the world.

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By L. E. SEMMLER, Queens Village, Long Iblctuu, Island, ■L't.

N. Y. (All rights> reserved) (Continued from May Issue) posite Bow in next to no time. But a leal one cannot be made that way.

MATERIALS Your materials won’t let you, and if It is not hard to picture an old you hurry, the little devils that dwell Oriental bowycr's shop. It probably in them, laugh at your failures. was a one storied affair of stone or Regardless of shape, the materials mud brick in a busy trading post or from which a Composite Bow is made caravan town. The master bowyer, are:—'Horn of the Asiatic water the boss, did the he~vy thinking, the buffalo (or Yak), sinew, glue, the hookah smoking and the bargaining. wooden core and cover material.

It was he who got the best price out Each of these is discussed in the fol­ of some tough Mongol who wanted lowing paragraphs. an especially powerful bow to knock HORN. The horn that the Orientals off one of his pet enemies. He did the used was from buffaloes, the long buying of buffalo horn and sinew. horned animal you see hitched to You can imagine him calling on Allah primitive plows in the pictures of the to witness how he was being cheat­ East. The Yak, beast of burden of ed and the very bread stolen from the those who live in the Himalyan high­ mouths of his children. It was a lot of lands, also provided fine horn. Buf­ fun and the breath of life to him. The falo horns are more bulky and come most humble denizens of the shop b’ack, mottled, brown or white we c boys who shredded sinew and mottled with brown. Yak horn is labo iously sawed out horn strips narrower, solid for a greater portion with hand saws. Then there were the of its length and yields fine, long, o'der ones who matched the horn narrow strips. The Persian and In­ strips, rasped them perfectly flat, dian bows, those with, the elaborate­ scraped them for fits, made glue and ly decorated covers over,all, are made prepai ed I he wood cores. They also with narrow strips oi horn laid side probably handed our many a box on by side. The best Turkish bows are the car to beginners by way of re­ made with a single strip of horn which minder that poor work was not to be loaches from handle to ear. These tolerated. Finally, there were the 'ong. wide strips come from the very skilled master bowyers who laid on largest buffalo horns. The Turkish the sinew backs and the horn bellies, bows of this kind expose the horn, but who put on the covers and did the the back of sinew and joints of horn beautiful decoration and embellish­ and wood are carefully covered and ment. Looking at the thing logically, lacque ed to keep out moisture.

SINEW. When old Composite Bows cvided we have all the materials thee is no real reason why we can't are pulled apart and their backs soak­ make the same or similar bows. Such ed in water, they dissolve into pieces scientific knowledge as they possess­ of sinew three to six Inches long and ed was acquired in the school of prac­ vary from threadlike pieces to those tical experience. There was no elab­ an eighth of an inch in thickness. orate equipment, all work was done That is exactly what you get when by hand with simple tools, and "the you pull apart dried, prepai cd. secrets" resolve themselves to skill, Achilles heel tendons of calves or baby beef. patience and time.

GLUE. Much has been written Patience is the most important raw material. To plunge blindly into the about the secret glues used by the old construction of a slnew-wood-horn, Orientals, but translations of a book reflexed, wide, short, flat bow, with by Mustfa Kani, one of the very tricky problems to meet and solve, is ■few Turkish bowyers who .saw fit to fool hardy. Americans are an im­ write anything about making Turk­ patient people with a huge confidence ish bows, mention no secret adhesive. in their mechanical ability. Some, I Glue made from bits of hide and am sure, are going to make a Com- sinew is all he seemed to know about.

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This was evidently the same as our best hide glue, and it was used the same way; applied hot. For the home­ crafter, however, hot glue is a prob­ lem, and a difficult one. Glueing long, flexible strips of horn with hot glue, requries special knowledge and equip­ ment. After mixing many, many glue combinations, the writer worked out a glue that may be used cold. It is quite thick and heavy, but anyone may apply it and it will glue horn to wood, horn to horn, sinew to wood and sinew to sinew perfectly. It is convenient to use and sets so solidly that oftentimes you may tear horn apart, but not the glued joint. Var­ ious ingredients give it the necessary flexibility. When thoroughly set, it has waterproof qualities too; horn soaked overnight in a pail of water could not be tom apart.

THE WOOD CORE. After trying ash, lemonwood, maple, hornbeam, hickory and snakewood; it was found that lemonwood works exceptionally well. Very fine, white, tight grained hickory also has real merit. Macassar ebony and snakewood, cut very thin (one sixteenth inches thick) made the best glue joints with lemon wood and hickory, casein glue being used.

The foundation slat is one eighth inch thick and the reflexes and handle are thickened with laminations of the hardwoods mentioned. Whether you use lemonwood or hickory, it must be tight grained, straight, perfect wood, with the flat of the grain along the wide side. It has been said that the wood core has no function other than to fix the shape of the bow and to act as a foundation for the sinew back and horn belly. In the writer’s experience this is not so. A bow was made with a wood core. After the sinew back was finished, the wood core was ground away, and the sinew glued directly to the norn belly. The bow that resulted, wnile a fair bow, does not have the snap and cast of those with wooden cores. It is loggy and slow. Another bow, built exactly the same, but with the thin wood core, has appreciably more cast and outshoots the other considerably.

Therefore, it is the writer’s opinion, that the core not only acts as a foundation, but adds materially to a bow’s performance.

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been tillered and shot, a coyer is put on. This cover has a very important function. In moist or damp muggy weather glue will absorb moisture.

If enough of it is absorbed, glue joints loosen. The cover keeps out damp­ ness. East Indians, Turks and Per­ sians used some sort of thin bark, shagreen or shark skin and parch­ ment like skin. On the Indian and Persian weapons the whole bow was covered from end to end. The cover was then lacquered and much skill was expended in making them as beautiful as possible. The best Turk­ ish bows are covered as to back and seams along the beliy. Then the bow was well lacquered and lavishly de­ corated along the back. Clarified calfskin, the same thin, opaque stuff that drum heads are made of. is an cxce’lent covering, it glues very well, it takes clear lacquer beautifully and makes marvellous material to color or gold-leaf. It may be applied over the entire bow with a glove like fit, and when given three or four coats of good flexibile laquer is waterproof.

(To be continued)

Missouri Valley Tournament Russ Hoogerhyde. now of Claren­ don Hills, Illinois, shot 2122 points in the York and Double American rounds to win the championship of the Missouri Valley Archery Associa­ tion. The tenth annual tournament of this association was held in Chi­ cago May 30 and 31, being sponsored by the Chicago Park District Associa­ tion. B. Archambault of Lincoln was second and C. L. Layer of Clarendon Hills was third. H. Korn of LaSalle won the women’s championship, col­ lecting 1734 points in the National and double Columbia rounds. L. Kosinske and R. Yanke were second and third respectively. 234 points were needed to win the men’s clout for J. K. LaValle of Columbus. Otto Hart of Evansville was second and Jim McMonies third. R Yanke scored 262 points to take the women’s clout; second, M. DeJonghe; third, M. Schnura. Otto Hart shot 358 2-3 yards to win the flight shoot. J. K. LaValle was second and H. Cook third.

Secretary E. S. Richter reports that the next tournament will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Toronto Holds Unusual Shoot

By FOREST NAGLER, Toronto, Canada A somewhat unusual archery meet was held June 21, on the grounds of Upper Canada College, Toronto. The two oldest forms of archery competi­ tion were followed exactly.

These compare with perhaps any other sport, in having been shot annually, over a long period of time.

Both were initiated during the days when the bow was the principal military weapon of the English and all features are intended primarily to develop efficiency in military ar­ chery. The ranges are long (100 yds. and 180 yds.) and only the heaviest type of military or hunting equipment is suitab’e. Some of the bows on the line have recently accounted for moose, caribou and black bear of the heavier* Canadian game. Commander DoMarbois was trying out equipment that ho is preparing for a big game hunting trip in the Rockies, late this rummer.

The Scorton shoot is sponsored by the Woodmen of Arden, one of Eng­ land’s oddest archery clubs, who have i ccord books, each containing 100 annual events. They are now on their fourth volume, which is quite a re­ cord for any modern sport. The Can­ adian Scorton is shot under charter f on them. Only two arrows are al­ lowed, but they are shot repeatedly in both directions at targets located at opposite ends of the range. This i.uts a premium on initial hits at long range and introduces the variable feature of head and tail winds. This event, for the first time in history, was won by the first man up, Com­ mander J. M. de Marbois, a member of the Woodmen of Arden Club of England. His first arrow touched the 9.6" diameter gold. Second place was taken by Mr. Frank Hill of Toronto, who scored the first red and high total score was taken by Mr. R. W. Banks, also of Toronto.

The second event, the Scotch Clout shoot, was won by Mr. M. W. Taylor of Niagara Falls, N. Y. and Mr. R. W. Banks of Toronto was 2nd. This is shot at 180 yards in two directions and using only three arrows. The 20" diameter bull’s-eye was hit less than

a dozen times during the afternoon and most of the bows on the line had difficulty reaching the target, when shooting into the wind.

This Scotch Clout (old English for cloth), was at one time thought so important for military training that laws were passed requiring every male, over 16 years of age, to shoot a certain number of arrows at the Clout before going to church on Sun­ day. Scotch C’out target is about 42" diam. The 20" center black counts 5 the outer white 3 and any arrow within bow length counts 1. It’s easy to lay out but judging wind in two directions is very hard. Eleven ends of 3 arrows each constitutes a round.

Duplicate contests were shot at the same time by ladies at 80 and 120 yards, to suit their lighter tackle.

The silver arrow for the first gold was won by Miss Mary Nagler of the University of Toronto and the first red was won by Mrs. Frank Hill of Toronto and the high total score was (Continued on page 7)

CASCADIAN BOWMEN The final results of the tournament held in Eugene, Oregon, on June 27th by the Cascadian Bowmen were as follows: Target (men)—1st, Bert Cowling; 2nd, L. L. “Flight” Dailey; 3rd, Daisy Hamlin (shooting on men’s team).

Target (women)—1st, Esther Peas; 2nd, Verna Good; 3rd, Myrtie HamUn. Art Young Round (men)—1st, Chet Stevenson; 2nd, Bert Cowling; 3rd, Bill Richardson.

Art Young Round (women)—1st, Verna Good; 2nd, Daisy Hamlin; 3rd FJsther Peas and Myrtie Hamlin (tied).

Flight (403 yd.)—rlst, Chet Steven­ son; 2nd, L. L. Dailey; 3rd, V. D. Mc­ Cauley.

Clout (men)—1st, Bill Richardson; 2nd, Howard Richards; 3rd, Clare Hamlin.

Clout (Women)—1st. Myrtie Ham­ lin; 2nd, Verna Good; 3rd, Daisy Hamlin.

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Editorial Hearty endorsement of the red rib­ bon movement have come from Dr. Cathey, Gilman Keasey, Curtis Hill, E. B. and Charles Pierson, the mighty fanny shooters of Ohio, Capt. Styles, Homer Prouty, F. H. Woodley, Bob Faas, Harry McEvoy, Jr., C. M. Huntley, Earl Ullrich and many others.

Sorry we cannot give all the com­ ments. The reds may have to in­ clude the lower 95% judging from the demand for red ribbons at the Ore­ gon state tournament. B. G. Thomp­ son poopobed the idea but he raised a big howl when George Brommers insisted on shooting an end for him and managed to hit the target once.

By the way, we noticed that George shoots from the hip. We thought he claimed to be a logger instead of a cowboy.

We have just received a price list of bows and arrows (at least we as­ sume that “boog” means bow and “pijlen” means arrow) from W. Engelen, Heeze, Holland. It looks in­ teresting and we are looking for a translator.

Chester Seay is making Mongolian bows for Paramount Pictures for a production dealing with the travels of Marco Polo.

Ye Sylvan Archer, Dear Editor.— I am voicing my very vigorous ap­ proval of the Society of the RED RIBBON! Yes, sir, that will be the thing that will get a lot of us lower bracket archers back into the game.

You know, when I see a line of Mummies (Silent Archers. Not dead ones) all line up, and the spectator line fifteen feeet to the rear, with signs, “Do not talk while an archer is shooting”—maybe not in so many words and letters, but indicated in the looks of the line, should some one speak above a whisper, I just have to laugh right out loud.

Scores’ Sure I have made some good ones, but the day was harder than climbing a 12,000 ft. peak, and when it was over, we all lined up, and had some one pass out the stuff— trophies. I have a few, very few, may­

be too few to rate, but they don’t mean much.

Seems as if I had a better time when we shot Rovers in the pasture, with some of the Kids, honest it is more fun.

And next fall, when they hold the Annual State Meet, you can bet, there will be one end of the line, way down, that will have a goodly dozen of the “Lower Bracket Boys,” and we will whoop’er up to beat the band, wear a red ribbon, ana not give a cuss if we do miss the target once in a while, maybe twice.

Er’e Stan’ey, you sure rate way up and some day you and I will shoot Frogs on the Desert with great Ken and Bro—What Say? Now, I hope we have started some­ thing that will keep all together.

Good Luck, Truly, L. D. PFOUTS. Editor, Ye Sylvan Archer: The National Archery Association was esttablished. as stated in Article II of its constitution, “to perpetuate, foster and direct the practice of ar­ chery”. Since the writer’s connection with the association, and particularly with the Board of Governors, it has been his desire to do everything poss­ ible in bringing about the accom­ plishment of that purpose.

Although it is quite true, as stated

by Ray Hodgson and B. G. Thompson in your recent issues, that field ar­ chery and target archery are very different, I cannot find myself going along so far as to agree that “the two just do not belong together”. They spring from the same parent—ar­ chery; their background of tradition is the same; both, to some extent, re­ quire the same kind of skill, with some variations in technique; both attract to themselves enthusiasts with similar interests, whose associ­ ations bring about enduring friend­ ships. It seems, therefore, that some careful thinking and planning ought to be done before there is such ab­ solute divorce as the above corres­ pondents advocate.

There are many archers who enjoy both target archery and field archery.

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Perhaps the outstanding example was Art Young. It was in recognition of this fact that the Art Young Round was devised and given a place on the program of the N. A. A., with a tro­ phy and a prize for the winner. The Art Young Round may have a strong appeal to field archers, but it can hardly be called a field archery event.

It requires the shooting of 36 arrows, each at a different, unknown dis­ tance. It requires aiming of a differ­ ent kind from that used in the formal target events. Like me Clout shoot, it offers an opportunity for let-down and relaxation, and helps by its very informality to develop friendships.

It cannot be expected that field archers will be attracted to the Na­ tional Tournament by one afternoon of events which might be of interest to them. It is likewise easy to under­ stand that an annual meet, sponsor­ ed by a strong organization of field archers, with a program lasting four or five days, would have a much stronger appeal to the field archers than a target meeting can possibly have. It would be a splendid thing if field archery could be organized on a basis which would permit such an annual get-together. It seems prob­ able, and undoubtedly has happened, that field archers have become inter­ ested in target archery through their attendeance at target meets and their associations with target archers.

Similarly target archers may become interested in field archery by their associations with field archers.

In the meantime, it might be men­ tioned that the Board of Governors has a committee on field archery, with Dr. Cathey as its chairman. It is the function of this committee to de­ termine the position of N. A. A. rela­ tive to field archery, and to find out whether there is anything N. A. A. can do to assist the field archers. If field archers organize, and as an or­ ganization decide that they will have nothing to do with N. A. A., that is their privilege. On the other hand, if they feel that affiliation with N. A. A. may be helpful to them, and perhaps promote the cause of archery in gen­ eral, they will find N. A. A. ready to cooperate with them i>. every possible way. I have the strong conviction that some sort of affiliation is desir­ able for the good of archery. If there is an absolute divorce, the fact of

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such division is likely to breed an­ tagonism and misunderstanding.

Such an outcome—in view of the ex­ ceptionally fine people to be found in both groups—would be deplorable.

Let us somehow find a way of keeping archery unified, so that the sport as a whole may gain strength from the goodwill of each of its parts towards the others.

Paul E. KLOPSTEG Chairman, Board of Governors National Archery Association.

MILWAUKEE ARCHERY FIRM INCORPORATES AND EXPANDS Larry Whiffen of Milwaukee, Wis­ consin, who has been operating under the name of L. C. Whiffen for the past four years, has incorporated the business under the laws of Wisconsin and added some well known tackle makers to the personel. The new firm of L. C. Whiffen Co. Inc. includes besides Whiffen, Bruce Robertson and Jack Quick formerly with the American Archery Co. of Clarendon Hills, HL, and L. Donald Ruenzel of Milwaukee. Robertson is returning to an old roost, having been with Whif­ fen a year and a half before help­ ing to organize the American Arch­ ery Company last fall and from which he withdrew May first. Jack Quick originally came from Toronto where he had been working with Larry Layer for six years. He went to Clarendon Hills with Layer when the Arne- ican Archery Company was or­ ganized but withdrew from there at the same time Robertson left. The two of them then went to Milwaukee to take part in the forming of the new corporation.

TORONTO HOLDS SHOOT (Continued from page 5) taken by Mrs. A. B. Knight of Tor­ onto.

A surprising upset occured in the Clout shoot, which was won by Miss Florence McMillan of the Toronto Archery Club, who outscored Mrs’.

M. W. Taylor of Niagara Falls, who • won the U. S. National Champion­ ship at Battle Creek, in this event ' last year.

George Brommers was a welcome visitor at the Oregon State tourna­ ment.

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Southern California Field Archers

By JOHN L. YOUNT, Secretary, Redlands, California The next association tournament will be held on the new Redlands rovers course, Sunday, July 25. To get there, go east on Valley Boulevard to Mountain View Avenue, which is one mile east of Loma Linda. Turn left one mile to the i-ange.

Now read this carefully. All con­ testants must start between 9:00 and 10:30 A. M. Otherwise scores are unofficial. A little private advice: It might be warm, never hot at 10:30 A. M., so be on the job at 9:00 A. M. The second round will begin at two o’clock in the. afternoon. Awards are to be made on the total score. There will be plenty to shoot at before, be­ tween and after the official rounds.

This course is almost entirely in the shade with a good picnic ground located between two large springs of cold water. It is not a park, but just natural river bottom country such as would make Huckleberry Finn feel right at home, so what do you say we all bring our lunches and turn time back a few years wjui a good old fashioned picnic?

I believe an explanation of the workings of our new championship class might be in order at this time.

The January tournament was won by Howard Hill, which made him a champion. The March winner was Ted Martin, because Howard Hill by winning in January had removed himself from further competition in the general tournament—at least for the time being. We now had Hill and Martin in the championship class. In April Ken Wilhelm won and the May winner was Walt Wilhelm. This now gives us four champions who will shoot in their own class at the July tournament. At that time we will add another winner. In September we will add the sixth to that class. After that the winner in the regular, or general class, will become a cham­ pion and the poorest man in the hon­ ored championship class will drop back into general competion again.

The following is from Article II of our Constitution. Even though you members have read it, let’s all read

it again since the hunting season will soon be with us, and then resolve to make it mean something real.

“The purpose of the Field Archers Association of Southern California shall be twofold: (1).............................

(2). The improvement of hunting conditions for field archers and the obtaining of hunting reserves on either private or public lands.

In this endeaver the Field Archers Association of Southern California shall: (a) . Give bow and arrow hunting all possible publicity for the purpose of acquainting the public with the advantages of the bow over the gun for sport in a country where game conservation has become of para­ mount importance; (b) . Endeavor to impress upon c'.l fie’d archers both members and non­ members of this association, that the future of field archery depends upon the conduct of the individual archer.

That it is only by being a sportsman and a gentleman while in the field that the archer can expect to gain the confidence and support of the public.”

Realizing that any archer who has consistently shot good scores and then during a tournament has gone into a tailspin of such severity that he didn’t even bounce when he hit bottom needs sympathy, we are sav­ ing this space next month to publish the names of any such so that aU other archers will know of their sorrow and be able to duly sympath­ ize. If Mr. Gardner will accept these men in his “)ower-b”acket” boys, I suggest that the red ribbon have a large raspberry attached as a special honor.

T1-.0 1937 toumame-’ of the Pacific Northwest Archery Association will be held July 10-11 at Montlake Playfield, Seattle. C. M. Huntley is presi­ dent and Kore T. Duryee secretary.

Gilman Keasey again won the Oreogn state championship. Details next month.

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L5he Lighter Side of Archery

By THE DOGHOUSE PHILOSOPHERS

How Cartoons Are Drawn Or not drawn, as .in this instance.

Though, since your editor very seldom gets a chance to be mugged at all, let alone with two celebrities, he had to find some excuse to run the photo­ graph shown.

Reading from left to right, it shows Sasha Siemel, Erie Stanley Gardner and Geo. Brommers. Photo by Fred Woodley. For some reason Cosner failed to produce the requested car­ toon in time for Mr. Gardner’s article.

Mr. A. J. Cosner, Phoenix, Ariz.

Dear Joe:— Just why I should honor you with this commission when I have Wil­ liams, Bud Cochems, Ted Carpenter and O’Clayton to fall back on, I do not know, unless it is for old times’ sake. What I want is a cortoon of the red ribbon contenders at the Yermo shoot, as per story written by Gard­ ner for the June issue of the Archer.

(Follows outline of story) The details of it I confidently leave to your artistic imagination. I would

think that Gardner would be best pictured as a police dog, seeing that he is a ferreter—out of mysteries, and Sasha as a mastiff, if you know what a mastiff looks like. I don’t You might tie a red ribbon to the mastiff’s tail, showing that he is the champion. That it will show black in the picture is all right, Sasha is a genial old pirate in six languages.

I do not care what you do to the police dog as long as you give it the works. Gardner brought it on himself; who started this red ribbon business anyway? Nor should the fact that he, Gardner, is as tough as two of Sa­ sha’s cats and as mean as three of them, serve to sway your judgment and be allowed to deflect the course of justice.

You do your duty as you see it, Joe, and I will protect you. Though it might be well if you were hunting or something when Sasha passes through Phoenix on his way back, that bird is altogether too handy with a spear.

Incidentally I might add that both offenders are more than handy with their mitts, bordering close on the professional class in that respect.

This in case the matter should have some passing interest to you.

If the gate of Gardner’s or Siemel’s doghouses should swing open to you, well, you have been in better ones before and know how to act. They . are just larger and roomier than mine, that’s all. I won’t throw you to the wolves, Joe, though if they find you I suspect you are out of luck.

Shoot me the cartoon poco pronto, will you? I would hate to have to substitute and time is getting short.

D. E. DEAR GEORGE: What in the name of hell are you up to now? I hauled off and pulled that last cartoon that you dictated and got out of it by sheer finesse and ability to placate the slandered parties. In the light of that reasoning, (attention, Lamebrain, this is reason­ ing) you figure to lay me across the saw again for the final coup de grace and after that there will be no more

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Cosner.

No! No! A thousand times, Huh! Unh! If I can maintain my artistic virginity I am going to do it. In the first place, the idea isn’t any good.

As proof of this—well, in the first place, you admitted it. That ought to be proof enough. In the second place, I don’t know what it is all about and neither does anybody else, you included. In the third place, I have to have some kind of a plot upon which to base the cartoon. If you can describe a situation of some sort to me that has any point to it, I have something to sink my teeth into. But for you to cheerfully order a dog or a cat or a what not right off the shelves, all wrapped and sealed and no questions asked, is a peculiarly vicious sort of numbskullage that ■ ust be abated. Now is just as good a time as any to stop it. Stop telling me what and how to draw it and give me some idea behind the thing. Idea, I said. Get it?

There is another reason too. You are trying to run me into mass pro­ duction and I want to know where I eat. If I nudge you over for a meal at the literary swill pail I will be worse off than before.

My solution is this: For this car­ toon of yours, get yourself a funny paper. Wipe your thumb and start through it. When you come to a pic­ ture of q dog, (you will know by the tail) hold your thumb on it until you get a pair scissors and then cut it out. Fine. Now go through again un­ til you find a cat. He will be harder to cut out on account of the whiskers, but don’t be discouraged because you will have lost track of the original "idea” anyway, and furthermore you will have stepped on the cut-out of the dog and ruined it. Hunt up anoth­ er one and cut him out. Then paste both the dog and the cat on a piece of paper and put my name on it. This will give the whole thing an air of mystery, and if the subscribers do not understand it, they won’t have a damn thing on you or me, because We won’t either.

The above proceedings should bm'e a chastening effect on you. You will emerge from this somewhat less than sane effort as a changed man.

You won’t be any wiser, this would be Utopia, but the work involved will tempt you to shove it off on some-

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body else. You will write that some­ body and tell him that you heard of an armless man committing suicide with a bow and arrow because he lost his gloves and you want a cartoon about it. Up comes the cartoon, and there you are.

Now sit down and give me your story. Good, bad or indifferent means little to me. because I am a man of undisciplined literary tastes. I sus­ pect that the whole plot, if any, is rotten, it would damn near have to be.

JOE. At this stage of the game I gave up.

Even my rays of enlightenment can not penetrate four inches of solid cone etc.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TOURNAMENT

By RAY HODGSON. Secretary The Twelfth Annual Southern Califorriia A^che^y Tournament was held at Griffith Park range, June 12 and 13. A two-day program, filled to the brim with active events, was an en­ durance test that sent participants home very tired but happy.

While no outstanding scores were shot, there was very close competi­ tion in all divisions which kent inter­ est at high pitch. Howard Hill set a new Southern California flight record, shooting a distance of 404 yds. 2 ft.

8 in. Hill was followed closely by Emmery Watts, who also beat the o’d S. C. record. Jack Low shot a perfect end at 40 yards. Jack is a very modest man, but the news spread unusually fast. The Lakewood Club sprung a surprise when its men’s team took the Class A championship.

The Lakewood Archers deserve a lot of credit for the remarkable advance­ ment they have made in the last year.

It is encouraging to see so many beginners and the large number of juniors taking part this year. This is the result of the splendid work of the live local clubs. The Elysian Archers nernin tnnk home "The Iron Man" for having piled up the greatest number of nomts during the tournament.

At the banquet, after a delicious dinner at the Grand Central Air Terminal, eighty-three enthusiastic archers he’d their annual business meeting and laid their plans for the coming year. Many new rules were adopted.

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The following officers were elected for the coming year: President, Bernie Ahman; Vice-President, Walt­ er Egger; Secretary-Treasurer, Ray Hodgson; the Board of Governors to be composed of the secretaries of the various affiliated clubs. The Red­ lands Club offered to sponsor the tournament next year, which offer was quickly accepted.

Bill King sez: "I ain’t no mediocre shooter. There is a distinction in being either a world’s best or a world’s worst archer. I ain’t neither but I am darn close to it.”

Greetings to the archers on the shooting line at Lancaster. We wish v e could be with you but Old Man Depression says "nothing doing.” We hope to see you all in the west next year, though we know that it is just about the same distance from the cast to the west as from the west to the east.

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