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VOL. 8 NO. 2 ►

June 1936

ALSEA, OREGON

Sylvan Archer NO. 2

VOL. 8

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J. E. Lavis and J. R. Todd Alsea, Oregon

Editor

J. E. DAVIS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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By V. B. Leonard PACIFIC NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION NOTES .

By Kore T. Duryee ........

DAYTON ROVERS SHOOT

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T)wo Texas Bows Mafy the Fur Fly

By V. B. LEONARD, San Angelo, Texas

We hunted rabbits all morning. wanted,, talking all the time, “Why, Didn’t get one. The most excitement he’s sleeping with his eyes shut.” we had was, when Ray McCloud kick­ Ray finally shot him while standing ed an algerita bush, something went in almost the same place he was zzzz— and out came a locust. when he shot the squirrel. After it Ray McCloud and the City Guy was over, the City Guy swore he’d have been hunting with bow and ar­ not hunt again with a fellow who row for more than four years. The would stand in the same tracks and City Guy always comes out second shoot both a rabbit and a squirrel. best by about two to one. Ray refers Number three was in a branch to most of his fine shots as “acci­ cluster in a chittem. He poked his dents” but at that the City Guy has head out to see what was going by. a big bump of respect for his shoot­ Ray got him through the head with ing ability, having seen him pick a target arrow. Ray shoots a bow of birds out of trees. about fifty-five pounds. Often will In the afternoon we picked up shoot a hunting arrow clear through Tom McMillin—rather he picked us a squirrel, letting him run before up in his Mathusala-Annanias, which falling. The targets do not go clear ran well enough when the fan belt through them.

Number four was in a hackberry. didn’t come off and boil the radiator dry, or the hill so steep the engine He was on the City Guy’s side. The didn’t say “stopping now, stopping City Guy missed him an inch or two, with two targets. Around the tree he now”—but didn’t.

Our hunting place was a draw went, and into some thick vine bushes lined with chittem, hackberry and just over the bank of the arroya. Ray Spanish walnut. Ray and the City pinned him in. Tom tried to shoot, Guy got out their bows and Tom got but couldn’t get his gun to work. out a .22 and we headed up the draw.

Number five—Ray spotted a hole Ray was a little ahead when he in a leaning tree. “I’ll bet money punched a squirrel out of a nest. The there’s a squirrel in there.” He punch­ squirrel got away so quickly Ray had ed a split twig in the hole and no chance to shoot. It headed across brought out squirrel hair, tried the the draw well ahead of the City Guv second twig—same results. “That’s so Tom chased up a sandstone cliff too much hair to get without being on his side. He shot after getting up a squirrel there,” so swung on the on top, but no squirrel. This was limb and tried to break it off. Out number one. came a half grown squirrel. He ran Number two, Ray found in a hack­ to a tree, ran part way up and berry which was partly overrun with around. After some looking Ray saw vines. He called the City Guy from him poke his head around, near the about one hundred yards across the roots of a tree, offering a mark about draw. In spite of the “crick” in his the size of a quarter. Ray’s first ar­ neck Ray could find them. Ray hit row caught him under the chin. him with a target arrow, then shot There was no second. That made four him with a well worn hunting point. squirrels and one rabbit for Ray, and nothing for Tom and the City Guy. The City Guy started to hook his The City Guy found number six. bow over the point to pull the squirrel from where he lodged in the vines, Ray on the opposite side of the tree, when Ray said, “Here’s a rabbit”— and Tom to his left watching arrows.

He’s asleep; funny he slept all The City Guy got the first shot— through that noise—-I’m going to try around to Ray went the “Squirrel”; a hunting ar-row on him.” He tried Ray pinked at him at half draw, so to bend his stiff neck back to look in down the tree he went into a drift of h's quiver, couldn’t do it, so he rat­ silt and twigs. The City Guy knew tled arrows ’till he found what he better than to sprint after those

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two (or would it be three) and start­ PACIFIC NORTHWEST ASSOCIA­ ed to hunt arrows. They punched the TION NOTES squirrel out of that drift. Ray took a shot at him on the run, and scat­

By KORE T. DURYEE tered pebbles all over' the squirrel.

Again, the squirrel went into a drift The Pacific Northwest Association and they lost him. tournament will be held this year in All were very thirsty, and so head­ Portland on July 18 and 19. ed back to the Mathusela-Annanias.

On Friday afternoon, the 17th, the The City Guy was somewhat behind, Portland Archery Golf Club is spon­ as usual. A squirrel left one liveoak soring an archery golf contest for ahead of them, and went to another, all those wishing to take part. In ad­ where he hid. Tom decided to stay dition to the regular shots there will there while Ray and the City Guy be an extra shot at each hole at some hunted down the draw. animal placed 15 to 60 yards away.

Ray found number eight in the _top This should add to the interest. This of a tree but too thick to shoot. The contest and the flight shooting at 7 City Guy overshot three times. The a. m. Saturday will both be held at fourth went clear through the the Multnomah Country Golf Club. “squizzel” and fifty yards beyond.

The men will shoot the single York along with the misses. and the double American rounds, Ray went on u ’_— ahead.

The City Guy team and clout; the women the threw a stone I.„j into a nest and out double National and Columbia rounds came a good one. He spread eagled with team and clout; the junior boys over two small twigs nearly over­ will shoot four junior American head. The first arrow hit him rounds and the clout; and the junior through the body and kept on going. girls will shoot four junior Columbia Back to the nest he went. Ray came rounds and the clout. up, and the squirrel was scared out.

The informal banquet will be held Several arrows were shot, but no Saturday evening at Henry’s. The hits. After two trips into the nest and lady paramount of the tornament will across adjoining trees the first shot be Mrs. M. H. Brantner and Dr. took effect and' down he came. The George A. Cathey will be field cap­ City Guy has shot so much target tain. that he doesn’t know what the half­ This is our 10th tournament and B. draw is.

G. Thompson is offering two special It was getting late so the partners awards for the high score and the headed back. “See that rabbit?” said biggest improvement for those who Ray. “No,” says the City Guy, mov­ shot in the first tournament in ing over. Ray stepped into a ditch Seattle in 1927. about three feet deep and same width, All who know our president, Hom­ to get beneath some limbs, braced er Prouty, know that the tournament his feet about half way up on each will be well planned and successful. side, and shot. He hit the rabbit in He is already working among the the middle of the back. Distance was archers and I trust they will all give thirty-nine paces. Later he dropped him the support he deserves, by com­ an arrow under the chin of a jack­ ing to the shoot. rabbit at about forty yards. It was A detailed program will be mailed nearly dark by that time. to all archers whose addresses we Back at the car,—Tom had his two have and new archers can secure a squirrels, half grown. One he had copy by writing me. . . jtwisted i-i.j from - __ _a L_lc, hole, the other ran The annual dues to our association into a hole, KcM hole after he’d been shot. Tom are $1 a year. All archers in the sprained his ankle coming out of the Northwest should belong. Send in tree. your dues now and get your mem­ Need we add a moral for archers ? bership card. If you get to Portland this $1 will reduce your entry fea Mrs. M. C. Howell won the ladies that much. championship at the N. A. A. Tourn­ The National Tournament, Battle ament in 1885 and repeated at 16 subsequent tournaments.

Creek, Michigan, August 3-7.

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(Dayton Rovers Shoot

By A. ALVIN NORTH, Jr., Dayton. Ohio The Dayton Archery Club sponsor­ ed a Rover shoot at Fairmont Park, Mr. Schweitzer from Cleveland with Dayton, Ohio, May 3, 1936. Invita­ a score of 77 points; second place, tions were extended throughout the Howard Benedict of Cincinnati with state and the tournament was a rec­ a score of 74; third place, Howard ord breaker. 118 archers registered Stanley of Dayton with 66 points. and 93 shot in competition. Archers First place for ladies was won by attended from all over the state and Mrs. Allen McLain, score 44; second visitors came from Michigan and place, Mrs. A. A. Arnold, Dayton, score 42; third place, Murta Dernold, Kentucky. score 37. Ribbons were awarded and The setting was ideal, partly wood­ a new trophy offered by a Cincinnati ed and rolling ground covered with archer. millions of wild flowers. The day was Varied was the dress from ladies warm and spring-like. Twenty-four targets were scattered over woods in trim riding suits with pheasant in their leather hats to In­ and hillsides to try the bowman’s feathers skill. Shooting was up and down hill, dian costumes with deerskin suits and full headdress of eagle feathers. across thecreek, among trees and -thickets. A. _great variety of targets The shoot wound up with a barbeque supper and many and delightful were were provided, squar ’'-'-I. square, round, tri- the tales by the camp fire. angular, etc. Targets ■ were painted with life sized si ' figures ' of various animals such ■K as deer, wild cats, antelope, buffalo, etc. Birds, squirrels and TO HAVE ARCHERY EXHIBIT AT GREAT LAKES EXPOSITION rabbits ’were ----- not forgotten.

J novelty targets were also Several provided. There was a target with Mr. E. Pikula, 2111 West Four­ bullseye cut out, a moving deer that teenth Street, Cleveland, Ohio, writes rolled down a wire, and a disappear­ us that June 27th marks the opening ing target that worked by pulling a of the Great Lakes Exposition in cord.

Cleveland, the largest event of its Scoring was a new experiment kind to be held this year, ranking with values for bullseyes, triangles, second only to the World Fair at squares, etc. Animal targets were Chicago. Mr. Pikula has taken a conscored with 5 points for a head shot session at the exposition and is put­ or shot in the heart area, 3 points for ting in an archery range as he feels a body shot and 1 for extremities. that it affords an excellent opporFirst place for men was won by tunity to '.j arouse interest in archery.

Mr. Pikula says, “We would like to exhibit photographs of hunting and roving incidents, snaps of target and flight shooting, and pictures of Lil individual archers known to the sport. We also have room for a few bows, Indian, Turkish, or medieval bows, or other interesting tackle. If you have any snaps or bows, or tackle you would cara to exhibit, or can get any, we will be much obliged and assure you it will get the best of attention. We will pay all shipping charges. We have proposed a field day for archery and met with a fav­ “The setting was ideal.” orable response.”

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1935 Canyon Cree^ Memories

By CLAUDE LAMPERT. Portland, Oregon Matt and I were rambling along at a good gait, crashing thru the pine and mahogany thickets, passing thru the landscape at what must easily have been four miles per hour. We would now and then cross an open spot surrounded by dense brush where a doe or a fawn would silently sneak away at our approach, reluc­ tantly leaving the tender shoots that were their main forage.

Climbing out of a small rock-rim­ med gulch we could see ahead of us a park-like opening where the even­ ing sun, setting on the last day of the 1935 deer season, cast long black bars reaching out from the tall pines across the clean floor of need­ les.

“Larry must be coming, There’s his dog.”

“That’s not a dog, it’s a coyote.”

“Where?” breathed Matt.

“Right there, straight, ahead.”

And something moved indistinctly in one of the shadows. I stopped.

Matt avoided colliding with me only by sliding both of his number twelves. The racket we made brought the coyote out of the shadows with hesitating steps to where his thin body was haloed by the red sunlight shining through his brushy coat.

Keeping a wary eye on us he slipped from sight towards a little ravine on our right.

Hoping to cut off his retreat I jerked my quiver under my arm and ducked thru the brush to the edge of a low cliff which I knew would give me a clear view of the ground below.

But he fooled me. There he was back where we had seen him at first.

Drawing hastily from a kneeling po­ sition I let fly. Hair flew from his back. The first shot seemingly paralized his hind legs. Matt with his eighty pound “Big Bertha” shot twice while coming up on the dead run, both shafts missing. Stopping and with deliberate aim, he then put one thru the chest following it im­ mediately with another thru the neck.

We took Mr. Coyote over to a log and there relieved him of his hide—

a prime one. The guide, Herman De Sauro, came up the trail just as we were finishing, and after compliment­ ing us on our good fortune, went to our camp in Wall Creek for our luggage.

The skinning finished, our feet were once more pushing the hills behind us, down to the warm hospi­ tality that awaits all archers at the log cabin home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Williams and their two boys. Larry and Bill.

METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT The seventh annual Metropolitan Archers Championship Tournament was held at the department of Play­ ground and recreation of the City of Los Angeles. Mrs. Bea Hodgson won the women’s championship with the record breaking total of 2007 for the Double National and Double Colum­ bia rounds. Alta Armstrong, scoring 1639, was second and Mrs. Parrish, with 1608. was third. Lonnie Rich­ mond was the winner of the men’s championship with a score of 2491 for the double York and double American rounds. G. Parrish, with 2477 was second, and M. Parker, 2450, third.

The San Pedro women’s team, con­ sisting of Bea Hodgson, Thyra Tol­ and. Roxie Yeaman and Florence Heryford. won the team shoot, score 2028. The Elysian men’s “A” team, composed of Larry Hughes, M. Park­ er, G. Parrish and Buz Gibson, were high scorers with 2488 points. The Elysian men-—Jack Frost, J. Law. R, Roop and R. Williams—also took the “B” championship, scoring 2050. In­ termediate boys placed as follows: 1st, E. Gibson, 1690; 2nd, John Adams. 1544; 3rd, D. Vann, 1094.

The Ohio Archery Golf and Hunt­ ing Association has adopted official rules for archery golf. We believe these rules will be of interest to our readers and we expect to publish them in the next issue. Sorry they were crowded out this month.

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By A. D. SHEPARD, Death Valley, California I firmly believe that any man who knives still remained and as we sur­ follows the bow was born two hun­ vey this country with its deep wood­ dred years too late. The reason for ed canyons we can again see the bow this statement is not because he does man of yesterday as he waited for not receive as great a thrill out of it the deer to come up through the pass, today as he would have in the past, undoubtedly driven by the squaws and but because in the past the bow was youngsters. During the wait the bow­ the one best weapon of the chase. man, with his piece of deer horn, The game had not been disturbed by chipped and fashioned new arrow the sound of the high powered rifle heads probably praying to Manitou or the roar of the motor car. In those that the release would be smooth and days it was as easy to get within the flight of the arrow true.

Again in the desert ranges of bare range as it is to get within rifle range today. This does not apply to rock and the very scantiest of vege­ the unspoiled wilderness where the tation one finds old trails posted with the three rock sign post, one rock sound of a gun is never heard.

In our constant search for non- pointing out the trail and the other nietalics, my work has led me over the direction of water. Here all trails ground that has rarely been traveled lead to water. If the water is bad over by white man. How often have I it is marked with brush placed be­ picked up a stone arrow head and tween the rocks overlooking the have in fancy gone back and tried spring. Following these old trails to picture the history of that head. one finds picture writing on the In some cases we may conjure back rocks. The present day Indians can the scenes of long ago by the re­ not read them but they are probably mains of chips, old trails and broken in the nature of sign posts that tell arrow heads. Blinds built along the the distance to water and what can trails and near the springs bear di­ be found there.

If you watch closely you will see rect testimony of the methods used in procuring meat. Trails worn deep blinds built of rock a short shot from in the solid rocks, by the passing of the trail. Here the bowman waited countless feet, help us to visualize, for the wary mountain sheep to pass but also make one stop and wonder on his way to water. Broken arrow­ why and how and for what purpose heads on the opposite side from the it came about. blinds indicate that bad shots were Let us look back to within the made. Many a night I have slept memory of white man. ... ____ a beside these permanent springs and At least Part of our now barren desert valleys had my slumbers disturbed by small was covered with bunch grass. Be­ bands of sheep coming in for water. yond that one can surmise that with • If you remain still they will often this natural food the valleys were come within twenty feet and, after teeming with antelope, small deer drinking, depart. Later in the day and other game that could be used our friend the coyote will make his for food. This must have been the appearance and one of these still re­ case because one finds the remains mains to bear mute testimony of a of large permanent winter camps well sped shaft.

These things we can still see. The where the Indians came to escape from the cold weather and deep trails are here and the broken arrow­ snows of the mountains. Food had to heads still remain and today, as of yesterday, the game still frequents plentiful.

In the Forty-Mile country, a land the water holes. The Indian no longer 0. high flat topped mesas, capped hunts with the bow and arrow. The with lava and covered with stunted inroads of our civilization with the Pinions, I have found piles of obsid­ high powered rifle and motor car are ian chips, a short bow shot from the slowly but surely erasing from the Emails. This was their summer camp, landscape the days of yesterday. I broken arrow heads and stone still figure that I was born too late.

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Sditorial The following comment by Dr. George A. Cathey, member of the Board of Governors of the Natioiral Archery Association, meets with the hearty approval of the editor of Ye Sylvan Archer: “There has been some discussion relative to giving up the National Broad Arrow Association in favor of the Art Young Foundation.

It seems to me that the National Broad Arrow Association covers a scope of activity that the Art Young Foundation might not be able to cover. Again there may be Saxton Pope Foundations or Maurice Thomp­ son Foundations. In other words there have been several Americans who deserve recognition for what they have done for archery. The Na­ tional Broad Arrow Association takes in the whole field with no personal preferences and from its members these different clubs may be formed from time to time. I am 1007< in favor and a strong supporter of the Art Young Foundation and also the Art Young round at the national tournament, and I think more clubs should be foi med in honor of those who have done so much toward the promotion and preservation of the greatest and most healthful of sports.”

Archery owes much to the Los Angeles Playgrounds and Recreation Department for an active and capable support of the sport. The novelty shooting at the recent Sportsmen’s Show is just the thing to attract at­ tention and create interest that will result in many new enthusiasts. We doubt that any other large city in the country offers as much official support and encouragement to arch­ ers as Los Angeles does. What is your city doing?

“Archery Tackle, How to Make and How to use it,” by Adolph Shane, has been published recently by the Man­ ual Arts Press. Professor Shane was professor of Industrial Arts at Iowa State College. The book is cloth bound and illustrated with more than fifty drawings and photographs. Be­ sides detailed information needed in

making archery tackle, the author gives the necessary instructions for becoming a good archer. The price is $1.75.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES

By K. E. Palmatier, President

The N. A. A. has been working on a set of Official Tournament Rules and suggestions as adopted byr the Board of Governors and is a supplement to the pamphlet “Instructions and Rules for Outdoor Archery Tournaments” published by the N. A. A. in 1931. It is an attempt to collect all the rules so that a field captain would have something to help him decide many questions for which pre­ viously there was no written rule.

Copies of these have been sent to the secretaries of all the clubs men­ tioned in the Official Bulletin, and to all the known archery dealers. They may also be had from Mr. L. C. Smith, 77 Franklin St., Boston, Mass., who is secretary of the N. A. A. Be sure to I get a copy of these rules soon .'.e is not sent to you through if one one of the above channels.

The President has mailed 30,000 green stamps bearing the date and place of the national meet this year.

On this stamp it states “Registration Required One Week in Advance.”

This is very important. As it will be necessary to pay before you may shoot, why not pay' a week in ad­ vance and thus give those in charge of the meet a chance to plan for the number? Send your advance regis­ tration to the secretary.

If you want the N. A. A. to be a live organization, ask it to do some­ thing- for you. If it does, then get be­ hind it and let it do more for all of us. There are only about 325 mem­ bers in the N. A. A. It is because you are not in it. We are now giving serious study to Affiliation of Clubs.

Mr. H. S. C. Cummings, 33 Oak Hill St., Newton Center, Mass., is chair­ man of the committee. Write him your ideas.

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Another Rib of the S. C. A. A.

By RAY HODGSON, San Pedro, California The backbone of the Southern Cali­ fornia Archery Association is sup­ ported by a number of healthy ribs.

Each of these ribs is a club that is the “wide awake, go to town” kind, desirous of encouraging others to fall in lov e with the good old sport, archery.

Some time ago we read about the “Hustling Redlanders” and their achievements. Now we are to hear about rib No. 2, the Edison Club, owners of the famous “Four Horse­ men.”

In contrast to the Redlands outfit, who boast of a membership entirely composed of ranchers and tradesmen, the Edison archers are a selected, limited group of educators. Far be it for a rancher or tradesman to join this aggregation. Why it is so ex­ clusive that they have allowed only one female (so far as we know) to join their ranks! Miss Alta Arm­ strong because she shot a world tournament record Columbia Round of 552 and a perfect end to win a national six golds pin and because she is exceedingly charming, has been allowed to remain a member of this famous club.

The Four Horsemen need no in­ troduction. The dynamic F. X. Gou­ let, it seems, was not founder of this club, but an apt pupil. Let’s hear what the real secretary has to say, as he is behind the scenes and can give out more of the secrets than we dare.

This is what Burton Davis, Secretary of the Edison Club, has to say about them: ‘Edison Archers, like Topsy, were not born, they just grew. At one time there were seventeen of them but today the membership is limited to an even dozen; ten men, one woman and a mentor. To be more id say that the precise, one should imembers ' of the Cow-bell Club (for that is Archers L what ------ the ...c Edison . s are to each other) all - -belong to that third -2 sex — of almost 1human stock, better known as pedagogues.

“The club put in an appearance around about the time the Great De­ pression set in (not that the club had

any weight in the matter). It is ru­ mored in some sections, however, that one Frank X. Goulet got such a razzing for being down in his golf score that he immediately sought greener fields, for athletic prowess, and, being a gregarious animal, he sought accomplices for his new ad­ venture among people of his own faculty at Edison Jr. High School in Los Angeles.

“Clinton Douglas acted as tutor and Frank X. was an apt pupil. He was soon rated as an archer and was one of the Four Horsemen of Edison archers when that quartet captured four out of eight first places at the National Tournament at St. Louis in 1933. Frank X. Goulet served on the board as Vice-President and Presi­ dent of the N. A. A. Clinton Douglas was another star of the Edison Arch­ ers, having many fine scores to his credit. Chester Seay and William McMillian are the other two mem­ bers of the so-called four-horsemen.

“The other members of the club rate mostly at the monthly feeds which the organization enjoys during the school year. Alta Armstrong has a room full of trophies. BogueScooter Wilson did fairly good work when a trip to Sweden was in sight.

Judge Warren has complication of aiming points which threaten to be a permanent handicap for him. Tudor Huxtable has organizationitis whichprevents him from practicing; Jesse Donyes has trouble with osculation of the string. Claude Spicer just got over the idea that the more you splice a bow and use old arrows, the better you will shoot, and the writer has a certain kind of malignant de­ liver tremens which makes him cer­ tain of a consistant low score—and there you are — “Edison Archers stick together, not only for their improvement in scores but nlso for the ^ood tinies they have at monthly feeds, eating and swapping bull stories and pass­ ing the trophies (the cowbell, the cow-steer horns head gear) on to the new winners. , “The Cow Bell Review, a pubhca-

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tion by the club, is a knock down and drag out master piece. A comic movie was made depicting the old and the new in archery.

“The season is always ended with a steak bake and dinner at the home of Frank X. Goulet. In other words, the Edison Archers keep up interest in the club by good shooting, good eats and plenty of fun!”

Burton E. Davis, Secretary, Edison Archers The Edison Archers are a loyal and enthusiastic asset to the South­ ern California Archery Association.

Many new and practical ideas have sprung from their ingenious mem­ bers. Without them the S. C. A. A. would be like a ship at sea with a decided list.

ART YOUNG CLUBS (Contributed)

A new Art Young club, affiliate of the active and strong Lakewood Archery Club of Long Beach, Calif., has been formed. The setup is the same as in Redlands, all field activ­ ities handled through the new affili­ ate. It is hoped that field and novelty shoots will help to attract new blood and thereby strengthen the parent body.

With the Lakewood and the pro­ posed Orange Belt Art Young Arch­ ers functioning, Southern California will have six Art Young clubs. Many of the local members feel that the present is a time for consolidation of gains and that more attention should be paid in the future to help alreadv existing clubs to function to best ad­ vantage, rather- than to go in for a more ambitious expansion program.

There is much to be learned about the best methods to attract begin­ ners in archery and retain their in­ terest.

Officers of the Lakewood Club are John Daulley, President, Lonnie Richmond, Secretary-Treasurer, and H. L. Dagle, Field Captain. Other members include Ensign V. A. Sisler, U. S. N., Jessie Quayle, Roland Quayle, Maxon Roy and Henry Bitzenburger.

The new club proposes to lay out a roving range on the grounds given over to its use by the Lakewood Country Club. Other novelty events

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will probably be held on the present target range. Turnout for special ev ents will no doubt be arranged in cooperation with the Los Angeles Redlands and Riverside clubs, all of which have splendid roving and An Young ranges. The Lakewooders are an active and enterprising lot and much may be expected of them. In Southern California at least the Art Young Archers are off to a good start.

Herb Muller got the first rabbit on the roving range of the Art Young .Archers of Los Angeles at El Se­ gundo. Rumor has it that the rabbit died of heart failure on beholding Herb in all his splendor. This is probably base slander of envious competitors and a more charitable supposition is that the pitcher went to the well once too often.

NEWS ITEMS The Corvalis Archery Club held its third annual invitational tournament on Sunday, May 31, 1936, on the Ore­ gon State College archery range. Ned Myers is president and Gilman Keasey is secretary of the Corvallis club.

It is estimated that 75,000 persons inspected the archery booth installed

by Citv Playgrounds and Recreation Department at the Third Annua Sportsmens Show i.. in Los --<=• Angeles. • in D. Beeson and 0. L. L. Winnerston.

M ’nnerston\_j charge of the exhibit, demonstrated trick shooting and shooting at mo ing targets as being Phase^ , _ likely to create interest in arch 7J. Adams DashieH s?>'s’ Twin City Archery Club is g^ by leaps and bounds <n starting to prepare for the V tournament to be held he.e n We have the ideal placefo g0 a field large for men’s targets and 100 R ladies and juniors. Lnmg right on the spot also.

The Portland Archery an invitational sl’ootf 30th. Miss Field, Portland, on May 3™ the Lloyalla Miller is secietaiy Portland club.

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Questions and Answers Q. A beginner asks, “Whatenell is the pile of an arrow?

Q. Is the same- archery target used in England as in the United States?

tails. The Art Young round consists of six shooting stations, arbitrarily placed, and six targets. One arrow is loosed from each successive station at each successive target, making 36 arrows in all, no two of them at the same range. If the ground is uneven, so much the better. As in golf, there are no two courses alike and the more difficult the shooting conditions are, the better the range can fill its purpose.

A. Yes, the same standard 4-foot target is used.

SEATTLE WOMAN MAKES HIGH SCORE

Q. How should we go about or­ ganizing an Art Young club and howdoes it differ from the regular clubs?

Mrs. Belvia Carter, who is a mem­ ber of the team that won the women’s championship in the Olym­ pic Bowmen League last winter, is hailed by the Seattle archers as the "find” of the year. She recently shot a 758 on the Seattle club range, with 64 bullseyes and two perfect ends. In one end. her six arrows were in a circle three inches in diameter. Kore Duryee says that she has used heavy men's arrows all winter with spine test for 75 pound bow, shortened about four inches, so they were stiff.

The first time she used a new set made to fit her bow she shot 720 and the next time 758, in regular meeting night competition.

A. Dr. Elmer, in “Archery,” says, “A ferrule covering the anterior end of an arrow. It may be sharp or blunt and made of any hard sub­ stance. Also called head, tip and point.”

A. Dr. Klopsteg is the present secretary of the Art Young Founda­ tion, but there is no official central body and methods of organization can only be suggested until such time as constitution and by-laws are adopted. Each club makes its own rules. The method most in use is for field archers of a certain club to or­ ganize an Art Young affiliate of an already existing club. A field captain is appointed or elected who has charge of novelty and field events, such as roving, shooting the Art Young round and organizing hunts.

Where no club exists, an informal gathering of archers, calling them­ selves the A.rt Young Archers of a certain locality, is enough. Wherever lv is possible to work within existing clubs this method will be found to strengthen the existing club by at­ tracting new blood as well as pro­ moting harmony among the archers, there are enough outlets in archery terest^ everyl30^y some phase of in-

., The Art Young clubs differ- from ,e Purely target clubs only in methi s °\ approach. They count on a avening of field archers to attract Jenners who are not interested in e ,tar&et angle. Naturally these wni ^es see value of target k as they progress.

9’ What is an Art Young round?

A. Space forbids going into de-

golfers vs. ARCHERS On Saturday, May 16th, a match between a pair of golfers (James Floyd, Sr. and Joe Vallo) and a pair of archers (Clayton K. Douglas and Paul H. Gordon) was held at the Southern Dutchess Country Club Golf Course, Beacon, N. Y. The

archers won 3 up.

The golfers played their regular game; the archers used a 36 inch target (white with 9 inch center) placed at the side of each green. A hit in the black scored 1; in the white 2. Golf par for the course is 33.

The score in shots and strokes was as follows: Douglas, 30, Gordon 37, Vallo 35, Floyd 45. The point score and the golfers of the archers was t6 — 3.

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lBun\ by Brommers “I am still nursing the frostbitten ear I got in Los Angeles last sum­ mer,” writes Karl Palmatier. “Noth­ ing like that could happen in Michi­ gan.”

“We have put our speed cops on foot and taken away their pads. Our mosquitoes are on diet, our frogs work only on the day shift and our cats have no nocturnal grand opera contracts. We have enough moisture, natural and the Milwaukee variety, to suit the most exacting. We want you all. Don’t forget Battle Creek in August! It will be a tournament.”

road beetle got stuck outside the Lakewood Country Club. A score of willing archers left the shooting line to push it out. I felt flattered, as who wouldn’t? I told the Great Deflator about it.

“Well,” she comments, “I wouldn’t say that engine of yours is the most soothing thing on earth when one is trying to concentrate. Not the way you race it. On top of which you were leaving, yoif say. Think it over!”

A. J. Slogeris, Superintendent of Playgrounds at El Paso called. Slo­ geris, Brown and Zollars made up the famous “Three Mosquiteers.”

B. G. Thompson offers me a very acceptable bribe to get Art Young’s Greenland diary for him. Sorry, B. G. I have tried hard enough. You aren’t the only one interested either. Ask Davis!

All is not well in Meme England.

My friend Jack Flinton of Scar­ borough is in trouble. Sadly he tells me about it.

It seems that Mr. Flinton devised a feather burner that worked only too well. It took down the feathers fine. Also it stopped the clock, curdl­ ed the milk, blinded the dog and scandalized the neighbors. The fam­ ily had to move to a hotel that night and Bobbies in gas masks stood re­ luctant guard over the Flinton domi­ cile.

Mario Orozco, back in Los Angeles for two months, called the other night. He painted glowing pictures of Mexico and the good times he could show me down there.

Well, I don’t know. Would depend very much on what his father says.

General Orozco would have made a first class logger, he believes in di­ rect action. And action as seen by the general might take a number of forms, some of them highly unpleas­ ant. How about it, General, do you second the motion?

Lieutenant F. D. Latta and Mrs. Latta called at the shop. One of my “friends” had been working there and I hadn’t had time to clean up after him. Tactfully Mr. Latta opined that the place looked as spic and span as a battleshin. Mrs. Latta gave her lord a hard look. “After a hurricane,” he amended hastily.

for this In my private doghouse month Majorare: Barker and Dr. Schrader for

Hutchinson’s “An'ow Hound” quit scratching fleas long enough to let out one more yelp. It was a real yelp too. Hutch takes a long time wind­ ing up, but it is worth waiting for.

Larry Hughes had a whale of a write-up in the magazine section of the Los Angeles Times. Archery is coming into its own.

Not so long ago my perambulating

letters. Earl Ullrich writing insulting

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and Ed McGahan for writing notes no human being- could read, Cosner and Buchen for not writing at all.

Dashiell and Ely Miller for not do­ ing the work I asked them to do.

Christilaw and Estabrook on general principles, Palmatier and Dr. Roberts out on parole.

Hill and the Wilhelm boys for not bringing me any wild pork. It smells like the devil but it tastes like am­ brosia.

Bea Hodgson should have been in for making catty remarks about my flight shooting, but she shot her way out. She had to bust every record to do it, but bust them she most assur­ edly did.

The Fact Digest for June 1936 has a page of interesting facts regarding bows and arrows.

Don Easton is the architect who drew the plans for my detention home as shown herewith. Did you ever see a more indignant moon? Not that you can blame it exactly.

GEORGE BROMMERS

The Bowman, published by Elbert Wheeler at San Antonio, Texas, made its bow to the archery world with the May issue. Our wish is that Mr. Wheeler has all the success for which he is hoping.

SPRING STEEL BROADHEADS Light Weight—Sturdy I%x2% for 5-16 or % shaft $2 Doz.—Sample 20c Robert R. Nichol, Murphy Rd. Grants Pass, Ore

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The Twin City Archery Champion­ ship will be held at Highland Park, St. Paul, on June 7.

The Newport (Rhode Island) Arch­ ery Club has several old hair mat­ tresses that have proved to be ef­ fective and satisfactory backstops.

The Washington State tournament will be held in Tacoma, June 13-14, 1936 at the Harmon Park Range.

Geo. R. Robinson, of Tacoma, is presi­ dent of the association.

COLORING FEATHERS B.y Chester Stevenson Take two quarts of water of about 175 degrees temperature and soak the color from red or green crepe tissue paper into it until it is strong with color.

Put feathers into one-half gallon fruit jar or other tall jar and pour in warm solution. Leave about two hours and then add about two ounces of common salt Let stand over night.

Dry feathers and steam if necessary.

This crepe paper can usually be ob­ tained by watching for your druggist to throw away a cigarette or other window display.

SETS NEW RECORD A new record was set at the Grif­ fith Park City Championship meet April 25-26 when Mrs. Beatrice Hodgson shot a double National and Columbia of 2007. This betters the old record of 1902, set last summer, also at Los Angeles, by Mrs. Ruth

Hodgert.

We regret that a typographical error caused us to announce the dates of the National tournament as Aug. 10-15. The correct dates are August

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