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June, 1939 Corvallis, Oregon Vol. 11

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June, 1939

Vol. 11

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A GRAPHIC METHOD OF DESIGN ING A BOW By Dr. Paul Klopsteg NEW YORK FAIR TOURNAMENTS .... LOS ANGELES TOURNAMENT .’.

FIELD ARCHERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA By John L. Yount

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EDITORIAL

WITH OUR ADVERTISERS By Russell Jones

ON A NATIONAL FIELD ARCHERY ASSOCIATION

CALIFORNIA WORLD’S FAIR TOURNAMENT

DR. CATHEY APPROVES

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A Graphic Method of Designing a Bow By Dr. Paul Klopsteg, Chicago The past decade in archery has seen the steady displacement from the shooting line and the field of the traditional bow with stacked belly. In its place has appeared a bow with smaller thickness of limb, usually rectangular in cross-section and, on the average, somewhat shorter than, the traditional bow. The history of its appearance is somewhat as follows. From Novem ber, 1930, to March, 1932, there ap peared in the Sylvan Archer a series of articles by C. N. Hickman, ana lyzing certain static characteristics of the bow. These interested me greatly; and, having been stimulated by the articles and conversation with Dr. Hickman to “doing something about it”—namely about the obvious errors in design in the traditional limb—I carried out experiments and in May, 1932, published an article in the Sylvan Archer on the construction of a bow with rectangular limb sec tion. It was pointed out how need lessly the wood in the stacked limb was being excessively compressed, and how the rectangular section of

limb, with uniform thickness, was very much better, as Dr. Hickman had suggested. The bows which I used in tournaments, constructed on correct scientific principles, were at first regarded with doubt if not dis dain by most archers who examined them; indeed, they were heartily con demned by some who had grown up in the tradition of the stacked bow. Those who had pioneered the new design knew from experience that its cast in relation to weight was mark edly greater than that of the stacked bow. Wo had made careful measure ments of velocity, energy and effi ciency, and had found that invariably the new design showed greater effi ciency. I had, among other experi ments, constructed two bows that had been laid out side by side on a stave of sufficient width, so that the wood was as nearly alike as possible in both; the difference between them was that one was made in traditional form, the other according to the new design. Dr. Hickman and I both measured their efficiencies, and found the efficiency of the new de-

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sign to be more than fifty percent higher than that of the old. For the same weight of arrow, making allow ance for the mass of the string, the relative efficiencies were 60 percent and 93 percent. This alone was a. convincing demonstration; but we had similar results on a great may comparative tests, in which the new design invariably had greater effi ciency. After a time, a craftsman here and there followed the published instruc tions and experienced for himself, in his own shooting, the superiority of the new design. Points of aim came lower, and occasionally a fairly light bow found the target at 100 yards with the point of aim either point blank or below. The popularity of the new design gradually grew. At tournaments in the middle thirties, the new was displacing the old. Pop ular demand compelled even some of the most conservative tackle makers to supply bows with rectangular limbs. Today few manufacturers make any other kind, and the stacked limb has practically disappeared from the shooting line. In 1935, after having had three years of experience with the design and construction of the new type of bow, I published an article in the June issue of Archery Review, en titled “Getting the Most out of the Bowstave.” This was followed in. July by the special publication by Archery Review of a monograph with the title “Science Looks at Archery,” containing also an article on “Making a Bow with Rectangular Limbs.” The latter embodied results of experience, and improved on the original descrip tion previously mentioned. Four additional years have passed, bringing additional experience. For some time I have been intending to share with my fellow-archers what I have learned, but many matters in tervened to prevent the preparation of an article. The description here given, taken together with the ar ticles previously mentioned, may be taken as a guide to laying out a bow from a given stave which takes full advantage of whatever excellent qualities the wood may have. In designing a bow, both the me chanical and artistic aspects must re ceive consideration: the mechanical

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to make sure that nothing will be overlooked that will contribute to wards perfection of performance and action; the artistic for the obvious reason that archers are an esthetic lot who get pleasure out of that which is beautiful. It may be ob served, in passing, that what is tech nically correct is almost fcertainly beautiful; but what is beautiful may not, conversely, be technically correct. Our objective in the mechanical design is that in the fully drawn bow the elastic stresses shall be as uniform as possible throughout the limbs, and well within the limits of the tensile and compressive strengths of the wood. Stated in another way, we desire that every cubic inch of wood in the limbs shall contribute in the same measure as every other cub ic inch — no more, no less — to the proper performance of the weapon. At the same time, the force exerted on the arrow by the string shall, from the instant of departure of the arrow from the string, produce great ly increasing velocity in the arrow, smoothly and silently, with no ave rage deviation from the line of aim. Nor shall there be any jar or kick in the bowhand as the arrow leaves the bow. To gain an understanding of the principles of design to be followed, we refer to Fig. 1. The purpose of the construction shown is to deter mine, by means of simple drafting instruments, the proper width of limb at each point, when the limb is of uni form thickness, to assure proper dis tribution of stresses. We shall as sume the limbs to bend in arcs of circles, or, as Ascham put it in 1544, they “shall come round the compass.” In the figure, let AB represent the length of the bow, with limbs of equal length. Since the three-finger draw is unsymmetrical, the point G, where the arrow passes, may be about I'i inch above the mid-point, to help equalize the amount of deflection of the tips, and therefore the bending. The length of the arrow is GQ. The bracin'* height is GP, measured from the back of the bow. More accurately this is measured from a point half the limb thickness in from the back, but the difference is not sufficient to affect results. As mentioned above, the limbs are equal for the rather

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obvious reason that equal limbs will be better balanced, especially dynam ically. However, if momentum of custom or difficulty of making a break with tradition should decree limbs of unequal length, the princi ples of construction outlined apply in precisely the same manner. It requires no proof that when ma terial of constant thickness bends in a circular arc, compression must be same everywhere on the concave side, and tension on the convex. If the width-contour of the limb has been correctly established, a force applied perpendicularly at the tip will cause bending in the desired circular arc. When the load and deflection are small, uniform taper of the limb from root to tip, with zero width at the tip, brings about such bending. But if the deflection is large, as it must be in a bow, the taper must not be uniform if the bent limb is to have constant curvature. Assume that you have decided on the width at C, the “root” of the low er limb, and that you want to know the proper width at some point S. Draw a line from C perpendicular to the string, and call its length do. Draw the corresponding line at S, with length d. The tension in the string is the same everywhere; call this force f. It is a well known prin ciple in mechanics that the effect iveness of a force to produce rotation about a point, or its “torque,” is de pendent on the perpendicular distance of the force from that point. The torque of the force f about point C is fdo; that about point S is fd. These torques produce bending of the limb, and to produce equal bending, their amounts must be the same for each unit of area at each of the sections being compared. Now, since the thickness of limb is uniform, the areas of the limb at C and S, respect ively, are in direct ratio to the widths of the limb at these points. So if we let wo represent the width at C and w the width at S, we may write fdo/wo=fd/w. This equation says, simply, that the torque per unit area (width) at C must be the same as the torque per unit area (width) at S. From the equation we may cancel f, and write w/wo— d/do, or w=wod'do. Hence the width of limb at any section must be

proportional to the perpendicular distance of that section from the string. In terms of the maximum width at C, originally selected by the designer as his choice for this par ticular bow, the width at any section is found by multiplying the width at C by the ratio of the two perpendicular distances from the string. Having established the principle, we proceed with the design. De tails for the upper limb only are shown, but it is carried out similarly for the lower. When the tip of the limb moves in the path BKM, as the bow is first braced and then drawn full, it de scribes a curve called a cardioid. Hickman has shown that this curve is closely approximated by a circular arc with its center at F, one-fourth the distance from D to B, and a radius three-fourths the length of the limb. With F as center, draw arc BKM, and with E as center, draw AHL. At P draw HK parallel to AB. This represents the string when the bow is braced, with the bow tips at H and K. Hence HK is . the length of the string, with HP and PK the lower and upper segments, respectively. With Q as center and HP as radius, mark point L; and with PK as radius, point M. This is permissible because the string has the same length whether the bow is braced or full drawn. At D draw DV perpendicular at AB. The center of the arc which represents the drawn limb must lie on this line. Next construct the arc DM, tangent to AB at D and passing through M. This may be done by drawing dhord DM, the perpendicular bisector of which cuts DV at the point which is the center of the arc, namely V, with VD the radius. With a pair of dividers step off, beginning at D, the points 1, 2, 3 . . . 9, 10, M, dividing the arc into ten equal segments. The width at M is obviously zero, since the string pass es through this point, hence has no torque about M. At the numbered points we draw perpendiculars to the string . From the proof given pre viously, the widths of the limb at these points are proportional to the perpendicular distances. Hence we measure and tabulate these distances, then find the ratio of each distance

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line of the bow. This greatly in 2, 3 ... 9, 10 to distance 1; multiply creases the smoothness with which the width chosen for D by each of the arrow passes the bow, and helps these ratios in turn, which gives each width corresponding to the numbered to prevent arrow slap. points. A bow designed and constructed A plan view of the back of a limb along the lines described will be an so laid out, not to scale, is shown efficient bow, provided the material at the lower right of Fig. 1, to give is good to begin with. Stating the a comparison of the contour of the fact in another way, such a bow will limb thus laid out with that having be much more efficient than any uniform taper to zero at the tip, other design of bow made from the represented by the straight lines. same stave. In review, an efficient bow is one which transfers a large If the limbs are set back in the percentage of its stored energy to handle, the construction is carried the arrow. An inefficient one trans out by the same method, except that fers only a small percentage. This line AB is drawn in two segments, means that the inefficient bow has joined at G, making the proper angle much more energy left over, to be with each other. The lines DV and expended in some other way—it must CR, on which the centers of the arcs be gotten rid of somehow; and it of the bent limbs lie, are, of course, gets rid of its excess energy largely perpendicular to their respective by kicking the bow hand. We con limbs when these are relaxed and clude, therefore, by saying that one straight. of the marks of an efficient bow is Practical considerations have been that it doesn’t kick; and if it given in the articles to which refer casts the arrow smoothly with high ence was made in the fifth paragraph efficiency, the archer will have a of the present one. Certain ones possession that will richly reward may be repeated. Since it is neces him for the effort put into its de sary to have finite width at the tip, sign and construction. the widths at 8, 9, 10 and M are in creased to practical amounts, as shown desirable by experience. I New York Fair Tournaments have found that it is most convenient, Archers still have an opportunity in laying out the tabulated widths to compete in the World’s Fair tour along the center line, drawn on the naments being conducted at the Man back of the proposed bow, to make building of the New York World’s the measurements in millimeters; • Fair. Due to the fact that the build but any desired units will do. I also ing was not completed the first of make the construction layout on a May, it was necessary to postpone all scale of 4 mm per inch, or ’/» in.= sports events for two weeks. 1 mm, since this fits nicely on a sheet The archery tournaments which of standard letterhead size, 8%xll have taken place to date have been inches. The tabulated ratios are received with such enthusiasm the quickly found with a slide rule. A archery will go on into June, tourna small compass or bow pencil is used ments taking place each day from to mark the widths of the stave, after 2:00 to 3:00 P. M. until June 17. It which the outline of the limb is quick is very possible that further tourna ly drawn in by ruling short straight ments will be conducted also in July. lines ’ between the marks. The date for the final New York The handle sections of my bows World’s Fair championship tourna are usually finished off with a cork ment, which will include the highest grip which is slightly offset towards scorers of all of the World’s Fair the arrow plate; i.e., the highest tournaments, will also be announced point of the handle is perhaps an later. eighth to three sixteenths of an inch Daily prizes will be awarded the to the left of the center line for a winners of the daily tournaments. right-handed bow. This automati In addition to individual prizes there cally directs the force of the string will be team prizes awarded to each at full draw approximately along the high school, college, and archery club axis of the arrow instead of towards team. The four highest scores shot the center or the right of the center by members of the high school, college

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or archery club will be regarded as the team score. These awards will be made at the end of the schedule of World’s Fair tournaments. All who wish to compete should send their entry blanks in as early as possible. All who are registered will be listed at gate Fl on the date speci fied and will be admitted without charge. The 25c target fee should accompany the entry. The World’s Fair round: Men, 60 arrows at 40 yds.; women, 60 ar rows at 30 yds.; juniors, 60 arrows at 20 yds.; students—high school, 60 arrows at 20 yds.; college, 60 arrows at 30 yds. These tournaments are sponsored by the men’s apparel quality guild and take place in the sports arena of the Man building (Man, his clothes, his sports). The tournaments are open to all archers. Send entries to Mrs. Edward B. Miller, 254 Seaman Ave., New York, N. Y.

Los Angeles Tournament Editor: On May 7, the Los Angeles Arch ers held their regular monthly shoot and their annual championship tourn-

ament in a combined program. Wil lard Bacon, of course, is still the chapip and kept in his possession the rotating plaque trophy. Champ Ilda Hanchett took home the ladies’ tro phy again for the coming year. The weather was fine and the turnout was grand. Jakie Beck, “the sage of the Ozarks,” took off his shoes and socks in the middle of the York, and improved his score 50 per cent. And here’s a tip. It really works. Herbert Hall, a newcomer to the Los Angeles club, carried home the club’s monthly rotating handicap, and Mrs. Wynafred Beck did the same for the ladies’ group. During the lunch hour the election of officers for the coming year took place and here are the results: Pres ident, our old friend, T. W. Brother ton; Vice-President, Mrs. Margaret xviiiiu, ictuy to lv be mu watched”; and Rand, “a. a lady Secretary-Treasurer, your humble scribe, Roy McDonald. So here’s a salute to the out-going officers and a welcome to the new and to the com ing year in which the Los Angeles club intends to knock the spots off all competition within its reach. —Roy McDonald.

W. A. Cochran and his “dream come true” cabin

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Southern California Field Archers By John L. Yount How About a Name? To date all field courses have been called “roving courses.” I person ally don’t think this makes sense for the following reasons: If you will look up the word “rove” in Webster’s dictionary you will find that it means wander, and a few other words mean ing the same thing. Now when a definite course is laid out a person does not wander. They have a very definite objective, i.e., to get around those twenty-eight targets, and in doing so shoot a score of about 250. They get around all right, but as a rule the less said about the score the better. Another objective is that to apply the name “rovers” to such rounds takes the name right away from the fellow who really takes a notion to go roving. To avoid this we have been calling our round a “standard ized round” or “regulation round.” This is too long a name. If you are a target shot, you shoot a “York” or an “American,” even the latter name is too long. A shot gun artist shoots “traps” or “skeet.” I don’t know what either means but they are really swell names, short and snappy. A golfer plays golf, not bad. Let’s shoot a round of................ not over six letters. There will be no prizes for the winner, but here is your chance to get your name in the hall of fame. Send your suggestions to me at P. 0. Box 383, Redlands, Calif., and. I will see that it receives due publi city in the next issue of this maga zine. There are certain individuals who, I feel, will want to take advan tage of this opportunity to send in some nasty cracks. Go right ahead. Bakersfield Meet The copy for the May issue, which contained the report of the Bakers field tournament, seems to have gone adrift, so for the benefit of those who did not attend here is what happened. In the first place,'it rained, the third straight tournament to be rained on. We should consider holding our tour naments in Oregon next winter. Too

much rain down this way. This time the rain stopped in time so that the day was really nice and all those who braved the early morning- weather were repaid by a very delightful day of shooting. Eva Bedwell won high score in the ladies division. Volus Jones received the gold bar, and W. A. Lyon, the silver bar in the Championship class, while Roland Quayle won the Gen eral Division and will now compete with the champion. The Kern County Fish and Game Association gave the FAASC a per petual trophy to be won each bi monthly meet by the highest score in the General Division. Roland Quayle is the first to receive this nice award. A Summer Treat Wouldn’t it be something if during the heat of summer we could have a field course located in the high moun tains, with the pine trees thick enough for shade, a little stream running through it and a meadow along one side. Well, we have just that. The archers from the Lake Arrowhead district, led by Glen Cur tis, have been busy and now announce the completion of a fourteen target regulation course, to be known as the “Aqua Roving Course.” This course is to be open at all times and anyone wishing to shoot it should contact either Glen or your secretary, Elmer Bedwell. You have probably received your notices by now, but just as a sort of a reminder, there is to be a tourna ment at Pasadena, Sunday,' June 25. This is to be a regular bi-monthly tournament and should be our largest one to date. The course is very beautiful, located close in, so you have no excuse for not being there. Further, if ever a bunch deserved your support, they do. There has really been a lot of work put in on the course. It is beyond doubt the finest equipped in the south. After doing all this work they have played in hard luck from the first. The only two major tournaments to be held there so far have been rained out.

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Field Shooting at the National The field committee of the NAA has arranged for the shooting of a separate field round at this year’s national. This event will have no thing to do with the regular field events shot at the National tourna ment each year, nor will it effect the special event being put on under the supervision of Mr. Lee, this year’s NAA president. This event is entirely in the hands of the field committee and the field archers. It is to be shot on Friday morning at the same time as the regular NAA team shoot. It is not to be considered as a National cham pionship event, but rather as the first step leading toward the devel oping and adapting of a regulation* round suitable for national competi tion. So that all may have a chance to practice before hand, here is the round. The labor involved in putting in a simple 14-target course is slight and will give you an opportunity to study the possibilities in this type of shooting. Type of Target 1. The method of ring scoring on a round target with or without animal background. 2. Animal backgrounds are option al at the will of the host club. 3. If animal backgrounds are to be used, the center of the bulls-eye shall be visible from shooting position. Scoring 1. Five points for bulls-eye, three points for outside ring. No bounceouts or bounce-ins to count. 2. Arrows passing through target face that are still hanging in the target butt and can be pushed back, shall score according to hit. 3. At all tournaments double scor ing shall be used. 4. Four arrows at each target shall be shot. 5. The value of doubtful arrows shall be determined before any arrows are pulled. Targets 1. Twenty-eight targets, with dup licate shots at each given yardage. 2. If fourteen target ranges are used for the “Standard Tournament” the 14 target range shall be shot four times. The 28 target range' twice,

which gives the net result the same number of arrows, number of tar gets shot, and total yardage shot. Range The 28 target range shall have two shots of each listed yardage: 15 yds., 12 in. target, 6 in. center. 20 yds., 12 in. target, 6 in. center. 25 yds., 12 in. target, 6 in. center. 30 yds., 12 in. target, 6 in. center. 35 yds., 18 in. target, 9 in. center. 40 yds., 18 in. target, 9 in. center. 45 yds., 18 in. target, 9 in. center. 50 yds., 18 in. target, 9. in. __ ______ center. 55 yds., 24 in. terget, 12 in. center. 60 yds., 24 in. target, 12 in. center. 65 yds., 24 in. target, 12 in. center. These yardages are to be mixed up according to lay of ground. 30, 35, 40, 45 yds., 18 in. target, 9 in. center, 4 position shot 1 arrow each. 50, 60, 70, 80 yds, 24 in. target, 12 in. center, 4 position shot 1 arrow each. 20, 25, 30, 35 ft., 6 in. target, 3 in. center, 4 position shot, 1 arrow each. A 5 percent allowance on individ ual target distances shall be allowed to meet the condition of the terrain. However, any overage or shortage shall be made up on next target, giv ing net result in total yardage. (For example: 25 yd. shot and only 24 yds. are available and next posi tion shot is 40 yds., 1 yd. shall be added to cover loss on 25 yd. position, making a 24 yd. and a 41 yd target in place of 25 and 40 yds.) Target Size The 6 in., 12 in., 18 and 24 in. cen ters are to be one-half the size of the target. Shooting positions shall be mark ed by 2 pegs and contestants shall stand between and behind markers. Safety Targets shall be arranged so at no time are contestants in line of fire. More about the Hillsboro, Oregon, shoot in the next issue; but Pat Chambers, “Hoot” Hawkins and Ned Myers placed first, second and third respectively. “Pop” Prouty is re ported to have clung doggedly to his accustomed position—fourth from the bottom.

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Editorial Ye Sylvan Archer is in hearty ac cord with the plan for the formation of a National Field Archery Asso ciation. It is the greatest movement in archery since the formation of the NA A nearly sixty years ago. Field archers in states not now organized should take immediate steps to or ganize.

The Southern Oregon Archers are holding a tournament on June 18th. According to Earl Ulrich, the spon sor, there will be flight, clout, double American and novelty events. Forty or fifty contestants are expected to toe the starting line.

We acknowledge receipt of a copy of “For Men” containing an inter esting ‘hunting story by Ted Carpen ter. A second story is to appear in the current issue. Don’t pass up these stories.

“The New Archery99 One of the most complete books on Archery published in recent years is “The New Archery” by Paul H. Gor don, published by D. Appleton-Centpry Company and advertised in this issue of Ye Sylvan Archer. Besides chapters on equipment and the tech nique of shooting it gives much of the history of Archery, instructions for shooting the various rounds and a record of established scores. Near ly a hundred and fifty drawings and photographs add much to the interest and utility of the book.

Wants English Bowman J. M. Howard, Box 27, Rt. 1, Gary, Ind., says: “If you hear of a Robert’s English Bowman going begging at anything like a reasonable figure, I’d be happy to learn of it.” The programs for the National are out. Did you get yours?

“Drat that wind'

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With Our Advertisers By Russell Jones, Business Manager I have just seen the beautifully il lustrated, nicely gotten-up catalog of one of our advertisers. I got a new thrill and a great deal of information from reading it through, and can not but feal that the greatest gift to Archery has been the devotion of so many of our finest archers to this great sport. When such outstanding shots and gentlemen as Russ Hoogerhyde, Gilman Keasey, Pat Chambers and many others with similar exper ience undertake the production of tackle which they can personally rec ommend to coming Archers, we are certain of a crop of new enthusiasts. We know from our meager experience that the opportunity of getting ex pert advice and equipment when the “bug” first bites is the greatest fac tor in determining how far many new Archery enthusiasts will develop and enjoy the sport either in the field or at the targets. One of he very best ways to get a great deal of this valuable information is through the catalogs of the many experts who have gone to so much pains to develop high grade equipment and are so willing to be of assistance to anyone in this great sport. Get their cata logs, look over their materials and equipment and become better ac quainted with these men who are giv ing so much to Archery.

The other day when I was shooting woodchucks in the rocky ledges where a miss meant a broken arrow (of course I didn’t miss more that ninetynine percent of the time), I couldn’t help but wish that someone would make up a hunting arrow that would carry a replacement guarantee like Nick and Jim give with their target arrows. Whenever anyone wants to make me that kind of a deal, I hope they can locate my address.

We have been informed that Pat Chambers has just taken over the managing of the Rose City Archery Co. With Pat’s experience and rep utation as an outstanding archer, he should do especially well in this new venture. Then, of course, having a

wife who is the State Champion and a very ardent archer should not make things any harder either. They are a pair of true archers and we wish them every success. L. L. “Flight” Daily of Eugene, Oregon, informs us he is planning on a vacation trip through California in the near future. He made a similar trip last summer with a load of arch ery materials. He reported a very wonderful trip and was overflowing with praise for the welcome and good time extended him by the California Archers. He expects to renew old ac quaintances and contact as many new archery friends as possible during the brief trip. Last year, a slhort hunting trip with the famous archery brothers, the Wilhelms, was one of the highlights of the entire trip and his story of their skill with the bow has proven very interesting to a great many friends.

We understand that E. I. Ullrich is a hard man to find these days. He has been spending a good part of the summer in the woods after yew wood. When some one mentions a nice look ing group of yew trees, his ears prick up immediately and he is off for the tall timber again. W/ouldn’t mind, having a building full of the choice yew and Port Orford cedar that Earl has collected in the past ten years. I could take one of those trips we all read about with a nice trophy for a prize.

It has been very gratifying to note the many requests that we have re ceived for catalogs of archery equip ment during the past month especiall" We have answered these requests with a sample copy of Ye Sylvan Archer which we hope these new archers will enjoy as well as being able to select from our adver tisers the materials which they de sire. Some of these letters have been received from as far a distance as New Zealand. We have sent copies to several foreign countries.

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On a National Field Archery Association For some time there has been agi tation for a national organization of field archers. This agitation has en tered the ranks of the NAA and has resulted in the introduction of a field round at the National tournament and the appointment of a NAA com mittee on field archery. Incidentally this committee is directly supervising the field event held Friday morning, tournament week, at St. Paul. Recently a group of Oregon field archers, in discussing the matter, de cided that the most feasible step to wards the realization of a national field archers association is to build on what we have as a foundation, and so have offered a plan for the formation of a temporary organiza tion. This plan does not have the official endorsement of the PopeYoung Archers of Oregon, but all Oregon archers who have been con tacted have readily given their en dorsement to the proposal. Wlith this introduction to give our readers an idea of what it is all about, we publish the Oregon pro posal, an explanation of the plan, and the reactions to date from California, and Ohio.—Ed. The Oregon Plan On behalf of a number of field, archers in Oregon the following con crete steps toward organizing Amer ican field archery on a national scale are proposed. These steps are: That the elected presidents of the organized field archers of Ohio, Cal ifornia and Oregon, together with the Field Archers Committee, NA A, con stitute themselves a committee to draft by-laws and a constitution for a National Field Archery Association. That after these by-laws and this constitution are drafted, that the presidents referred to submit the pro posals for ratification to their re spective state bodies, and for ap proval of the Field Archers’ Commit tee, NAA. That those three states, Ohio, Cal ifornia and Oregon, band together in.

a campaign to induce other states to organize state field archery associa tions as a preliminary step towards joining a national body. We do not offer the above pro posals as anything to be followed lit erally, but as a basis for immediate action only. If any other state has a better plan for such action, we will be only too glad to cooperate and to follow. We are trying to consider only the main issues, details can be ironed out later in the light of ex perience. We believe that field archery should be organized independently of target archery, but we are for the closest cooeration with the NAA. Field archery, as we see it, is not a rival of target archery, but a comple ment. It has, and should attract more new members who can be reached in no other way. We hope that archers in other states will be willing to accept this plan as the start for which we offer it. If it does nothing more than to cause field archers to become organ ization conscious we will feel that it has not been offered in vain.

The Origin and Meaning of the Oregon Plan By George Brommers “We have accepted the Oregon Plan,” writes John Yount of California. “W/e feel that organized field archery on a national basis is now an accomplished fact. This is the day we have been waiting for.” “Now don’t forget that we are going to need all the help we can get to put this thing over. Try to be serious for a change and write an article telling about Oregon archery and Oregon archers. Others besides me are interested, and you are on the ground.” John is right. Oregon is long on field archers and short on publicity. There are no showmen up here, no publicity experts, just plain hunters— hunters of the kind that get the game instead of headlines. And, since the

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subject is a timely one, and since I had the privilege of sitting in on the discussion I will, to the best of my ability and recollection, tell you how the plan originated. There were about twenty-five lead ing field archers present at the gath ering. On behalf of California I had delivered Yount’s challenge—a competitive match — Ohio-California rules. It so happens that Oregon uses only hunting bows and broadheads in its field events, and its sportsmanship was shown by immediate accpetance of the challenge. They know that they are going to be heavily handi capped in such a match. But they also know that in states like Ohio and California attendance would be heavily cut down if shot under the Pope-Young rules of Oregon. “We will play the match any way you want us to,” was the immediate response. “What we want is inter state matches and we will waive our rules any time to bring it about. But how about the rest of the coun try? Can’t we ring in some other states?” I told them that most likely Cali fornia would shoot Ohio again this year, which would make it a threecornered affair. Last year Ohio trimmed California, and a return match is plainly in order. Upon which Oregon promptly challenged Ohio, and the war is on. Next in order came a challenge from Oregon to California and to Ohio for a broadhead event, Oregon rules. California accepted on the spot and so, I believe, has Ohio. Now Oregon wants a truly national competition in field events. It also wants to see the sport organized on a national basis. They know all about the NA A Field Archers Committee, and they are heartily in accord with its objectives as explained by B. G. Thompson. It is easy enough to see the diffi culties the committee is working under. There are seven members to be consulted, and each one feels that he must be sure that he represents the archers of his district conscien tiously, which means a lot of work and a lot of consultation. The com mittee believes in making sure of its ground and sure it is right.

There was a general agreement that it would be very hard to get a better or more representative com mittee, and that it was entitled to full support. Then somebody deliv ered a broadside — I think it was either Ned Myers or Chester Steven son. “Just why the hell do we have to wait for final report of the commit tee?” or words to that general effect. “That committee will w;ork with us any way we want it to, and will be the first to support us in getting under way. Here we have at least three states, Oregon, Ohio, and Cal ifornia, with field archery already organized on a state-wide basis. We have three elected presidents. Why couldn’t these three get together with the Chairman of the Committee, get out temporary by-laws and a con stitution, agree on a workable test round for competitive shoots, and then submit the whole thing to ratifi cation of their states? Meanwhile other states, seeing the thing under way, would be willing to join. Why not, indeed? The endorse ment was general, unanimous. The assembled archers took the stand that it could be done; that it should be done. Wihat’s more, they were willing to stick their necks out by proposing it. If other states had a better plan to offer they would gladly take them up on it. The baby was plainly in John Cooter’s lap. John is the president of the Pope-Young Archers, and his shoulders are broad. He is also the man, who, as speaker of the Oregon Assembly, was instrumental in put ting over the first large archery game preserve in the country. “Guess I am the goat,” agreed Cooter, “but I am a willing goat. With you fellows back of me I won’t hesitate to take the initiative. I can’t more than fail, and I would rather fail than hang back. Let her buck!” John sat down, and I began to dimly realize what a privilege it had been for me to sit in. Because by return mail John Yount accepted on behalf of California. John, too, feels that he would rather be criticised for acting too soon and on his own responsibility than let an opportunity like this pass by. A wire from Cleveland gave Folberth’s en-

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dorsement, both in behalf of the Com mittee, which he had hastily consult ed, and also that of Ohio. Organized field archery on a national basis was an accomplished fact. The Oregon plan was in effect. It was as simple as all that. So far I have been the recorder of events as I saw them, without at the time fully realizing their significance. No doubt the others felt the some way. All that remains is for the ex ecutive committee to take hold, and for the rest of us to do our share. The Oregon plan is feasible. It is a start. Other states will be invited and urged to send a representative to sit in. But on John Cooter, on Paris Stockdale, on John Yount and on Bill Folberth the work and the re sponsibility must rest at present. These men are eminently fitted to represent their states and us. They are organizers, and they are workers. They have our fullest confidence. If they succeed in their task field arch ery will take its rightful place among the sports. Don’t expect a lot of sound and fury from them, any more than you would expect it from the governors of the NAA or from the NAA Field Archers’ committee. These men don’t work that way. And don’t forget either that close contact has been, kept throughout with both Dr. Klopsteg, as head of the NAA, and with Mr. Folberth of the Committee. You will see none of this executive committee making the headlines of the papers. That’s reserved for the champions. The greatest measure of reward—if publicity is a reward— goes to the ones who are cashing in on the present popularity of archery for their own personal benefit. To the outsiders these noise-makers rep resent archery. There is nothing we need do about it now. Archery, with other sports, needs its quarantine and its delousing stations, but that can wait. We have bigger fish to fry now. We must do everything we can to help and nothing to hinder. We can help,enormously, by persuading field archers in other states to organize on a state basis and take part. We can help by calling attention to the OhioCalifornia competitive roving round, which is standardized and easily scored, and which, under the super-

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vision of our own field archery com mittee, NAA, will be in use for the first time at a National tournament at St. Paul this year. We can help, later, with our criticism of this round. But for the present we will hinder the work with premature criticism and by insisting on consideration for our own pet ideas. Whatever the Executive Board decides on will be up for our ratification later, and who is better qualified for these pre liminaries than our elected repre sentatives? Competent archery executives are just as scarce as they are in business. The demand on their time—if every body is to be allowed to sound off at will—is unbearable. There is a time and a place even for constructive cri ticism, and decidedly this is not the time to harass our new executive board. Right now an outstanding member of the Board of Governors, NAA, is stepping out. Archery can ill afford to lose him, but he has given every thing that he can—in fairness to his work and his family.—give. These executives expect no credit and get none. Their work isn’t spec tacular, and very few know anything about it. Still, if they are to ac complish anything at all, their busi ness can not be conducted before an open forum. The correspondence alone is staggering. Then, because outsiders do not see tangible results at all times they take for granted that nothing is being done. I trust that field archers will benefit from the experience of the NAA and give Folberth, Stockdale, Cooter and Yount at least a working chance. Field archery is here to stay. Ten years from now we will wonder at our blindness in allowing it to stay this long without an organization on national lines. I confidently look forward to the time when every state will lhave its own organization and when The Field Archers of America will be the sponsors of a major sport. From Ohio Dear Mr. Cooter: I have followed through a long se quence of correspondence, including the correspondence in the hands of Mr. Folberth, relative to the organi-

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zation of a national committee on, Field Archery, with a view of putting our sport on a national basis with a national organization. I can not too heartily commend the efforts made, and I am only too pleased to accept the Oregon Plan. You can accept this letter as my formal acceptance of membership on the committee. I think that it is in deed fine of the Oregon field archers to take the stand that they do in the matter. I have one great regret—my duties this summer will not allow me to take in the tournament at St. Paul. In spite of my absence I will be with you people in spirit and stand ready to aid in whatever way I can by mail. Someone must start a draft of the constitution and by-laws. Mr. John Yount, as you suggested, can do an. excellent job. As soon as I get his copy I shall be very glad to consider it carefully and submit suggestions and criticisms. You can rest assured, Mr. Cooter, that the Ohio archers will back up this movement. In our archery-golf and hunting association we have al ready had discussions on the matter. 1 think I can speak correctly by say ing that our organization will endorse whatever national setup is recom mended by the committee. We have far bigger turnouts at our archer golf meets, rover shoots, and hunting parties than at the target shoots. With such leaders in this state as Curtis Hill, Julius Schweitzer, Bill Folberth and others we have establi'hed an enthusiasm that is unsur passed here in the East. I shall take upon myself one immediate step, namely, to issue to our membership (150 or more) a news letter announc ing the field archery events at the national tournament with a view of informing our members as well as starting enthusiasm. They will turn out in large numbers, although I must recognize that St. Paul is a long way off, and that a good many archers in Ohio have obligations which preclude their leaving sufficiently long to at tend the tournament. Sincerely yours, PARIS B. STOCKDALE, Pres. Ohio Archery-Golf and Hunting Association.

California World’s Fair Tournament Archers are invited to shoot at Treasure Island on San Francisca Bay on Saturday and Sunday, July " There will be two regulation 8 and’ 9. events for the men and for the women, The rest of the program will be made up of unique events which are being planned by G. W. Tompson. One of them will be match play on an elimination basis as play ed in golf. Howard Hill will also be at Treasure Island to give an exhi bition on Sunday afternoon of the tournament. The meet will last two days but participating archers will be given a three-day pass to the Golden Gate International Exposition and the target fee will be only fifty cents. Exposition archery champions will receive permanent trophies and offi cial medals will be awarded for var ious events. Registrations must be in by July 1, 1939 and participant passes will be mailed upon receipt of the fifty cent target fee. Please send your entry fee to A. West, Room 400, 519 Cali fornia Street, San Francisco, Calif.

The Long Bow Back in England The long bow is coming back in England after a lapse of almost 450 years! Now its enthusiasts consider a challange to that country’s crack revolver shots. It was the revolver that pushed the bow and arrow into obscurity by proving so effective when the Spanish Armada attacked England in the sixteenth century. And it wasn’t until 1676 that archery was taken up as a sport, fostered by King Charles II. —Edwin Brooks.

World Loves Modest Man See an item to the effect that my very good friend George Brommers is helping you out. Let me say that I think George is a remarkable man in that he combines so many fine traits under a modest cloak; we in Southern California will miss his sun ny smile and winning ways as well as his ready wit and facile pen. This is merely to show that I am as big a liar as George. Yours truly, CHESTER SEAY.

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We are informed that Miss “Pat” Long of New Orleans, La., is wearing: a beautiful new diamond ring, sig nifying her engagement to Mr. Wm. Hinsdon, one of the leading archers of that state.

Mr. Louis Chmura took top honors in the “American Archer” Winter Indoor Tournament with the very high score of 744, winning the “AA” Gold Medal.

The many archery friends of Col. F. E. Pierce, of Coronado, Calif., will be sorry to learn that Col. Pierce has had to undergo another operation on a foot which was shattered by a ma chine gun slug in Nicaragua. It is expected that at least one more ope ration must follow.

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Dr. Cathey Approves To the Editor: The interview with Erie Stanley . Gardner in the April, 1939, issue of “Ye Sylvan Archer” voices my sen timents exactly, and I think there should be a distinction between a big game hunter and a big game killer. To hunt with a bow and arrow gives all the thrill one would expect from the out-of-doors. The anticipa tion and suspense of a shot far sur passes the cold realization of a suc cessful kill. I feel that some of the best friends it is my privilege to have were the result of associations around the campfire, through the sage brush or up mountain or down canyon. It is in the wilds of the great out-ofdoors that a man is most likely to throw aside his cloak of pretense and bare his real character for the ac ceptance or rejection of his associates. I think I have a reputation for being one of the most stubborn indi viduals that ever drew a long bow when one tried to influence me along a new line of thought. Yet Erie Stanley Gardner has converted me to the idea that stump hunting is the more successful means of getting your game than in arduous pursuit of mountain lion. When one is re turning to camp after a hard morn ing’s hunt, stump hunting certainly takes the fatigue out of your arms and legs because your objective is from where you stand to the stump at whidh you shoot. In other words it isn’t the long ways back to camp, it is just a series of short ways. And your mental approach is certainly more inviting. Sincerely, George A. Cathey.

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