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Ye Sylvan Archer Official Publication of the National Field Archery Association

Vol. 13

No. 6

October, 1941

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WE WENT HUNTING By Morgan Jones

MICHIGAN FIELD TOURNAMENT

NEWARK ROVERS SHOOT By C. B. Young

BLUNTS FROM THE OLD STUMP

NFAA BULLETIN By John L. Yount

EDITORIAL

NEW MEXICO GETS FINE RESERVE By Leon H. Mudgett

LETTER BOX

FIFTH NFAA TOURNAMENT REPORT 11 By Karl E. Palmatier SIXTH NFAA TOURNAMENT REPORT By Karl E. Palmatier 13

OREGON POPE-YOUNG FIELD TOURNAMENT

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We Went Hunting By Morgan Jones, in Australasian Archer Two utility cars, each carrying six persons and their gear, went on a hunting trip to Nebo. Out of these, only George Theodore, Allan Wilson and myself used bows; the rest used guns. The first car left at 12 noon, Saturday; the other about 2 P.M.; and they passed us in the first car, about a mile from where we were camped. We reckon they flew, but they say not. We arrived at our destination at 7:30 and got tea ready as quickly as we could. Eating it occupied us for about an hour—the country air sure gives one an appetite. After tea we rigged up a tent fly and got our beds ready, and sleep fol lowed very soon afterwards. We were up again at 5:30 Sunday morning and out came the weapons to hunt pigs along the creek. Parties of three and four went in different directions. Our party, consisting of George, Allan, Noel Nielson, Walter Hayward and myself, went up the creek towards the mouth, and although we followed fresh pig trails for a couple of miles we never came in contact with them. Later on George and-1 parted from the other three and struck away from the creek and saw two large birds in the distance. We crawled on hands and knees for about a hundred yards and, when within about 80 yards of them a herd of cattle grazing near by started a miniature stampede, and with them went our birds, so we had a three mile walk back to camp. On arrival there we learned we were not the only ones who returned empty handed. Although the other three we had gone up the creek with saw a couple of turkeys they could not get within bow-shot. The rest of the day was spent in walking miles and miles for nothing. We found out later that the heavy rains we have had have sent most of the game to higher country. Monday morning turned out cloudy and rain threatened. We had break fast, and packed up all our gear, and set out for the Brigalow, which grows

about 10 miles farther west from our camp. On the way, with the three bow men, Noel, Sid and Noel’s father, who was driving in the rear car, we had a little engine trouble and had to stop for a few minutes, and when we caught up to the other car it had stopped and one of their gunmen was creeping up on two kangaroos about 200 yards distant. Taking careful aim, he got one and the other jumped away a few yards, so, reloading his gun, he let it have it. He knocked it down but it was up in an instant, with we three bowmen and Noel in pursuit, but the grass being waist-high, the going was tough and we were soon left far behind, so we returned to the cars, where the kill had been skinned (a beautiful skin, too). I have it curing to make a hunting quiver out of it. Eventually we reached the Brigalow and there was miles of it, too; but before cutting some we decided to have a hunt around; so, splitting up into two’s and three’s, we went into the forest of Brigalow. George and I went together and were soon in the thick of it. We came on to a bunch of wallabies, and I don’t know who got the biggest sur prise; but, anyway, we got a shot each, which went wide of its mark. Creeping further along we came to two lots and parted in chase of them, but they were too good for us. That was the last I saw of George until I got back to the car a couple of hours later, for I got well and truly lost, and only for running into one of the party who knew the country around there I might have still been there. Setting off in a direction which I thought was taking us away from the cars, we later came to a fence, and following this for a while we came to a gate which we had passed through earlier in the morning, and I knew where I was then, and it did not take long to get back to the cars. On arrival there I found all the Brigalow cut and loaded on the cars. I wasn’t sorry, for my legs were like

YE SYLVAN ARCHER October, 1941 Junior Boys— 1. Pat Law, Owosso. 2. Wally Knoblock, Flint. 3. Gordon Ash, Detroit. Ladies’ Class A—Instinctive— 1. Daisy Olson, Royal Oak .......... 349 2. Bertha Hoffmeyer, Flint ........ 276 3. Shirley Richey, Royal Oak ---- 250 4. Bessie Stephenson, Flint .......... 242 5. Lulu Stalker, Flint ................... 235 Ladies’ Class B—Instinctive— 1. Muriel MacIntyre, Roy. Oak .. 173 160 2. Ina Woolnough, Trenton ... 154 3. Donnr Diehl, Flint ............. 146 4. Jean Small, Trenton ......... 122 5. Eva Sawyer, Owosso ......... Ladies’ Free Style— 276 1. Edith Hastings, Muskegon 2. Carrie Sherman, Eaton Rapids ........................................ 123 3. Mary Law, Owosso ...................... 104 In accordance with the custom es Michigan Field Tournament tablished some time ago, the Conser vation Department has reserved deer Well over one hundred archers license No. 1 for the first place man, gathered in a field six miles north of instinctive division; J. P. Scott in Owosso to determine Field Champions this instance. License No. 2 goes to for the state, closing the summer’s first place man, free style; this year, program of tournaments. Archers Vaughn Blanchard of Howell. Li from all over the state were there, cense No. 3 goes to the first place the outlying posts being Muskegon woman; Mrs. Daisy Olson of Royal and Buchanan. Rain fell at intervals Oak, whose score in this tournament throughout the day, and it grew in creasingly colder, but the meet pro tops the record score for women of the gressed according to schedule. Fol state by 46 points. lowing are the scores: Class A Men—Instinctive— Newark Rovers Shoot 1. John P. Scott, Detroit ....... 479 By C. B. Young 2. Nels Grumley, Atlas ........... 411 On Sunday, October 5, 1941. the 3. Earl Eurick, Lansing..... .. 376 fourth annual Newark Rover of the 4. Larry Mytinger, Fenton .... 365 Longbow Archery Club was held at 5. Jack Skanes, Detroit ........... 355 the Y.M.C.A. Camp north of New Class B Men—Instinctive— ark, Ohio. 1. Max Goldman, Ann Arbor . After three days of rain before 350 2. Frank Litchfield, Flint ....... 325 the shoot, Sunday turned out to be a 3. George Calvert, Flint........... 322 fine day. One hundred and thirty4. Ralph Councilman, Detroit . 309 five attended the shoot and there 5. T. L. Stalker, Flint ............. 308 probably would have been even more Class C Men—Instinctive— if previous weather had not damp 1. Woodrow Harris, Corunna .... 238 ened the spirits of some who had 2. Fred Hall, Buchanan ................. 202 planned to attend. 3. Glen Ebert, Flint ....................... 192 There was a thirty target course 4. Frank Lubis, Royal Oak .......... 191 laid out over the camp in two sec 5. John Law, Owosso ..................... 191 tions. The group shot half the course, Class A. Men—Free Style— then ate and shot the rest in the af 1. v au^im uicmcnam, nuwen .... 1. Vaughn Blanchard, Howell .... 456 ternoon. The targets were animal 2. wu Don xiuuvinaii, Hootman, .DdSL East Jjaiisin Lansing o ... 410 targets and scoring zones were laid Class B Men—Free Style— out on them. They were announced 1. Frank Ash, Detroit .................. 262 to be all Ohio animals but some of 2. Wayne Bernard, Howell ....... the archers who shot the course had 3. George Higgins, Detroit ......... their doubts of the truth of this. Junior Girls— Following are the winners, there 1st place—Susan Law, Owosso. (Continued on page 6)

lumps of lead. Next stop was creek a few miles further on where we had dinner, after which we started for home at 1 p.m. We had plenty of stops on the way to shoot at kangaroos and pigeons. Sid hit a kangaroo, but only wounded him, not seriously and away it went before another shot could be fired. About 40 miles from home we ran into the rain which had been threat ening all day. Then about 23 miles from home our car was bogged to Che running boards and had to be pulled out by the other car. We arrived home at 9 p.m., and so ends our hunting trip; we lost a few arrows—got no game—enough Brigalow to make about 25 bows—and memories of a wonderful trip.

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Blunts from the Old Stump We were a little previous in an nouncing a non-resident bow license of $5.00 for deer hunting in Michigan this year. The law was passed, but does not become effective until ninety days after the Legislature adjourns. The Legislature is in session, which means that the law 'cannot become effective for deer hunting in Michigan this year. The license ■will be $25.00 for non-residents this year, and $5.00 next year. We trust that no one has been inconvenienced. We were too late to correct the error for last month’s “Ye Sylvan Archer,” but made the correction in “The American Bowman Review.” After many years of effort the New Mexico field archers have at last been successful in securing an archery reserve for deer hunting. On August 30, the State Game Commis sion assigned the Sandia Refuge, about ten miles from Albuquerque, most of which has been closed for thirty years, to hunting with the bow and arrow exclusively, from Novem ber 1 to 9, inclusive. The Refuge contains forty-five square miles, and has an estimated deer population of 2,000. 300 permits will be issued to archers only . Non-resident archers may secure licenses for $25.00 by writing Mr. Barker, State Game and Fish Department, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Further information may be secured from Walter Bellman, Secre tary New Mexico FA A, 109 South 14th Street, Albuquerque, New Mex ico. The Game Commission is anx ious to reduce the herd by at least 200. Bows must be not less than 50 pounds in weight. There should be snlendid hunting in this virgin, pro tected territory for all archers who can possibly make it. We urge all bow hunters to write their name, city and state on their hunting arrows. When you meet gun hunters who want to discuss your equipment with you, call their at tention to this. It will increase the good will and respect of gun hunters toward bow hunters, and help main tain bow hunting on the high plane of law-abiding sportsmanship which it has earned, and deserves. The Bastille has at last fallen! ! !

Arizona, the last state to hold out against recognizing the bow as a le gitimate hunting weapon, has seen the light! ! ! After twelve years of ef fort, the field archers of Arizona have persuaded the Game Commission to legalize the bow in the hunting of birds and game, wherever hunting is permitted. Bows must be 50 lb., and broadheads one inch in width. Arch ers must secure permits from the game warden. This success was achieved through the good will and recommendation of the State Game Warden, K. C. Kartchner of Phoenix. Mr. Kartchner read a sheaf of let ters to the Commission that he had received from other states on his own initiative, and the Game Commission capitulated. The NFAA, not only on behalf of the Arizona archers, but archers everywhere, expresses to Mr. Kartchner their sincerest apprecia tion and gratitude for his splendid efforts. On September 29, the Michigan Archery Association held its state field championship tournament at Owosso, Michigan. The weather man promised rain, and made good. The tournament was delayed for an hour and a half, but finally got under way. Fifty-six targets were shot between showers. 101 field archers shot the tournament. All but twelve shot in stinctively. The Michigan instinctive class prohibits even the use of one mark on the bow. The new Michigan field champion is John P. Scott of Detroit, with a score of 479. The ladies’ champion is Daisy Olson of Royal Oak, with a score of 349. The free style winner was J. Vaughn Bkinchard of Howell, with a score of 456. Again the instinctive champion outshot the best free style archer. By arrangement with the Michigan Conservation Department, the first three bow and arrow deer hunting li censes are reserved for these cham pions. No. 1 goes to the field cham pion, No. 2 to the free style champion, and No. 3 goes to the ladies’ cham pion. These bow licenses are coveted prizes. We are pleased to announce that A. J. Michelson, President, Dr. Paris Stockdale, Vice-President, and John

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Yount, Secretary, representing the NFAA—and Henry S. C. Cummings, Chairman, Louis Smith, Secretary, and Karl Palmatier, representing the NAA, will act as a Contact Committee between the two associations, for the purpose of preserving and promoting good will, harmony, and cooperation between the NFAA and the NAA, and working together on national problems involving the interests of archery in general. The two associ ations will continue to expand in their respective fields, and pull together on all matters of mutual interest. There has been a tremendous in crease in archery during the past five years. We must keep the ball arolling. We cannot permit archery to suffer any war-time lag. In na tional emergencies when nerves are on edge, the need for good, wholesome recreation increases. We take the liberty of quoting from a letter re cently written by Erie Stanley Gard ner to Dr. Paul Klopsteg: “In this international emergen cy when concededly a war of nerves is an integral part of the weapons which are being turned against us, I think it is a splendid time to take time out to realize the importance of archery as a national defense measure. Nerve tension distorts perspective. It is quite possible that after a few years when we look back on this crisis and come to realize how much bluff and nerves played a part in the making of history, we will realize that our sport pro grams were as vital to national defense as munitions.” On October 3, 4, and 5, the field archers of Southern California staged a deer hunt at Rock Creek, California, in the High Sierras. More than 30 archers took part in the hunt, includ in'- Roy Hoff of Los Angeles, Dr. Delmar Pletcher of Bakersfield, John Willard of Hollywood, Dr. C. W. Hoff of San Bernardino, Max Stemple, Earl Mace, Albert Biordi and Bennett Gandy. For the benefit of local sportsmen an archery demonstration was staged at Tony’s Place, at Rock Creek, to show accuracy in shooting, and the nenetration of the broadheads. To demonstrate penetration a 30-30 calibre rifle bullet was fired into a bag of sand, and the bullet sifted out. Then a broadhead was shot clear

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through the bag of sand. This was an impressive demonstration. We will get the details of the hunt in a later issue. Keep your broadheads sharp. We figure a dull broadhead decreases your bow efficiency by ten pounds. If you do any practice shooting be sure and sharpen them up, if you expect to use the same arrows on game. Most of the shots we have had in deer hunting, under forty yards, have been kneeling shots. What do you think of having some such shots in our field round? We would like to hear more from our field archers on your ideas for improving our game and our organization. We are going to stick our neck out on field shooting technique. We have had the opportunity to study the shooting technique of some of the foremost target and field shots from coast to coast and learn why they get that way. It is because they have developed a good, consistent shooting technique. Snap shooting is quite prevalent among many field archers. We have some first class shots who are snap shooters, but their accuracy has been developed by years of shoot ing, and plenty of it. Most snap shooters are that way because they are shooting a heavier bow than they should shoot. The result is that im provement is slow. We believe a field archer needs a good, consistent form to become an accurate shot— more so, in fact, than the target arch er does, because he has no point of aim or sights. For the beginner or novice, and old timers, too (who are not so set that they cannot change), we recommend a full draw to a def inite anchor point, with a definite pause (the length of hold is imma terial) before release, to insure stead iness and a follow through with both arms after release. A good steady bow hand before and after release means the difference between hits and misses. If you develop good form for your still shots, we will guarantee you can out-snap the snap shooters on the running shots, when quick shooting is necessary. The Big Mid-West Field Event! ! The Saint Louis Archery Club PowWow, Bar-B-Q, and Field Shoot, is in Forest Park, Saint Louis, Missouri, (Continued on page 7)

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NFAA Bulletin OFFICERS President—A. J. Michelson GIO F. P. Flint Bldg., Flint. Mich.

Vice-President—Paris B. Stockdale, Geology DcpL, OSU, Columbus. Ohio.

Secretary-Treasurer—John L. Yount, Box 383. Redlands. California. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Western—H C. MacQuarrie. 3400 Fruitvale Ave., Oakland, 'Calif. Mid-Western—Fred Bear, 2611 W. Philadelphia. Detroit, Mich.

Eastern—T. C. Davidson, 53 Mountain Ave., Springfield, N. J.

By John L. Yount

Once again let me remind you that we are depending on you for a full report of that hunting trip, together with all the local archery hunting news, how many hunted, what they got, etc. We want a complete record of arch ery hunting and don’t have any other way of getting it. As has been ex plained before, this information will be available to any who need it and should be of inestimable value to the archers of those states now having difficulties with their state legisla tures. Please don’t think that because you didn’t get your deer that there is nothing to report. We would like to know whether you had any shots or . even saw deer and, if so, would they have been good rifle shots. Give us all the dope and above all don’t forget to report the dark side of the picture, if there is one. Do you know of any wounded animals that got away? There are bound to be a few, and it is best that we know of them first and be ready to spike any ridiculous stories such as are apt to be started by some one with an anti-archer com plex. Yes, there are such people! This brings us up to the matter of the clipping service mentioned in the last issue. Please send us all field archery clippings whether of tournaments or hunting feats. These clippings may

be sent to Roy Hoff, Chairman of Publicity, 2414 Garth Ave., Los An geles, Calif., or myself. Don’t hesitate about sending clip pings in because they may duplicate those sent in by someone else. He may feel the same way about it, and we really want those clippings. Our records are very incomplete in so far as the names and addresses of club officials are concerned. Will the secretaries of all clubs interested in field archery be so kind as to send me their names and addresses and the name of their club. In case the sec retary of your local club is not a member of the NFAA will you, who are, please call this request to his or her attention? Highlights in the Month's Field Activities Some of us thought we had our troubles. We didn’t have an advance season and we didn’t have a reserve, but compared with the archers of Arizona ours was a bed of roses. They couldn’t hunt at all, except in one small section where they had to com pete with the rifle boys. It was a sort of reserve with reverse English. Now this is all changed and the Ariz ona archer has been given the same rights as any other hunter, the right (Continued on page 6)

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Editorial We had notices from a number of New Mexico and Arizona archers re garding the opening of the entire state of Arizona to archery hunting, and the opening of the refuge in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico to bow and arrow hunting. We are sorry we go to press too late to give proper publicity for this season’s hunting.

A good proof of the popularity of field archery is the fact that 135 archers competed in the Newark, Ohio, Rover Shoot of the Long Bow Arch. ery Club—nearly as many as com peted in the National Archery Tour nament. Cover photo is by Chester Steven son, Eugene, Oregon.

NFAA BULLETIN (Continued from page 5) to hunt during the regular season, in any open territory in the state. For you fellows who can get off for a few days during the first two weeks of November, we highly recom mend a trip to New Mexico. They have just been given a three by fifteen mile reserve in the Sandia Mountains east of Albuquerque. This area has been a game preserve for thirty years and has an estimated deer population of 2000. With a li cense that allows either a buck or doe to be taken, there should be some real sport for those who can get there. For further information write Joe Robb, 322 Harvard Avenue, Albu querque, New Mexico.

Secretarial Troubles A lot of fellows keep writing in asking where they can find the near est field club, or some such question. Now, this is as it should be and we hope they keep right on rolling in, but it is quite a job looking up the answers so we thought we would simplify matters by geting a big map and sticking it full of pins just like the big business men do. All went well until we came to New Jersey, where we were surprised to find the field archers scattered through 24

towns and cities. Some of these towns were a little hard to find on our map and so before we got more than half of the pins in place we had received over thirty new members from there. I am not sure, but I think we are losing ground and will have to call in reserves in this pin sticking cam paign. This New Jersey bunch held their first field tournament at Teanock, New Jersey, this past month, and for comparative beginners turned in some mighty fine scores. The tour nament was won by Mr. W. H. Jackson of Newark, with a score of 212 for 28 targets. Second place went to Harry Podles of Irvington, with a score of 198; third to Wm. Sidden of Millington, whose score was 191. The winning lady was Mrs. Dor othy Jackson of Newark, with a score of 125. Second and third places went to Mrs. Alfreda Hewitt of Englewood, and Mrs. R. Hait of Whippany.

NEWARK ROVERS SHOOT (Continued from page 2 ) being two classes for men and women: Women’s Instinctive— 1. Mrs. Kearns, Dayton. 2. Irene Lewis, Columbus. 3. Clara Kennedy, Newark. Women’s Sight— 1. Doris Schenk, Newark. 2. Beth McCoy, Columbus. 3. Millie Cozad, Columbus. Men’s Instinctive— 1. Clive Schneider, Columbus. 2. Harry Kuntz, Newark. 3. W. T. Burgess, Mt. Vernon. Men’s Sight— 1. Phil Cozad, Columbus. 2. Bob Hahn, Columbus. 3. E. D. McNabb, Columbus. Juniors—One Class— 1. David Deithweilor, Finlay. 2. Douglass Bradburry, Chillocothe. 3. Don Schaller, Newark. Prizes and trophies were awarded to the winners and those who had the (good or bad) luck to come in on the tail end of the scores. Everyone seemed to have a good time and the committee is already laying plans for the fifth annual, to be held the first Sunday in October, 1942.

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Neto Mexico Gets Fine Reserve By Leon H. Mudgett, Albuquerque, New Mexico The New Mexico Field Archers As sociation invites archers who would like to have an Art Young Big Game Pin to hunt in their state. An area for archers has been opened in the Sandia Mountain ref uge from Nov. 1 to 9, inclusive. This area has been closed to hunting for about thirty years; the deer are be ginning to destroy the forest and some of them must be taken out. Be ing a recreational area for Albu querque, a town of fifty thousand, these deer are accustomed to seeing people and are not very wild, in fact there are many which will come up to you for an apple or a head of let tuce. The Forest Service estimates that there are two thousand deer in this refuge, which is roughly six by fif teen miles square. In this area al most any kind of hunting country may be found. Heavily timbered areas with glades, brushy sections or steep rocky canyons. There are many springs and one nice little stream. There are good camping places every where, but Albuquerque is only a few miles, and you can stay in a good hotel or camp ground and drive out each day for the hunt. There will be three hundred per mits issued to archers, allowing them one buck or one doe—either one, but not both. No firearms of any kind will be allowed, There is no cost for the permit, but you must have a big game license before the permit will be issued. The non-resident big game license is $25.25. Apply to State Game Warden, Santa Fe, New Mex ico, for license and permit. The minimum bow weight will be fifty pounds at your draw. The ar rows must be barbless broadheads with a minimum width of one inch and a minimum length of one and one-half inches. Your first initial and name must be on each of your arrows. To do this, sand the varnish off where you want your name. Print your name with a pencil and varnish over. You must check in and out of the hunting area. Checking stations will be conveniently located.

There are mountain sheep, bear and wild turkeys in this area, but they are protected and will not be included on your permit. Here is a prediction. There will be more Art Young Big Game Pins awarded New Mexico archers for deer than will be awarded in any other state. We hope to have one hundred New Mexico archers hunt this area.

BLUNTS FROM STUMP (Continued from page 4) on October 25 and 26. Don’t miss this if you can possibly go. The Montana Archery Association has added field archery to its activ ities. Mr. W. E. Korpi of 24 Granite Street, Butte, Montana, is the secre tary. Field archers around Butte are building a field course and expect to shoot regularly, and also enter the NFAA monthly mail matches. They are active with their Legislature to secure advance seasons and reserves for bow hunting. The NFAA will render all possible advice and assist ance in their efforts to secure better hunting conditions for their bowmen. As a result of continuous publicity, we are constantly finding new arch ers in our city who did not know that there is an archery club in their com munity. Every club should have a club reporter whose job it is to pub licize all club news. Get your local newspapers to publish reports and stories of your club activities. Have your local sporting goods dealers who handle archery tackle, tell interested people where your club is located, and where you can be contacted. Flint, Michigan, gets A.P. service on national archery news because local archers have demanded that their lo cal papers carry it. You can do the same in your community. The NFAA is arranging for national publicity on field archery, but you won’t get it, unless you request your local papers to carry national archery news through the Associated Press or other national news services. Archery is no longer a minor sport. Let us tell the world about it.

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Rah! For Arizona! Dear Davis: Just a line to tell you that the Ari zona archers are all rolling around this morning in a beastly state of in sobriety. We are ordinarily sober enough at times but in this instance the shock was too much for us. Even 1 laywire Moore, of target fame, and a teetotaler was last seen full of coca cola and burping loudly. All day yesterday I was with the State Game Commission in the hope that I could get an area set aside for archery hunting. After four hours of routine matter, my proposi tion was introduced. Imagine my surprise when the Game Warden him self read letters he had gotten from other states with regard to the matter and recommended that the bow be used here. With a Santy Claus look on their faces the commission mem bers agreed with him and one of them suggested that they might as well open the whole state for hunting everything. “Whoops!” Let’s turn ’em loose and let ’em get fun,” says the other two. “Fine! It is so or dered.” “Now, let’s make this per manent, or until rescinded, so that we won’t be bothered any more. Cos ner has been here every meeting for ten years and I am tired of looking at that ignorant puss of his and that dumb hopeful look in his eyes.” Un quote. “We agree emphatically,” says the other two. I was too happy to get mad. Otherwise I might have tied a fist onto something and be gun swinging it about. As the matter stands we now have the following rulings: All game birds and animals and all predators may be taken with bow and arrow. Migratory game may be taken subject to U. S. game rulings. Archers may hunt in any legal area in the state. The bow must be fifty pounds and the broadhead must be an inch in width. This applies to big game onb' . Any arrow may be used for small

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game birds and animals. All archers must have a special permit from the game warden, which is free. Archers must have the usual hunt ing license in addition to the permit. The game department cordially in vites all out- of-state archers to come here and hunt at any time. Arizona was the last state to come through and, believe me, we are hap py. Now if we can keep our house clean we are ready to have fun. A. J. Cosner, Rt. 10, Box 1327, Phoenix, Arizona. (Editor’s Note: In the last para graph Joe says, “Fevenssake don’t print this letter. It’s awful. Literarily, it stinks,” but as it tells the story more graphically than if we tried to make a “literary gem” of it, we are printing same verboten, or should we say verbatim?)

From New Zealand Dunedin, New Zealand, September 8, 1941. Dear Mr. Davis: Your kind action in sending Ye Sylvan Archer will always be remem bered and appreciated, and I hope that the emergency conditions will not last much longer, and that we archers in N. Z. will be free to import archery gear and materials from the States, which in all sincerity we regard as the home of modern archery. The Dunedin Archery Club has only been in existence for two years now, and the main interest is in target archery, but there is a small number who are beginning to realise that by using archery in hunting it is pos sible to have more thrill. For my part, although archery in general first attracted me, yet it is the hunting and the design and manu facture of gear that has been the outcome of that first interest. I have hopes that we will eventually have an organisation similar to your NF A A, if not actually associated with that body. In this country we are very limited in our supply of archery materials, and for the most part, have to rely on the imports of American hickory, Douglas fir and spruce—the latter at the equivalent of a dollar a foot. Of

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the timbers available locally we have hopes that Kowhai (Edwardsia micro phyllo) might prove satisfactory for bows, but as there are no stocks of the dry timber it is necessary to obtain it in the green state and wait the sea son inp- period. As for arrow woods, it is to be feared that none of our tim bers will qualify for the target class but two of the beeches—the silver and the red—which seem to have the same characteristics as your northern birch have proved satisfactory for hunting shafts. I understand Nick Ryan sent you a dowel of N. Z. kauri (Agathis aus tralis) and one of white pine (Podo carpus dacrydiodis) which he then had hopes would prove satisfactory. Unfortunately this was not so — we often got better wood in American packing cases—and he is now using American spruce for his target shafts though he is getting them cut on a dowelling machine which tears the fibers rather excessively. I had hoped to tell you of a hunting trip that I proposed to Ian McVinnie to try out the bow and arrow on wild pigs, but as you might care to hear of it in slightly longer form than time permits in this letter, I will write again soon. There is one request I would really like to make and that is if you have a spare photo of yourself I would be very pleased if you could let me have it. Our only contact with you people can be by letter and so a photo makes a greater bond. Ian tells me he forestalled me and sent a print of what my wife refers to as the Headless Horror, but what I affectionately term “Pic-a-bac, or Bringing Home the Bacon,” which Ian and I believe to be the first pig in N. Z. to be shot with b & a. Trusting I will hear from you again, Sincerely yours, Eric Strang. Good Hunting “Down Under” Oamaru, N. Z., August 27, 1941. Dear Mr. Davis: I was tickled pink to get your let ter and the programme this morning, and wish to thank you for sending the Y.S.A. I really do look forward to getting them each month. The enclosed photos are all I have just

now, and may not be just what you want, but in future I will keep any thing interesting for you. I carry a camera with me on all my hunts and occasionally get something good. Wild pigs are the only big stuff killed in N. Z. with the bow and arrow, so far, but I have tried three times for wallabies without success; my luck was a bit bad. However, there are moose, wapiti, red deer, German grey deer, fallow deer, chamois, thar, wild goats, wild sheep, wild cattle, hares, opossum, and plenty of rabbits, to say nothing of game birds of many kinds, and big game fishing. So with any sort of luck, we Enzed’s should be able to contribute a little of interest to Archery in the 'future. Of course, the world affairs at the moment don’t help very much, and I expect to be in Camp before very long. I may be able to pick up some thing interesting in my future travels abroad, but anyway any letters you care to send to the above address will always get me sooner or later, and no matter where I am it will be a pleasure to receive and answer them. Our bows are all made from hick ory, imported from the U.S.A. The staves are meant for making ski’s and most of it is reddish in colour.

Les Rutherford is justly proud of wild pig killed with bow and arrow.

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The bows follow the string badly, and the only way I can get decent results from mine is to leave it un strung until the last minute before shooting. We have a timber here called Kowhai, pronounced go-high, that has possibilities. It grows very slowly, is close-grained, with a fairly decided difference between heart and sap. The general colour is yellowish grey heart-wood, yellow sap. I have shot from two of these bows, one made entirely from sap. The cast was very smooth, the bow only fol lowing the string slightly. The other bow had sap and heart but the owner tried to make a long bow from a flat bow stave, and then didn’t worry about the grain—feven so it is very superior to hickory—or the kind we get, anyway. I haven’t been able to get any seasoned Kowhai as yet, but when I do I will send you a bow stave. By-the-way, the customs here told me it was O.K. to send or receive bow staves duty free, provided it wasn’t in any way worked, otherwise the duty is about 80 per cent. For ar rows I use Oregon Pine (Douglas Fir) which is imported from your country, but now we aren’t allowed to buy it—builders only. We have a beech here that is good, but I won’t send you any, as Eric Strang said he would, so I’ll just make sure he does. There are some beautiful big sharks about a hen’s run from where I live and, Boy, wouldn’t I like a crack at them. I shoot fish and eels with or dinary fish arrows, but I think the sharks, wouldn’t appreciate the joke if I used the small prongs on them. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are after me for shooting pigs with bow and arrow, and are making a fairly decent smell, too. I think I will be able to convince them that it is O.K. though, as I have Saxton Pope’s “Hunting with the Bow and Arrow” to show them. The en closed poem was in the Christchurch “Press.” I hope you like it. If suit able for publishing in the “Archer” I don’t think there is any law against doing so. It’s about me, anyway, so I guess that makes it square. This must be all for now, so thank ing you again, Yours sincerely, Ian C. McVinnie.

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TOXOPHILITE By Whim-Wham Whether the shooting of wild pigs with bows and arrows constitutes cru elty is being considered by the Sociey for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. . . . It has been alleged that hunting wild pigs ivith bows and ar rows has taken place in North Otago.—News item. I shot an arrow into the Air— It struck the Wild Pig in his Lair. Poor Beast! He would have thought it Fun If I had used a Tommy-gun, Or had he known — Ah, no such Luck— The Luxury of being stuck! Oh hapless Hog, ill-fated Swine, What murderous Marksmanship was mine That pierc’d you in a vital Part With cruel anachronistic Dart! These Fingers that the Bowstring drew, To drive the fatal Arrow through, More mercifully might have sped A well-aimed Bullet through your Head. The barbarous Scythian did not know A handier weapon than the Bow, He fought and slaughtered, none the less, With some conspicuous Success; The Parthian used it quite a Lot When loosing off his famous Shot; While British Bowmanship wrote Pages Of History in the Middle Ages. But those were crude and brutish Ways Of Sport and Warfare! Better Days Have tamed our Hunting Instinct, till We’re much more careful how we kill. Yes, even Pigs deserve in Death The latest Kind of latest Breath . . . Oh spare the Wild Pig and his Farrow The Horrors of the Bow and Arrow! We have just received a letter, en closing subscription to Ye Sylvan Archer, from E. Rivera de Hostos of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. He says he became interested in archery when an archer from the States gave a demon stration at the San Juan Skeet and Gun Club. He immediately ordered an archery outfit and is now ready to practice. We are pleased that he se lected Ye Sylvan Archer to keep him informed regarding archery events

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Fifth NFA A Tournament Report By Karl E. Palmatier, Mail Tournament Secretary

CLASS "A"—MEN Emery Watts, Los Angeles, Calif. Jack Peters, Oakland, Calif. Robert King, Los Angeles, Calif. Phil Conrad, Long Beach, Calif. Merle Hathaway, Los Angeles, Calif. Perzy High, Los Angeles, Calif. Harvey Franklin, San Ber’d’o, Cal. C. W. Seastrom, West Hollywood, Cal. Alfonso Gonzales, Bakersfield, Calif. Elmer Bedwell, San Bernardino, Cal. Delmor Pletcher, Bakersfield, Calif. Jack Young, Oakland, Calif. Fred Gadberry, Bakersfield, Calif. S. Leo Sipe, Los Angeles, Calif. George Calvert, Flint, Mich. Kenneth Jones, Bakersfield, Calif. Earl Grubbs, Los Angeles, Calif. Leo Iloffmeyer, Flint, Mich. Fred Bear, Detroit, Mich. Charles Ratcliff, Highland Pk, Mich. John Yount, Redlands, Calif. Roy Hoff, Los Angeles, Calif. E. J. Woodward, Redlands, Calif. Leo Cornell, Oakland, Calif. Kore Duryee, Seattle, Wash. Bernie Ahman, Bryn Mawr, Calif. Franklin Jones, Everett, Wash. Willard Bacon, Redondo Beach, Calif. Joe Brooks, San Leandro, Calif. William Otto, Los Angeles, Calif. Bernard Granger, Flint, Mich. CLASS "A"—LADIES Ruth Hathaway, Los Angeles, Calif. Minerva Gandy, Los Angeles, Calif. Bessie Stephenson, Flint, Mich. Freida Hoff, Los Angeles, Calif. Lulu Stalker, Flint, Mich. Ruth Davis, Bryn Mawr, Calif. Marv Calvert, Flint, Mich. Bertha Hoffmeyer, Flint, Mich. Ina Woolnough, Trenton, Mich. June Franklin, San Bernardino, Cal. Gene Bacon, Redondo Beach, Calif. Eva Bedwell, San Bernardino, Calif. Margaret King, Redlands, Calif. CORRECTION— Fourth Mail Tournament Mrs. C. J. Code, Crafton, Pa. Ruth Hathaway, Los Angeles, Calif. Lulu Stalker, Flint, Mich. Eva Bedwell, San Bernardino, Cal. Bessie M. Stephenson, Flint, Mich.

Actual Actual 28 28 Target Target Score Score 72- 292 81-313 67-249 74-280 65-245 56- 222 92-342 79-307 73- 295 83-331 67-269 66-252 56- 208 57- 213 54-212 53-203 75-301 65- 239 52-198 52- 196 75- 325 78-303 61-235 64-258 78-282 66-256 40-146 48- 182 54- 204 47-183 57- 221 77-305 50-178 56-208 48- 178 53- 193 55- 193 49- 179 49- 191 37- 141 57-215 46-174 49-183 49-179 49-189 45-191 42-160 52-202 35-137 38- 146 37-133 35-131 20-84 31-119 76- 298 79- 321 45-167 53- 189 45-171 45-183 48-188 43-165

Actual 56 HanTarget dicap Score Score 153-605 705 141-529 629 121-467 627 171-649 619 156-626 616 133- 521 611 113-421 611 107-415 595 140-540 590 101-394 584 153-633 583 125-493 583 144-538 568 88-328 558 101-387 557 134- 526 556 106-386 556 101-371 551 104-372 542 86-332 542 103-389 539 98-362 482 94-380 470 94-362 432 73-283 423 72-264 414 53-203 393 155-619 98-356 90- 351 91- 353

56-206 46-170 -33-121 40-150 47-167 47- 181 36- 130 31- 113 35-133 42-162 44-154 40-150 44-160 35- 135 44-150 36- 130 28-94 21-81 37- 133 32- 110 63-221 48- 176 46-164 48-178 21-83 24-90

102-370 73-271 94-348 67-243 77-295 84-304 79- 295 80- 280 49-175 69-243 111-397 94-342 45-173

426 401 378 373 355 354 345 340 325 313 307 302 263

61-233 48-174 46-166 53-197 48-174

116-430 93-349 87-321 109-419 95-343

470 449 411 399 393

55- 197 45-175 41-155 56- 222 47-169

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CLASS “B”—MEN

28 Target Score

Total

Albert Biordi, Los Arigeles, Calif. Carl Seastrom, West Hollywood, Cal. Meryl Graham, Flint, Mich. T. B. Chandler, Compton, Calif. L. J. Markham, Durand, Mich. Bennett Gandy, Los Angeles, Calif. George Miles, Los Angeles, Calif. Tracy Stalker, Flint, Mich. Max Goldman, Ann Arbor, Mich. Fred Brockhoff, Seattle, Wash. S. F. Foster, Los Angeles, Calif. LeRoy Stephenson, Flint, Mich. Jimmy Ratcliff, Detroit, Mich. Fred Brockway, Tacoma, Wash. Angus Bruce, Redlands, Calif. Bill Wallis, Seattle, Wash. Bert Wallis, Seattle, Wash. Harvey Strandwold, Shelton, Wash.

57-219 50-194 46-172 45-163 38-140 38-138 36-130 36-140 34-124 34-122 32-112 34-126 34-124 36-116 26-100 21-73 10-34 24-94

66-236 52-186 49-187 38- 144 39- 149 40- 146 39- 145 37- 131 40- 146 38- 140 37-141 29-117 32-116 27-101 25-97 21-73 24-94

123-455 102-380 95-359 83-307 77- 289 78- 284 75-275 73- 271 74- 270 72-262 69-253 63-243 66-240 63-217 51-197 42-146 34-128

22-86 20- 74 18- 66 19- 69 17-63 21- 85 11-41 9-39

28-96 27-95 21-79 12-38 14-44

50-182 47-169 39-145 31-107 31-107

7-29

18-70

16-56 3-9

20-78 12-42

36-134 15-51

8-28

6-22

14-150

CLASS “C”—MEN S. L. Michael, Tacoma, Wash. George Clark, Tacoma, Wash. Harold Abig, Seattle, Wash. William Irvin, Seattle, Wash. Robert Schmid, Tacoma, Wash. William Meiras, Tacoma, Wash. Ben Bredimus, Seattle, Wash. George Ulleberg, Tacoma, Wash.

CLASS “B”—LADIES Irene Wierzbicki, Flint, Mich. Blanche Wallis, Seattle, Wash.

CLASS “C” LADIES Valeria Irvin, Seattle, Wash.

The following persons will be in Class “A” next time:

Albert Biordi

Carl Seastrom

Meryl Graham

HANDICAPS FOR NEXT TOURNAMENT (MEN)

E. Turnock .... D. Pletcher .... P. Conrad .... R. Quayle ..... M. Hathaway W. Bacon ........ M. Graham ... S. Sipe ........... C. Ratcliff .... F. Jones ......... C. Seastrom ... E. Flesher .... B. Granger ... W. Horr ....... L. Hoffmeyer K. Moore ......

.-130 . -60 . -60 . -40 . -40 . -30 .. 220 ..220 ..200 .. 200 .. 200 .. 200 .. 190 .. 190 .. 180 .. 170

R. Berry .................. 170 E. Grubbs ................ 170 E. Bedwell ............. 170 J. Brooks .................. 160 B. Ahman ............. 160 F. Bear .................... 160 H. Franklin ........... 160 W. Seastrom ......... 150 G. Calvert ................ 150 J. Yount .................. 150 K. Duryee ................ 150 A. Biordi ................ 150 R. Hoff .................... 140 J. Murphy ............. 140 M. Spansei ............. 130 I. Davis .................... 130

R. King ......... D. Lumley.... E. Woodward R. Hoover ... L. Cornell .... J. Young .... J. Scott ......... P. High ....... J. Peters ..... A. Gonzales . I. Stamps .... E. Watts .... F. Gadberry . K. Jones ...... P. Chambers

120 120 100 90 80 70 60 60 60 40 40 30 30 30 20

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HANDICAPS FOR NEXT TOURNAMENT (LADIES) Mrs. Bacon ..... -80 Babe Bitzenbergcr 50 Margaret King .... 100 Eva Bedwell .... -30 ' Daisey Olsen ........ 50 Minerva Gandy .... 100 Mrs. Code ...... -20 Ruth Davis .......... 40 June Franklin ...... 80 Ina Woolnough . .. 160 Mary Calvert ........ 40 Bertha Hoffmeyer 70 Frieda Hoff .......... 110 Ruth Hathaway .... 30 Margaret Quayle.. 60 Kay Ratcliff.......... 110 Bessie Stephenson 20 Lulu Stalker .... . 60 Is Bert Wallis and Bert Wallace the same person? Is Bill Wallis and Bill Wallace the same person? Is William Otto and William Oho the same person? Jack Peters—did you intend to inclose the target fees with the score cards? To determine the national champions the actual scores are used. To qualify an archer must have competed in at least four tournaments while he was a paid up member of the NFAA. If an archer has shot in more than four tournaments the four highest scores will be used to figure the average. There will be tournaments for September, October, November, and De cember. You still have time to get in on the championship standing. Pennsylvania — Ohio — Texas — Missouri — Oregon — Arizona — and Wisconsin — where are your score cards?

Sixth NFAA Tournament Report By Karl E. Palmatier, Mail Tournament Secretary Actual Actual Actual 56 Han28 28 Target Target Target dicap Score Score Score Score CLASS "A"—MEN 93-363 87-349 180-712 652 Phil Conrad, Long Beach, Calif. 62- 258 64-238 126-496 646 C. W. Seastrom, W. Hollywood, Calif. 52-196 59-229 111-425 645 S. Leo Sipe, Los Angeles, Calif. 73- 275 78-306 151-581 621 Alfonso Gonzales, Bakersfield, Calif. 68-281 76-290 144-571 601 Fred Gadberry, Bakersfield, Calif. 52- 184 58- 214 110-398 598 Carl Seastrom, W. Hollywood, Calif. 55-207 54-210 109-417 597 Leo Hoffmeyer, Flint, Mich. 70-260 76-302 146-562 592 Kenneth Jones, Bakersfield, Calif. 55-218 52-198 107-416 586 Ken Moore, Los Angeles, Calif. 57-209 50- 204 107-413 573 Fred Bear, Detroit, Mich. 72-282 84-318 156-600 570 Willard Bacon, Fontana, Calif. 82-329 78-298 160-627 567 Delmer Pletcher, Bakersfield. Calif. 63- 241 71-265 134-506 566 Perzy High, Los Angeles, Calif. 60- 228 59- 211 119-439 559 Robert King, Los Angeles, Calif. 74- 260 69-268 143-528 558 Emery Watts, Los Angeles, Calif: 58- 218 48- 192 106-410 550 Roy Hoff, Los Angeles, Calif. 61- 221 51- 189 112- 410 550 Jim Murphy, Bakersfield, Calif. 60-228 64-244 122-472 542 John Scott, Detroit, Mich. 48- 178 49- 177 97-355 525 Earl Grubbs, Los Angeles, Calif. 86-342 82-318 168-660 520 E. Hill Turnock, Wilkensburg, Pa. 53-203 48- 186 101-389 519 Irving Davis, Bryn Mawr, Calif. 42-162 45-169 87-331 491 Bernie Ahman, Bryn Mawr, Calif. 45-157 51-189 96-346 486 William Otto, Los Angeles, Calif. 49- 183 44-168 93-351 481 M. E. Spansei, Berkeley, Calif. 90- 342 422 41-147 49- 195 Leo Cornell, Oakland, Calif.' E. J. Flesher, Pittsburgh, Pa. 27-103 30-106 57-209 409 44-154 20-82 64-246 396 John Yount, Redlands, Calif. 40- 142 51- 171 91- 313 373 Jack Peters, Oakland, Calif. 37-133 37-145 74-278 338 Joe Brooks, San Leandro, Calif. Tom Farnsworth, Albany, Calif. 62- 244 63-233 125-477 John Willard, Hollywood, Calif. 50- 184 58-208 108- 392 Al Eggers, Ingraham, Pa. 93-345 41- 155 52- 190

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CLASS "B’’—MEN Bennett Gandy, Los Angeles, Calif. Fred Drake, Pittsburgh, Pa. Paul Ludwig, Los Angeles, Calif. William Smith, Flint, Mich. Tracy Stalker, Flint, Mich. Charles Frieburg, Etna, Pa. Wm. Scheffler, Bradford Woods, Pa. L. J. Markham, Durand, Mich. W. C. Woolnough, Trenton, Mich. Jimmy Ratcliff, Detroit, Mich. Karl Palmatier, Kalamazoo, Mich. J. B. Loop, Bellevue, Pa.

28 Target Score 55-211 53-203 41-153 41-147 38- 148 35-127 40-138 39- 139 30-124 29-105 25-85 20-76

56 Han28 Target Target dicap Score Score Score 50-184 105-395 105-393 52-190 90-340 49-187 89-329 48-182 77- 295 39-147 78- 282 43-155 28- 108 68-246 70-244 31-105 29- 101 63-225 54-202 25-97 53-179 28-94 48-174 28-98

CLASS "C"—MEN Kilbourne Anderson, Trenton, Mich. A. J. Michelson, Flint, Mich.

39-139 .33-121

31-115 24-82

70-254 57-203

CLASS "A"—LADIES Lulu Stalker, Flint, Mich. Bessie Stephenson, Flint, Mich. Eva Bedwell, San Bernardino, Calif. Gene Bacon, Fontana, Calif. Frieda Hoff. Los Angeles, Calif. Bertha Hoffmeyer, Flint, Mich. Mrs. C. Code, Crafton, Pa. Ruth Davis, Bryn Mawr, Calif. Margaret King, Redlands, Calif. Minerva Gandy, Los Angeles, Calif. Mercella Kuntz, Etna, Pa.

46-162 44- 166 52-188 57-229 25-91 38-136 45- 159 37-141 29-99 28-96 21-69

43-163 48-186 59-213 52-198 40-140 34-134 46-172 31-115 28-96 21-79 23-85

89-325 92-352 111-401 109-427 65-231 72-270 91-331 68-256 57-195 49-175 44-154

CLASS "B"—LADIES Jean Small, Trenton, Mich.

19-65

21-81

40-146

385 372 371 347 341 340 331 296 295 275 264

HANDICAPS FOR THE NEXT TOURNAMENT E. Turnock ... .-120 J. Yount .................. 160 P. Chambers .......... 20 P. Conrad .... .-100 J. Willard ........... 130 K. Jones ................. 10 D. Pletcher ... . -60 A. Biordi .................. 150 A. Gonzales .......... 10 W. Bacon ..... . -40 K. Duryee ..—........ 150 F. Gadberry .......... 10 M. Hathaway . -40 G. Calvert ........... 150 Mrs. G. Bacon .... -80 R. Quayle ....... . -40 L. Hoffmeyer ......... 150 Eva Bedwell .......... -40 P. Ludwig .... ..240 W. Otto .................... 150 Mrs. C. Code .................. M. Graham ... .220 M. E. Spansei ......... 140 Mercella Kuntz .... 170 E. J. Flesher .210 Ina Woolnough .... 160 I. Davis .................... 140 W. Smith ....... .. 210 K. Moore .................. 140 Minerva Gandy .... 120 C. Ratcliff ..... .. 200 F. Bear .................... 140 Frieda Hoff ........... 110 F. Jones ......... . 200 J. Murphy ................ 130 Margaret King .... 110 F. Drake ....... . 200 R. Hoff .................... 130 Kay Ratcliff ............110 W. Horr ......... .. 190 D. Lumley ................ 120 June Franklin ........ 80 B. Granger ... .. 190 R. King .................... 120 Bertha Hoffmeyer 70 B. Gandy ....... .. 190 W. Seastrom ........... 110 Margaret Quayle .. 60 C. Seastrom . .. 180 Ruth Davis ............ 50 E. J. Woodward ....100 A. Eggers .... .. ISO Daisey Olsen ........ 50 R. Hoover .............. 90' S. L. Sipe .... .. 170 Babe Bitzenberger 50 L. Cornell .............. 90 E. Grubbs .... .. 170 Lulu Stalker .......... 40 J. Peters ................. 80 B. Ahman .... .. 170 Mary Calvert ........ 40 Jack Yount ............ 70 R. Berry ......... .. 170 Ruth Hathaway .... 30 J. Scott ................... 70 E. Bedwell .... .. 170 Bessie Stephenson 10 P. High ................... 60 J. Brooks ...... .. 170 I. Stamps .............. 40 H. Franklin ... .. 160 E. Watts ................ 4Q

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Is Bert Wallis and Bert Wallace the same person? No report received. The following need to shoot in one more tournament to qualify for the championship standing average. Try to get in at least one more score. Meryl Graham William I-Iorr E. J. Flesher Franklin Jones M. E. Spansei Joe Brooks William Otto Wilard Bacon Kay Ratcliff Robert Hoover Irl Stamps Ken Moore A. J. Michelson William Irvin Valeria Irvin Joe Monroe Charles Frieburg William Scheffler W. C. Woolnough Bill Wallis L. C. Stephenson Irene Wierzbicki Fred Brockway Fred Brockhoff

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rar® ☆ LEATHER GOODS COMPANY 7011 N. Figueroa St. LOS ANGELES, CALIF.

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