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Contents MY FIRST LION HUNT

By Dr. L. D. Pfouts ..

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THE AMERICAN BROAD ARROW SOCIETY

By B. G. Thompson ..................

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ON CLOUT SHOOTING

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MADISON SQUARE GARDEN BECKONS ARCHERY

By James Duff ..................

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REASONS WHY WE NEED A STANDARD TECHNIQUE

By Stanley F. Spencer ...

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ARCHERY NEWS

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A C'nrrprhinn dle fn’st column on page ten of the January issa 2-1 1 CUL1V11 ye Sylvan Archer, Seattle Archery League figure were quoted by mistake. The fifth paragraph of the column and page mationed should have been preceded by the words “Editor’s Note” and, were advised, should have read: “The 1932 winners were as follows: Locksley Archers of Seattle, aw 2950; S. B. Hayden of the Seattle Bowmen, average 748.3—10 matches.

Stamps of Locksley Archers, 32 perfects, 649 golds—9 matches.

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W First Lion Hunt President,

By Dr. L. D. Pfouts Utah State Archery Association

study, musing. Just swine in 1 me hangs a gleamPUM-Around of bows from many lands; ing »n'ay stands a vari-colored bouin a va$e In retrospect, pic,ott of nvrovs. archery experience I ■“v of them again arrow, or taking ^Sfrorn its claw hanger on the

easily tomorrow. Continuing, “We killed one nine feet long up there this afternoon, and then found this track, and had to leave it.”

By this time I had to sit down, and calm myself a bit. Dewey Sargent and

'outside all was white. Mountains W the sky” and “the moon set the pearly peaks gleaming.

MJ thoughts seemed to turn suddenly to the track of a mountain loan that 1 had seen on New Year’s .day, as we returned on skis from the cabin high on the range.

Urged by an archer’s whim, I arose, took down the 85-pound Osage orange low, a work of that great archer­ tenter, Arthur Young, selected a broad arrow, one given me by my good friend and mentor, B. G. Thomp­ son, drew it to the head, and in my mind’s eye loosed on that lion. Then ’lnn8 up the bow and replaced the in the vase, feeling a singular J! action in the whole proceeding. l>ng-a-ling-ling,” the telephone at « elbow called. “Dr. Pfouts speak­

lion townW about goin& out after a it the ml"™’ D°C?” sa’d t-i’e vo>ce

stating mr»nd °f the line, alniost *,theaf , U Allowed by sec­ ure not v?J.escribed action. “Sure ^tetrec^dlng?” 1 ask«l, for I > of ns hav 6 ‘he V°ice’ and since Sri eone Man” there S »nt bviniamc,unt of razzing

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Ed Griggs, who have killed some twenty odd of these big cats in this region within the last two or three years, know their lions, and their dogs are the best in the state, so when they say they have a lion just ahead, no one doubts for a minute that they know just what they are talking about.

So, was I ready? I should say so, any time, with those two seasoned trappers, anywhere they would take me, and especially on such a hot track as that one!

Preparation for the trip consisted of choosing from the weapons hanging about, a 60-pound Osage bow, for I

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knew the country about Nebo Creek was rather rocky, and we might have rough going. An Osage bow seems to fit in with rough country better than yew. Next I put in my quiver a half­ dozen gleaming broad arrows, first filing them to a’ new sharpness, and dipping each one in melted deer fat.

Would eight thirty A. M. never come? I could not sleep, and the good wife all but used an arrow on me to keep me quiet. Like all such nights, however, grey dawn came to end it, and we were off. A drive of an hour and a half through the cold, wintry air, -with the dogs in the back of the half-ton Model A truck, brought our journey a la Ford to an end, and we started up-country where Mrs. Lion and family were likely to be. Going was difficult, the snow being ten to fourteen inches deep and slightly crusted. I was burdened with ten pounds of camera, and some other ex­ cess weight, so I had difficulty in keeping up with my guides, who are used to this sort of thing every day.

About a mile from the car, when we were approaching the gulch, where they had left the tracks the night beore, Bugle, the pure-bred foxhound, mew up her head and sniffed, wherehatf ASihaa’?er runnin£ mate,—he is sniff^!!eda <i’ and much !ar?er—also hashed. a”d b°th Were

Ji tree, under which the doEing pandemonium and’g5\j'.'t,'i and t br climb up, without a warning *' rninritL,” I* sinuous form seemed ’Wa to hurl of the top, straight at Ed ca .approaching from the lowi She missed him by a f. st went on down the hill byewfe , 'l,ad si ^tl^ dogs close behind.

Sf Although I had an st an Mnw oi th d< string, it all happened 01 I could not loose on so quickly tic account of V thick cedars’ interference.

ID short time the dogs 'barked”W D We raced toward the sound, i only a couple of hundred yards Wt. a and this time we all approached th ft tree from the upper slope of the hl as a precaution against her sprit?ing out again. She did not more, d there she was, about on a level wj where I stood, clinging to the slender cedar, in an upright position, only j k few small branches intervening. The a distance was probably 35 or 40 feet t J Taking deliberate aim, fiWE-' eye on a spot back of the ford* foreleg.!1 loosed, and saw the arrow fly true h j the line, heard that; unforgettable t flow cs ■smack, and saw the blood I --....... and -down the_ shaft, I1 made no non, shoot again. I felt no eseiteo®'to shoot again. I' felt - fill DtVij but stood there looking, w , ( ----said,, “Shoot her again, again, 1 ( ’ . ..xur arrow reached for another arrow , snarl at opened her mouth to sni „.J s'she then no sound came, and .ffthearro* 0 around and bit of time, her hold sidipped an

dottwero hU,?dred yards. and both the boys u^ n'gl' unmana£eable, so

™ind,and in rne t0 the d^a ad-™ “treed.”

1Ve minutes they barked what a thrilP ’ Was I to draw bow •> SO soon ? Would I ?

Could I? Ohi made the kill “now, who have imal for the fjrst ttn,V1CIO“S’ wild an" assailed me A. * ’ what thoughts • meapproached the

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being their first exthe ancient weapon. pjrience w attention to the ^‘T^ubs which we knew *ret°ff‘reaway’fronr wherei we trere1 ,Aiher. One was in a started ,the " arby and it was soon ^ced?r n Junky sack,-a biting, ^g ^wling Httle fU1’yi Thh etching, J t tt> a bunch *^Xot ^-vay, and they

’'“ •tadse “hog-tied” and placed ’tre t sack. The boys decided that Jo”was to carry the 'sack of cats,” i did, amid much pleasantry, and a few scratches, which the little fellows were able to inflict through the sack and my shirt.

The skin was quickly taken from the trophy, some still pictures taken, and we proceeded to carry out the day’s catch to the car, which took about an hoar. We were away about four hours altogether. The cubs weighed, about twenty pounds at the start, but they heavier as the distance grew shorter.

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THE AMERICAN BROAD ARROW SOCIETY

By B. G. Thompson The completion of the organization of the Broad Arrow Society has been rather slow, due to the fact that the interested parties have been so far removed from each other. However, the committee has adopted a consti­ tution, and has the organization pret­ ty well rounded into shape.

After many changes, the following plan is being followed by the com­ mittee: 1. A big hunt and jamboree is be­ ing planned for this fall (October) to be held, probably, in one of the Rocky Mountain states. At this jamboree, final organization will be completed, officers elected, by-laws, ec., adopted.

2. Dues. There will be no dues before the jamboree. At that time the group will establish the amount of dues and initiation fees necessary.

3. All members coming into the sociey before the jamboree will be charter members. There will be no initiation fees for- charter members.

4. Members are asked to acquaint all hunting archers, whom they think should be members, with the plan of organization.

5. The committee believes that there should be a leader in each state.

The game laws, etc., vary in the dif­ ferent states. Therefore, the field archers of each state should be or­ ganized for their mutual benefit.

Write the committee your choice for your state leader.

There are a few states where hunt­ ing with the bow is illegal. The arch­ ers in these states are now working toward making this ancient and sportsmanlike weapon a legal hunt­ ing arm.

We hope this organization will draw the field archers of America together into one big family.

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On Clout Shooting

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Attention Mr. Archery Promotor: I know there are Archers (and some of the best shots too) who are not in the least interested in "converting the world to archery,” as I heard one say. This particular type of Archer just happens to like archery as a sport (but more often as a handicraft­ sport) and he is content if he has an­ other enthusiast friend or two to play the game with. Such Archers are quite within then- rights; they just aren’t particularly perspicacious, it seems to me, for the more Archers there are the keener and therefore more enjoyable competition will be­ come; and the sooner there are a suf­ ficiently great number of Archers shooting to warrant clubhouses and proper range facilities, the more en­ joyable the sport will .become for the individual archer. I just can’t believe there is any modern Archer who likes to spend his free after­ noons painting target faces and making tripods for the club, when he could be shooting!

So this article is written for anyone

of i 'n ’ncreas'ng the number he archery- whether tackle Al'Cher’ Professional taekle .producer hei(d ofSer;/1™101- °f °r camp shootHtoSDaTy

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MUNICiPALRANGE N ®°UL?ER tertainment win u?® j' / A novel en' Year’s dav nr added to the New Archers who wm’taby Tulsa °n the Boulder Park T a .C od Shoot Dave Craft arch . ^UniciPal Range, turer and profw 6' ? tackle manufacnounced SaturdayTh inftructor’ an' 8>n at 2:30 n n/' Tj he shoot will win becare to entef ar a” TuIsans who 6 ehg’ble. No gallery

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fee will be charged and -vited.” The fore±^Kre peared on the Sunday of a Tulsa newspaper Tk itor heard the word "c£t’’SP°?S'don the telephone. He has 'dli” .zed himself with target arche^ mology and edits a weekly?^ column; he had, however, of Clout Shooting before. As fa' that’s concerned, the term “ci„ Shoot” wouldn’t mean much to a p. son unacquainted with that particular phase of the sport. “Clod Shoot’ “Cloud Shoot” would mean more t> .spectators seeing arrows aimed at the clouds and coining down to strike the clods. Anyway, the notice brought a large number of spectators out de­ spite the bitter coldness of the day.

And there, Mr. Promotor, are th? first two values of clout’archery in® the promo tors’ angle: It maks a good show, and since it is novel ew to be considered news, it will W rate space on the sports Pa£e> ing motorists who may 01 nia^ Till.. have read about it in the P* stop to watch. They m ,s) it later to their friends, an step in promotion.

In the third place’ it some off ; For that reason spectators w — and come over The nice part of 'And I’m firmly conit’’s the^1 that reason alone, 1clo“l start a beginner. the .'egula‘'i.'1nien Though ISO yards f0 rC's< tances are for women .

■son why the be?1" to shoot those at 140 or 160 y*^the‘hrl11 100. They will ge

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7 tie first time they shoot and you’ll time Jars some new prospects. so"'6 "e"’ P’ enthusIn addition to getting new ___ activity addition » 1 a popular iists, it., „,iH "'ill Pprove ‘'°ve > target Archyour already active t_ see more of a for y»Juniors, “r. whcr can r ■et archery, eat ers. fsmein it than in targ: never quite outgrow it up. Most men to someday crouch the secret desire

ring and makes one forget the cold.

It is not expensive. In addition to lime, heavy cord, and knowledge of the regulation demensions, space is all that is needed. If you want a reg­ ulation two clout range the clout cen­ ters can be placed 120 yards apart and the men’s two shooting lines placed 60 yards back of the clouts.. As far as that is concerned, the clouts may be less than 120 yards apart. What­ ever adjustments are needed to suit the space available may be. made.

It is a more social, form of archery than target archery. Women have time to discuss their- last evening's

A Clout Practice Group behind a tree and pick off a wild In­ dian; clout archery supplies an outlet fa this bloodthirsty urge.

It provides an excellent opportun­ ity fa handicapping. A subtraction d yards from the distance an Archer must shoot in ratio to the power- and tasting qualities of the bow he draws encourages the poorer and lighter Archer to join in competition ’■''tb his better and heavier bowed hcher Friends.

11 appeals to the Archer who hasn’t *e to practice often or for long at 2?’ s'nce it doesn’t require as much ran target archery. If the clout »doutWU “tessMe he can get

ties' ends) in a few minit is liagC1.s \g0o| co'd weather game. ^°odi cold 1 ’’"ifunit ar6 to° numb for the ai>d nnic< ' 8satJ ’C6ness loose necac6Urat snfr' atee UrBet archery can for tramp clout | enr22 there’s the long "dsthatgetsl;h: -re blood stir-

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bridge hands, new styles in clothes or their children between ends; men ex­ change boasts about new gadgets 'they’ve just worked! out for improv­ ing reception on the family radio or the number of miles they can get to the gallon. I tell you, it has a lot of advantages.

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Madison Square Garden Beckons Arch A LETTER FROM JAMES DUFF

Dear Editor: ---------- enthusiastic Although the average archer has persistently presented archery as one of the major sports of all countries in all times, unfortu­ nately so far we have not been suc­ cessful in having the public agreeing with us in this. At last it looks as though the dream of the old time enthusiast is about to become real­ ized.

For the first time in history, the leading sport show of the world has invited archers to take an active part in its annual list of sporting events, to take place at Madison Square Gar­ den, New York, from May 7th to 14th inclusive.

The most wonderful list of prizes is offered for competition that has ever been known in connection with archery. It is true that space pre­ cludes the shooting of the famous York Round, but with two Double American Rounds, National and Team Rounds, a mighty good show­ ing can be given the public, while there is great opportunity for the archer of a scientific turn of mind to display his genius, such as a silver bugle to the man who can show the greatest p — penetrating power of an arrow in shooting at a pine board. regular and unattached — have their opportunities for pot-hunt-

lar show 00a buisting’ as a spectacuthese are W attract the many, and will occnn U a feW °f the events that

custok^lUrt\°akWine hiS USUal petitor nor r -n Part as a com“ * eooV nV ekh\odiSPlay his line v«tise in anv mk personal]Y adwill devote L i r whatever> but te’ as always, his every ef­

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fort to bring archery connection with this great ,e »> of sportsmen and those im furnishing their of goods. Having been selectprl charge of archery arra g ’ * this show, I will do everyth*^ to make a great success of oor of affairs, with but a single hope my heart, and that is: To brii archery before the public in V way as to make it stick.

The intention of this sporting body is to add archery as a permanent part of the regular program, not only in New York once a year, but in a sort of regular circuit, which will take ii Boston, Massachusetts to Los Ange­ les, California. So that with the sip­ port of those deeply interested in tie game the watchful or the reading public will soon get rid of the Ma that archery is something that th Indians played with 1000 years W or the schoolboy toyed with he managed to secure some some firearm. |.leJ. Then again it must be a J sure to appear under he best ditions, with every advan * genuine display before a ,, not less than 15’00<) Pcannoth>« least twice a day. y that» a lasting impression o te far only know archeiy ns fault should be oursWhen the full P ■ arranged each secie . as .T one 'e '= fil1,i will be notified a to do so, so that to attend or not P< at least be inform1 on in an effo' , arc ... pression - 01' off

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Reasons Why

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By Stanley F. Spencer

j letter by Mr. the September ,.„n Archer. He Ross in archery, and o the conditions that are , knowledge And the humorous lettei s part Eof. ilAndrews in the November of A. E' - just how badly ai chei y issue shows standard technique,—one that iUar-reaching enough'i to cover seemthe whole field anti explain the I ■teries ing mysiv* — of - it, and open the way for going ahead.

A few principles are often enough n> “talk good” on, but are not sufficient to “shoot good” by. I am going to bring up a few points for which I will probably have plenty of criticism, but 1 believe them important enough io take the rap for.

Too much of the shooting time of w weekly or small tournaments and practice gatherings is used in what is supposed to be getting new archers.

B Often carried to the extent of *>psning the sport. It is more conZrt vsee the arcl>ers use their m nu \t0 practice ^eir archihould behoof11 tSek When they it "ntil th v,ng' Save that part of

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Massac SAmyS that are adv^busing eaSt nqal<e it appear Me4h w„S70Uhave on hand is

>'4°nrt;tWhi,e f«- them to W °me more °PPor_ them oa the by annJ1®6’ and do your ' appointment. fact that when *>ts on. a '’Sove^'10 shl range the good . 0 lrig and trying

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particular interest them,—they would just as soon visit as shoot. Usually, the technique dispensed at these times is about the same as that which kept the other fellow from being a good shot.

If possible, just imagine yourself at some other sport (for instance, polo), becoming interested in their game or practice, and trying to stop one of the players in order to have him ex­ plain the fine merits of his game. And then imagine, him stopping and tell­ ing you all about it! I think your reaction would be that if it was more pleasure to stand and talk about it than to play at it after coming out for that purpose, the sport itself must scarcely be worth serious effort, —merely some freak sport they were trying to put over just to be “differ­ ent.” On the other hand, if you found them too interested to talk, and they went ahead and played a really good game, they might create enough en­ thusiasm for you to look them up at a more appropriate time and get the facts from a real authority.

In order to show the part that pro­ per technique plays in good shooting, I will mention a few things that I think should be considered here.

When I started shooting, way back in 1924, an average score of 500 was considered good in the American round, and particularly good in the York, while nowadays scores of 700 or over are being shot in either round. I have broken the 700 mark a few times in the American and many times in the York, and know several others who have also. A score of 500 can be shot without much effort, or without creat­ ing any special interest either in the archer himself or a spectator. But the next 200 points are an accomplish.

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10 get a real thrill ment, and anyone can of 700 them. is by no means the limit that Oiut ’ And These last 200 be reached. win S0W tVZuit'of a change only r the result of points aie t of archers who centul.y to betin technique. tried for neal y d conclusively ^XXe-ould not per^it and others have proved since nnt there it, anois only one tec technique that ^q known].

nique has been tried to harmonize them, with or no results. ‘ VetS littfe I firmly believe that if th ■ who are shooting now been coached in the proper tv " .and not received top tended tips, seventy-five pei- '* them would or could be shooting , between 600 and 650, and someofV shooting better than any of have.

The archer capable of shootin. scores of 700 or over could n0 .shoot them if he shot in the sane style the 500 man shoots than theoW man can himself. I know one archer who I believe to be an exception; wh» I believe could shoot any style amot? a thousand others who might all Is shooting in exactly the same ny; whose muscular control and whoa ability to repeat exactly, time ate time, would enable him to always k far ahead.

The really good shot is ' he^owsh^ to shoot.

T^da largepart in introducing this new technique, for, knowing about the eld orthodox system that limited all 'cores to around 500, I was free to develop a system that did not place any limit on the possible scores An those same principles are used to a marked extent by every archer I know who is able to shoot scores attracting any attention these days.

The point is, the old method of shooting—which did not recognize a follow-through with the shot, but ad­ vocated set muscles and battled, a pai adox—was standardized, and wherever the bow went, that method of shoot­ ing went with it.

I do not claim we have the same opportunity, for there was no oppo­ sition then, to that system, while at present nearly everyone has a style that he is sure is 700 technique.

(Whether he manages to get a few arrows in the target each end in an American round or not!)

At present, archery can almost be said to have no system at all, for it is in that peculiar stage between the death of the old system and the birth of the new. The high scores that a few are shooting with a new system completely blasted the old method be­ fore the new was available. Conse­ quently, many who wished to compete. with the best shots used the most noticeable points of the new system on a base of the old, and, since the two systems are exact opposites, nearly everything in the way of tech-

tice, he can soon lose ft doing it properly, whenhepnn poorly as anybody. of himself^3 tices, it is to get eon id he can shoot as te . toP19*’' as soon as tice enough to gam ,i«if Oles to any extent, shoot well. atari One thing that .ardizing techniq“l archers are Pa^ theyf^a of shooting, whethe^ not, for th^hef9ctiiJ thing or their own iii.i* , they either gotsubje^ °>f „y ••h ■v the ,a book on .archer, a. all S ho0tM // archers, who Their s ’ p|iis the same waythe result ot mannerisms oi usiflg a they would e

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HASCHJS33_____________ o Ar a bow and shooting it with limb f°r pinch release, theP'n pessary to help them it was sinc.eitW ‘ld i.r; have been much better -puld have start. it1VOU chersi and archery if both the archerq M b0 U have been started correctraid have been lheV°to knowing how how the release is As to knowing 5 believe a person can deterI believe ”ld ’ Ltlv how he releases, if he exactly 1. “inereal effort to analyze it. I ai T k the golfer spoken of just achis opinion as a fact withou X any special effort to fmd out whether it was a fact oi not.

Archery will some time have a standard technique, for the process of elimination mil in time leave only the tat. No matter how sure an archer is that he knows just how to shoot, if he, shooting just that way, can never shoot above the common scores, he will soon cease to be an influence', and those who advocate technique that brings results will be the ones who are consulted. But anything we can do to help standardize a system will help it along that much faster. , Ifre *n tbc ^uhure of archery, ™ I believe that all archers want to

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cup. If Bailey’s last two arrows had been golds, he would have had it. But: Last Qtr. Am. Mp. Am. Mp. Spansei ...... 700 969 716 977 Kent, R 617 788 630 824 Goodale 465 633 531 513 Bailey ...... 295 283 283227 Kent, A 360 467 430 490 Buckley 532 502 499 Berwick ...459 431 601 Those of us who fell below last quarter’s scores have not been able to voice a suitable alibi.

Mail Match On January 22 the Fort Worth Archery club and the Sherwood Arch­ ers shot a double American round mail match. The results were.

Fort Worth Archers: R. S. Harris 88-546 88- 534 176-1080 George Rogers. .86-520 89- 523 175-1043 C. B. Price .81-491 83-505 164-996 R. S. Hamilton. .71-371 81-431 152-802 667-3921 Weather: Fair. Strong southwest wind.

Sherwood Archers: M. E. Spansei 90-728 90-676 180-1404 R. L. Kent. .90-648 90-642 180-1290 F. C. Goodale. .90-576 88-520 178-1096 F. Buckley. .86-468 81-451 167-919 705-4709 Weather: Somewhat cloudy. Gusty wind during second round.

An exceptionally good subscription offer is set forth in the pages of this issue of Ye Sylvan Archer. Tell your archer friends about it.

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NEW CLUB IN TULSA Reported by Dave Craft

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A new archery club that will shoot on the Boulder Park Municipal Arch­ ery Range in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was organized the first of the year. The officials of the club are Dave Craft, activities manager, and an advisory committee composed of four archer members.

The club plans at least two com­ petitive club events for each month.

On the first Sunday in the month men will shoot the Double Sr. American Round and women and juniors will shoot the Double Jr. American Round.

Their scores will count in the club handicap series to culminate next Oc­ tober and in the club championship series that will finish next November.

There is one cup in the handicap race and one to final high competitor in each division of the club championship series. All archers who have shot in at least five of the handicap series

are eligible to compete for the h cap trophy next October. AU who have been high score shots m trial scores) in at least one montW official shoot are eligible to shoot final possession of the trophy fot^ class. Handicaps are 2/3 the differ, ence between the archer’s officii average and Hoogerhyde’s 1380 lKt July.

TOURNAMENT DATEO!^ Reported by J. P. Hendrix At the annual business meeting o( the Sacramento Archery Club, held at the home of its secretary, Mrs. W. H. Seeber, January 20, 1933, the follow­ ing officers were elected: president, Dr. G. T. Caen; vice-president, F. G. Lewis; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. W. R. Seeber (re-elected); publicity agent, J. P. Hendrix.

At this meeting it was decided to change the date of the annual State Fair Tournament from the first "I September to the fourteenth of Mi!-

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