Dec. 6, 1913. 
FOREST AND STREAM 
723 
Forest and Stream is the official organ of the National Archery Association 
Vitality of Archery 
For several years The Christian Science 
Monitor has given archery generous space in its 
fine sporting department. 
In August, 1912, and again in 1913, while Na¬ 
tional tournaments were being held in Boston, it 
published editorials on the subject. I should be 
pleased to have you print them. It will do our 
sport much good, as they will be read with inter¬ 
est by many people. 
“Men and women from all sections of the 
United States will gather tomorrow in the Sta¬ 
dium at Cambridge to test their skill in archery, 
a practice • that originated in ‘the mists of an¬ 
tiquity.’ References to the use of bow and ar¬ 
row dot the literature of Egypt, Greece, Israel, 
Rome and medieval Europe, though reliance 
upon archers as fighters in time of war was 
greatest among Asiatics and primitive Americans 
rather than Europeans. Even as late as i860 the 
Chinese ventured to fight with bows and such 
weapons against men with guns, and Americans 
ruling in the Philippines since 1898 have been 
taught that the flying barb still has its sting. 
“Of course, even when archery, prior to the 
days of gunpowder, universally had its military 
uses, it also was encouraged as a sport, for obvi¬ 
ous reasons. Gentleman or servant practising 
the pastime trained himself for coming war. 
With supersession of bow by gun as a weapon, 
archery as a sport also waned. But it never 
ceased, and it is to demonstrate that fact, as well 
as to enjoy the zest of competition, that archers 
gather tomorrow in the great amphitheater where 
such comparatively modern sports as football are 
wont to be played before great assemblies. This 
gathering will not be so widely patronized. Arch¬ 
ery makes its appeal to the few and not to the 
many It calls for a true eye and not a weighty 
fame. Its very antiquity and its association with 
past civilizations and literatures make it liked by 
literati, artists and the like, as well as lovers of 
nature and out-of-door life. Of such are most 
of those devotees who twang the bow and watch 
the flight of arrows toward targets. But it also 
is a sport making its appeal to the man of affairs 
seeking diversion with a form of not over-strenu¬ 
ous rivalry. Of such there also are some among 
those who call themselves bowmen, or as the 
Greeks would have said, toxophilites.” 
Archery is Winning Recognition 
“When the National Archery Association of 
the United States holds its thirty-fifth annual 
tournament, as it will in Boston the coming week, 
it will give evidence of the gradual rising of this 
graceful sport to American favor. There are 
certain traditions that there was a time when the 
bow and arrow were the prevailing outfit of both 
sport and war on this continent, but rude inva¬ 
sions of peoples and inventions have somehow 
reduced its rank until it does well to keep its 
place on commemorative shields like that on the 
Massachusetts white banner. It has had difficult 
revival in a land where speed and strength 
crowded their way to monopoly of sport. But 
that there is a thirty-fifth year of organized arch¬ 
ery is significant of permanence, even though 
lacking the inheritance that in England runs back 
into the mists of antiquity and has its trophies 
of quarter-millennial age. 
“Argument cannot establish a sport. Publicity 
may. Gradually there must come appreciation ol 
the skill of the archer, because it embraces all 
the merits of the other forms of competition in 
play, save a test of brute strength, requires no 
less training to its perfection, and adds pic¬ 
turesque gracefulness. Few have shared in it, 
but they have become its devotees. Few have 
seen it, but they have become its admirers.” 
HOLMES MAKES FINE SCORE. 
Pittsburg, Nov. 24.—The following are the scores 
made by the Pittsburg archers at their regular Saturday 
shoot. 
Double American Round. 
W. J. Holmes . 30 180 
29 169 
James S. Jiles. 29 153 
27 117 
M. L. Sorber . 23 157 
27 127 
30 
210 
29 
233 
89 
623 
30 
204 
30 
214 
89 
587 
178 
1210 
30 
178 
29 
201 
88 
534 
28 
158 
30 
198 
85 
469 
173 
1003 
29 
157 
30 
192 
84 
506 
29 
15s 
29 
185 
85 
4 67 
Single American. 
O. L. Hertig. 29 167 30 170 30 184 
W. Douthitt . 23 83 27 141 29 143 
Prof. Postgate . 
Dr. Stauffer . 
H. Collingwood . 
The shooting of Mr. Holmes is something very note¬ 
worthy. Scores of over 1200 in the double American are 
very seldom made, and the shooter who can do so ' de¬ 
serves a lot of credit. Mr. Holmes, at 40yds., made two 
consecutive ends of 52, following with one of 46 and 
another of 50, making in his last four ends a total of 
200 points. 
A match race was shot on Nov. 23 between Mr. 
Holmes and Dr. Hertig on one side and Mr. Jiles and 
Mr. Sorber on the other. A very high wind made good 
scoring an impossibility. Score: 
Holmes . 86 488 Jiles . 83 467 
Hertig . 82 438 Sorber . 84 426 
169 973 
89 521 
79 367 
76 396 
62 262 
30 210 
168 926 167 893 
Total score for the team of four men, 335—1819. 
O. L. HERTIG. 
NINTH N. A. A. MAIL MATCH. 
On Nov. 22 the following scores were made: 
York Round. 
Hertig (Pgh.) . 
— 52-216 
43-177 
24-146 
119-539 
P. Bryant (Boston)... 26-118 
37-175 
23-123 
86-416 
Smith (Newton) ... 
•••• 33-131 
35-153 
23-115 
91-399 
Switzler (Newton) 
.... 17-65 
31 -'i 43 
2I-II3 
69-321 
Wilder (Newton) . 
31-137 
21-109 
70-309 
Spear (Newton) ... 
.... 26-94 
31-131 
20- 82 
77-307 
Bryant must be 
made whole 
as before. 
American Round. 
Holmes (Pgh.) _ 
. 30-180 
30-210 
29-233 
89-623 
Bishop (Chicago) . 
29-181 
30-220 
87-561 
Taylor (Chicago) . 
. 30-170 
29-157 
30-220 
89-547 
Elmer (Wayne) ... 
.29-151 
30-178 
30-210 
89-539 
Tiles (Pgh.) . 
. 29-155 
30-178 
29-210 
88-534 
Hertig (Pgh.) . 
. 29-167 
30-1/0 
30-184 
89-521 
Sorber (Pgh.) . 
. 25-157 
29-157 
30-192 
84-506 
Douthitt (l’gh.) 
. 23-83 
27-143 
29-141 
79-367 
Postgate (Pgh.) .. 
76-396 
Stauffer (Pgh.) ... 
62-262 
Peckham (Newton) 
.... 11- 43 
20-102 
27- 97 
58-242 
Collingwood (Pgh.) 
50-210 
I remember hearing Mr. Bishop remark in_ the 
sum- 
liter of 1911 that in the American round “500 is a mark 
often reached for but seldom attained.” Nowadays we 
think nothing of eight or ten scores of that size in a 
week’s shooting. What could be a better indication of 
the improvement that is going on in archery all over the 
country? Here is Sorber taking a seat among the elect. 
while his team-mate, Holmes, has gone up sky high into 
the company of Rendtorff. A national tournament held 
right now would be a wonderful event. 
Columbia Round. 
Miss Love . 8-24 6-30 13-67 27-121 
Miss Watson . 3-11 2- 8 8-35 13- 54 
These scores are better than they look, because they 
were made with arrows that cost a dollar and a half a 
dozen and with men’s bows that I loaned to the ladies. 
About half the feathers and points were off and a full 
draw was beyond their strength. When they receive the 
good artillery that they have ordered they ought to 
make twice as much with no increase of skill. 
ROBERT P. ELMER. 
Why Not Archery For N. Y. A. C. 
Club members not active enough to partici¬ 
pate in track and field sports and who are not 
content merely to take their exercise “by proxy” 
would find archery a fascinating outdoor game. 
There is plenty of room for a 60-yd. and, indeed, 
enough for a ioo-yd. range on the oval at Travers 
Island. Since the introduction of this ancient 
sport into the Pittsburgh Athletic Association 
and numerous country clubs in that part of the 
country, hundreds of business men who have 
never before been active participants in any out¬ 
door games, have become rabid devotees of arch¬ 
ery which has afforded them healthful exercise, 
keen competition and delightful companionship. 
It is a game which every person of almost 
any age can not only enjoy, but acquire profi¬ 
ciency in Archery seems destined to “take on” 
in America as rapidly as has golf, with the ad¬ 
vantage that there is no need of expensive 
grounds .—Winged Foot. 
Bloomfield Archers 
Bloomfield, N. J„ Nov. 28 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream-. For nearly three weeks, the weather 
man’s injunction hindered us from occupying our 
range. However, we again took possession on 
Sunday, Nov. 23, shooting a team round with the 
following scores: 
1st 24. 2nd 24. 3rd 24. 4th 24. Total. 
Pettit . 11-57 13-47 18-70 19-65 61-239 
Clay .... 17-85 _ 16-66 19-91 20-74 72-316 
Miss Ethel Bergquist shot 24 arrows of the 
Columbian round but was unable to complete the 
round. Her score for the 24 arrows was 10-38. 
We have been fortunate in securing a new 
range in Halcyon Park, which will permit us to 
shoot the York round in greater comfort. 
Incidentally, this new range is very beautiful¬ 
ly surrounded and will accommodate a larger 
club. We intend to grow. In fact, we have 
secured two new members for next season which 
increases our membership to six. 
Mr. Harry Bennett and Mr. Johannes Ver- 
bunt are the two new archers. Mr. Verbunt be¬ 
longed to an archery club in Holland, fourteen 
years ago, where all the shooting was done at 
28yds. As soon as he becomes accustomed to 
the single targets and our longer ranges, we con¬ 
fidently expect a high score from him. 
The following challenge match occurred at 
Jersey City on Thanksgiving: 
Bloomfield Archers. Scottish-Americans. 
Alfred Pettit . 
-197 
George Milne ... 
.194 
F. Nelson Clay .. 
. 193 
Tames Duff . 
. 194 
390 
388 
In spite of the day’s gloom and chill, we 
can’t help but give Sir James credit for starting 
off home whistling the tune of the “A Lose-ive 
200.” F. Nelson Clay. 
