Dec. 14, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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Archery in Pittsburgh. 
The Thanksgiving day shoot given by the 
archers of the Pittsburgh Archery Association 
was a success. The weather, though cold, was 
snappy and invigorating. It was an ideal day 
for outdoor sport. 
The morning was devoted to practice and 
an American round match between Mr. Jiles and 
Dr. Haines was held, the result being: Jiles, 75 
hits, 347 score to 65 hits, 331 score for Haines. 
So many new men were present who were 
anxious to try out the long bow that a number 
of the archers did not shoot in the regular after¬ 
noon program, but devoted themselves to the 
imitation of what is hoped may prove a valuable 
addition to local archery circles. Prof. Postgate 
was so busy taking orders for outfits that he for¬ 
got all about the program. 
Scores for team round, 96 arrows, 60yds.: 
Hits. Score Hits. Score 
M. L. Sorber. 60 238 vV. TI. Haines... 46 169 
J. S. Jiles. 75 313 O. L. Hertig. 96 443 
Mr. Locker had the misfortune to break his 
fine yew bow early in the round, which no doubt 
accounts for his low score. • 
On Thanksgiving day one year ago Dr. 
Hertig’s score was 44 hits, 15S score. A com¬ 
panion of this score with results one year later 
showed what can be done by practice. In the 
last seven team rounds his average has been 92 
hits with 474 score at 60 yards. 
On Saturday afternoon, Nov. 30, the follow¬ 
ing scores were made by members of the Bon 
Air, Beechview and Oakmont archery clubs: 
Team round. 96 arrows, 60yds.: 
Hits. 
Score 
Hits. Score 
\Y. T. Holmes 
.... 79 
337 
O. L. Hertig. 
.... 92 
490 
Jas. J. Jiles.. 
.... 78 
311 
American 
round, 
60, 50 
and 40yds., 30 
arrows 
each 
distance: 
Hits. Score 
Hits. Score 
Tas. S. Jiles.. 
.... 83 
443 
W. T. Gray... 
.... 47 
150 
83 
392 
Dr. Haines .. 
.75 
347 
O. L. Hertig. 
.... 84 
464 
Mr. Hartley . 
.... 60 
238 
84 
470 
Double American 
Jas. S. Jiles.. 
....166 
835 
O. L. Hertig. 
....168 
934 
Messrs. Jiles, Gray, Haines, Patch and Hart¬ 
ley are showing great improvement, both as to 
form and scoring. 
The Pittsburgh archers are planning to shoot 
all winter outdoors as long as the ground is not 
frozen hard and indoors during the severe 
weather. 
They all express the desire that other clubs 
send in scores to Forest and Stream. New 
advocates of the sport are always anxious to 
compare results. Jas. S. Jiles. 
Boston Archery Scores. 
According to custom the archers shot a team 
round on Thanksgiving day. Gentlemen shot 96 
arrows at 60 yards; ladies shot g 5 arrows at 50 
yards. 
The weather was against good shooting or 
many scores. 
Chicago reported freezing temperature, clear 
with strong wind. New York had a snow storm, 
so that those who shot did so on Saturday. 
In Boston and vicinity cold and high wind 
brought a driving snow before half the arrows 
were shot, and many gave up, but some finished 
out in the snow to the detriment of their scores. 
Other places were about as unfortunate. Below 
are the tabulated scores: 
E. T. Rendtorff... 24 156 24 144 24 138 24 132 96 568 
G. L. Nichols.... 23 125 23 115 23 147 24 156 93 543 
G. P. Bryant. 23 135 24 144 24 124 23 129 94 532 
H. Bishop . 24 136 23 133 22 120 23 117 92 506 
Dr. C. S. Case... 24 122 21 103 23 117 23 105 91 447 
Dr. O. L. Hertig. 93 443 
S. W. Wilder . 87 427 
C. T. Switzler . 85 383 
H. L. Walker. 22 106 15 73 20 92 22 90 79 361 
B. P. Gray. 20 78 IS 88 22 108 20 70 SO 334 
Dr. E. B. Weston. 19 75 21 71 19 99 24 94 83 339 
Jas. S. Jiles. 75 331 
James Duff . 73 309 
C. S. Woodruff... 17 79 12 08 12 54 11 59 52 260 
PI. L. Lake. 13 43 15 69 11 52 19 75 59 239 
L. C. Smith. 17 71 16 82 11 25 16 60 60 238 
Milton Sorber . 60 238 
John McRae . 54 226 
John M. Cleland . 49 189 
Dr. W. II. Haines. 46 169 
G. Milne . 41 144 
Wm. McGowan . 30 130 
Dr. R. P. Elmer. 23 125 21 101 24 132 23 109 91 467 
Mrs. L. C. Smith. 18 80 17 87 18 78 11 41 04 286 
MissM.Brownell.il 45 9 33 16 68 5 11 41 157 
G. P. Bryant, Sec’y N. A. A. 
Archery in the Early Eighties. 
Chicago, Ill., Dec. i .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: In the early eighties, when Will H. 
Thompson was the archery editor of Forest and 
Stream, we had a Private Practice Club, of 
which Mr. Thompson was the secretary. The 
members sent all their scores to him each month; 
he would tabulate them and they would be pub¬ 
lished in your columns. 
They make very interesting reading and I 
regret that I have preserved only a few of them. 
We were very enthusiastic in those days and 
shot a great deal too much, as will be seen. I 
remember very well that at times when I would 
be scoring worse than usual that instead of stop¬ 
ping I kept trying to do better and shot until I 
could hardly stand. 
The following records are taken from Forest 
and Stream : 
Prof. Thomas R. Willard of Knox College, 
Galesburg, Ill., was an archer whose devotion 
to the sport led him to practice too much. He 
was a man loved by all, and it is hoped that he 
will again draw the long bow. 
The following scores are his, taken from rec¬ 
ords of the Private Practice Club. March io to. 
29, 1880: Five York rounds, average 244. Aver¬ 
age at 100 yards, 86. Average at 80 yards. 73; 
average at 60 yards, 71. He also shot seventy- 
two arrows at 100 yards five times and twent} r - 
four arrows at 60 yards four times. 
In October, 1880, Prof. Willard shot thirteen 
York rounds, averaging 334. Average at 100 
yards, 101; average at 80 yards, 130; average at 
60 yards, 96. Best 80 yards score, 33 hits, 167 
score. Best 60 yards score, 23 hits, 131 score. 
He also shot in this month eighteen team rounds. 
In the month of March, 1880, Dr. Edward 
B. Weston shot 73; twenty-four arrows at 60 
yards, averaging 70.5. 
In October, 1880, he shot 112, twenty-four 
arrows at 60 yards, averaging 81. Best 24, 23 
hits, 153 score, which he has not equalled since. 
I11 the same month he shot forty-eight arrows 
at 80 yards, forty times, averaging 93. Best 
score, 32 hits, 146 score. 
One should not be proud to have done this 
amount of work, but rather much ashamed of it. 
If only half the number of arrows had been 
shot the scores would have been better. 
Edward B. Weston. 
Pittsburgh Archery. 
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 8 . —Editor Forest and 
Stream: Yesterday Dr. O. L. Hertig, J. C. 
Patch and myself shot a team round of ninety- 
six arrows at 60 yards with our guest on the 
Pittsburgh Athletic Association range, with the 
following remarkable scores: 
Hits. Pts. Hits. Pts. 
Hertig . 91 470 Wills . 58 246 
G. W. P. 66 276 Patch . 31 113 
The day was ideal for shooting, excepting 
that it became much colder around 5 o’clock. 
There was very little wind. The doctor was 
the only one shooting in good form, and who 
made anything of a score. I overtook Wills on 
the last twenty-four arrows. 
G. W. Postgate. 
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