Nov. 23, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
661 
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Archery-Golf. 
A novel and enjoyable game, introduced into 
this country by George W. Wingate, instructor 
in archery at the Pittsburgh A. A., was played 
recently at the Edgewood Country Club. It is 
called archery golf and bids fair to become as 
popular in America as it is in England. 
The archers were George W. Postgate, in¬ 
structor at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 
and one of his pupils, Master Harold Knapp, 
while the golfers were R. L. Kester and Jack 
Kennedy, of the Edgewood Country Club. It is 
said that this is the first time a competition of 
this sort has ever been held in the United States, 
though it is becoming prevalent in England and 
the British Isles. 
The golfers played winter rules—no penalty 
for losing a ball, and placing the ball when in 
the tall grass or bunker. The archers shot off 
the tee, and on approaching the green they placed 
a target of cardboard, the same size as the hole, 
attached to a stick and placed “hole-high” on 
either the left or the right side of the green, so 
as to avoid any possibility of injuring the fine 
grass. This target they were required to hit, 
while the golfers of course had to put the ball 
into the hole in the usual manner. 
Two rounds of nine holes each were played, 
and at the end of the second round the archers 
were two holes to the good, their total scores 
being 150, while the golfers were charged with 
152 . 
The best score was made by Prof. Postgate, 
who negotiated the eighth hole of the first 
round in two. Postgate’s score for the full 
course was 69. Kester's score was 77, while 
Knapp shot the course in 81 and Kennedy drove 
it in 75. 
Quite a crowd of men, women and children 
followed the players over the course. A. D. 
Knapp, the father of Harold Knapp, kept the 
scores. The bogey for the course is 78, and Pro¬ 
fessor Postgate took fewer shots than any golfer 
has ever been able to make the course in. 
About a week previous a similar contest was 
held on the course of the Oakmont Club between 
Dr. W. H. Haines, Dr. O. L. Hertig and Lester 
Ussing, of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 
and Professor Postgate. The archers won by 
ten holes, Dr. Hertig and Professor Postgate 
both making the course in less than bogey. Con¬ 
siderable excitement was caused among the golf¬ 
ers by this novel exhibition. 
Archery in Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. it. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: On Saturday afternoon a typical 
November wind prevailed, making high scores 
impossible: 
York round: 
72 arrows. 48 arrows. 24 arrows. 
100yds. 80yds. 60yds. Total. 
Dr Haines . 17 38 15 44 17 60 49 142 
Dr. Hertig . 39 161 37 169 21 105 97 435 
Jas. Jiles . 25 98 27 108 20 96 72 302 
American round, 30 arrows at each distance: 
60yds. 50yds. 40yds. Total. 
Dr. Hertig . 27 143 29 135 30 188 86 466 
Tas. Tiles . 25 115 21 122 30 180 76 417 
Geo. Smith . 6 20 8 17 10 30 24 67 
Mr. Jiles is making marked improvement in 
his scores. The above score of 76 hits, 417 score, 
is his first American round of over 400. He now 
goes around with a broader smile than usual, 
saying in his humorous way that before Thanks¬ 
giving he will have Hertig’s scalp, and after that 
he will just naturally line up Elmer, Rendtorff, 
Gray, Spear and all the new ones. That confi¬ 
dence comes from having licked his teacher, 
Prof. Postgate, one evening in a private shoot, 
scores of which he refuses to divulge. 
Private opinion prevails, however, that as 
the professor is a man weighing 118 stripped and 
Jiles somewhere under 250, the licking was of a 
corporeal nature rather than a defeat at the tar¬ 
get. Meanwhile Postgate is silent. 
Dr. O. L. Hertig. 
National Archery Association. 
To the Archers of the United States of America: 
Owing to ill health and press of work, 
Ellis Spear, Jr., has felt obliged to resign as 
GEORGE PHILLIPS BRYANT. 
Secretary-Treasurer, National Archery Association. 
secretary-treasurer of the National Archery As¬ 
sociation to the regret and loss of all its mem¬ 
bers and officers. G. P. Bryant, of Boston, has 
been elected by the board of directors to fill the 
vacancy. 
The new secretary earnestly desires the co¬ 
operation of all archers in the work of promot¬ 
ing the sport and building up the national organ¬ 
ization. The growth of the sport is now healthy 
and rapid, and the officers of the association 
sincerely hope to make the 1913 champion tour¬ 
nament the greatest in scores, attendance and 
pleasure to all concerned that has been held for 
many years. This will be obtained by the hearty 
assistance of all in maintaining the interest by 
published articles, the organization of local clubs, 
the financial assistance of prompt payment of 
dues and the addition of new members, and 
finally by informing your secretary as early as 
possible of your intention to attend the tourna¬ 
ment. 
The number of names for correspondence 
on the secretary’s list makes it a matter of great 
labor and a burden on the association funds to 
try to personally correspond with each one on 
all matters, and so your secretary urges all to 
take one of the magazines that has proved so 
friendly and of such assistance already, as for 
instance Forest and Stream. 
Members are urged to help by sending in 
their yearly dues of $2 and prospective members 
are informed that the fee for joining the asso¬ 
ciation is $3 and the annual dues $2. 
George Phillips Bryant, Sec’y-Treas. 
750 Tremont Building, Boston, Mass. 
Chicago Archery Club. 
Chicago, Ill., Nov. 11.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The Chicago Archery Club finished its 
yearly contest for club championships on Nov. 2. 
The following scores have been made recently: 
Team rounds, 96 arrows at 60yds.: 
11. W. Bishop.... 22 124 22 120 23 107 
23 121 
90 472 
23 135 
21 109 
23 137 
19 93 
86 474 
24 140 
24 134 
23 119 
23 135 
94 528 
21 111 
21 109 
21 105 
20 110 
83 435 
Geo. L. Nichols... 21 115 
24 146 
23 127 
23 135 
91 523 
23 119 
21 107 
22 142 
23 115 
89 483 
Dr. E. B. Weston. 19 91 
17 93 
20 104 
20 120 
76 408 
19 87 
24 134 
18 96 
22 90 
83 407 
20 110 
24 116 
IS 90 
23 121 
85 437 
Ninety-six arrows at 
Mrs. Witwer-Taylor 22 108 
50vds.: 
23 119 
22 124 
22 122 
89 475 
22 120 
24 138 
23 119 
20 114 
89 491 
23 109 
21 107 
24 154 
23 139 
91 507 
Dr. Edward B. Weston. 
A Bow for a Musket. 
Boston, Mass., Nov. 8. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: I read with great interest the account 
of archery at the Lake Forest (Ill.) Academy 
under E. J. Rendtorff. I wish I had been under 
just such a man some thirty-five years ago. 
Flowever, doubtless the above is the first school 
in fact to practice archery, but it is not in 
fiction. For as far back as 1889 in one of my 
books for boys (and girls) “Shoulder Arms,” 
I had the big preparatory school discard mili¬ 
tary drill with muskets and take up instead 
regular archery drill in battalion. Now, the boys 
says the book is a good one, and as a matter of 
fact it is still alive and selling, so I just want 
to suggest the idea of regular battalion drill to 
Mr. Rendtorff for the whole school, not a frac¬ 
tion thereof. I reckon he would get lots of 
fun out of it and the boys a lot of exercise, and 
on field days the public would have a sight worth 
seeing. John Preston True. 
Swatow Peanut Crop. 
The harvest of the peanut crop in the im¬ 
mediate vicinity of Swatow has been com¬ 
pleted, and, contrary to expectation, proved 
about the same as that of last year. The price 
of peanuts has risen, however, and now stands 
at about $2 Mexican ($1 United States cur¬ 
rency) per bushel. It is regretted that no 
statistics as to production are procurable. 
However, as the crop is said to be about the 
same as that of last year, one may predict that 
about the same quantity of peanuts and peanut 
oil will be free for export. The exports for 
1911 were 1,063 tons of peanuts and 1.557 tons 
of peanut oil.—From Consul C. L. L. Williams, 
Swatow, China. 
