Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-23
WORLD SPORTSMEN.
GET TOGETHER
HUNTERS AND FISHERMEN WHO
HAVE PERFORMED WORTHY
FEATS CAN FIND EAGER
LISTENERS

SpOrtsmen--no matter what part
of the globe they hail from-now
have a central place for the swap
ping" of yarns.
Quite naturally the place is in
Ney York. We discovered it last
week in the Winfield building at 40th
and Fifth avenue and it is known as
"Sportsman's Headquarters" We
jotte dthe name down in our note
book and intend to visit the place
quite often.
The place is most appropriately
named. 1t is everything that the
name implies. Here the big" and
little" game hunters gather and
graphically describe their hunts; the
fishermen even more graphically de-
scribe how the biggest got away and
the trap shooters lament on the one
that got away and cost championship
after championship. So 1t goes all
the, way down the list Of outdoor
sports-sports that real men and
women aer interested in.
The next time you visit New York
give the .Sportsman's Headquarters
the double 90. You will enjoy II A.
much as we did. You can travel all
over the world in q short time with
men who have travelled and seen and
done things. and you will remember
the incidents the remainder of your
days. It's an education to listen to
people who have done things that we
would like to do and haven't the time
nor the wherewithal to do 1t with.
We listened to several sportsmeI
tell about hunting big game in Africa
and to some others about tracking
brown bear in Alaska and to some
others who had hunted grizzlies in
British Columbia and to others who
took great delight in telling their
experiences duck hunting and bag
ging smaller game nearer home; and
they had just as much excitement in
their expedition as the lion and bear
hunters. The fishermen have 1t all
over the hunters in telling of catches.
No one, can describe things in detail
as we'll as the true blue fisherman.
He begins at the beginning and goes
over everything inch by inch.
The story of the trapshooter isn't
so long. AS rule the story Of the
clay pigeon devotee hinges on one
target and his story is on that one
soon told. But you
know what one story brings, and
they 60 on indefinitely.
A Regular Bear Story.
For the fellow who is interested in
the great outdoors, like we are. 1t is
a wonderful spot 1t will prove a
place for the gathering of much in
formation that will interest the
sportsmen of the world. through the
columns you are now pc
rusing. Some of the interesting
things that came to our ears we will
tell in our own way in this story and
others will come along as the snow
falls, for we are writing in a city
that much snow falls.
DR.. w. H. Chase. of Nome, Alaska.
the president of the "Farthest North
Gun Club" sent in word that he had
bagged the largest brown bear ever
brought down in Alaska. With a
Chase went bear hunting,
soon they came upon a group of four.
One big fellow was in fine position
and Chase fred. breaking four ribs
and tearing away lung. The bear
went to his knees. got up and rushed
a tree when he failed to see his enc
mis-. He tore down branches and
raked splinters from the tree to give
vent to his rage. AS he got this out
of his system he caught sight of the
hunters and made for them.
Chase waited until the bear was
within Is yards and then fired.
shooting the animal between the
eyes. killing him instantly. The
bear fell between a tree and huge
boulder and It took two days to cut