The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-07-27

Steir, Clarence Dickson and Eli
zabeth Brown, propose to keer
game supervision going a while
longer into August.
Last week q group Of Junior
Life Savers finished a series Of
a dozen lessons, were put thru
stiff PAGES, and bObbed Up to
pass their tests. They were
Doug Kohl, Dick OGara, John
Cotton and Bob Rattle.
Other swimmers were going in
to last lessons before next week.
Tournaments in the various
games are being run this week and
next to establish city champions
in each activity. Winners in
these events will be made known
a little later, and in the meantime
aspirants to the titles are getting
in practice ticks. :.
To show you how popular
such a program can become,
here are some figures. During
two weeks of this month,
one supervisor alone i'm just
games showed an average of 700
was struck. Now there are two
other supervisors i'm games,
which excludes swimming. en-
tirely. Well, that gives you an
idea. But fast to the fore
has rOcketed archery, from the
standpoint of all-arOund parti-
cipation. Old and young go for
this sport, and the class has
become so large Clarence Dick
isOn has strengthened his pro-
gram to include nearly every
night. i. The class has about
sixty learning the sport, Dick
said. Odd thing, girls outnum-
Der boys nearly two to one;
there seems to be no limit to
the age of those interested in
drawing the bow or just watch
ing. +. Dick got his instruc-
ton from a former Columbia
University instructor.
Fourteen members of the local
Country Club hauled off and went
to Glenwood Sunday to participate
in a tournament. Left the local
fairways kinda bare. But it's
all part of the Good Neighbor
policy being relentlessly pursued
by these golfers. ;. Say, and some
of them won prizes too. Among
them were Mark Franta, Pat Du-
Bots, Dave Caughren, Jr., Bob Ryd-
holm, Doc Mayer, and Russ Shulz.
p. In fact the boys were such
good company at Glenwood, golfers
from Sisseton, So. Dakota, almost
"insisseted" the local gang go there
next week. But 1t looks pretty
far. =.
A hunters special, trap shoot will
be held at the West Union Gun
Club, West Union, MINI. Sunday,
July Both, starting at 100 p. m.
Prizes will be awarded the first
and second high scorers in each
three classes, A, B and G, accord
ing to the Lewis Class System.
Example: If there are 80 shoot
ers (novices, hunters, who have not
previously shot at registered tar
gets this year, entering it will
mean there will be 10 shooters in
each class. The class the shooter is
placed in will be determined by
the score he makes. All scores are
listed from high down to low score,
the 10 highest scores forming A
class, the next 10 high scores B
class, and so on down. The class
division is between each 10 shoot
ers. This event is open to all who
have not shot registered targets
this year, and gives every shooter
a chance at the prizes regardless
of the score he makes.
This is the first of three hunters
special trap shoots to be held at
the West Union Gun Club between
now and the opening of hunting
season. The highest scorer attend
ing all three Of these shoots will
receive a gold trophy for his marks
manship. This is your shoot Mr..
Hunter, and a chance to get some
scattergun practice in your own
class of competition. These hunt
ers specials have been attracting
from 100 to 400 old duck and grouse
hunters at every shoot held this
year, thanks to Jimmy Robinson's
initiative.