Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

place arrows fly as archerS
sharpen their eyes in this
Enthusiasts say it is t
the country. That may or may
not be true but the Association
Of MARYLAND Bowhunters, Inc,
has an impressive list of mem
Der clubs.
There are "a in all, divided
into a half dozen regions.
Tournaments are held every
Sunday on field archery courses
that simulate actual hunting
conditions. They lead up to a
Statewide event to be held
this year near Hagerstown.
Follow Obstacle Course
The courses are laid out
through woods with targets on
bales of straw placed at stra-
tegic intervals. Sometimes an
archer must shoot from a
height across a ravine or
through bush just as he would
do in real hunting.
In Region l of the associa-
ton are the Baltimore Bowmen,
Gunpowder Bowmen. Union
Bridge Bowmen and Mayberry
Archers, all of the Baltimore
area.
Region 2 contains the Har-
ford Bowmen and the Glen
Mar BoWmen, Vingt Neuf Bow
men and Bow Hunters, Inc.
also of the Baltimore area.
The Potomac Archers and
Greek Waltonian Archers from
the Hagerstown area, Cumber-
land Bowhunters and Tusca-
rora ArcherS from Frederick
are in Region 8.
Several Clubs Nearby
Region 4 has the Terrapin
Bowhunters, whose range is off
the Indian Head road Route
210, about 212 miles south of
its junction with the Oxon Hill
road, and the Mannahoac Bow
hunters.
Mannahoac's range is of
Seven Locks road in Bethesda
while the Waltonian Bowmen
of Silver Spring. also in the re-
gion, have their range off
Briggs CLANCY road between 4
Corners and Burtonsville.
Two other clubs are in Re-
gion 4, the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Bowmen whose range is
on the Izaak Walton clubs con-
servation farm off Willard road
4 miles south of Poolesville,
Md, and the Pine Echo Bow
men. Their range is 10 miles
from the District line out the
Indian Head highway just past
Piscataway Creek.
Region S consists of the Anne
Arundel Bowmen, off the
. Southhaven-C Brownsville roa d
east of Route 301, the Patapsco
Bowmen of Gainesville, the Mo-
hican Bowmen of Washington
and the NSA Bowmen of
Laurel. The Mohican Bowmen
have their range off Route S
just below Brandywine.
In Region 6 are the Que
ponce Bowman, Wicomico
Bowmen and Dorchester Arch
ers, all ON the Eastern Shore.
Tournaments Today
Today the Mayberry Archers
and Vingt Neuf Bowmen will
be hosts to tournaments at l
pm, the Cumberland Bow
hunters to one at 10 am. and
the Terrapin Bow Hunters to
another at IL am.
Hosts last week were the
Bethesda Chevy Chase Bow
men. Ten clubs were repre-
sented by 65 bowmen. small
attendance considering that the
host clubs last match attracted
80. Last week there were sew
eral competing events.
Joe Brown from Rockville.
representing the Mannahoac
Bowhunters. was the big win
ner with a score of 410 to top
the mems open class. He re-
ceived a trophy as did all win
ners of the various classes.
Brown is indicated on the
BetheSda-Chevy Chase course
and, in fact. has won his last
six tournaments. Last week he
shot a 462, nothing short of
phenomenal considering that
he had a hard time breaking
$50 last year.
Makes Own Bows
An archer for only three
years. he makes his own bows
and practices about four eve
nings a week. 1t took him IS
hours to make the 39-pound
bow Of laminated black walnut
and maple faced with Gordon