MATILDA "BABE" BITZENBURGER
1903 -


Records

1940 World Flight Record, 50 lb. bow 353 yds. 10".

1941 World Flight Record, 50 lb. bow 379 yds.

1941 World Flight Record, 35 lb. bow 303 yds. 10".

1943 Established a new National Clout Record with a score of

314 out of 324.

Shooting a straight, silk backed, 30-lb. yew wood bow, 'Babe' won the 1941 National Championship in Field Archery. From 1942 to 1946 she won all but one of the mail National Field Tournaments. * 1946-1949 'Babe' won 4 straight National Field Archery Association Championships, a feat still unequaled.

'Babe' appeared in newsreels, performed on television, did precision and exhibition shooting for clubs and organizations. She was the second woman (Eleanor Roosevelt being the first) to set foot in the San Francisco Press Club and is a member of the National Archery Hall of Fame.

'Babe' Bitzenburger: A California archer and a lady.

*(Regular NFAA Tournaments were suspended because of World War II.)