The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-05-24
Y. NJ. G. A Notes.


i Cross country runs are very pop.
ular now at the Association and
every evening finds at least five OF
the members ready tor the sport
Different courses are taken each
hight and generally the boys can
be seen IN different parts OF the
city.
Volley sport is what might be
termed an indoor summer sport and
is exceedingly interesting and is
now being played every day by
some oil the me .nbers Of the Asso.
citation IN the gymnasium. About
the only difference between lawn
tennis and volley ball is that rack.
cts are not used but the ball kept
IN the air by hitting it with the
hand.
| The Physical Director is a very
good player and takes great interest
in showing beginners how the game
is played, entering into a game or
two with them. He never seems to
tire of showing how things are done
and this accounts for his popularity
among the boy 5 of the Association.
Hand ball is in some respects
like volley bali but the net is not
employed and the ball is made to
bounce against the floor and the
second bounce on the floor is hit BY
the side not serving and returned
by the serving side The physical
director is also very good in this
and in fact is good in any thing he
undertakes.
The annual out door sports which
will be held on the 18th of June will
be very interesting and every citi.
zen who is ia any way interested ia
sports should not miss this event
as it will consist OF Hurdle races,
Shot put, Relay races and Junior
races.
The junior races will consist of
Three'egged race, - yard race and
mile relay race. They start promptly
at 80 p. NJ. About fifteen mem.
bcrs Of the Junior departments will
take spin in the country tomorrow
morning on their wheels.
They will meet at the hall at s
CLOCK and proceed to the Kennctt
pike, Ralph Kyle prominent mem.
ger is III with pneumonia
Abig Surgeon.
Bayside, N. j., May 21-Whon the
urgeOn fishing season cp,nuu Johl A.
Tenn was one of the first men to como
here from his homs in Penp,gro ana
join the fishing .coiony. DEM Is one Of
the best known mon in the county. and
ut he last session of tbs Legislature no
was donrkeeper in lhe senate.
The fl hormen have ha very p>or luck
this season and many Of them have givsu
up in disgust and returned to their homes.
Dom and his partner. however decided
to suck 1t out aud trust to luck to mako
thom whole, They were out in the bay
trying once more to land som ething Of
value yest,rd ". Their net had been out
for hours. AMI they wJre about to pull to
shore in despair when they saw tho big |
haa's sud ienly swish around under tho |
impetus OF II hsavy body.
They knew at once that they had made |
u 'strikn. and no small one at that and |
they began to pull in with renewed lhope
and energy. Damn was AT the front haul
ing on he net and was trying TO suppress
his excitement. while he toled on tho
lines and whi,licdi or luck, Ho was urad
unliy drawing the big fish 10 the boat
when II gave an extra h0avy lungs and
started off TO reach deep water ana libcr
~ again The pull was TOO much for
Dcnn He tugged with all his might
bat the fish tuggod hardest, aud over in
tho r yer went fisherman, net and all
Leaving tho boat to care for ITSELF
DEM hardy partner sDrang niinbly to
Tho rescue mud after deal of effort
finally succeed ID in getting u hook fast
in the net aud Il line out to Dean Tho
Swo mon then worked hard togetho aud
landed The btggss, sturgeon OF the 50 asou.
IL weighed 800 pounds AMI bcsil es tho
flesh, yi,.dcd fall kel Of ava worth
40 koy.