Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-30
BASEBALL BAT
GOOD FISH ROD
DEL JEFFRlES MAKES GREAT
RECORD
Hans Wagner Pole Proves Strong At
traction for Inhabitants of
Sea and Many Are
Shared

When the baseball bat can be sue
cessfully substituted for the finest joint
ed fishing rod and come out winner
in a fishing match there either is
something radically wrong with the
makeup Of the modern rod or with the
wielders of it, or, possibly, the inhab-
itants of the deep have a liking to
the national game. Whatever the rea-
son was, the fact remains that Dal
Jeffries, with a baseball bat, defeated
Millett, Rugby, Calvin and Ross, all
brother employees at the w. H. Hoegee
company, last week in a fishing match
at Port Los Angeles. His four COM
petitors were supplied with the best
fishing rods and attachments that the
Hoegee company could furnish.
AS the story goes, it seems that as
the party were making ready to start,
considerable fuss was made over the
choice of fishing rods. Calvin seemed
to be in a quandary and was unable
to make a choice, which was delaying
the start, and as Jeffries was impa-
tient for the anticipated sport, to hur-
ry matters, said: Il can catch more
fish with a baseball bat than all you
fellows can land with the pick of the.
poles in the house" This remark
started something, and in the bandy-
ing of words that followed a wager
was made, and when the party started
for the beach Jeffries was carrying the
baseball bat and it was up to him
to make good his boast or pay dearly
for it.
At the pier, while the others were
iointing their poles, Dal landed a
beauty with his bat The others, on
completing preparations soon had four
lines in the water, completely encir-
cling the shorter ranged instrument of
the diamond, which caused jeff to
Chamber along the pier to a place
where competition was not quite so
strong. Here also his luck continued,
and as the others were having poor
success, they soon had the pudgy fish
ing pole at disadvantage again,
which caused Jeffres to seek again
another spot, where success continued.
one of the four, in speaking of this
wonderful success yesterday, said:
with Jeffries it was just like catch
ing fish in a rain barrel. No matter
where that bat pole protruded over
the water, a fish was soon attached to
the string tied to it. He is the best
ever"
As a result of the success of the
Hans Wagner. fishing pole, which has
added a new story to the fishing tradi-
tions of Port Los Angeles, Dal Jeffries
is four dinners to the good.
Fred French, hunting in the vicinity
of Covina last Friday, killed eight
quail and six rabbits.
J. Connolly and I. Hague went to
Sunset Beach after ducks yesterday.
Marcus Lane, a well-known local
scatter-gun artist, will shoot quail in
the vicinity of Oceanside today.
]. z. Vaughan, who has the reputa-
ton of being one of the best shots in
Southern California, with Dr.. Vance
and Henry Bandick shot quail about
twenty-five miles from Orange recent
ly and brought back bag of fifty
birds. the entire number being dropped
from two coveys.
A. Williams will hunt quail at
Kemps today
II. A. Thomas will try his luck at
bagging quail in the vicinity of Wine
vile today.
Fishing is reported good at Ocean
Park, Huntington Beach, Playa del