Evening star., 1912-07-20

the shore. The change has made condi-
tions better for anglers. and. 1t is said,
has made fishing much better than In
past years.
Capt Lee Baumgarten is looked
on as the Jonah" Of the Happy Fish
ing Club. The captain pleads guilty
to the accusation.
Sydney Kaufman related a story Of
the captains experience on last sun
days outing above Great Falls Bob
Groom was slated to occupy a boat
with the captain and Sydney Kauf-
man, and 1t was arranged that he
should dc the rowing .on the return
trip.
ION our way up" said his companion.
"the water was as smooth as glass,
and there was no wind to make row.
ing difficult.
"But strong wind made the return
trip extremely hard, he added. and
of course, 1t fell to the lot OF the cap
myself had caught fish, but not so
with the captain. and when We an
chored late in the day Groom and my
self were in the shade. while Capt
Baumgarten found his seat was IN the
SUM-
lust my luck" the captain remark
ed Hard rowing, no fish and a sunny
seat"
Representatives w. S. Howard. S. A.
witherspoon and S. A. Roddenbery
took advantage of the Fourth OF July
holiday recess and spent q pleasant
day on the river q mile from Great
Falls. and the occasion was truly an en-
| joyable one.
It was the first holiday the legis-
lators had had I'm weeks, and they
| thought a fishing trip would get them
| far enough from civilization to per-
NIT them to. forget the intricate prob
lems upon which they would be called
upon to vote, and when they went
ashore they were able to cast q unani-
nous vote for a successful outing.
| Representative Howard won the lau-
rels Of the day: He. caught the big
| gest fish. a bass Weighing something
| like five pounds although the :fish gave
him such a fight that he thought 1t
weighed almost as much as the pott0m
of. the river until he got it out OF the
Nine fish were caught by the three
anglers. They probably would have had
better, luck had it not been that SO many
persons were on the river. The days out
Ing closed with fish-fry when they
reached the shore.
| Detectives Frank Baur and Ringgold
Hart were at Colonial Beach Sunday ana
Monday with q party OF fishermen. An
early start was made Monday morning
for the fishing grounds. dozen or more
fishermen being aboard the launcn, one
of them a minister.
| Luck was with the two representatives
Of the police department, however. and
the ministerial member OF the party was
unable to understand the reason Tor the
one-sided affair.
IT must be on the wrong side of the
boat" he said several times. watching
the others pull rock after rock from the
| water. but nobody moved and so the par
son failed to score any rockhsh.
White perch were exceptionally plent-
| full, and fish enough were caught by the
two anglers to supply many guests OF
the hotel where they put up during their
stay.
| Frank Linthicum and John Cockley Of
this city have invited William Jackson,
Abe Smith. James Smith, Jacob Shafer
1 and William Dehon of Baltimore and
William Redmile Of Wilmington. Del, to
Join them in a fishing trip down the
| Potomac next week.
The anglers will go from here to Col
tons, and from there they will go in
launch to a point on st. Patricks creek.
where they will camp for ten days or two
| weeks.
| Charles Porter and Walter Dean were
on the river at Great Falls several days
| ago. They made good catch. having
count OF more than a score Of large
black bass when they returned.