Evening star., 1914-08-08

RGltII. tIefD AND
Archie Auran. dispenser of kerosene.
of the Wounded Knee Fishing club. is
under orders to be duty aboard the
longer at O'Clock next Thursday morn
ing ready To supply fuel to the sailors
III order to get the craft under way be
fore sunrise.
Sergt J. Il. Evans. Who is to serve as
skipper this years voyage. has pre-
pared his orders for tn" trip and al
lotted members of the club to the differ
ent duties. George Totten is going te
fill the position of engineer and w. T.
Davis will serve as official navigator.
The position of coffee-maker fell to S
B. Sanders. while s. Il. Sides will serve
as captain of the watch. Frank Stro-
man has been designated as bait-cuttcr,
il is said because he can cut more bait
than other member OF the party.
Fl can get at least sixteen bait out a
crab is his boast. and other members
of the crew are willing to let him do it.
Clyde Conser and Charles Lewis viii
go as guests of the club. They VIII go
as far as Colonial Beach with the ciuo
and enjoy one or two efforts al fishing.
The club members will go to River
Springs and establish heaquarters
Skipper Evans has prepared set OF
rules for the occasion. and penalties for
violations vary from a thirst strike 10
walking the plank" Death was one OF
the penalties mentioned. but the skipper
had to make it plain that that was m
tended for a joke before his sturdy sea-
men signed the shipping articles
No time has been fixed for sailing
homeward the skipper explained. as that
Will be determined entirely by the length
of time the cash olds out
tch &c
he stated, .sbut who wants to live on
them alone?
Ward Savage caught a real live small
mouth black bass said John w Hur-
Iay after the pair returned from trip
10 Weyerton. and his friends shouted
hooray.
sports.nan. refusing to discuss the mean
ing of fve~.
Savage and Hurley did their fishing last
Sunday. and incidentally they took ,helr
first lesson in train Jumping. ne Tram
did not stop at their intended destination
they stated and when it reached SANDY
HOOK and slowed down they managed to
Jump to the ground without meeting win
an accident. ~,
river and piloted them to where the bass
were found Anxious to land the first
fish Savage rigged his tackle. whlle
walking along the towpath. and soon
after hc entered the Doat tte eeet ms ot'i'
for a fish.
..An1 then it was that he caught the
hver" said Hurley. admitting tnat 'he
fver referred to five inches-the iength
Of the ashland the infant was RETURNED
TO the water to grow
A three-pounder came later. and when
the anglers We're ready to return ashore
they had q count of nine lively bass
Patrick Riordan and William r. Dunn
fshed near Point of Rocks. hut were un-
able to display any fis!. when they board
ed the train and visited their friends
Hurley and Savage
'.It's the same old story murmured
Dulir. .Hurley's got the fish.
Ford Carpenter John Britton. Arthur
Carpenter and w. p. Bowie motored to
the Chesapeake hay at a point between
Cedar point and Point Lookout last sat
urday for a weekend outing and enjoyed
splendid sport.
that We got tired of pulling them in"
The party went to the bay by way OF
Leonard Gown. following the state road
that far and making the remainder of the
distance over fairly good road Early
Sunday morning the anglers We're on the
hay in small boats to ascertain what was
doing.
And il didn't take long 20 ascertain. =
said Bowie. for the trout. weighing from
one and onc-halc to three pounds came
two at a time as fast as We could throw
IN. fish Bit Just as iively as they did the
dav before although we were told that
the presence of school of porpoise in
that part of the bay would nut an end to
the sport for day or two.
Nam. of the big trout were caught with
hloodwormS. a bait that was unknown in
that section. although the fish were well
satisfied to take crab bait.
Frank G. McCathrau one Of the vet
eran anglers OF this city. has concluded
10 spend his vacation at Colonial Beach
this season instead of going TO the vicin-
ity of Chincoteasue Island as he has the
past several years. He has given the
vicinity of Colonial Beach several trials
this season ana has concluded that the
sport there is well worth while
On weekend o;.t,Ug With Bernard
ToIson and Bill Alien. the veteran sports
man was delighted with the success ot
the party. he stated. and it was be-
cause OF that eaten that he decided 10
spend a month at his bungalow at Classic
Shore. near the beach.
II was late in the morning when the
three anglers set sail for Swanu's Point
they stated. and they returned to the
beach in time TO board the afternoon
steamer. having caught more than a
score of trout that weighed from one &c
three pounds. seventy-tive large percr
and one big hardhead
Joseph Royau and his son William
were early morning anglers at North
Chesapeake Beach Sunday morning. They
were out early and back early. and then
string of three dozen trout. many white
perch and few spots attracted mucf
attention when they reached shore
we went out in q bateau. said tn.
SON "and enjoyed fishing the oyse,
bars where hshed ia ten or fffteeI
feet of water. and if one expects to ge
big trout il is necessary TO go TO th'
? oyster bars.
! Father and son used crab bait and Gu
Grabs are so plentiful they stated
that bait enough for mornings trij
can be obtained in few minutes.
Franklin Monroe. desk sergeant at tn
harbor precinct, performs duty at a desl
that is directly over the water and wher'
fish are to be caught. but v nile on dut,
he never gives fishing thought Whc,
on his vacation trips. however. he en-
JOYS the sport.
'..lnd If I can't catch them With hool
and line" he SAYS. y use net
Franklin. o. Frank. lie is NOR
familiarly 1wn. took q short vacation
las, week Al went 10 Chaptico a pon
N the Vic .hico river not great dis