New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-19
Hummel Has Lively Time
Handling Young Shark,
While Baseball Writers
See Some New Sights.

From star Core pendent ~ Tie Irhuhe.I
Daytona. Fla, March 18.-The lull
that preccdes the storm fell over the
camp of the Brooklyn Superbas here
to-day For tomorrow the Philadel-
phia Athletics. erstwhile monarchs OF
the baseball world, will arrive for
four-game series at Ebbets Field on the
Peninsula, and Robbie declared Holt
day.
The day Of rest was welcome, and the
bows lost little time in getting out Of
the city A few went down the Tomo-
ka River for the day, but fishing was
by far the pastime popular Even John
Hummel forsook the pnochle deck to
study the lore Of Isaak Walton. Jake
Daubcrt and Lew McCarty chartered
their own cruiser and sailed down the
Halifax TO Mosquito Inlet, where they
spent the day.
The war correspondents, accompanied
by Fran Kelley, the club trainer, and
Otto Miller the Hoosier catcher, also
went down 10 the inlet and came home
burdened with fine catch.
John Hummel won the championship
of the day, or admitted that he did,
which amounts 10 the same thing.
John caught young shark which meas
ured two feet long. The tiger OF the
seas" put up tough battle for life,
and almost managed TO. take healthy
bite out of his captor when he was
finally pulled up on the pier.
John caught many other fish, and
solemnly declared that he had a
sheepshead that weight twenty-five
pounds hooked and brought 10 the sur
face of the water when his line broke.
The Ananias Club elected him TO full
membership az once.
There can be no asperslon cast upon
the ability Of Otto Miller as a fisher
man. The war correspondents caught
sixty-one snappers, twelve Lafayettes,
three whiting, and Abe Wager brought
the day TO ii glorious close by bring
ing great blue crab TO the side OF
the boat Abe brought il over the side,
TO the great delight Of the party. To
the greater delight Of the party the
crab nipped Al Guitar by the fingers.
But TO return TO Miller. He landed
thirty-fve Of the FISH caught by the
party and to our great disgust, for we
fshed alongside him and caught only
fifteen. Abe Wager caught crab and
"A cold. Cutair caught dead FISH which
some one kindly put on his line.
Many a time il has been read Of how
the skv has been darkened by the
fight OF birds. Never before had any
of the war correspondents witnessed
such n sight But this afternoon, pass
ing Pelican Island. as one of the fed
eral bird preserves is known, they
scared up flock of water fowl.
With many a screech. sea gulls, pell-
cans. blue herons, sea pigeons and
myriad other rovers Of the sea and
land rose on whirring pinions. II
seemed that one million birds were IN
Fishing was suspended after school
Of porpoises came rolling along, snort
ING "a they came TO the surface Tor
another plunge. Those prophets OF bad
weather scared all the little hSh away
and after irving in vain for another
nibble. the tackle was laid away ana
lhe prov Of the boat turned Tor nome
The series between the Athletics and
the Superbas bids fair TO be most IN
tcrostinr. Napoleon Jajoie, one OF the
greatest ball players that ever are"
on Glove. will cavort at second base
wearing the uniform of Macks men Tor
the first time since the courts OF Penn
svlvania restrained him from repre-
scnfing an American league team IN
that state. some dozen or more years
ago. when he jumped the old Phillles.
King Kopf will ply at third base IN
the place Of the only ). Franklin
Baker, while Stury Mclnnis viii he IN