The sun., 1916-09-17
THREE HUMAN FISH
LANDED BY ANGLERS.
Midland Beach, s. l., Crowd
Sees Exciting Contest at
Jubilee Carnival.
THREAD TIRES PREY OUT
Two Men and Woman in Exhi.
-bition-Silver Cup
Awarded.

Midland. the pretty little beach Town
Staten island way. has been holding Q
Jubilee carnival" all week. which cul-
minated yesterday with athletic and
aquatic contests. and the Midland Beach
Fishing Club gave an exhibition Of what
y Of its members could do. hauling In
two men and a woman swimmer with
rod. reel line and hoo The swimmers
acted as "hsh."
J. Waldo Morse. Jr, Of SO Maiden
Lane, won a silver cup. donated by the
Civic League Of Midland Beach for haul
Ing . swimmer toward the beach to such
an extent that he threw UP his hands. in
dicating he had enough" The time was
two minutes and fifteen seconds after
the man fish. John Berger. dove over
board. -
DIR. Carleton Simon. formerly worlds
casting champion. Of ia East Fifty-sixth
street. was hauling Otto Morath In when
the line snapped. That WA one minute
and thirty seconds after the swimmer
went overheard.
Later DR.. Simon. with Mrs. Elsie
Luckhavdt VI New Dorp. Staten island.
at the other. end of the line, fought for
two minutes and fifteen seconds when
the line snapped again. The line used
was u Nfteen thread. breaking at twenty
pounds.
All the fish were powerful, swim.
mers. aid In addition to their aquatic
ability had wcight-Morath. 1863 pounds 4;
Berger. 16s. and Mrs. L~uckhardt. 1ss
pounds.
Great ThronG On the Beach.
There has been no much activity at
Midland Beach with masQuerades, baby
and Boy Scout parades. popularity and
dancing contests without number that
Yesterdays star event had "a ounte
attractions free motion pictures and free
open air vaudeville.
Thousands. however. lined the beach
front n the i.7SO foot pier to ace the
man and mermaid" swimming contest.
Although the contest of angler versus
man and woman swimming 'hsh' was
expected TO go at least for half a dozen
minutes after the 'hsh'' leaped over
board from a rowboat. 800 feet away
from the angler. the low tide affected the
contest 10 materially II was decided that
whenever the swimmer had enough"
he OF she vas to put up a hand.
With deep water the fight" would
have been carried to a finish. but SO
p greatly did the other events crowd the
human ''hsh" contest that II was Low
water before the first swimmer entered
the water.
The head harness which the swimmers
doomed was Of cloth. and not unlike the
cap used for criminals condemned to
death N the electric chair. The hook OF
the angler was placed at the top OF the
head and the swimmer went overheard
from q rowboat. While the angler
played" the human .'hsh" jus. as any
skiliful angler would play u big game
FISH.
Stp1pea Bass Harder to Land.
Both Or. Simon and Mr.. Morse are
powerful men the latter weighs EOS
pounds. When Morath went over DIR
simon used his thumb and forefinger Al
a brake. but for the hrst minute the
swimmer gained Roadway. In the mex,
half minute. however. the Doctors efforts
began to have effect when the acciden,
happened that deprived him OF his
catch"
After the first run Of his swimmer
Mr.. Morse never let his ''Hsh" gain an
inch. and when he felt the swimmer COM
up for air. he reelcd In hard and the
swimmer indicated he was through.
Mr.. Morse said afterward thai thu
~'nnanish" was easier TO land than a 6sis
pound striped bass which fought him
four hours on the beach OF Neponsit. ter
VI ago. In landing that Ash ne walked
six miles. Yesterday he did not walk
sixteen feet.
Mrs. Luckhardt. naturally attracted
the most attention. and as the headcov-
sring was being placed upon her head a
bystander remarked to his neighbor. bul
loud enough TO he heard on the board
walk "That fish Is some chicken! Mrs
Luckhardt, through the harness mask
smiled sweetly.