South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-01
Competition for Championship Wakes Hot in RotaiaS' Big
Story Contest Loving Cup is Prize

To catch a hsh and TO tell about it widely
different feas The size Of anglers string may be
taken pretty 81 his prowess with rod
and reeunless there strong suspicion Of purchased
honors.
But who can tell the best fish story?" That is the
interesting competition which is now absorbing the in
terest of a group Of representative south Blenders
members Of the Rotary club. Asprants
and for possession Of the silver loving cup to
winner that stories have
cupied two noon meetings club and another has
been set aside for them II possible the be
awarded Wednesday.
So keen has been the approvas or choruses Of doubts
offered by the Rotarians that Prest Frank Z. Herring
has had considerable difficulty suppressing the
breaks. frequent instances ne has obliged %
call Stanley J. Stephenson, sergeant-atarms for
assistance.
Truth has been set upon pedestal by the narrators
and npored several in the presence OF hearers
anxious ". O. Davies impress the veracity
his tale upon fellow ROtarians that he
fling an affidavit which was afterward re-
ferred TO the judges Messrs Parker, Andrews and
Others invoked the aid OF truth and cried out unto
fellow members to bear witness. This aid denied
Pre5't Herring who has endeavored be impartial
although times he has wandered from the straight
and And still others demoiisn
the fabric OF excellent yarn by requesting
Of evidence produced to verify the
statement Dave Guilfoyle almost put damper the
aspirations Of W. o. Davies when he asked
turn Of knife used by the latter to prove his point
HERR TELLS A DREAM
Charles Herr started the rolling the first We'd
nesday noon a hsh story only dream Of
a lark of the New Jersey coast which ended sud
denly By sweeping the boat and awakng
the fishermen Dave Gulfoyle then sprung the old
big yarn and down amid tumuuous ap-
plause. Charles HUFF made desperate attempt cop
the loving cup with story about black and
Juneau his story there
r. BurCh then gave fine exhibition the "timid
fishermen" arrested for law violation by a practical
joker. when he narrated last summers yarn which
follows:
"One day last summer I went n fishing trip
Bear lake, Jones, Mich L had been fishing
several hours when / got my first bass which 1
less than 10 inches (the required limit,
teTmined to keep IL it by first 1t
long until had caught several others OF fairly good
EfZe
But still chung TO the fish OF my string and
him with when I rowed to the shore. My
train nearly due and had be in the city that
evening in hurry. My fear Of game warde1s
though vague first had assumed alarming proper
tions 1 drew my up the shore all hope
o getting by with this infracton OF the law
the winds. A tall angular chap approached imme
diatey and asked to license and last of all
string OF fish. showed him license but the first
fish my string too small
Every I could think OF flashed before
I accompanied the supposed warden to town. 1 did
OF the talking. After conversation the
waiting the train relented and said that
he would let go this time that he the
fish. I him the fish and caught the train.
The same evening answered a call on the tele