The sun., 1918-07-21
FIRST 1918 JERSEY
SHARK Is NABBED
Big Buck, Nine Feet Over All.
Caught OFF Sea-
bright.
BUT IT'S FIVE MILES OUT
Three Anglers for Bluefish
(65 Cents a POund) Land
Monster.
Special Despnteh 10 Tar soS.


SEABRIoHr. n. j.. July 2o.--The an
nual shark scare on the Jersey coast has
been delayed this year because the cold
water and the cool weather have kept
the sharks at sea, where all good sharks
should stay.
The capture OF the FIRST shark yester-
day afternoon. although It was Ave
miles of the coast, caused New Jersey
correspondents to wire their New York
newspapers: Man eating shark makes
savage attack. How much?' The lat
ter half Of tho query indicates not how
much the correspondent wants In pay
for his story. but how much space the
editor Is willing to give to 1t.
Instantly the editors mind goes back
to killings OF hathers at Beach Haven,
Spring Lake and Matawan Creek two
years ago during the first ten days OF
July. and the editor orders accordingly.
A New Jersey correspondent has TO live
ON these annual stories-else how can
he provide gas for the limousine and
send the youngsters to private school?
He's Nine Feet Over All.
SO the story comes-shark nine feet
long. weight AIT pounds. and the re-
write man feels that instead OF Wesly
| Osborne, Charles Rogers and Ernest
Johnson meeting the shark with knives
| the fish deserved the sporting chance
that I. Herman Beringer. Joe cav
thorn. Hartie l. Phillips or Van Campen
| Heilner Of the Asbury Park Fishing
Club would have given ia fair night
on rod and reel, and may the best at
| either end OF the line win.
Or suppose Jacob wertheim, who
holds the tuna record for the Jersey
| coast--2s6 pounds. length OF fsh feet
| q inches--had been given a chance to
have donned his leather harness fishing
Jacket. what would he have done to a
AZ pound shark when cannot hght like
a tuna Of half its weight?
| But to 20 back to the shark. The
seabright trio were angling for bluefsh,
and in the slick made OF ground w
mossbunker. the bait intended for blue
| hsh tnow retailing at 65 cents a pound).
other large fish were feeding, for the
fishermen began losing their tackle So
big shark outfit was put overheard
| Mr.. shark Takes Hold.
| A buck shark out for a lark took the
| otneT eUQ OI tne Det-nO nOOK-anQ pro-
ceeded to give the fishermen a little
fun for their experiment. Both the fish,
ermen and the shark had fun. each play
Ing tug Of war. and when the shark
had enough and came in. instead OF be-
Ing met with the good will that goes to
every opponent who succumbs to punish
ment. the shark met with warlike weap-
| ons such as knives. clubs and boathooks
Counter attack after counter attack
BY the fishermen followed. and the
shark. having Its head battered and its
body mutilated. with It's dorsal fin sew
cred gave a last kick OF It's tail to In
dictate there was not another fght in
its fins.
Just what the taking OF a 427 pound
shark fve miles at sea has to do with
bathers in shallow water only New
Jersey correspondent with a space string
at the end OF each month can connect
W with. But It's easy when Can't
Osborne will stand for the story that
these hungry sharks follow the fisher
men in shore clear to the beach The
dories being pulled up for the night. the
sharks must remain in the shallow
waters until the fishermen are ready to
| go out again the next morning with
more free chum for bluehsh
SO the New Jersey correspondent,
anxious to make his check from the ed
itortal auditor at least pay for the die
tation OF the story to n typist. adds
word OF caution that bathers must fol-
low the advice OF the beach guards and
refrain from going beyond the life lines.
You don't have to prove. fellows, that
YOU are capable OF holding your own in
any kind OF surf" say- the New jersey
correspondent. why, therefore. en-
danger the lives or the life guards"
Which advice. II followed. would spoil
many a good summer resort story a, =
time when New Jersey coast reporters
| make kals