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ROD AND GUN NEWS
HIGH WATER FOR LOCAL ANGLERS FROM

on board. but he paid for his vanity or
lis Ignorance with broken rod"
tolSw.. wonSsr Of M ,ne Nader a.
ever given a thought to the years gone
by7 1 wonder IL he has stopped to con-
slider tho number of fishermen who never
used gars and Of some who never had
airy and did not even consider them neoes-
sary for q fishing expedition?
II wonder II Mr.. Mayer realizes that
without any Of our new tangled tackle 81
to-day those old boys not only caught nsh
'And / woi 1er If Mr.. Mayer ever stopped
to consider what the old boys think OF
tie numerous contraptions a fsherman
takes with him To-day?
why, my dear fellows, those boys Of
bygone days caught more Dsh than You
or I have and they did It with no fancy
frllls no landing nets no $50 rods no high
riced ball bearing reels or swivels, or hne
bamboo pole generally known as Just
fshin' POLE, good line and a common
lead sinker, and any old bal: they chancod
'oh, yes, and to-day while we are rig.
ging up our rod and setting our reels and
putting on every conceivable contraption
TO lure the FISH. those old boys have theft
line in the water and have most likely
laneed their first of the catch and without
raising a oommotion about it. either.
Recently I spent day on Long Island,
and in the party was one of these real old
time fishermen. really think ! enjoyed
watching him FISH more than putting my
own line over. caught nsh also.
II learned a few big things from this
old fellow and simplicity was the key
note"
Things have changed since the days Of
the Al Foster, the Dolphin, the steamer
Angler and the Mount Desert. In those
days when we hooked a fish We had to
bring it to the top deck. There was no
gan in those days. If you could not lit,
your fish to the deck where YOU were
angling from you lost your FISH. Tho only
time we wanted gan in old days was IN
the Goldfish season. ..
The old fisherman Mr.. Mayer speaks OF
must have been an old timer. As far AZ
can see there was no vanity shown
when this angler tried to land his nsf
without the aid OF tho gan. Even II the
old fisherman broke his rod / believe h.
did right In attempting so to land his Ash
Also l am of the opinion the fishing rods
of to-day are not what they were years
ago. HOOKS AND SINKERS
New York. Aug. 10. .I
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REORGANIZATION
nerve. 1t was their fearlessness to take
chances that finally gave the American

1ehTlGtSneS8
chances that hnally gave the American
team the break and the lead at SIS.
Brookes and Patterson took the next
game after 1t had gone to deuce twice,
but Tilden and Richards came back
strong and won the tenth game and the
fourth set, which tied the match In
this set, the Americans led on points by
the scant margin of two points with the
total at IS to SO.
When the last point had been scored
and the Americans had tied UP the
match the crowd went wild with enthu-
siasm. Surely here was a chance for
the Americans to turn apparent defeat
into victory. If the American team
could keep up the pace It had been
going at the fifth set promised to be
a hummer.
However, whatever hopes the galleries
had for an American victory slipped off
into thin air when the Australians. show
ing a brand of steadness and court gen.
eralship that seldom had been seen on
a court, quickly ran into the lead at
Al. he defenders still had a chance.
butt was might meagre. Tilden and
ichards took the sixth game on bril-
liant play, but il was their final flash.
and they flckered out in the next two
games.
All OF the players left Boston tonight.
The Australians and Richards were
bound for Southampton. Long Island.
where they will compete in the Meadow
Club invitation tournament. Tilden had
to go to Philadelphia on business. and
said that although he might try TO get
into the doubles at Southampton, the
probabilities were that he would be un-
able TO get into action until he played
in the national championship singles at
Forest Hills next week.
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ROYALS VS.. BUsHwICKs.

The Royal Giants. after an extended
trip through several Eastern States, will
make their temperance In Brooklyn
next Sunday. when they clash with the
BushwiclSs in double header. The
games will mark the ninth and tenth OF
their fifteen game series. To date the
Bushwicks have won four games. the
Royals three, and one resulted in tie.
The Bushwicks are travelling at top
speed. and should make things interest
ing for their opponents. Ryan and
Brookes will be the Royal pitchers and
Williams and Spiers will work for the
shwiclSs.
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SUMMARIES OF NATIONAL
GOLF TITLE TOURNEY

Robert T. Jones. Jr.. Atlanta, beat J. S.
Manlon, 81. Louis, . and % r. A. Gardner.
Onwentsia, beat Max Marston, Baltusrol,
5 and I; r. e. Knepper, Sioux City, beat
r. e. Newton, Brooklyn, 4 and 2.
j. b. Crookston, st. Anton Heights. beat
X. G. Long, Stanton Heights, 8 and 5;
% WS,, IHonner', Bala, beat Gardiner W.
q, A. Peacock. oakmont. beat e. II.
Barnard. Jr, Midlothian, 4 and 2: g. G.
waldo, Jr., Detroit, beat ]. ID. Travers,
Upper Montclair, 9. and z.
w. g. Fownes. Oal0mont, beat c. l..
Maxwell. Trenton, and 2; Nelson Whit
ney, New Orleans, beat Richard Wool
worth, Scranton, 6 and T.
w; J. Thompson. Toronto. beat Louis
Jacoby. Charlotte. up; j.. N. Stearns,
Jr., Nassau, beat r. e. Bockencamp, St.
Louis, 1 up est holes).
3. d. Heron. oakmont. beat w. II.
Gardner, Buffalo. and /; ]. w Platt,
Philadelphia. beat John G. Anderson,
Slwanoy' and .; Paul Tewkesbury, Phila-
deipnia beat ]. s. Dean. Atlanta, s and 3.
chick Evans, Chicago, beat D. W.
Armstrong. oakmont. and 8: Francis
onimet Boston. beat e. c. Cleary, Phila-
delphi6 and 1.
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teentn, when his drive caught a bunker
and dropped into a trap. But Marston
Jared no better. He struck the same
mound and found difficult lie for his
second. He Just got out. Gardner was
little better. Both hitched to the green,
with Gardner inside about seven feet
nom the cup. Marston missed a putt
ara Gardner sank his to win the hole, 4
10 .. and the match, 3 and /. The card |:
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Patterson and BrOokes Beat
TildeR and Richards in Chal-
lenge Round at Longwood.
Special pespafch to THn suN.

BOSTON, Aug. 19.-It is only a short
time since those who guide the destinies
of American tennis decided not to chal-
lenge for the Davis Cup, as 1t probably
would be unsportsmanlike to take advan-
tage of the tennis players of the rest of
the world who had been engaged In war
work for four years. To-day America
stands bereft of her national doubles
tennis championship. and It was carried
of by Norman f. Brookes and Gerald l..
Patterson, a couple of Australians who
were very active in the war and who
Furthermore stopped off in America only
casually on their way home, where they
will defend the Davis Cup taken from
America in 1914.
The Australian pair defeated William
T. Tilden I'd OF Philadelphia and Vincent
Richards of Yonkere. the American
champions. in the challenge round for
the doubles supremacy of the United
States at the Longwood Cricket Club
courts here to-day in FIVE hard sets.
The scores which attended the triumph
of the visiting Antipodeans were So,
6-3, 4-6, i-6, CO. There is little
consolation in the fact that the Yankee
team put up a hard fight, for as the
holders Of the championship they were
expected to DO that.
The contest was watched by one of
the largest crowds that ever went to see
a tennis match in this vicinity. In the
old days when Boston practically was
the home of American lawn tennis some
fairly large sized galleries came out to
see feature matches, but the gallery to-
day was considerably greater than any
other three that has seen tennis here
about.
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TENNIS AGAIN HALTED.
Finals at Greenwich VIII he
Played To-day.

Greenwich. Conn, Aug. 10. - The
finals in the single tennis matches be-
tween Robert Norris A. williams % and
Ralph Lindley Murray. which were post
pcned on Monday on account of rain. will
be played of on the grass courts OF the
Greenwich Field Club tomorrow after,
noon at 2 40 O'Clock. William NJ. John
ston. Maurice Z. Mclaughlin, r. Norris
williams Cd and r. Lindley Murray
played practice matches on the club court
to-day.
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NATURALIST INJURED.
He VIII Not Race Again This
SeasOn.
Special Despatch to The srN

Special Despatch to THE srS.
SARATOGA, n. Y, Aug. 19-Naturalist
phose phenomenal performance on Mon"
day was made the talent here regard
him as one of the greatest sprinters
that the American turf has ever known.
will not be seen under colors again dur
ing the current meeting. He was severe
ly cut in the pastern of one of his fore
legs. either at the post or at the three
furlong pole when he was in tight quar-
ters yesterday. DR.. McCully stanched
the blood with diff1culty. and while the
injury will not be at all permanent, it
will keep the fixing son of Rabelais out
OF public competition for some time.
Straight Forward. the game colt be-
longing to R. T. Wilson, broke his leg
In the second race and was destroyed.
He was n good winner in Mr.. Wilson's
colors. He is a half-brother to Be
Frank
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Postpone Trotting Meet.

PouGHKEEPsIE. n. Y, Aug. 1s.-on ac-
count of a heavy track due to the recent
rains, the Grand Circuit races were again
postponed to-day. The card originally
scheduled for the opening day will be run
tomorrow, with the addition OF the 2 40
trot for a purse OF $1,000.
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'M'LOUGHLIN DROPS
FROM TENNIS TILT
Californian Is Among Many
Who Default on Opening Day
of Southampton Event.
THOMAS Is BEATEN
Australian Eliminated i'm Sec
Ond Round by Pell-Team-
mate Lycett Wins.
THOMAS is BEATEN
ny EUGENE n. O'CONNELL.

SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 1s.-The start of
the annual invitation tennis tournament
at the Meadow Club here which was post
poned yesterday on account of the rain,
was made to-day and was marked by
number of defaults. 1t was apparent
that number of players are of the idea
either that they are in good enough con-
dition now to play in the national cham
pionship which starts next Monday at
Forest Hills, or that they need a rest
prior to the hard drive for the big title.
Prominent among those who elected
to remain out of the tournament was
Maurice f. Mclaughlin of Los Angeles.
who for some reason or another has as
much interest attached to him now. as
when he was classed the worlds leading
player, five years ago. There was not
a tennis fan in the whole of the South
smpton colony who had not looked'for-
ward to the appearance of the great
Californian in competition. Just as
when he arrived in Newport, Mac was
the big topic of conversation among the
followers of tennis.
His case was discussed by the chill
dren, the grownups and the parents of
the grownups. Surely II was right here
at the Meadow Club that McLoughlin
would prove that he still has much OF
the old comet stun in him. That was
the opinion of every one around South
ampton who had been following the dope
on McLoughlin's recent comeback. The
fact that the Californian had done
rather poorly at Newport was over
looked, for he had just arrived in the
East when he played at the Casino. and
had improved in his play at Boston
during the early rounds of the national
championship doubles.
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Americans Battle for Points.

The fourth set practically was a repe-
tition of the third. The Americans had
learned that their opponents were not
absolutely invlncible and went after the
Antipodeans hammer and tongs. Again
1t was a battle OF service and each side
won until the score was even at al
Tilden and Richards held up remark
ably well under the strain and won
many a point in crucial places on sheer
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Bronze buttons have been awarded to the
following anglers by the Asbury Park FISH
ing Club for taking rod and reel along
the Jersey coast FISH weighing from ten to
fifteen pounds:
Andrew Allan. Jr,, Hoffman Allen, Rich
ard G. Anderson, Stedman G. Applegate,
william y. Appegate, Allen r. Brewer.
Louis J. Brown. Joseph Cawthorn. John E.
Clayton II. Grant Cline, John Collins, II.
w. 'Comegys, Warren Conklin, Michael
Crosson, J. A. Davett, y. J. Detsch. Frank
G Ernst. Benjamin Evernham, William
Fenrich, Horace c. Fisher, w. Flayell
James NJ Gentle. George Gilbert, Winfield
Gilbert, W. Gamer Glass, A. J. GUIDE, w. A.
Herbert. George r. Hitler L. Heldridge
Leonard Hulit. A. ID. Hunt, Roy {. James
+. r. Johnson Howard Kahn, w. d.
knecht. L. Korenyi. w. Kuster, william
Leavitt. Jr. Joseph Lyons, J. w Manning.
Harry w. Metz, Theodore c. Mertz, John
NJ. Miller. d. W. Mitchell. George Peek,
Jr.. Gus Popkan. w. Price. J. Otto Rhome.
IL. X. Satow. n. ]. Schoen, Winfield Scott,
william W. Schefler. William II. schwartz,
Harry Simpson, Frank Sinsinger, l.. II.
Stein, Tuns Van Derveer u. ". Troth.
Jacob Wortheim. II. y. West, F. II. West
ervelt, Fred wilAie, John H. Wolter H. Il.
Woodward John II. Workman, Charles W.
Wyatt and Victor lie Nysockl.
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SECOND SET.

SECOND Sci.
Brookes and Patterson Pts.G.
4 ia 5si-S1-6
1Iso 1 "a S s.1-2s-S
ANALYSIS.
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The absence of all bluefshing on Bar
negat Bay places the onus sQuarely on the
United States Treasury Department, ac-
cording to the consensus of opinion OF the
angling world. At Enos the other night
there was an informal discussion by
group of wealthy anglers from many parts
OF the country. All had been outside the
inlet and Inspected the two pound nets
which obstruct the inlet and prevent the
nsh from entering the bay. Examination
OF these two nets showed that the meshes
are so small that hundreds of thousands
OF "snappers," or small blueish, weighing
from a pound up are caught inside of them
and destroyed.
In my opinion this matter lies within the
pfwers and duties Of Secretary Carter
Glass to keep navigable waterways clear
OF all obstruction The predecessors OF
Secretary Glass have often done so. Other
inlets in the past have been cleared both
by orders to net owners and by force. An
ultimatum to the net fishermen of Barne-
gat Bay backed by revenue cutter could
do wonders and at the same time save
bluehsh from determination.
Unless there Is immediate action we are
eating this summer practically last
bluensh. There are few snappers this sea-
son in Barnegat Bay. The pound nets are
sure to kill all those outside along the
coast. The extinction OF the blue must
follow a matter OF course.
W. H. BALLOU.
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willing to Try Luck in Florida?

Is there any one OF your rod and reel
enthusiasts who Ia DESTROYS to go down TO
Florida for the winter trying his luck and
incidentally paying the expenses with hook
and line? II so. will he communicate with
j. LINK.
-a4s East Forty-e eighth street Aug. 10.
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Mclaughlin Defaults.

Surely this was the time for McLough-
lin to make his stand and show that
he would be there or thereabout when
the national championship was being
contested. Mclaughlin. however, APP
parently had other ideas, for when the
time came for him to meet another
young player from the Pacific Coast.
Robert Kinsey. Mclaughlin was among
the missing. He thinks that the rest
for the coming week will do him more
good than hard tournament play. 1t Is
possible that Mclaughlin may be seen
In one or two exhibition matches.
It was feared that Norman r. Brookes
and Gerald Patterson, the Australian
players might have to be defaulted, too.
An early report, however, from Boston
stated that the challenge round of the
doubles would be played to-day. as the
weather man had been behaving him
self, so their brackets were held open
and II is likely that they will be seen
here tomorrow.
The condition of the courts were none
too good. The wet weather of yester-
day, and for that matter for some days
past, had the courts so well soaked that
even the sun, which came out in the
early afternoon, could not get them as
dry as might be desired by the more fas-
tidous of the players. There were a
great many soft spots on the turf, and
in some cases these bothered the play
crs The championships courts were not
utilized at all for the opening days
play, and the committee feared that in
their poor condition they might be cut
up too much and preferred to hold them
over for the later round matches.
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Welcome Back to Soldier Sportsman.

Welcome back to the old burg Royal
Coachman" We home keeping column
ers shall be glad to have you acauaint us
with the bears OF France. And we'd be
mighty proud 20 know about your doings
among the wild boars OF the unneiEh borly
country lying contiguous to the bear
heunts-though that's another story-for
1t Is our Arm conviction that you did
your full bit in dealing with those var
minis. TAMARACK
New York Aug 10
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Brookes and Patterson Fs.G.
614 E2 6-3l-s
Tilden and Richards
s42 24 +2s-3
ANALYSIS.
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Extinction Of Rarnesat RIus. Predicted

II sweet revenge" consists of nzz.
You bet your life Arts getting his"
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John. C. Anderson found a tartar in
J. Wood Plat OF the Philadelphia ais
trict. Plattt shaded him by one hole in
the first nine holes in the morning, scor-
ing 40, whereas Anderson took Al On
the second nine holes, Plat increased his
lead to two holes, though each scored Al
on medal play. colo
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Boating Fish without a Gnn.

The other day Mr. Mayer wrote in THE
SUN OF an old fisherman who ought to
have known better" who caught 6A
pound nuke. hut refused to call for the
gan. desiring to show his fellow fishermen
that he did not require a gan TO land a
nah OF this size. The ran landed the nsh
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Big Gathering Sees Play.

Long before the scheduled time for
starting the match every seat and every
thing that looked like a seat was filled.
Furthermore, there were hundreds and
hundreds who stood around the courts
craning their necks to see every stroke.
Nor was It the quiet type Of crowd that
usually watches tennis. In fact the
gathering bore a greater resemblance to
a crowd at n baseball game, for there
was not a good stroke that was not
cheered to the echo However. the gath
ering was not in the least partisan AL
though practically every one was anx-
ious to see the Americans win, the work
of the Australians was generously APP
plauded.
Some idea OF how the men shaped
up may be gained from what their
individual scores showed. Tilden was
the greatest offender in the matter of
errors. His total OF misplays was sixty.
but he Offset this somewhat by earn
ing so points. Richards had forty-four
errors and 2S earned points In the five
sets; Patterson made forty-one errors
and 81 earned points, while Brookes
had only twenty-eight erors and rs
earned points.
AS shown by this, Brookes was re-
markably steady The veteran Aus
tralian in fact was playing the best
game OF the four men on the courts.
He was a tower OF strength at the net,
and when the occasion came Tor nm
to go to deep court, he showed by his
brilliant driving back to the baseline
of the opposition that he was not want
ing. His placements, and he had two
dozen OF them to his credit. were made
mainly by his sharp cross court strokes
when he was up at the net.
ITilden stood out as the most brilliant
OF the quartet II is true that he made
the most errors, but this was due to the
fact that he was continually trying for
placements and frequently missed sure
points by not getting enough rise on the
bali and having 1t drop in the net, or in
his attempts 10 shoot the sphere along
the side lines getting his angles bad with
a resulting out.
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Sunshine Brings Hope to Angler.

with the appearance OF the sunshine
and the disappeerance OF storms in this
section Of the country salt water anglers
are looking forward to good fishing outside
ana better conditions in Princess, Sleeps
mead and Jamaica bays.
Striped Bass straightened Hook
Last Saturday 1 went to Roslyn to get
some snappers and founders. They are
running we'll. But Saturday night some
thing happened that put all my snapper
light.
Big Bill came in with a striped bass
that was peach. I'll say It vast 1t
weighed slightly over three pounds. That
put every other hsh out OF my head.
But all my dreams went up in smoke.
/ didn't get o strike. but Oscar Netzel sure
hit 'em and he treated 'em kind of rough.
He got two about n pound and q half
apiece and one Weighing about three
pounds. and he lost a peach. can't give
any estimate OF the weight, but we saw
him, and 1 would say that he was about
two feet long at least.
The fsh Strengthened out Oscars hook
that 10 how he lost him. 1t was a shame.
Another fellow, q stranger to me, had
pounds apiece.
Next Saturday I am going out for bass,
and bass only, and I'm sure going to be
prepared! No more snappers and noun-
ders for me while bass are to be had at
the same PLACED
WATERMELON AL
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Many GOOd~Matches.

There were any number Of good
matches during the course OF the days
play. but one of the real features was
that in which Conrad b. Doyle of WASH
ington defeated H. G. NJ. Kelleher of
Seattle two sets to one at 5-7, 60,
60. Doyle Is a player. who. although
right up with the top notchers. has had
very little of the limelight. Doyle has
been so situated that he never has had
much opportunity for tournament play.
When he has played in any of the big
tournaments, however, he always has
acquitted himself well. To-day, after
getting away to a good start and taking
the lead in the opening set against
Kelleher, he faltered and lost the set
| Thereafter, however. he used a change
| of pace to great advantage and made
his chop stroke count strongly in his
| favor in winning the next two sets.
Another feature was the defeat Of
r. " Thomas OF. Australia by Theodore
r. Pell, famous for his remarkable skill
with the back hand stroke. Pell downed
the Antipodean In straight sets without
a great deal Of difficulty at 6-3. Ga