The sun., 1919-05-26
ROD AND GUM NEWS.
HIGH WATER FOR LOCAL ANGLERS l.
John Shaw New Casting Champion


John Shaw New Casting Champion
John Shaw. captain Of the Long Island
Casting Clubs team. established a new
worid's record yesterday at the third an
nuai surf casting tournament Of the
Long Inland Casting Club. held at Grant
City. Staten Island. when he cast the
four ounce lead asa feet and . inches
This feat Of Shaw with rod. reel and
line surpassed the worlds record with
the nine foot rod held for several years
by J. Charles Elinsshausen by 1s feet
. tnohea
In surprising Eiingshausen's record Of
ass fsst 10 inches the new champion
PLACES his name above thoss OF the pre-
vious ffvs champions holding the Ameri-
can record-Jack Clayton, DR.. Carleton
Simon. Edward n Davis and A. J. Sab
daia.
The worlds record was broken in the
open field event, longest cast in i've. On
Shaw's frst cast he made AIS feet. on
the second AIS feet, on the third he lost
his lead and on the fourth hs sent the
flying lead over the last tape line Of $50
feet by feet inches Ho did not mako
= NTH cast, being content to rest on his
laurels.
His nearest competitor was F. c. Bur-
ger. who sent the flying lead 42e feet
inch0L
BY surprising Elinsshaussn's record
Shaw won the gold medal given by Fred
A. Bishop for surprising the record and
another one offered Just before the con-
test began by DR.. Carleton Simon.
Contestants participated from three
casting clubs-Lons Island. Midland
Beach and New York. J. Charles Elings-
hausen was not present his engagements
| keeping him In Philadelphia
One woman entered In the casting con-
test and won third prize in Class b. for
nsherman's distance bait She was Mrs.
Ethel Lillsy and she made 81 feet Q
inches. The summaries:
winners of Events.
| Average Of Three Casts. 30 Foot Lane
| Won ~ H. D. Smith. svsrsss sos feet
l 10 inches: C. 70. Calum, second. average
CAS- s-wen By n or.nsr. 80 feet =
R SSsn :SrS e i::s men
~ E s.Is.T. .y:rss: sc !.:s inches;
Class sGwon By George Elder. SIS feet
. inches; H d. Smith. second, sol feet !,
inches; Joseph ooodiookinE Young, third.
Open Field. Longest Cast in .FNe-won
By, John shaw, <si feet . inches. sstab-
a .1sn s.eoaS. a. .,s feet . ioess:. =
claes B-wen BY Georgs Elder gig feet
Inches ssi 81. Carleton Simon. third. ssi fs.s
sp si Accuracy Ev.nt-won BY Aer.m
| H.. g. q n L.. N TAy vi a
| ond. ii feet II ia Inches; e. Cramsr,
third, IL feet 1-s inches.
p.stia fss f..t II incS.i: John SHAW. sec
cies: B-wen y p. =. G: R.yns.. ~, 10;
! inch; Mrs. Ethel pilisy. third, 81 feet
Surf Fi.h.rm.n's Ey.nt-won BY F. H
cis:s Gwon By Robert II. shedd.rcr.o
ond, Iss feet 10 inches; A. Mode. third
Ia feet . inches.
Hasposning Tarpon Pure Conservation.
The letter of Mature Factor" published
Tine od spS for % ei Mss o9 tnas. %
sgfss. ss1sS,: Viz 4 1:ss,
. method he does not make use Of = single
word 81 which offence might be taken
a .srpon; so I'D the writer until he hat
tried the game. and then that fseini
happening tarpon is not a sport to b,
followed in midwfnter or during the sprinl
! months but at this season. when tarpor
e s1D.risnosa ' eSai.r ne Cannot n.h for then
without getting tired OF Keeling them IN
the use Of the hsrpoon IL pure conserva
No harpooner. expert though he Nigh
be, could by any possibility ever hope I.
1 HrNi ENO n
WITH tn. rod~tw.nty- ave ,aTpon between
sunrise and sunsst-or OF another angle
s sss q ShC .s s::s s. s s'' Ss
ness took seven tArpon In eighty minutes
than two taIpon during he d.yliFht hour
Of any one day IL mighty rare oird' an an,
sensations that will mover be forgotten. .
Tn. rod asherman when after tarpon !
xEs eu.hion and Z: pros:etsS rom Ii
s' h 4: i ss. &: :As ss. Of UPON .
BOOK or even dos: while h. line trail !
On the other hand. the harpooner stand
Sa, erect; he faces the sun, Wind an,
spray. His throw Il but a snapshot. dis
tinee direetion and speed must be Judge
rapid swimmer but boat and dsh ma
Be moving In opposite directions
! The angler who u high IN nesh, short o
breath, soft as to muscle or with q nicsl
roundiy protruding front must pass up a
thought OF ever being able to harpoon
= tarpon. The most that he can aspir
to 10 the revolving armchair with Its sol
kapot cushion and the protecting shade O
the great sun umbrella
Unfortunately for the writer. advancin
years and increasing embonpoint will 500
end his career as n hHrpooner and he wi
retrisrade back to the revolving armch ali
He will feel that he must be satisfied wit
what he 10 able to do and regret this
the great sport nrst followed by A, "
. Dimock. author of 'The Book of tn
Tarpon," is barred to him because
natures insxorAbls iaw; So.
Useppa Islanda, Fla, May 20.
p S.-Tarpon fishing In Charlotte HAi
bor 10 simply superb at this writing,
Ussppa Island where a record register
kept, more than 400 nsh are already res
istsred. and tho best fishing il Just be
= ginning.
(; Pitiless Publicity and tho Catskin.
Tho shortage OF Catskil hies has b.
come too serious to ignore any longer.
10 impossible to procure a single specime
Of this pattern In New York City or n
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