The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-24
N York Trout Season Closes Next Sunday Dry Fly Fishing Up Stream Best Now
Notables ON the Banks
John w. MeDonald y
("The Professor'')
Sketch No. -
ny ARTHUR THORNTON.

1 what IL the nature of the peculiar
bond that ties newspaper men and deep
sea fishing together7 Is II that they
more than other mortals love to see the
ocean In all Its moods2 Or 10 Il that
the members Of the Fourth Estate" like
to feel the pull Of a big bass or cod OF
even the lowiy but Juicy ling7
We may speculate on these things as
we choose, but the fact remains that
these knights Of the scissors, press and
paste pot are among our NEST noted and
esteemed comrades.
John w. Mcdonald, better known as
'fhe Professor and the creator of "Mo-
loney and MoGlynn," Is newspaper
man from his toes up having worked
on the New York World In Joseph Pu-
litzer's time. and his fine work ON that
paper Ia well remembered by the old
sters. and the youngsters may readily
believe II by reading his sparkling con-
tributions to the Rod and Gun news, for
he indeed Is one Of its chief ornaments.
In his reallstio portrayal Of ma
Lonely and MoGlynn' You feel that 'srhe
Professor" must have been one Of the
original participators in the classic and
perpetual scrap at Donnybrook Fair, for
how else or where else could he have
accumulated such store of belligerent
slack jaw?
He makes us iaugh-and ! say that
the man who makes two laughs where
there was only one before is an equal
benefactor to the race as the man who
makes two blades of grass grow where
there was only one before! Mcdonald
Is the man who puts his energies and
|. time at the service of our fraternity-he
Is the man who is always foremost In
planning our meetings and dinners and
who with his charming versatility makes
everything work smoothly; makes genial
speeches.: is the official introducer for
the United Anglers League, and in one
word Is protean In his wonderful ability
to do everything.
AS fisherman he is apt to be a fall
ure, for though no doubt he has skill,
yet he smokes his pipe so necessarily
and he is so solicitous for that ancient
and juicy pipe of his--he has smoked
the same one for thirteen years-that
lie negleots TO pull up when he has a
bite, so much so In fact that when he
and his friend Robert Fridenberg are
fishing together Fridenberg will ex-
claim, You've lost another, john damn
that pipev and John will simply strike
anotkler match and blow the condensed
nicotine OF thirteen years toward Fri
denberg and smile!
Now he is going down to East Rock
away, and no doubt later he will grad
uate and get to Wreck Lead and then
yes then-he will be shanghaied aboard
the old Rosabell, where he will find a
bunch OF pirates who will surely make
him toe the mark, unless he wants his
ribs tickled with the soft end of a cap
stan bar or Delaying pin!
/ ought to say a word about his at
tire when fishing, and in doing this I
think 1 am complimentlng him when I
say that a scarecrow would not swap
rags with him; in fact. he is our best
exponent Of the gentle art of piscatorial
tatterdemalionism. II you will allow the
ornate and euphonious expression.
He loves the marshes where the wild
life is-the meadow hen, the snipe, the
gulls soaring overhead or maybe feed
ing on some sand bar at low tide-he
has an eve for the wild beauty of the
sand dunes, with their sparse growths.
He could tell you better than l can what
songs the sea sings as II breaks on the
shore, for he has the true poetic sense
and can express II.
A most delightful companion. with
no thought except to promote good fell
lowship. hence his popularity.