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ROD AND GUN NEW S

40 to so New York trou' hook--tM~
hook Of that name whioh was mad" h,
Mi'ward Sons This hook was good
shank Carlisle and tn" shorter shank
heavier wire hooks 1t was well made.
with n good spring and IL" hook sosm~d
10 weave itself into a firm hold on the
fishes mouths.
This hook and Kirby or Limerick no
smaller than 20 seemed to be the favor
ties OF tho more experienced. The same
hooks were used for whiting unless a pearl
souid hook was used, when the larSesi
sizsi sQuids sold were pre- ferred
How the Shiny Ing used 20 grab. two
al time, at tho herring bait at tho old
Dream!and Pier! Aud how SHINY did we
Of these ready bitorE,
How Ono ore ~ them taste, when well
fried (after being caught at night during
snow rurrics at the favorito spot on ,nn
pier. obtained generally hy getting there
arSt, a. most anglers seemed 10 like tho
same spotsl on arriving home after day-
break, half frozen. but with tho appetite
OF AN Atlantic skipper after his turn
the bridge! Blu what an unpa!atahie mess
they made when more than a day old y
caught in the warmer days OF late spring
New York. Jan. ~. SPROAT.
Hooks and the SILVER Hook.
Having read the .Ittle item written b.
Capt. Bill stephens OF the Velocity. wherein
rs accuses mo of harshly ana uniustly
CHOLERA Banks, I very sorry that ne
looks upon my correction OF "a mistake
'haH" W MN OF "A sNenOBEApLeF a. Sai-
The column Of tho Rod and Gun il opcl
At all times for a letter from tEr redacrt
Of This paper. When he says that M,
ihirlE years 49, fisherman have been
wasted / DO not agree with him. and know
that tho Years sq,nt among tho men VIVA
comprise the fishing fraternity Of our locat
waters have added - nv know .ode'
enough TO know that AN Virginia is not
hook for codh'hiHg. and said so In NY
letter, and II to correct this ulsin-
formation that | wrot5 as did
Also when our readers know that a man
who has fshed these waters on board thu
Dolphin, James schuyler William Storie
Edmund Butler. Angler and the Taurus
man, which the captain SAYS am, and
gives me- credit for that at least
II IL needless for me 10 remind the ca
tam mat " II were noe for the ling, whlct
ar" 80 plentiful In these waters many ~
the fishing fleet would soon sell out. Does
the captain forget that al Of The readers
VINO 50 fishing VIII recorriza tho Old CRY.
captain, 20 tho ling ground and g; -
some Esh"
one Kind Of hook that ,he cap'aln "a =
10 mention Is tho silver hook, - often used
on boats of all descriptions here ard al
over the land, quite popular with tIn u..
beginner and often rcsorted - hy o',I-~
followers OF IzaaN Walton. Now. de- uoi
let tho Rod and Gun column die out or
get less during the coming months. bat 500
II we cannot get moro readers Interested
ana give us some of their experience
whittier II be hooks, lack " bait. lack Of
drinking water on board or sailed halt o.
fresh bait Come. al hands. Sec II We can
not get our column read by one milton
JOHN +. BAUMEI.
PrOoklvn Ian. ls
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BROAD CHANNEL Y. C. ACTIVE.
jamaica Day lachtsmen Buy Boat
for Use of Members.

An innovation was introduced in
Yachting circles when the Broad Chan
mel Yacht Club OF Jamaica Bay pur-
chased a fast knockabout yacht for
the use of the members The yacht.
the Smew, Is we'll known IL sailboat
racing circles. Several members are
able navigators and have volunteered
their services for instruCting novices
in tho exhilarsting art of sailing. An
entire trap shooting equipment also
was purchased by the club, Charges
for birds and shells will he extremely
moderate, in fact will not exceed those
OF pre-war times. Instruction in this
master sport will be furnished by two
accomplished trap shooters gratis to
yacht club members every Sunday after
noon.
The club officers have installed n COM
mittee to map out several long cruises
for the coming season. The large cabin
boats, like Quinque, Cruiser and The
wanderer. will be able to take aboard
a number OF non-boat owning menu
bers. No longer will anybody be able
to "stick' an unseaworthy craft on
Prospective Broad Channel yachtsmen,
as an advisory committee will furnish
competent counsel 20 any member con-
templaiing the purchase of n new or
used boat. The club will be well repre-
scnted in aquatics this year with a
speedy relay swimming and water polo
team
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HAVANA RESULTS.

First Rsoc-Four year-olds and upward;
claiming; purse $50; nve and half fur
lonss-Sister Susie Ill lJercotD. $ 20 2.
raw, 3 to S, 70 10 and TO 3, second:
Pontefract. lis CBoland>. to /, TO | and
even, third Time lo7 H.; Peep h SsslR
pragonrock. Cenethera and Wiley also ran.
Second Raoe--Three-year- olds claiming;
purse $500: five and \ half furlongs-sara-
won; Lady Lansden, lOl Crhurberl, 20 |,
2 to and even, second: Fustian. 100 crroisel.
to to and to : third D h%e iSs me-
Glen Ryan, Fortunes Favor and EaueTFy
also ran.
claiming; purse $50; six furlons. -Hamilton
Dimitri, llS &c. Howard, 2 TO /, to ; and
f.. TO !, second; Gordon Russell. ia Oomi-
f:li. Irene Carrie Moore Sparlder, Schemer,
Poinard and Driaeld also ran, ,u.
three year-ods and inward; 500 added; Elk
furlonss-cleek. los CThurberl. Z to l. to /
and TO !: won; Rafferty,, ioe MURRAY;
70 to and 70 s sSS &c, ores'e sb,1 1js
r 1Hnsp'} i:,s Is. Fort r. Bliss, Sedan, Skies
Knob. Deckmate and Philippe also ran.
claiming purse $500; ono mile and ATTY yards
ou,. Won; Great Dolly. los Doyle, : to /;
nominicS. 6 to J. to and ! TO TO- !hSd'
Time IA IS. John Graham. sordello, Virco
And Prime Mover also ran,
Sixth Race-oricntal Park Handicap SI00
added: three-year- Odds and inward; one mile
and q siXleenth-Tetley. lo- .Dreyer, : to !.
CTroi, ~. Q 90 !, 20 5 and TO 5, second
Faux Col, lls u, Howard. 10 .. TO
and out third. Time. las. Hocnr, Wise
man FlrtersoId, sasin aud Harry Shannon
also ran.
seventh Race-Four- ycar-olds and upward:
claiming; purse 500; one mile and twenty
yards-John W Klein. i07 Dreyer). to l.
! TO and 4 20 :. won; Butcher Boy, ioa
.Thurberl, 8 10 ]. 70 ! and even. second
third. Time, l:i5. Upar Don Thrash limo
|shy J. Hogan. Rac and Lytle also ran
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NEW YORK BEATEN
BY SHIPBUILDERS
Soccer Team From Hartman,
Pa, Wins by 4 to 0 at
Lenox Oval.

Giving Metropolitan enthusiasts fast
exhibition of soccer. despite the heavy
condition Of part OF the ground, the team
of the Merchants Shipbuilding Corpora
tlon's Football Club of Hartman, Pa.
defeated the eleven OF the New York
Football Club by 4 goals to in Ma
tional League game at Lenox Oval yes
terday afternoon. The home team forced
the fighting in the first half. but after
penalty the breaks we're all in favor
Of the visitors who established 9 TO
lead by half time.
After fifteen minutes of play penalty
was given against Petrie for handling,
and Burnett shot the goal. Tho same
player ten minutes later found New
York's net with long shot from the 90
yard mark. Heminsley in a mixup made
II three straight for the shipbuilders. In
the last ten minutes OF play Corsey
scored the fourth goal The winners are
making a strong bid for the cup OF the
American Football Association and will
meet the ]. e. i. Coats team OF Paw
tucket at Tacony, Pa, in the third round
next Saturday.
Wildly enthusiastic scenes marked the
close of the big soccer game between
the rival Brooklyn dry dock teams ut
Todd Field Brooklyn. yesterday. when
a. ~, r,o.,. 49,, ,a,.oJ
,"e r,ou're !, -, -
oec'u,hs goa III 'ro "a l,''t ~ VI p,a.
an pe"' -"''7' 10y ~
on a fine cross by Garside. Mitchell
shot .hs Gret go.I ,fter sfteen minute,
a, n,,v b,,, ,Jcr,reevev tho old Celtic
,ef, wing nIsv;nr centre for Morse Dry
Dock equalzed of pass by Holsate.
Five minutes from half time Holgate
Melted the bail for Morse from a corner.
After change OF ends Hayes OF the
Robins team broke through and. pass
ing both backs, evened Up the score. AZ
nent ana with one minute 10 co. GarsloS
passed to Mitchell. who shot the win
ming goal.
The Longfellows OF Brooklyn had 1T
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KNIGHT BEST SHOT
AT NEW YORK A. G.
Wins Scratch Prize in Week
End Competition at Trav-
ers Island.

H. D. knight won the high scratch
prize at tho week end shoot Of the New
York A. c. at Travers Island yesterday.
He took the cup with the excellent total
at 9b out OF a possible 100 targets.
After shoot off, the high handicap
prize went TO r. ]. Ham. \ special at
rs "birds' was won by W. G. Allen. In
the regular fixtures, legs were scored by
the gunners who had full scores. In the
shoot for the Red Cross and Accumula-
ton prizes, that are shot of together, the
legs were won by w. b. Ogden. A. p.
Bennett, g. J. Corbett, c. W. Stevens, G..
g. McCutcheon, r. NJ. Owen, and ii. b.
Knight
The Tournament Cup winners were w.
Il. Ogden. J. I. d. Bristol, c. w. Stevens.
r. ]. Ham, q. s. McCutcheon. r. d. An
derson, W Bauer, D. !. Bradley, and II.
3. Knight. The legs on the Byronel Cup,
which is at so targets, were won by c.
w. Stevens, F. J. Ham. ]. C. Newington,
f. d. Anderson, w. Bauer w. c. Allen
and r. b. Cole Twenty-eight nimrods
took part in the shoot Their scores:
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INTERLEAGUE GAMES. =
P,nnBnt Winners IN Minors
Likely to Meet.

CHICAGO, Jan. ia post-season In
af!saGle champion series, second only
- tae world series, is favored by
Thomas J, Hickey. president OF the
American Association of Baseball Clubs.
Who announced tonight that the meet
ing Of club owners OF his organization,
which was to have been held hero to-day
% arrange a schedule for 1919, had been
postponed until January &c, because
many OF the baseball men had not re-
h-neA from Eastern meetings,
President Hickey said he would rec
'mmcoI the adoption OF Il proposal for
t1st-s'a7on championship series. in
Narh t.e a'unaut winners of the Amerl-
e1 Association would meet the cham
s '.y International League AND
ne 'H'Nar- OF that series then woRl
'Ty" westward for a series with the
e'arp onS of the Pacific Coast League.
IT, American Association already has
decided on q schedule OF 1914 games the
s0E!.s season.
The sun., 1919-01-20
GALLIGAN LEADS AMATEURS.
Plays Best i'm Four BALL Match a
Marine and Field Club.

Ted Galligan, professional at the Ma
rine and Field Club, played tho best
ball of G.. +. Blaine. J. @. Gaftiser and
r. A. Nye. three OF the leading ANA
teurs OF the club, in a four ball match
over their Brooklyn course yesterday,
winning in easy fashion by up and 4
to play.
Galligan had the best card OF Il.
going out IN &c and returning in 81,
which was nine strokes under the best
bail card OF tho amateurs, who took
two rounds Of 40. Nye had the low
individual score OF So of the amateurs.
Gaftiger took 90, while Balme needed
three strokes moro than Gaftiger.
The sun., 1919-01-20


the
repealed
should
you fellows certainly into $1,000
admitted that Friday when repealed the limit what
trying hard things big
O
ons which had become those who the freight and
The whole We working only for good Of
that retarded Will not admit that beaten
The sun., 1919-01-20

GOLF TOURNEY DATES.
western Association Awards ANA
teur Play to sunset Hill Ciub.

CHICAGO. Jan. 19.--The Western Colt
association last night at its annual
meeting reelected officers. except one.
awarded medals to Red Cross golfers
for raising s303. 900 last GUNNER and
voted the amateur championship TO the
sunset Hill Club at St. Louis, the open
meet to the Mayfield Country Club of
cleveland and the Junior championship
10 the F1osmoor Country Club, Chicago.
The amateur tournament will be held
June l6 to 90. with the Olympic team
contest on Juno IL. Tho open classic
VIII take place on July "a to 20, inclu-
siVe, while tho youngsters will golf
Tor the title on August IS to IS.
The sun., 1919-01-20
BOXING AT YACHT CLUB.

The Bensonhurst Yacht Club will
stage an Rms teur boxing tournament at
its boat house at Bensonhurst on Janu-
airy 81 and 30. The classes to be con-
tested arc at 10 pounds. lis pounds,
1873 and 1873 pounds. Entries close to-
morrow with Ben Levine at the ANA
teur Athletic Union offices.
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Increased Baseball Tax Would Be Unjust

baseball
) an baseball
public
The sun., 1919-01-20

w
seven different species ~ fish were
taken by anglers in the Josephine Capt
Bort Durham. Sheepshesd Bay ans mig
las; w SeSo a, the oo Amm,Sso ysins lag ns
grayhsh and hackiehead we're included IN
the catches.
whitby OF sheepshead Bay have taken
good cstche. of cod. hake, whiting, ling
and a sprinkling of biackhsh in the same
waters.
Maine sportsmen Meet Wednesday.
PORTLAND. Me-, Jan. ls.--The Maine
House, Augusta, ON "wednesday, and this
less no large attendance from all over
the state when The sportsmeE, conservs-
t!onists. Game Wardens and guides got
together in the Hall Of Representative.
and discuss those matters that are Of
such vital intsres; to the welfare OF the
state and the good OF the h:h and game
Association" says George c. orr, prssi-
dent. the shooting of game ana catch
Ing of hsh is but an incident nE,. In iHs
is to so regulate tho taking Of hsh and
sa;no b. lending support to wise LAVE
intensive shooting and nshing. Tho as,
standing with unninohinE faith IN the
wisdom OF conserving Maine forests and
water systems"
Hooks and THEFT sizes.
o,bng ro Tt'y wbi pSF BY " ~ in V sa,ur
,iay's Rod and Gun IF ~ also attempts
to unravel the Baumel-Stephtns snarl anon /
Goldfish hooks by saying: Capt stephens
ala not mean the No, N!rgInil. He did
moan the per cent. Virginia
Now II seems TO me that "F. F.. IS add
ing 10 tho confusion rather than clarifying
tho situation by using the term per cent.
as applied TO hooks. We all know this eN-
pressiun in ordinary usage lie a contraC-
ton OF the Latin per centrum. mean'ns IN
or by the hundred, but I fail 20 discover
Its application In regard to hook sizes
Generally speaking these siLos ar" as
tinxuished hy numbers. beginning with a
high number for the smallest size: for ex-
ample the tiny No. 1G spront
AS tho size Increases the numbers grow
smaller until No. / Is reached. Then they
begin on the nnughts tosl the more US
the larger the hooS. As a matter or con,
venienre he number OF os ~ indicated
nv a nurerIl and this numersI " sepa-
rated from the by a line either stra'Sh'
FOR example. 20 or sio. instead OF 90
Now a. % bears some resemolanco 90 20
The symbol for per cent. and u IS perhaps
through the resemblance that the term per
c.nt as used hv IF F" has crppt into
angling literature. for have seen the
same cxpression used by other writer's,
l. and doubtless many others, would APP
preciate an oNpianation from IF, f,
tnroueh Rod and Gun OF the reason and
his authority for employing the term ''peT
cent in the above quotation. Inquiry
among tackle dealers confirms tho state
meut there amt no such an'mile.
LIVE AND LEARN.
The sun., 1919-01-20
EARL SMITH TO REPORT EARLY

IIor SrRfNGs, NIX, Jan. l9,-EIarl
Smith. the young star catcher recently
obtained from Rochester by the New
York Giants. has received a letter from
Manager John j. Mcfiraw telling him
I, be ready TO join the advance squad
here next month. McGraw will send
pitchers and catchers here for about
two weeks before going to Florida 10
couulete training.
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NO RECEIVER FOR
FIGHT IN NEWARK
Promoters of Dundee-LeOnard
Bout Pay Debts-Order Will
Be Vacated To-day.

A receiver will not be needed TO ham
die the receipts Of the Benny Leonard
Johnny Dundee fight IN the First Regi-
ment Armory, Newark, tonight, notwita-
standing the fact that an order to show
cause why the receiver should not be
named was signed by Vice-Chancellor
Lane Saturday night. When the order
Is returned this morning those concerned
will appear before the Vice-C Chancellor
and inform him that the controversy has
been settled.
Joseph ]. Lannn. owner OF the New
ark baseball club. asked for the receiver
for the Newark Sportsman's Club, on the
ground that the club. which Is conduct
ing to-night's fight, is partly backed by
some Of the men of the Airdrome Club.
which conducted the Leonard-Lewis
fight at the Newark Baseball Park, Sep
TENDER 23 last. He charged that he was
not paid for lease of the park and thai
chairs supplied for the fight were not
paid for.
Yesterday afternoon the State Ath-
letio Commissioners conferred with Da-
vid Mackay, majority owner or the
Sportsmen's Club, and others Interested
with him. II was then announced that
the old debts of the Airdrome Club had
been settled and that the application for
before the Vice-Chancellor.
The Leonard Dundee bout will be
started at 9 80 and will be limited TO
eight rounds and will be contested with
eight ounce gloves.
As the articles of agreement call fo-
catchweghts the title held by Leonard
will not be at stake The third man
in the ring will be Patsy Kline, former
contender for the featherweight hon
ors.
1t will be the NTH meeting OF
Leonard and Dundee. All the proceed
Ing contests also have been decision
less affairs with each claiming the ad-
vantage.
Leonard appears to have been irrl-
tated by the suggestion that he could
not again make the weight at which he
won the championship from Welsh
1856 pounds at 3 p. M.--snd has Of
fered TO wager $1,000 that he will be
below that poundage when he steps on
the scales at o'clock this afternoon.
As the Weighing of the boxers will be
done under the personal supervision OF
the chairman of the Boxing Comm ission,
there is small question that the cor
rect figures will be obtained,
Manager John Jennings %. the Ar
nory A. A.. Jersey City. has arranged
particularly interesting card for to-
night. He has matched Johnny elm
ton. a rising lightweight, TO clash with
Sailor Jack Denley in the chief event.
George Adams. New York feather
with an impressive knockout record.
will meet Charley Beeciner in the other
eight round affair.
The Spring A. c. Will introduce
Jimmy Sullivan and Mickey belmont in
the main bout tomorrow night
Eddie Wallace recently expressed the
opinion that fifteen rounds to a decision
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Leonard should Be Able to Stop Dundee.

Dundee AS the signed articles fight
Leonard hitter
a his
task he should knock his inside
dangerous he
could points Against
him Dundee longer is the Dundee
question which mode OF winning he will
the ight
The sun., 1919-01-20
WRESTLING IN BROOKLYN.

Jean Bruce and Calvin Whistler will
meet in the Anal wrestling match OF
the weekly tourney at the Star Thea
tire Of Brooklyn tomorrow night. In
the second tussle jim Calvin will
grapple with Carl Noge!. John Dunn has
arranged the bouts.
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TINE PRIZE FOR COSTELLO.
Runs Best, but Finishes in Ruck
in Paulist A. c. Race.

Although he finished Tar in the ruck.
J. Costello took the fast time prize In
the weekly handicap road race OF the
Paulist Athletic Club. yesterday. Co.'S
tello started from scratch and finished
in eighth place in the good time OF
10 minutes seconds. Z. Trick, who was
allowed start OF 2:20, won the race
by fifty yards. V Hand was second and
@ KirkHood. third. The order of finish
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Had Expected That Hermann Would Retire.

Both leagues a
named We deadlock which will
had been expected resign from the commission that he had failed
TO We n he
National League had drawn resolution asking for Hmanns with
'rawa the December had
uaded withhold plea official reputation
being made for the financial Of the Cincinnati
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HANDICAP HELPS BOAK.
Enables Him to Win Mohawk A.
C.. Road Race.

Aided by liberal handicap w. Boak
won the weekly four ard a half mile
handicap road race OF the Mohawk
Athletic Club yesterday lie started
from the, two minute mark and finished
atty yards ahead of his opponents. c.
Hill was second and W. Franz third.
The winner was timed in 2i minutes
so seconds. The finish:
The sun., 1919-01-20
MAYO SETS
MARK IN ROAD RUN
Fort Slocum Soldier Clips 90
Seconds Off Record for Long
Island A. L. Course.

Private Eddie Mayo OF the Hospital
Corps. Fort Slocum, and the Brooklyn
A. A, yesterday set n new course record
for the Brooklyn A. AS four and n
quarter mile course in the weekly han
dicap road race of the Long Island Ath-
letic League.
Mayo. who started from scratch. fin
ished VI eighth place In the record break
Ing ttme Of 81 minutes IS seconds. This
was 20 seconds faster than the mark
held Jointly by Mayo and Louis Kauf-
man. made three WEEKS ago when the
pair finished in a dead heat.
The winner OF the race was Hughie
Carroll Of the Brooklyn 4. A, who was
allowed a minute start. 1t was Car
rolls first appearance in active compe-
tition in three years. Carroll won by
zoo yards from +. Jekel, a teammate.
@, Glover of the Kings County A. A.
finished third. from the minute mark.
The winner was checked IN % minutes
rs seconds The order OF finish.
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making
have
OF
the mi
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WEEKS WALKS TO CoxEY.

0. S. Weeks, the veteran mara
thoner and Louis Labowitz, the Junior
national walking champion. were
among the members of the Walkers Club
of America who walked from City Hall
to Coney Island yesterday. Others who
hit the trail were j. Colonel, f. Zito,
G. Widman, A. L. Rode. c. Plant. A.
Kiefer. w. c. Redey. A. v. Arnold.
NJ IApson, W. Amling. NJ. Edeiman, r.
Hill. NJ. Krinsky, T. Cust and b.
Davis
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NcGOORTY TO MEET ROLPu.

LoNpoN, Jan. l9.-Eddio McCioorty.
American light heavyweight, has been
matched to meet Sergeant Harry Rolph
OF Canada. at the National Sporting
Club here on February 10. 1t was an
nouncedl te-daA
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HAGAN AND L0RNES WIN.
Defeat smith ana Kerr Mt BeIIeair
and q.

SPECIAL Despotch 20 THE Sun.
BrLLEAIR HEIGHTS. Fla, Jan. 10
Walter Hagan of Detroit. north and
south open champion, paired with
Charles Lornes. his assistant at the
Palma Celia Golf Club In Tampa. and
defeated Alex Smith of wykagyl and
Hamilton Kerr of Greenwich in a four
ball match here to-day. The margin
OF victory was up and to play.
Hagan registered a II. He was out in
"a and back in 81.
The first golf tournament of ME sea-
son beginp tomorrow with $50 golfers
entered
The sun., 1919-01-20

sting RAY" Ia surprised that captains Of
outside boats should disagree on proper
fshhooks for their favorits species There
is not single professional or amateur Whr
has not decided notions on what the proper
sorts and siZos OF hooks are,
BEFORE ! finally limited myself 10 hnN
fishing hal grest fun summer ana winter
on bank steamers and outside party boats
Also many fEh came "a my bag hY being
Nf,cl over tho rails ~ the two ODD CoD"'
Island picrs md Steep'echass P'-r. chiefly
after October IS each wear. Every sort
and size NJ hook sold could he seen used
by the various anglers for ling, cod and
whiting.
About the time nshed the places men
t!oasc ny .svo-its hs,t for ling and cod
was a good chunk Of herring with the
scales left on. The hook liked best wa
The sun., 1919-01-20

The sessions Of the New Jersey Box
ing Commission have become SO lively
recently that the suggestion has been
made that the members meet in a
twenty foot ring.