The sun., 1919-09-21
BOYS SHOW SKILL
IN SURF CASTING
Tournament Brings Out Flu.
ture Defenders of Ocean
City Cup.

The boys surf casting tournament.
given under the auspices of the Ocean
CITY Fishing Club. held recently at
ocean City. N. j., in attendance, value
OF prizes and enthusiasm probably ex-
| ceeded any surf casting event ever held
in the United States.
The boys were divided into two classes.
those between 16 and is years of age and
those below 16. No entrance fee was
required, and any boy from anywhere
was eligible to enter.
The event was conducted in the same
manner as sanctioned tournaments of the
Association of Surf Angling Clubs. The
men of the Ocean City Fishing Club
acted as measurers. field and line Of
! hcers, Samuel Bowman being the men,
Der Of the casting tournament commit
tee selected to take charge of the tourna.
| ment and Brooke Anderson. captain of
| the Ocean City cup team, the line of
hcer. The Gentle system Of classifica-
| ton was used
! The first event. the average OF FIVE
casts in open field open to boys between
! 16 and IS years Of age, was a tribute
to a. F. Meisselbach of the Ocean City
Fishing Club and elsewhere, who be-
| came so enthused over the performance
| OF team of boys sent up from Ocean
| City TO the tournament of the Asbury
Park Fishing Club early in August that
he made the offer on the field of a $50
watch for the boy under is making the
/ best average of five casts in the coming
boys tournament in Ocean City, and
subsequently added a S25 watch for the
| boys under 16.
J Due to the fact that two rather re-
markable youngsters-Ray Ridley. the
| l6-year-old boy, who made the best aver
age In the Ocean City cup event 1859
| feet 10 inches) In the annual Journa-
ment of the Association of Surf Angling
| Clubs, and Churchill Hungerforu, Jr.,
| another 16-year-old boy, who made the
longest cast in open field during the
same tournament $3.50 feet inches)
competing against such men as Shaw,
Pinkham, Kahn, Simon and others-were
entered for this event no other con-
| testants appeared
In Best Bib and Tucker.
The two boys cast together. 1t was
evident after the first cast that the mag
| nitude of the trophy put a great strain
on the boys nerves, as the work of
both was far below their average per-
| formance. As they progressed both
boys improved. with Riday In the lead,
Hungerford using extreme caution to
avoid a break.
| On the fourth round Riday had the
misfortune to break and Hungerford.
completing his five easts, won the tro-
| ply with an average of Si2 feet 6
| inches. Had there been more contest
ants, the boys undoubtedly would have
made much better average.
But in the event for boys under 16
there was no dearth of entrants. over
thirty boys appeared, each dressed in
His best bib and tucker and thoroughly
| 1mbued with the idea that he was
future cup defender. They ranged
! in ages from to Is years. and weeks
OF hard practice on the beach In an
ticipation OF their tournament had put
them in great form.
Future Defenders of Cup.
| And such prizes First, the seven
| teen Jewel watch donated by Mr.. Meis-
selbach, then G foot inch split bam-
boo casting tips, free spool surf reel,
| Marble hunting knives with five inch
| blades as sharp as razors. watches that
would tell the time in the dark, pocket
! compasses that would take one out OF
I the deepest woods. and many ether
things dear TO the heart OF the aver
| age boy
The first prize in Glass A, was won
by Charles Vollum. a slightly built 10
year-old boy who possesses almost per-
| feet form, with an average OF SOC feet.
The second prize, a split bamboo casting
! tip was won with an average OF 2S6 feet
| by David Hungerford, a 14-year-old boy
who never scores a break and who casts
with home made greenheart rod. The
third position was won by Billie Brush
with 2S1 feet. we'll set up 15-year-old,
casting with his fathers tournament
outit. Summaries follow
| Event No. l. Average of five casts
| in open field for boys under IS years
won by Churchill Hungerford, Jr., 16
years. average 312 feet.
Event No. 2. Average OF FIVE casts in
| open field for boys under 16 years
won by Charles Vollum. is years,
average. SOC feet second. David Hunger
ford, IA years. average, 2S6 feet third,
William Brush, Is years. average. 2S1
| feet.
Event No. 3. Longest cast of three
In open field for boys under 16 years
won by Charles Vollum. $50 foot.
| inches; David Hungerford, 200 feet. 10
inches William Brush, $50 feet.
The boys In the main were excep-
tionally well equipped. The rods were
good and a majority Of the reels were
[ high grade tournament reels. loaned, in
| many cases by Mr.. Meisse,bach himself.
who. perhaps more than any other mem
Der OF the club, realizes tina. great pos
sIbiiities in the boys.