The sun., 1919-04-11

ALBANY. April lO.--1t letters from
spor,emen are OF any avail In saving the
sen,oly bill +si would abolish. Legislators
have had an abundance; also first hand
Views from anglers from every section of
Speaker Sweet regarded by anglers as
!nssten; upon the resignation OF Mr.. Tit,
mas . .S, sesq ere e consumed Su1 the e0o
familiar With Albany doinEs that The bill
members Of the Conservation Committee
Of the As'emSy have T,,en 'hs' II. ~G xii
however. has been used as a means FOR
making Titcomb see the necessity for his
resignation.
How much a sto:n yonld he Sso. rsIs:d
among anglers that Titcomb va. slated to
sG, mST sorGtn ,aembsns o; The senat! or
Assembly knew in the beginning Tho
40, 900 organized sportsmen in ~, snd while
no, 40 900 letters have been written, few
Legislators hay. escaped hearing the views
John NJ. Sheridan OF the United Anglers
League OF New York has told every mem
Der OF the legislature tina, his oIssn,rs a.
AS" Siil No. ssi He ~. also WI.
ten them that their publicity eo nm, e.;
t "i! , TstSn r sser and md use
Raymond l. Hatch. secretary snd treas
urtr Of the Monticello Rod and Gun Club,
sembiyman that Tnconlb's office should
not be abolished. The Utica Fish Sno
Can. A., S ss sne hH hsVs TAKEN
a similar stand. Other clubs who have
told legislators that they are opposed 70
Include Cayuga County sprrsmen's AZ.
ISOLATION, TCmpki1. Count, r risn c-s ana
Game C.gS H9Tn . R9d CAM Sna C Tu iron ROM
deouoit Fish and Game Protective Asso-
citation. Roche.,er; Fly Fishers H ,Ss
A.socia,ion. FaiIsburE Fishing and Boat
ing club, Onoriaga County Anglers Hunt
ers and spoTtsmen,s', Ass9SiatEso nm y ynf
zooiSsics, Society, Boon" and Croekeu
cub. New York. and the Anglers Also
citation Of onoudaEa and the Ere 'ountI
society for the Protection or Bros f'sh
an" The " Roor. and crccNe;; club saws: IT"
abolish the position OF Fish CrItnrist Wou a.,
the people dearly"
whether the Group Of p oin1';,abn an % rS.
suit without passing tho bill aboiishins the
onics of Fish CuItur!st remains to % see"'
New Members Desired by Fort Washington
A. constant reader Of TIE sun l
am much interested In your Rod and Gun
rews The other day noticed write.
Nss short o. members and also read about
their extraordinary nne results: Ihey sot
more members than they SGuia pulp p'A rt,,,rr
cTub are in a similar pred!cament Owing
10 the war have lost half OF our mem
hers and ask you to please assist us also
In getting the necessary number, We are
shv twelve members IN order to get our
fuiI quota OF twenty-five tour limit that
We had for i've years up 70 1917.
The Fort Washington Fishing Club II
composed Of representative business men
residents OF Washington Heights, who can
not spare week days for their recreation
The club does no. collect any dues Each
member shares his pro rata expense In
chsrtering good fishing boat for our
Without crowding, for ton to twelve alter
mating Sundays beginning some time in
NAV We would like to meet twelve good,
Jolly, respectable men to Join US
s. BERGER, Commodore.
7oi West i7sth street. April :.
J. Charles Davis, Noted Angler. Dead.
J. Charles Davis, for many years tho
atrical manager. who lived at West loSth
street died on Wednesday at 81. Franciss
Hospital, St. AIMS avenue and ltsd street
He was SO years old, M. Davis was a
thorough sportsman and angler and nshed
in many sections OF the United States and
in foreign waters He was enabled TO do
y this for lie was for long tim. press rep
resentat!ve OF the Barnum & BAILEY circus,
managed Miners PEOPLES Theatre IN the
Bowery and the Tit'h Avenue Theat-e.
now Pructors. He vas one OF TIE suns
Rod and Gun contributors.
In commenting upon his friendships vos-
terday Fred r. Pond OF the AmGiedp 4Dg',r
OF such we'll known anglers as Grover
Cleveland, Joe jefferson, William c. Har-
RI. Charles Bradford. J. X Emmst,