The Washington times., 1923-06-02


crabs are more plentiful now than
they have been for years at this
season. The market price of $3.50
per dozen for soft shell crabs two
weeks ago has taken d tumble and
are now down to normal, 800 and
$1.25 for the dozen.
They have been purchased even
lower at some of the fishing resorts.
According to Mrs. Anna Schweir,
one of the fishing party of eighteen
who visited Edgewater, or Turkey
Point, as it is Familiarity known
around Annapolis way, over Decora.
ton Day, fine, big soft shell crabs
were bought for so cents per dozen.
When the big presses began
| to move on their final rum Of the
| morning paper, Mt q. m. last
| Sunday, over seventy angler
newspaper men Of The Times and
Herald climbed into the fifteen
waiting automobiles to start ON
| their second annual fishing trip
| and outing at Rock Point, Nd.
The Point was reached In record
time, some Of the high-poWered cars
making the run In less than an
hour and a half. Just as the last
machine pulled up in front of
| Stonestreet's Hotel, breakfast was
announced and the hungry crowd
stormed the dining room. During
the meal piano selections were Of
fered by Guy Coleman and Mickey
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rare music, in the early hours,
jana clad, made their appearance
to listen to the recital.
After breakfast was digested the
party split into six groups, manning
the half dozen motor boats at their
disposal Three OF the crafts chose
the Potomac, while the remaining
| trio tried their luck in the Wicomi-
CO. 1t was agreed upon that all
boats would be in not later than
noon, so the fish could be weighed
and the prizes awarded to the
winners before dinner.
AT the appointed hour the boats
/ came snoring in, docking almost
simultaneously. When the fish
were weighed It was found that
Edmund McKenna, copy editor OF
| The Times; Joseph Lehn, of the
) lobster force, and Mr.. Altemus,
j invited guest, were tied for first
| prize. The prize was split three
| ways. The three fish each weigh.
| ed one and one half pounds heavy.
| Harry Gusack, financial editor OF
The Times, carried off second hon.
ors with q one and one-half pound
hardhead. Philip Mcclellan, ma
chine operator of The Times, won
third prize with a croaker Weighing
one and a quarter pounds heavy.
| During the sumptuous dinner the
anglers were entertained by a
snappy talk from willie Shreve,
of the stereotype department, on
GOOD and Bad Fishing" He
reached the point when was in
the navy" when his friends came
to his rescue.
Finishing out the afternoon
with a. varied assortment Of
games, such as baseball, flap-jack,
dOminOs, leap frog, etc, the
| anglers bid adIeu to Rock Point
| until next October, when they
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| Among those present from the
combined papers, The Times and
The Herald were:
| Editorial, Frederic Shapiro, Har-
vey L. Cobb, Harold w. Phillips,
Harry Gusack, Edmund McKenna,
F. Boyd.
Advertising and business depart
ment, John F. Mccarthy, N. STAN
ley Christensen. John Beck, George
Morrissey, Karl Kassebaum, E. c.
Griffith. F. G. Caskey, Willard D.
Miller, L. G. Nicoli, William Olsen,
J. H. Yeomans, E. w. Waldron, c.
Gimmill, Hugh Hennessy. E. T.
Pyles, Karger, J. c. Jacobs.
Mechanical, ]. I. Belt, Edward ].
Peoples, Roscoe Lehman, Homer
Dooley. Robert F. Alexander, Jo-
seph Allen, John w. Donald, Dan
lei McFadden, Edgar A. Hawk,
Dixon, Weller E. Nicholson, Arthur
c. Boyd, William Ingram, Otto w.
Keull, Elwood f. Cahoon, James
Sullivan, Joseph Shelly. William
Shreve, Otis Lawrence, Charles
Ferber, Joseph w. Lehn, Howard
A. Loffell, Vernon Waple, Edward
Rouan, M. J. Marinelli, Phillip Nc
Clellan, William J. Hawk. John s.
Prick, Matthias 8. Yerger, William
H. Myers. Harry Berrang, James A.
Gibson, James H. Mullen, Donald
E. Whitman, r. A. Wilson, Cyril T.
Burriss, Alvin GULL, Charles v.
Belt, c. A. Smith.
Guests, Doc" Wagner, of Peoples
Drug Store: Jack" Hines. T. Ate
mus, r. Altemus, Sam White, Jim
Webb, Russell Belt, Guy Coleman,
Mr.. Winnie, j. f. Shepard and Mr..
Mellicamp.
Among those missing, A. A.
Onyon.
Fish food was i'm abundance
the party carried forty pounds of
shrimp and seventy dozen blood
worms. The Atlas Sporting Goods
House said 1t was the largest
individual order ever placed.
At the next regular meeting of
the combined Potomac Anglers AS
ISOLATION and the Washington Chap
ter of the Izaak Walton League, on
June 20, the subject of black bass
will be taken up, as suggested by
the leagues president in the follow
ing letter:
CHICAGO. May 23,1923.