The Washington times., 1924-09-06

trout and bluefish are taken from
and lower Potomac.
And what basser of any repute
would miss being upon the waters
when the frost is in the air and
the gamesters are more pugnacious
than at any time during the open
season.
Already the creeks of the lower
Potomac are showing !, signs OF
activity. Last Monday. Don Muir
ray. fishing at Needles creek. sur
prised the natives of lower Mary
land when he returned to shore
and exhibited a fine catch Of
eighteen mouthed bass.
Big Hunting creek is also yielding
some fine strings of the large
mouthed gamesters. Anglers from
both this city and Alexandria have
made excellent showings, via the
live bait route, during the week.
The twelfth annual fishing ex-
cursion of the Howard A. Ere nch
Sporting Goods Company, to be held
at Chesapeake Beach on Sunday,
September IA, is expected to draw
the largest attendance in the his
tory OF these popular outings.
. A salt water rod will be awarded
for the heaviest trout, hardhead,
rock or founder caught. A salt
water reel will be presented for the
largest catch of trout and hard
heads. "A salt water rod or reel
will be given to the woman landing
the largest fish of any descr ption.
In recent years increasingly large
numbers of women have disp. aged
interest in these excursions, and a
large feminine attendance is looked
for this year.
The following Sunday, Septem-
Der Il. the Potomac Anglers AS
ISOLATION will hold their fifth
annual excursion at Chesapeake
Beach.
Prizes to be awarded on the
Potomac Anglers outing were an
nounced last evening and are as
follows:
Grand sweepstakes prize offered
by The Washington Times, $1,000
order on any sporting goods house
for the largest fish caught of any
species.
One-gallon, unbeatable Stanley
jar to the lady catching the largest
fish of any species. given by S.
Atlas and Sons. ,~.,
First Largest Trout-Ocean City
reel and 1O0-yard line from Ma
tional Military and Sport Shop.
Second Largest Trout-1OO.yard
reel from Saks & Co. Third
Largest TrOut-Bait bucket from
Howard French.
First largest hardhead-Salt water
fishing reel from w. F. Roberts
Co. Second largest hardhead-Steel
rod from D. N. Walford. Third
largest hardhead-Bait bucket from
The Vim.
Largest rock-150 feet silk line
from H. A. Garren. Largest taylor
-250-yard Pontiac reel from Sport
Mart.
A joint excursion given by the
National Military and Sport Shop,
of this city, and Noah Hazard, Of
= Chesapeake Beach, win be held on
Sunday. October 5. at the beach.
On all the excursions to be
held at the beach special trains
will leave the District line at
$3.50 a. m, returning from the
beach at $50 p. IN.
Distinguished visitors were among
our midst during the week. Good.
win Granier, noted fly rod manu-.
facturer, Of Colorado, stopped off
to pay his respects. Mr.. Granier
was en- route to Annapolis to visit
Captain Huntington. of "Drone"
bait fame.
A. J. Sahadala was also present.
The exclamation surf caster spent
four days fishing at Herald Har.
Dor as the guest of Lew Perron.
Mr.. Sahadala. on one of his fish.
ing trips, in company with Mr.. and
Mrs. Mead and Mr.. Perron, landed
a four and one-quarter pound hard
head. The fish was the largest Of
it's clan brought into the resort so
far this season.
The Commercial DucIxpin League
have completed arrangements
for their annual outing and fish
ing trip to be held tomorrow. IL
was not until after most all Of
the famous nearby saltwater re-
sorts were inspected, that the COM
mittee, consisting of III. z. Greer,
chairman; w. HI. Wright, III. X.
Kent, and A. C. Boyd. finally
decided upon Shadyside, Md.
Captain Robert e. Lee, veteran
waterman, is to be in command Of
the fishing fleet and he has prom.
Used the duckpin spillers some real
action in the piscatorial game.
Aquatic as we'll as field events will
be held and those athletically in.
clined will have a chance to show
their ability. Valuable trophies will
be awarded winners in the several
contests.
The captains Of the various teams
that fought over the maple boards
throughout the season are now
working as single unit to make
this annual affair a perfect score.
The captains and teams are as
follows: r. L. Ferguson, Young
Mems Shop: Fl. Y. Greer, Carry Ice
Cream Co.; Mr.. Van Ness, Hecht
Co.; John Ulrich, John II. wilkins
Co.: r. c. Nit chell, Peoples Drug
Stores; M. P. Knight. Goldenberg's
Dept. Store; W H. Wright, Gait's
A. G. Boyd, Times. Herald; ]. w.