Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-06-13
Lands Monster OF Sea After
Fight Lasting For Over
Two Hours
EXHIBITS CATCH TO
FRIENDS AT HOME

BILLY" Keim stands out us the pre-
mier fisher Of these parts; the frater-
nifty award him the palm, and his
story is indeed fishy and yet not fishy,
he can prove his yarn by actual visu-
alization.
Last Saturday he journeyed to Wal
lop's Beach, and, while fishing from
the shore for drum, he felt a mighty
tug on his hook. With whir his
reel began to spin as yard after yard
of his line played out.
To make the pull as hard as posi-
BILE he put as much pressure on as he
could and still the big fish was going
seaward. When the axle of his reel
was about to appear, and when he
expected one more sweep of the mon
ster's propelling apparatus would
snap the twine or snatch rod and
reel from his hand his catch seemed
to change his mind, stop ,and ap-
parently dart shoreward.
Immediately "Billy" began to reel
in slack and from that time on with
splendid skill that few fishermen pos
sess he began to play his quarry, all
the while not certain what was on
the end of his line. Presently the
monster gave one desperate leap from
the waters, describing a beautiful
parabolic curve and revealing for the
first time that the fisherman had
hooked a mammoth man-eating shark.
Back and forth, from side to side
the dying den;zen of the deep swayed,
as his arch enemy, man, sought to
bring him shoreward. Gradually re-
sistance became weaker, as also did
"Billy's" arms. For over an hour he
fought the game victim of the hook,
until another of the party was called
to assist.
Passing the rod and reel over to
him, "Billy" looked on as the battle
continued for nearly two hours; when
finally, the shark was landed on the
beach, drowned in it's native element.
"Billy" wanted the home folk to see
this unusual catch. He had no idea
Of enduring credulous smiles as he.
related his experience. He wanted
concrete evidence of his two hours
remarkable play with rod and reel.
He had the shark towed to Chincn~
league, where good management
squeezed it into the rear of car, and
from there it was brought to POGO
meke City to be seen of many
To preserve the memory of the big
day, the camera man was called in to
take views of the captive and the cap
turer. When the fish was strung up,
and "Billy" stood alongside, the for
mer seemed twice the height of the
latter.
AS long as the warm weather would
permit, the shark was exhibited; but
soon the extremely hot weather be-
gar to make those in the neighbor-
hood suspect a factory was some
where about The body was then cut
up, revealing a brood of seven or eight
young sharks almost ready for life in
the open, ,and was carried to the
woo ds; thus ending the chapter. But
it is safe to say, "Billy" will always
remember his day at Wallop's and will
probably tell it to grandchild on the
knee.
In the party, who were all guests
Of DR.. R. Lee Hall, this city, were DR..
Joseph C. Bloodgood and son, Holt;
and DR.. T s. Cullen, both these ply
sicians being distinguished surgeons
OF Johns Hopkins Hospital; DR.. John
McFadden Dick, of the Salisbury hos
pital; and the following from POGO
raoke City: Ray Gladding, Frank Will
in, Granville Adams, and "Billy'
keim himself.
iDr. Cullen and Ray Gladding each
caught drum, each fish weighing a.
bout 35 pounds. All report a splendid
outing, and all are eager to repeat
the dose.