The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-03
Let's Go Fishing
SHARK LANDED
OFF FLORIDA BY
CITY FISHERMAN
Prize Catch Stages 2-Hour
Battle and Runs 700
Feet OF Line.
BY LEFTY LEE


springer Of indianapolis landed a
9OO-pound yellow shark. Springer
was using twenty-four- thread lin
en- line, Phuger Atlapac reel and
saltwater bamboo rod The fish
put up battle that lasted two hours
and ran of 700 feet Of line on five
olnerent occasions. When the bat
tie ended Springer's rod had the
shape OF a horseshoe. and he prob
ABLY Was thinking about horscshoes
When the landing Of this monster
was accomplished The FISH seemed
10 like what ne had 10 offer as ne
look. IN addition 10 the shark. l47
deep sea fish that included tafpOn.
sail. shark and barracuda. Mrs.
Springer also landed some beautiful
specimens.
Was this Negro enjoying himself
Late last week Negro angler was
fishing north OF the Washington
street bridge in White river. and
the catfish we're keeping him so
busy that he had 10 hide 10 bait
his hook. All told he landed fifty
IN less than three hours. and he had
more than one hundred interested
witnesses on the bridge as happy
As he over his good luck.
r. Fl. Gilmore enjoyed his trip to
WawaSee lake. as the fish were biting
last, the limit OF redeye and blue
gill being taken in three hours. Gill
more tells OF younester. visiting
at cottage next to his. who went
over TO a small bridge with a cane
pole and a can OF worms and caught
small mouth bass that measured
twenty and one-half inches and
weighed four pounds.
Roy Strong of Bridgeport. hooked
and landed 35-pound Mississippi
mud cat while fishing in Eel river
near Brazil Strong brought the
iiSh in to c. Mitchell. the butcher
II the Standard grocery in the 5000
block, Rockville road. TO weigh. and
Butch thought he was carrying
in calf.
Mr. and Mrs. f. Wol bcnhorst.
Larry Shafer and O. Jordan re-
turned from the Big Four lake near
Fillmore, with dandy catch of
bluegill
The HooSier Rifle and Pistol Club
holds its shoot each Friday night
at its range in the basement at
TomlinSOn hall. Charles ridden.
president of this organization. sends
n cordial invitation TO the public
TO attend these meets.
While on the subject. results of
the twelfth annual eastern small
bore matches should prove interest
ing, as several new world records
we're posted Two hundred marks
men, l40 riflemen and sixty of the
best pistol shots in the east, a new
record entry, competed.
The Palma individual match was
won by Frank c. Hoppe il. of the
Hoppe No Q Nitro Solvent Company
with possible The mark was made
with the handicap of a high wind.
The forty-five shots were divided in
to fifteen at the $50 IT'S and 200
yard ranges. From the fifty-yard
mark. Earl Handwerk of the Bear
Rock Rife Club produced a perfect
score with forty-Seven consecutive
bullSeyes. On the 300-yard range.
Henry HaaSe, youngster from
Hartford. Conn. defeated the ia
nous Charlie Johnson of Philadel-
phia for top honors. "a TO 90.
Captain H. w Amundson was the
winner of the % Slow-fire pistol
event with a score of l57 out OF 200
in a high wind. The SO special
shoot at twenty yards was won by
Charles Migliorni of the New York
police department with score of
l63 out of 200. under the same ad-
verse conditions. The l00-yard in
dividual match produced another
possible, with Bill Schweitzer the
winner. The famous Germanviile
Bear Rock No. team posted a
worlds record score of S97 out Of 600
TO win the team event from the
Bear Rock No . team