The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-29
4 N'T
On the
L.aIll....
with
ELLIOTT
METCALF

well, don't OVERLOOK those
Tigers. They've had their share
all season and now come up with
several important cogs In their
machine out because Of injuries.
And just when the race was hot
term the weathe
NEVER saw guy who loved
y his work more than Roy Has
lett. the master fly and bait
caster. known the nation over as
The Gypsy Angler" Roy travels
up and down this far Coast fish
ing and giving free demonstration
In casting. He fishes the best
waters in the west and gets his
fish. His wife accompanies him
and Is just as ardent angler AS
is Roy. Too. she can flip fly
or hurl bait right alongside her
mate. That means she also il of
the major class. Haslett repre-
SCENTS several equipment manufac-
turers. He has been Instrumental
in teaching thousands the JOY of
casting ..
I'm beginning To suspect our local
4 weather man has his instru-
ments In y refrigerator. His SIS
and S6's certainly don't represent
the heat regions Of the town I've
been In the last few days. know
IL cant be any hotter'n where our
local weather man win mentally
consign me when he reads this,
II he does
1EUT. o. c. KRUGER, athletic
- officer AT Fort Lewis, has a
background that fits him for the
duties assigned to him. He's
former all-America basketeer for
two years. West Point, 81. He
was distance runner in track
and is n scratch amateur golfer.
Today Lieut.. Kruger will see his
two-day track meet come to an
end at the fort, something the
cantonment hasn't had In some
time. ! mean, as conducted this
season. Athletics fit In with sol
diering and men like Kruger are
valuable assets 10 Uncle Sans
fighting men 49,.
I'M no farmer. Don't know oats
from ranehers winter under
wear. So, when l wrote recently
In cut lines describing photos of
Ruth Parton. Longacres' fair boss
owner and trainer, ! made 1t plain
she was squatted upon bale of
alfalfa. To which Art Haldon,
hay. grain and feed man. objects
in this manner:
"still read The Tacoma Times
after these many years. Would
not venture To doubt your columns
before, BUT believe Ruth Par
ton. reading her paper alongside
the bunch of carrots. Is perched
ON bale of timothy hay from the
Ellensburg- kittitas region, and not
alfalfa, ~ YOU specified.
The alfalfa comes In where the
pictures arc Of Holsteins. Jerseys,
Guernseys. etc. land bulls. {.
Art Haldon."
HANS MALCOM. secretary of
the Tacoma Gun club, called
this u. M. TO inform that the club
will stage warm-up shoot Sun
day at the club grounds. II this
weather continues, II certainly
should be a warm-up all right,
SUNDAY win be ceors. rreno-
vost day at Brookdale golf
course. with members OF Falkland
club joining hands and other
golfers knowing George welcome
TO come and enjoy the day =.
Prenovost. popular member Of
Brookdalc from the opening of the
course years ago. has been called
to permanent residence In Seattle
through his work.
George and the good wife will
be honored guests. There will be
refreshments. play and all that
goes 10 make such a day q real
success.
Prenovost has been not only
good golfer, top fellow. but his
sportsmanship has been without
fault. In other words. George is
the kind of man that any group,
golfers or otherwise, would appre-
eiate in its midst.
Theren be golf play. Of course,
so any golfer club member or
not. is invited to share the sport
OF the day.
SWIMMING =. one of the great
est exercises known for body
development and with IL comes
pleasure
IN argue continually that par
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