The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-19
On the
La n go.
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ELLIOTT
METCALF

When the day IS far spent he
retWReth
Smelling Of strong drink and
The truth is not tn him.
Plenty of sunfish and crapple
are being taken from Tanwax lake
also. Great fish for the little ones
TO hook and land
fNWE lakes hereabouts are pro-
viding good fishing. even IL the
streams give only struggling
Rob Collins. young angler, took
three dandy large-mouth bass out
Of Tanwax lake. south end. YES
terday, the largest 81, pounds, the
smaller ones around one pound
each. Bob used a large bass buck
tail Washington Hardware
displayed them :.
II Herman Reich continues
/ TO play the brand Of ball he
mas giCen the Tigers since he
slipped into that right field
spot. he 'front.' be IN h class
ball long. He has been sensa-
tionai eith the bat and IN the
field. No one has surpassed
has right field baHhacking.
He goes and gets them, turning
IN another hGir-rdiser at Spo-
kane last night. And ichot a
handsome, decent Big guy he
rs! :.
MANY. many fish In Lake
AVA Taps but for some peculiar
reason few anglers giving II a
play. In the older days Tapps.
with as miles OF shore line, was
heavily fished Steelhead. silvers,
cutthroat trout have been biting
well, reports of reliable nature in
form me. Many spiny-rayed fish
there, too 80.
LNvERYBoDY's uekied to know
~ that Ralph Rocky" Mountain
Is hitting the agate Mt n real clip
now. He's busted smack dab
into the 800 class. where he be-
longs. His worries are over unless
a slump hits him. Look out for
Rocky from now on In -.
Bill Groves had great luck at /
Patterson lake. So did Mrs. /
Groves. Each took the limit OF .
crappie They used a Satsop
special fly. Great sport with light
tackle, these orappies -.
Sea-run cutthroat have been
biting well In the bay waters,
HaIes passage between the main
Bennett and Loren Ebert had dis
plays of large cutthro@is from
that district at Nandes tackle
shop. They used brass Willow
leaf spoon and worms, fishing
close To shore, where the gamry
IDhabits
WALT MATTos. second sacker.
w is on the spot right. He sup
planted Angy Ferraris. probably
he most popular kid In the Tiger
inform through the ranks Of the
players and fans alike. Mattos
hasn't been able to hit his stride.
lie has played faulty ball and hit
erribly low All OF which makes
lis job the harder. Really. It is
astonishing the manner In which
70 many fans regret Farraris'
passing from the Bengal lair 49,.
OUR Tacoma high school Kids did
~ mighty well for themselves In
he national YMCA swimming
tournament ut San Francisco over
he weekend. Bliss Croft, Dick
strinski, Bert Barber and bud
sOlum gained fourth In the 400
ard relay. And that Was the
1rst time they ever raced the dis
snee. Croft placed sixth and
strinski eighth In the diving event.
stars came from sthe nation over
md from Honolulu. That makes
he Tacoma boys showing the more
'mphstie. Colleges viii find the
'prouts potential material. And
he Kids Will gain collegiate sehoi-
'rships. Keep your eye ON the
I EO LOMSKI, the old "Aber-
deen Assassin" NJ The ring.
ms turned baseball umpire al
eugene. Oregon. And yester-
fay he got a HIT right on
he mouth, losing a tooth. A
player objected 10 LeO's de-
.isiOn on the bases and didn't
lrgus verbally. He gore Leo
chat Leo has giUen many 9th
r men -. d kay0 1galiop
\1AfBE it's the air. maybe It's
VI something else, but. anyway,
tommy farr has managed TO win +,
! couple Of fights back In his home
cross the sea. In his last two
taFts he has thumped Red Bur
nan, Of UsA. and Larry Gains. the
7-yesr-old Canadian Negro. 10,
fteF all It's p0ssibIe linn Rad ,