The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-29
ON THE LAM
with ELLIOTT METCALr

WELL II person who fished Waup lake Sunday had
caught his limit suppose the spot is pretty well fsneo
out now.
The lake had been closed and opened last
Sunday after wide publicity had been the rule :. -
You understand what that meant II you are familiar
There were easily 400 anglers at the lake. many Of them
bringing You couldn't park within two miles
80 hssSy was the traffic that forest rangers
that strip Of road that leaves the older car
and at the end OF the line Many nousn
% were a ssy ss w s9 ss all sues shape. and
and things called boats that weren't
had homemade oblong veneer conrapon ABOUT TWO
feet wide The gang called the coffin
built raft shore and attached an cupboard
THers was one many long, feet wide was
and from Seattle Eight men hshed
Raft builders walking direction. their
Many visited the lake with boat hoping wooded
shore TO impossible
There creation the type
me Germans used in crossing French and Belgian
IAngerman Mike Barovc and Jack Doniy We
stopped visit old friend Bin Gossen owner
the Morton hotel the
He advised against going to the lake because Of the crowd AND
sheep lake. which also was opened the same day. MOTT
Looking a. the opening of waupt lake
hardly proper such extreme publicity Every man and
of the opening would have suced say
such abuse VIII be fshed out before
Won
lengthy period and open simultaneously alternate with
all such year year half opening
eliminate concerted attack few lakes
Got Fish at Home -.
And Sheep lake. We reached the shore about p. M
Saturday and slept in sleeping bags In our cars was
bit cold up there something like IS below zero Parts
Of backs still frost bitten
Anyway, at $3.50 Sunday Dony climbed out OF his
bag and cooked coffee We followed right after him. That
Is after the coffee DONE We took couple OF rares out
Of bottle Of Hudson Scotch after breakfast and contem
plated fishing :.
Others had gone down noticed they returned
blue Marys gngham gown and shves The trout tny
caught were heads thin bodies
They enjoyed fat feeding - . -
That enough old neighbor We Yet Mike
ana They rubber boat we had borrowed
from Gossen II had two when last Chan
ana disappearing In the fog that
enveloped the while knocking off the thick frost from
Chan and headed home leaving Jack there We had
cabin Muck creek 40 minutes out OF
Tacoma where Of Monday and had fish
.sone lake. Sheep said Chan drove down the
looked At him He We both had that sheepsh
look But They fshed all morning
for those pencl-shaped
An in all we Travelled get to cabin
only 20 miles away from home
Sheep laks Ba-a-aaaal.
Courage Galore =.
The win to accomplish the seemingly impossible often
requires end Of fight, plus faith -
Which brings to bennington, the young Yakima high
school hurer who gave Lincoln only five blows last week
end although he lost his game to l. II. s.. u. could
chuck that bali right future the
diamond -
When injury impossible to throw the ball
properly thumb, index and little fingers
fight the boy Instead Of quitting he went to
his left hand into first class throwing arm SO
good the outstanding high school pitchers
hope the kid goes highest majors He