The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-13
Casting Tourney Slated
At Legion Field Tonight
Participants In New Hanover
Fishing Clubs Tournament
To Be Served Barbecue

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ceding the contests.
A large number of entries in the
several events have already been
received.
All contestants are urged to be
present and register with T. G.
Empie and B. H. Bridgers, regis
trars, who will issue entrance
cards for the various events and
also tickets for the barbecue.
The accuracy casting will be in
charge of Empie, Bridgers and
John Spillman. Jack Christian,
George Canady and Larry Lati-
mer, assisted by E. A. Jones and
Marvin Davis, will be in charge
of the distance casting. Earl Snee-
den will be the official measurer.
Rules of the contest are as fol-
lows:
contestants may use any kind
of salt water rod, reel, any size
line or shape of sinker in the ac-
curacy event. Contestants cannot
use smaller than standard No. 9
line or rod in excess of seven feet
and six inches for the distance
event.
2-Accuracy contest-(a) Sixty
yards from starting line to stake.
Circles of six, 10, IA and 10 feet
radius to be laid off with stakes as
a center. CD Scoring to be 6, 3,
2 and 1 points for the zones of g.,
10, IA and 10 feet radius respec-
lively. (c) Five casts to be made
by each contestant. In event of
ties for first and second place, the
contestants tied shall have three
casts to decide the winner, with
other ties to be decided by lot.
4.-Starter to have a list of con-
testants, with space for entering
score for each cast. He shall
mark the value of each cast as
made for each contestant.
1.-The spotter will have two
markers. He will examine each
cast as made and display to the
starter the correct number for the
valuation of the cast on score
sheet.
Sin case a cast sotps on a line
dividing two zones the spotter shall
record the cast as in the inner
zone. All casts are to be scored
as where the sinker comes to rest.
6-The starter shall see that nd
contestant steps over the starting
line at the beginning or at any
time during the making of a cast.
Violation of this requirement shall
disqualify the cast in which the
violation occurs and the cast shall
be scored as zero.
All participants in last years
distance championship, who scored
in excess of 300 feet are prohibited
from entering the fsherman's dis
lance events, but they along with
all winners of the fishermen's
events are eligible for the distance
championship to be held on August
"a.
Distance Contest
1.-Course to be laid out with
30-yard base line at casting point
To be 100 feet wide at 300-feet
from casting point. Foul lines to
extend from each end of 80 feet
base line through corresponding
ends of 100 #. line located 300 #.
from casting point. Set intermedi-
ate stake on each side of course
for convenience of spoilers in lin
ing fouls. Mark an arc on ground
300 feet from casting point to per-
NIT spoilers to signal at once when
any contestant casts more than
300 feet.
2-All casts falling outside the
limits of the course a b de-
scribed shall be foul and shall be
scored zero.
3-If line breaks, the cast in
which break occurs shall be scored
ere.
4-Contestants will be divided in
to 3 flights using the following
sizes of lines: No. 9, No. IL, and
No. IS, or larger.
5-Registrar will assign a num-
Der to each contestant. The start
er will announce to the chief spot
ter name and number to each con-
testant as he makes a cast and
see that spotter recognizes same.
The spotter and his assistants will
mark each cast as made with a
pin with card attached marked
with the contestants name.
6-Each contestant shall have
three casts. The starter shall see
that no contestant steps over the
starting line at the beginning or
at any time during the making of
a cast. Violation of this require
ment shall penalize cast to an
amount equal twice the amount Of
overstep. Upon completion Of
three casts each by all members
of a flight or group, the starter
will stop further casting while the !
measurer and scorer measure and
record the casts, each competitor
to be scored on his longest cast.
Prizes to be awarded the win
ners in each event are as follows:
Accuracy contest-First prize $40. |
second prize S., third prize, 50,
fourth prize 50, and fifth prize 81.
Distance contest-for No. 9, u
and IS lines) First prize S, second
prize 81, third prize SO, fourth
prize 81 and fifth prize 81.
While in the distance event the
first prize for each size of line is
listed as S., the maker of the
longest cast in the tournament will