The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-04-21
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COACH PYLE'S baseball team
travels to Glouster this Friday
afternoon to engage the Tomcat
nine in what would have been
a return game Last Wednesday
afternoon, the Weatherman was
unkind, halting the game be
tween Glouster and the Redskins
when the locals were leading 20.
The teams completed only one
inning with the TOmcatS going
Scoreless and hitlcSS while Cald-
well raped out four hits to score
two runs.
SUMMERFIELD American Le-
gion post is sponsoring a baseball
team in that area and are an
xlous to schedule games with
other teams. Anyone interested
should contact Calvin Smith of
Summerfield.
RIPLEY'S BeIieve-It-O -Or-Not last
week featured George WiltSe
who struck out four men in one
inning in 1906 when New York
played Cincinnati. He had no.
thing on Caldwell's Andy Gid
den who duplicated the feat
against Philo two weeks ago.
Andy struck out the first three
men in the inning, but one bats
man reached first when Roger
Walters, the catcher, dropped
third strike. The inning ended
some six runs later when Gid
den whitfield another batter for
Strlkeout number four.
CALDWELL BAND will furnish
music for the baseball game be
tween Philo and the Redskins on
the Caldwell fairgrounds, Thurs
day, April % at 400 o'clock. 1t
IS also reported by Director
Wood that the spring concert re-
allzed approximately $3.50 for
the band.
MARVIN p. WOOD, as head
groundskeeper for the athletic
field reports that the 38 truck
loads of soil hauled into the field
last fall have been leVclcd off,
four tons of lime added, and the
entire area reseeded. Now all we
have to do is sit back and hope
for favorable weather to make
it grow. After that, Mr.. Wood
will have all the headaches.
ANNUAL JUNIOR SENIOR ban
quet for Caldwell high school
has been set for Saturday, May
IA at the Rogge Hotel in Zanes-
vile. Further details are incom-
plete.
FROG HUNTERS are reminded
OF the state laws governing the
taxing OF frogs and turtles in in
land waters. They are protected
by the same season as black bass,
which closes May ! to June IS.
Frogs and turtles may be taken
any way except by shooting.
There is no bag limit on turtles,
while 10 daily is the limit on
. frogs.
MARK WHITE, fish management
agent for Seneca Lake, thinks
that the lake will yield more fish
than In l948 provided nothing
unusual happens like big
flood: lie is convinced that Iiber-
( allZed fishing Ono reStriCtOns)
has no effect on the fish supply;
that the lakes have an abund-
ance cf fish; and that Just as
many may be caught one year
as another providing conditions
remain normal.
1T is ESTIMATED that little
over 4O tons Of fish were taken
out of Seneca Lake last year, 80
tons In 1947 and about 40 in 1916.
Reasons for the drop in 1947 was
attributed to "Windy" MAY,
plus lowering the water level in
the spring when fishing is ordin
arlly good. The more the water
level is lowered, the less luck in
fishing. A regular creel census
at the Lake determines pretty ac-
curately the amount of fish tax
en-.
ALMOST 81 PERCENT of the
fish taken are CrappicS with blue
gills making up most of the re-
mainder. The ordinary bag limit
on crappies is 20 per fisherman,
yet at Seneca lake with liberal
lied fishing, it is estimated that
less than one and One-half per
cent of those who fished there
last year carried away this
amount. Test nets have been set
at the lake by conservation of