Evening star., 1953-07-12
114-Pound Marlin
Tops Catch of
73 During Week
By WilIiom B. Cochran
Speeioi Correspondent Of Ths Sfor

OCEAN CITY, Md, July IL.
Marlin flags were hoisted
throughout the week on fishing
craft returning after a days
sport in the Atlantic off Ocean
City.
Veteran fishing hands from
Ocean City weren't expecting
any of season for the hard
fighting fish. The latter part
of this week a total Of 73 had
been landed. The season started
three weeks ago.
Osbourn Owings of 5841 Me-
braska avenue NV, Washing
ton, landed a 1141a-pound white
marlin 40 miles off the coast
yesterday. 1t took Mr.. Owings
As minutes to pull in his catch.
which measured 8 feet 5 inches
in length.
Large as it was, the Owings
catch was short Of a record. He
landed it with a nine-thread line
from the deep sea boat. Cecil.
Mr.. Owings caught five more
marlin today.
Other Marlin Caught.
The other day, Harry Patio
of Lexington Park, Md, hauled
in 70-pound, seven-foot. two
inch bit of dynamite. Another
Lexington Park angler, David
Burke. boated a 50-pounder
measuring six feet, nine inches.
Spectators daily around 5 pm.
flocked to the fishing docks to
see whose luck was good. They
weren't given an opportunity to
see a Washington doctor bring
his prize ashore.
DR.. Charles S. White, SOFT Til
den street NV, had the pleasure
of landing marlin, but then he
released it into the ocean. He
explained that he did it for con-
servation's sake.
Blue fish were still running
freely but everyone appeared out
for marlin which were no longer
elusive. The seasons marlin
catch thus far was a little be-
hind 1925. In a record season
here more than 1000 white mar
lin have been caught.
Lured by great expectations
this week end, fishermen from
Washington and the vicinity
were expected to be on deck on
cruisers chartered from Capt.
Talbot E. Bunting's dock. Among
the captains bookings were:
Herman Schmidt. 815 Fifteenth
street NV; Ralph Moore. 2017
S street NV; M. w. Neitzey,
1877 Thirty-f1fth street Sc. and
1t. Gg) William w. Stein, 164O
N. Harrison street, Arlington.
When the marlin season starts
on the wane about a month
hence, there will be another lure
for vacationers who have been
crowding this resort since June.
Ocean Downs Raceway holds
its first harness meet on August
10. The raceway is a few miles
east of Ocean City off U. S. Route
SO.
Hotel Guests Listed.
Among those from the WASH
ington area who were guests at
Ocean City hotels earlier this
week or expected for the week
end or for week-long vacations
include:
The Stephen Decatur-Mrs.
Maryland Ash, Washington: L.
F. Trimpe, 4915 Twenty-fifth
road, North Arlington; Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar T. Petty, 2440 Six
teenth street NV; Mr.. and Mrs.
Lauriston Hannah, 3619 Chesa-
peake avenue NV; DR.. Donald
Brewster, Washington: Mrs.
Clara E. Douglas. 2910 Tennyson
street NV, and Mr.. and Mrs.
George E. Saxon, 1916 Benton
street NV.
The Hamilton-Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Gregory, 1904 Dunlop
Chevy Chase, Md; Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Santlemann,
234 North Columbus street, Ar
lington; Marguerite Berkeibile,
1929 Columbus road NV; Cor
don Wilson, 1909 Alabama ave-
nue. Sc. and John Cavanaugh,
37O Massachusetts, avenue NV.
The George Washington-Miss
Vivian j. Melvin, 1913 Harvard
street NV; James D. Tay, Har-
risonburg, Va; John Peckham,
1872 Gunston road, Alexandria;
T. r. Gibbin, Hyattsville; Miss
Eleanor A. Malseed. International
Harvester Export Co., 815 Fiji
teenth street NV; B. T. Clark.
1OO07 Reddick drive, Silver
Spring; Mrs. Paul j. Neuhaus,
1850 Minnesota avenue Sc;
Mrs. Irene Jones, 4100 Russell
avenue, Mt. Rainier; John E.
Tucker, BIT North Quincy street,
Arlington; G. Ernest Lipps, Win
chester, Va; Ralph w. Frey,
3104 Shepherd street, Mt. Rain
ier; Miss Helen Halkas and Miss
Helen Haldan, 4910 F Totten
drive NE; Mrs. Stanley Vinkin-
ces, 4906 South Thirtieth street,
Arlington, and Mrs. F. w. Ava
dor, 231O North Kentucky street,
Arlington.
The Plimhimmon - Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Kraemer, 1850 Con-
necticut avenue NV: Miss Alice
G. Murphy. 1000 Connecticut
avenue NV: Mrs. Joseph A.
Dearing, 1913 Harvard street
NV; Roy E. Craver, 1915 Web
ster street NE; Mrs. M. Rudd,
218 The Parkway, Alexandria;
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Farhood,
2003 Wisconsin avenue NV;
Edwin j. Heath and Mrs. Heath,
1924 Eleventh street, Arlington;
H. B. Judd, 3130 Wisconsin ave-
nue. NV; Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Roberts and family. 1915 Under
wood street NV, and Barbara
j. Hutchinson, 1872 Forty-flrst
street Sc. .....