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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-05
By HANK BOWMAN

with the steering!" he ex-
claimed.
This was his first experience
sharply to port and my friend
had his hands full trying to
avoid a collision.
Something went haywire
with two odd but not uncom-
mon influences called bank
cushioning and bank suction
effects.
Bank cushion tends to force
the bow away from nearby
steep banks or bulkheads. AS
a boat moves forward its bow
wave forms a wedge of water
between the hull and shore. As
this wave moves aft toward the
broader amidships section of
the boat. the wall of COM
pressed water exerts a thrust
on the bank-side quarter.
Since this thrust is not coun-
teracted by a similar buildup
of bow wave on the side of the
boat away from shore, the boat
will veer away from the bank.
Propeller action also produces
an unbalanced pressure of
water on the stern quarter,
tending to reduce water level
on the side of the boat closest
shore. This tends to draw the
stern toward the bank and &C
centuates the thrust on the
bow.
Counteracting bank cushion
and bank suction is not diff
cult if its effects are under
stood. A single-screw boat trav-
cling at slow speed may be
brought under control by back
ing down briskly and at the
same time applying full LETT
rudder. Correction of steering
action to port with a twin
screw boat is simpler. The
helmsman merely reduces speed
of the starboard engine and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-05
Polo Postponed
By Rain Again

CHARL OTTESVMLE, Va,
Aug. 4 (SpeciaD-Finals Of the
Sherman Memorial 5-goal polo
tournament were postponed
again here tonight because Of
continued rain.
The match between the Goose
Greek Polo Club of Middleburg
and the Doll Baby Club of
Jamestown, Nd, was rescued
uled for 4 pm. tomorrow after
noon at the Pennington Hunt
Club Arena.
Finals originally were set. last
night but were put off the first
time by the wet weather, which
carried over to today.
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itary Commissions two Patux
ent River reservoirs.
If they grow. they should
provide more of the excellent
fishing that characterized these
impoundments before summer
heat arrived. Largest speci-
mems this year have exceeded
q pounds for largemouths and
g pounds for smallmouths.
Fishing, on a permit basis, is
permitted from March /
through November 80.
Guy Rogers of the Game
Commission says largemouth
bass have started biting again
on the Eastern Shore with Uni
corn and Winchester Lakes pro-
ducing the best.
A largemouth weighing 8
pounds, IL ounces. was taken
out Of Unicorn along with sew
eral 2 to 4 Founders. One man
took his limit at Winchester, all
of good size.
Bob Abraham, regional fish
culturist in Central Maryland,
reports Smallmouth biting in
the Potomac at Lander and
Point of Rocks. The fish were
taken on minnows. Abraham
also says the river in Mont
gomery County is producing
large carp, some in the 20
pound class. Stout tackle and
doughballs for bait is the
formula.
4 4
Recent citation catches in
the Virginia Salt Water Sport
Fishing Tournament include a
cobia scaling 70 pounds taken
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Falls was preached repeatedly
during periods of high water
and failed to block their prog.
ress until it was capped during
World War II.
The news also should be vel
come because the fishway was
the subject of a long contro-
verSy. Part Of a major project
involving construction Of q new
dam and pumping station to
provide more water for the
District, it had been tossed
about since 1853.
Fish and Wildlife said that
construction of the fiShway, al
lowing migratory fish again to
spawn as far as Great Falls, 10
miles upstream, plus efforts to
check the silt and pollution,
would double the supply within
10 years. Biologists added that
this would increase the poten-
tial value of the fish by as
much as 100000 a year.
Fish Tailed Annually
In April. 1860, Fish and Wild
life brought Marlin E. Tagatz,
a biologist, here from its labo-
ratory at Beaufort, N. C. For
weeks Tagatz perched at the
upper end Of the fishway try
ing to spot a fish passing over
It on an inclined screen.
The following spring, the
Beaufort laboratory sent Paul
who is something OF
an expert on shad and familiar
with Fish and Wildlife's highly
successful fishway at Holyoke,
Mass. To help Nichols, the
Army Engineers installed a new
rap. 1t had a V-shaped en-
rance which admitted the fish
md special gates which forced
hem upward so the biologist
.ould tally them.
Trouble was that only the
ipecies common to the Poto-
nae such as catfish, suckers,
arp and some sunfish were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-05

by Elvin L. Wooden of Cottage
City, Md, at Windmill Point,
and another hitting 81 pounds,
boated by c. D. Frank of Ar
lington in the same place.
= = &&
Aycock Brown reports the
white marlin score for the sea-
son off the North Carolina
Outer Banks reached 1876 July
80. Most of them were caught
off Oregon Inlet.
Blue marlin catches had
climbed to 116, mostly off Hat
teraS.
Trollers there also are TAX
ing dolphin, amberjack and
king mackerel. Hardhead are
biting in Croatan Sound and
snapper blues in the WancheSe-
Oregon Inlet area. COVELL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-05
BEGINNING?
PAYOFF BEGINNING?
Rockfish Caught Above Fishwoy
BY CHARLES COVELL
Outdoor Editor

There's at least an even
chance that WaShington's
$550.000 Snake Island Fishway
in the Potomac River may be
paying off.
Although officially fiShless
50 far as migrating species are
concerned since its dedication
on December Is. 1859, rockfish
are being caught above it. IN
less these are landlocked fish,
then they may well be passing
through the fishway.
First news of the rockfish
came from NJ. B. 'Bo" Lamar,
an old time bass fisherman who
lives in Arlington. Lamar
phoned to say that he had
watched Hill r. Chisholm of
Annandale and his son, Chip,
5, catch and throw back little
rockfiSh at the mouth Of Diff
ficult Run.
Well Above Fishway
This stream, tumbling down
the steep Virginia hillside, ed
dies into a deep pool when it
joins the Potomac. The pool
is a relatively short distance
below Great Falls and several
miles above Little Falls Dam
atop which the fiShway was
constructed.
Chisholm not only confirmed
the catch but added that three
weeks ago he and two COM
panions had been catching 2
and 3-pounders there.
1t started when an S-inch I,
rockfish took a minnow while
Chisholm was fishing for bass.
He persisted and for three
nights the three anglers caught
about 10 keeper-sized rock each
night between 1880 pm. and
an hour after dark. Then the
larger rock disappeared and ,
there have been nothing but
little ones since.
Two ROckfish Caught
Just to try it himself, this :
writer trudged down the steep
pathway the other day with {
Fred O'Rourke. the Bethesda !
sportsman. We baited with s
bloodworms on spinner hooks l
and caught carp, catfish, small {
bass, innumerable bluegillS and '
two rockfish. each about seven
inches long. Duly photo
graphed, the rockfiSh were re-
turned to the water unframed. I
This is not, it should be
made clear, the first catches of
rcokfish made above the fish
way. Fish and Wildlife says I
others have been reported in .
the last couple of years. r
Nevertheless, it should be u
welcome news because biolo- Il
gists have been seeking evil il
dence in vain for the last three II
years that anadromous fish
are passing over the fish lad q
der. Anadromous fish are the \
herring, Shad and rockfish that a
live in salt water but return to y
fresh water to spawn. $,
Missing for Years n
Furthermore, rockfish have n
not been present above Little II
Falls in such numbers for many a,
1ears, certainly not within the Il
memory of most fishermen. At CT
one time. they migrated freely
rs far as Great Falls. A low 81
dam built more than a century m
ago just downriver from Little c,
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seen. Nevertheless, it proved
that the fishway was operating
and left the problem one OF
establishing runs; that is
persuading the migratory fish
to resumet heir age-old travels
as far as Great Falls.
Story Repeated
This spring, the same story
was repeated. Nichols came
here, the trap was rebuilt and
again he devoted many hours
to counting the fish. Ninety
six were spotted. but, as in
1861, not one was of an anad-
romous species.
This time the biologist took
some preliminary steps toward
establishing a run. He obtained
shad from fishermen down.
stream, stripped them Of their
eggs and milt and tried hatch
ing them in trays.
Nichols ended his vigils and
left for Beaufort about June /.
The first catches of rockfish
came early in July. Does that
mean the rockfish came up
river after he left? Possibly.
Are they landlocked? That
very doubtful. Fish and
Wildlife, Ed Berry. Maryland
Game Commission fisheries
chief. and Edgar Hollis of Tide
water Fisheries all deny that
any ever have been planted
above Little Falls.
May Pass Over Dam
On the other hand, Hollis
doesn't think their presence
necessarily proves that they
passed through the fishway.
Their presence is very encour-
aging" he said, "but I've seen
he fishway structure entirely
submerged during periods OF
high water. 1t is possible that
hey passed over the dam dur
ng these periods"
No matter how they got
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Several New Slips

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FISHING
Torpon
Captured
OFF Piers

Over on the Eastern Shore
of Virginia big tarpon are taken
now and then from outboards
anchored in the bays and
channels.
Down at Morehead City, N. c.,
they go at them from the
ocean piers. Recently these
wanderers from Florida have
been reported thick along the
Bogue Banks from Cape Look
out to Bogue Inlet. While an
angler is fighting one tarpon,
a dozen or more can be seen
near the pier.
Two were taken to start the
season but then five were
caught In as many days. Three
Of them, weighing from IS
pounds to 7424, were hooked
from Sportsman Pier. Two
others, scaling SO and 81 pounds,
were beached from the Bogue
Inlet Pier.
Pier anglers drift out live
bait for these fish, just as they
do for king mackeral.
Since the discovery Of a new
wreck southeast of Blacklist
Lump, sea bass fishing off
Chincoteague, Va, has been
nothing short Of sensational.
Five Washington area an
glers went out with Capt. Sam
Taylor on Bob and Joe and
boated $50 sea bass weighing
up to 4 pounds, 4 ounces, and
some tautog, Of which the larg-
est scaled 6 pounds, II ounces.
Furthermore, the anglers say
they caught all these in an
hour and 20 minutes on squid
and clans. The five were Will
bur Jones, Ernest Anderson,
Thomas Claggett and Frank
Talbot and his son, Sherman.
-
The Maryland Game and
Inland Fish Commission re-
Gently stocked 12.600 large
mouth bass fingerlings in Tri-
delphia Lake and Rocky Gorge,
the Washington Suburban San
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Additional Sports
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Evening star., 1962-01-26
20 years. Judge Richmond b.

20 years. Judge Richmond B.
Keech deferred sentencing
pending a probation report.
During the trial. Mrs. Gladys
Stuart. 43, a teller, testified
that Greenwell was the bandit
who held a gun on her during
the robbery in which $8.314
was taken from the banks
branch office at TITO Columbia
road NV.
The teller testified she was
handed a note that said, "give
me all your large bills or a lot
Of innocent people will be
killed" She filled a brief case
with bills from her cash drawer
Under questioning by Assist
ant United States Attorney
Frederick G.. Smithson, an
acquaintance Of the two men
testified the defendents had
showed him a large sum Of
money which he said Greenwell
stated came from the bank.
A parking attendant at the
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Wynn KoI Elected
Head Of Amty Club

Wynn Kal, of Kal Ehrlich
and Merrick Advertising. has
been elected president Of the
Amity Club Of Washington.
Other officers elected were:
Alvin P. Ostrow. first vice pres
ident; Arnold Watts, second
vice president; Bejamin CO.
hen, secretary; Joseph zupnik,
treasurer: Harry Weisman, fl
nancial secretary and Joseph
Waldman, sergeant-at-arms.
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Riggs Ho|dup
PairConvicted

A District Court jury yester-
day found two men guilty on
bank robbery charges in the
holdup of a Riggs National
Bank branch office here last
September.
Convicted were James
(Rocky) Seals. 10, a trade
school student, of the 1400
block of Harvard street NV,
and Harold Greenwell, 20, a
former radio disc jockey, of
Fort Worth, Tex.
The jury Of eight men and
four women was out one hour
and 20 minutes. The two de-
fendents each face a possible
maximum prison sentence of
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Appeals Court Rejects
Own-Words Defense

handkerchief across his face
and carried a revolver in his
right hand.
At a preliminary hearing be-
fore the United States Commits
sioner, Nance acted as his own
lawyer in questioning the night
auditor about his Identification.
How did you know it was
me, when I had a handkerchief
over my face?" the suspect
said.
The statement was introduced
by the prosecution at Nance's
trial as an admission Of guilt.
On appeal, Nance claimed the
statement should not have been
introduced at his trial.
In a split opinion yesterday,
Judges Wilbur K. Miller and
Evening star., 1962-01-26

The United States Court Of
Appeals has refused to upset
the robbery conviction Of a man
whose own. words at a pre-
liminary hearing came back to
haunt him at his trial.
Joseph Nance, %, a restau-
rant worker, of the unit block
of Tuckerman Street NV, was
given a five to Is year sentence
last February.
He was convicted in District
Court Of the $50 robbery of the
Roosevelt Hotel, 2101 Sixteenth
street NV. on November Z,
1860.
A night auditor, the bellboy
and the house detective all
identified Nance at the robber.
He had been wearing a white
Evening star., 1962-01-26

Walter M. Bastian ruled that
there was no error. Judge Bas-
tian said the statement was
properly admitted because 1t
had been made voluntarily
without the slightest compul-
sion."
Judge Charles Fahy. who dis
sented, agreed the evidence was
sufficient for Nance's convic-
ton, but said the defendants
statement had not been an ad-
mission and should not have
been received In evidence.
Judge Fahy said the state
ment was "highly prejudicial. "
He said the case should be
retired"
Evening star., 1962-01-26
How to plun
three nlost-Used
rooms

The fun of a family room or a
new kitchen or utility room can
be yours, and at practical price,
too. February Better Homes &
Gardens gives you plans, decor
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three types of rooms. And there's
a general guide to construction
costs that will help you outline
your building budget. Make this
the year to make your house
something special. Put February
Better Homes & Gardens on
your shopping list-buy it today!
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Psychiutry Is Topic

DR.. Leon Yochelson, profess
sor of psychiatry at George
Washington University, will
speak on "Psychiatry-First or
Last Resort?" at 8 pm. Thurs
day in the Jewish Community
Center, Sixteenth and @ streets
NV.
Evening star., 1962-01-26

bank told the jury he saw
Greenwell and Seals leave the
bank and run UP an alley after
the holdup. FBI agents. who ar
rested the two men later. said
more than $4,000 of the money
was recovered.
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Cumphor Kills Child

MONROE, N. Y, Jan. 26
(AP).-A 19-months-old girl
died yesterday after swallowing
camphor balls she found in a
can at home. She was Mar
garet Aplan, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Aplan.
Smyrna times., 1962-08-16

Certified soybean growers
and others interested in pro-
ducing certified soybeans are
reminded that the deadline for
making application to the Seed
Certification Committee is
September /. According to w.
H. Mitchell, University of Del
aware agronomist and secre-
tary of the Delaware Crop I'm
provemme Association. there
will probably be a record crop
of soybeans for certification
this year. Last year over IS, 900
bushels of certified and regis
tered soybeans we're produced
In Delaware. This was a new
record. With the 1862 soybean
acreage in the state at an all
time high, Mitchell believes this
will be the biggest year for
certification of the crop. Crow
ers can get application blanks
from their county agent. The
completed blank should be sent
to W. H. Mitchell, Agriculuur-
al Hall, University of Delaware,
Newark, prior to September l..
Mitchell says more and more
growers are recognizing the
value of certified seed and the
demand has been heavy. He
lists these advantages In Sc
lecting the certified product;
varital purity, freedom from
Johnsongrass and other noxious
Smyrna times., 1962-08-16
Farm Bureau
Picnic Held
at Petersburg

The Kent County Farm Bur-
eau picnic was held at the
Conservation & Recreation
Center at Petersburgs on We'd
nesday, August s, 1862.
A group several hundred
strong enjoyed a day of eats,
games, and fellowship. Pres1-
dent Roland Garrison served
as host for the covered dish lun-
cheon. In addition to the large
quantities of food brought by
the individual families, ham, hot
dogs, ice cream, white and choc-
olate milk, and orange drink
were provided by the Kent Coun-
ty Farm Bureau.
Many games we're enjoyed by
all under the leadership of ].
Medford Davis, Jr. Harry Mer-
edith headed up group of trap
fans, and Samuel Dixon assis-
ted with a soft ball game. In
addition many others enjoyed
pitching horse shoes. playing
tug-of-war, participating in bag
races, etc.
The day of fun and relaxation
was brought to Conclusion by
the serving of ice-cold water
melon.