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THE PITTSBURGH SUNDAY POST, APRIL 18,. 1920. SECTION THREE PAGE SEVEN PROTECT BIRDS PLEA IS ISSUED BY GAME BOARD Patience of Outers MOOMB MUST BE COUNTED TS CATCH Ruling Anglers Bad Weather Tries I TURKEYS AT FEEDING STATION A Butler Mates Restrain I Air I Jf HWi River Folks Burning to Get at Jobs of Repairing and Moving Into Summer Quarters. Profiteers Intrude Even Along Allegheny. I IJ By HARRY MAY.

mess room todav and this vear will con Anglers Must Retain and Count First 25 Trout Hooked As Day's Catch, New Inter- -pretatlon; To Stop Slaughter of Small Trout. rr By FLORENT GIBSOtf. Oh. Boy! Here's something serious! Lissen to this minute, will ya?" Commissioner Nathan R. Bul-Icy ct the Pennsylvania Department of Fisheries has decided that the correct interpretation of the section of Oe new flah code, specifying the trout creel limit as 3 In a day, with no size limit, Is that the first 35 treat "hooked In any one day must be counted in the 7s total, no matter what the size of them, and no matter whether returned to the strea mor not.

interpretation, it is needless to say, is at wide variance -with the one that state game protector. There u-ere X7 1. IUIV lilt I v- t-Va i I iv v- FVUowin Is a bulletin on bird, protection Issued last week by Seth Gordon, secretary the Pennsylvania game commission: "Our beneficial song and insectivorous birds are protected chiefly for thrlr Invaluable life work, although their cherry sons and graceful flight add many pleasant hours to the life of anyone who will take an Interest In the great out-of-doors. Scientists agree that if insect life were not curbed through various agencies this earth would becotua void of all vegetation and wffuld not be ln-haibitabls by men In a very limited number of years, that there are more than a million apecies of Insects with an innumerable host to each species. Authorities agree that insects annually destroy at least 10 per cent of the crops raised In the United Statea This means that last year the havoc wrought by Insects In the United States alone amounted to more than because the total value of crops harvested, according to figures supplied by the United States department of agriculture amounted to r.iore than This loea was in addition to the enormous sum of money and time expended in an effort to combat the ravages of insects.

Birds as Equalizers. Scientists agree that birds are the great equalizers between Insect life and vegetation. All young birds while In the treat are known to consume dally at least their own weight In insect life, which means that if In Pennsylvania we have an average of but one nest of robins to the acre with 28.S0O.OO0 acres in the state, each nest containing four young birds, each bird welshing but one ounce, or only four ounces of young robins to the acre. It will require S.609 tons of Insects to feed the baby robins of Pennsylvania for but one day, without counting the food required by the parent birda Think of the enormous work done by just one of our hundreds of species of blrde, each of which is doing a special work that the other frequently does not attempt to Consider carefully whether or not the birds deserve a little toll from, cherries, fruits, in part payment of tha vast amount of good done instead of getting down the shotgun and killing the robin or the catbird for using as food limited quantity of small fruits or cultivated berries. from this experiment One is that, no matter how carefully they're handled, at least half of the wee trout hooked are killed bv the hook; second! that if i Here is a puvure of wild turkeys snapped at a eeding station, sent competition.

It u-as taken on jacks Mountains, Huntingdon county, hear Milcr Keeder oj -Mt. 'Union, a vj a V' rtry i vw 'cen but only or eight he catiwa man tries to get u-as tak when tiie ij are ff uv vr- "vv visible in the picture. Wild, birds have a habit of shrinking from view thm. -Lots of turkeys were "wintered' over Huntingdon way. INDEPENDENT BASEBALL mi VV 3 A in.toolate for Th Post's picture Jacks Springs, on March 11, by IS in sight when the picture GUNNERS READ FOR OPENING OF NEW PARK CANONSBUHO.

April 17. The Can, onsburg Athletic Association has started preparation for the opening of the baseball season at Oanonsburg. when the American Chain team Braddock will meet the Gunners May 1. New seating arrangements are being made which will take care of between 800 and 1,000 epectators and the generally Is being put In first-class condition. Canonsburg this year will have a team which will rank with any semi-pro team in the trl-state territory.

Tho following play-era are under contract: C. Jordan, catcher; Hileman and Curley, pltohers; Gallager, Smith, Barrett, Morrison and Speicher, in-fleldere; Anthony, Adims. Buckholta and Diamond, outfielders. With this fast lieiding and hard hitting bunch of athletes the Gunners hou-ld make all comers put forth their beit efforts to come out on top. The Gunners will get their new uniforms this week.

They are white, with the word "Ounners" across the front In dark red. With the exception of several twilight games the schedule for May Is completed. On Saturday, May 1. American Chain wiil assist the Gunners to pry off the lid. Plsns are under way fcr a parade thn day.

We.t!nghouse Electric will be the attraction the foUovin Saturday, May 8. Tuesday, May II. they will play South Pittsburgh and cn Saturday, ifay 15, Eddie Bretch's Bchoen Steel team. W. At J.

OoV.ege Is scheduled for Tuesday, May IS, and SU1 Hall's American Colore.j Giants on Saturday, May 22. Waynesbunr College will be their opponents Tuesdav, May 25. Saturday, May 2D. Gunners will do battle wth the W. C.

Murdochs. These ar the of teams the Gunners are booking for this season and any semi-pro tfaro which thinks It is In this class ard desires a twilight game In May or soma fature date wKi! secure a good attraction In booking the Gunners. Ad 1r8 B. H. Neih, Canonsburg, or call K-4-R.

We8tinghotise Plans. The plans for the elimination aerlott. leading up to the championship of the Wentlng-house "Gun dub. are complete and will fce. from all Indications, set going next Saturday afternoon.

Ten zones have been established and from each rone a team 3 chosen. Every man -who desir to try out for the team will have an equal chance to win a place. Th men will Ije selected according io their performances. After the teams have been an elimination series will carried on until no team lias eliminated all ether b. which team will fce declared tho champion and will receive a reward.

It was hoped that the new club house would be on the ground ready for erection the early part of next wek. but. on account of shipments xie.rg up. due to the railroad strike, it will bo fcr soveral days. P.ar.s tre cried out ior a bitr nouee- warmlng when the new tr-a clul) hou3 is Heinz House Beaten.

The Lawrencevllle Y. M. A defeated ne'na House, SI to B0. The boys showed a reversal In form over Hie previous week and only by wonderful teamwork were able to defeat the Hems House boys. Haenel was the individual star for the Heinz House boys, scoring 24 of bis team's Dointa.

hla foul shooting keeping- then in the game. cnglng IM out of 23. The ecore: Y. M. C.

A. el. IISESZ HOUSE-9. Belgle HaCnel RentUne Baker Jor.nson Hsase King Stsigw Sharrer Manjuart iciu ifTiais- ip-ii(ie. jvenume 3, JOlineon w.

King, Sharrer, Haenel 2, Kaae 2, Sfaiger. Foul goals Johnson, 17 out of 23; Haond. 20 oat of 3.. The rrequenters cf the Aiiczneny river outdoor resort the nature lovers, campirs, canoeists and the like are utterly out of patience with the weather works. For th past three years they have received the same treatment, namely a Jate, chilly and damp spring season, which lasted up to Xecoration Day.

Some 10 or 15 years apo the canoe club men used to turn out for the eeason in -March and the weather also permitted early camp life. According to ihe calendar the outers should now be under convas, but according to actual weather conditions, this la impossible, and only the cottages are occupied at present. The reasons seem to have changed greatly along the river in the last decade and a half, i'oimerly the eeason was wound up in a burst of merriment on LAbor Day, but now the best part of the season is that of Indian summer, through September and October, but the early get-away eeems a thing of the past. However, thc impatient cuters seem determined to go more by the calendar than the-miserable weather handed out and are eagerly preparing for a long summer's enjoyment. Now that the boys are all home Irom war, which, dealt the river folk a solar plexus blow, and the AapinwaM dam is repaired, giving the old-time river level, the indications poiut to an extraordinary season.

River Profiteering. "PTcfltecrlns" has become a familiar word cf late years, and there was a time when people flocked to the river to escape six months of high city rent. But often these folk were left In -the lurch at the close of the season and Were forced to spend the Winter in their breezy summer homes. But It was discovered that this was not a des perate problem, aa the cottages ware not bo large, but that one or two gas or eoal Ares would keep them cozy ana warm alter an the draught-admitting points had been closed. However, camp sites are now at a premium, even at a or 400 per cent advance in rental over that of six or seven yeare ago.

But. eveh this does not dismay the prospective camper, for If he does not snap up the opportunity someone else will come along and pay the inflated ground rent. Kmall cottages for families or email clubs have the greatest call, but the supply is far below the demand, and cottages are now being rented on paper that Is, from the architect's plans, before the cottage Is built. The flood this spring did much damage at many points, which Is only now becoming apparent. The lower Willows were buried deep under mud and sand, and early campers are spending the week -en i with pick and shovel clearing off this debris and getting down to firm Cxrttoni on which they can pitch their tents.

All of the lJands suffered and tha old-time cottages on the Scalfe property, between Oakmont and Hulton stations, were hard hit. At many points the river anags were left In the paths of canoes and motorboats and will have to be removed before navigation ia safe. As usual, It will probably be the canoeists and ir.otor boatmen who will have to tug these away, as the Government boats always appear too busy for this work. Over the week-ends the clatter of hammer and saw resounds along the entire length of tho river, v.hiie In the flooded areas, especially tha Willows, the shovel brigade is much In evidence. The clubs is Verona and Montrose were not greatly damaged by tha floods and Ice.

and, between members and friends, there is a goodly turnout each week-end. Last Sunday workers were engaged busily at toil with enirtaleevea rouea up, wmie those who were seeking sites shivered in their long, winter overcoats. Road Causes Complaints. The camper in the Willows are loud in theis. complaints over tho bad condition of the road leading down to that place, and declare that auto trucks with lumber are unable to reach their sites, which holds back the construction of their mess rooms and tent Moors, all of which must be reconstructed on account of the flood.

The Oakmont Motor and Boat Company explains that the work will be rushed aa soon as ail the frost Is out of the ground. The contract for this work was let last fall, but the contractor has siifce sold out hia business, and his successor has shown little ambition in getting at the work, and it may be necosrary to turn tha work over to another contractor. There is great activity in the old Willows, below the Oakmont Motor and Boat Company. At tha lower end. on site Si.

the We Three ciub Is holding down the same site which It bad last season. The heads of tha camp are Harold Broida, Morris (J. Wolf and Bimou Hacks. Mrs. Brol-la will again act as chaperon at all the social affairs of the camp.

This camp expects to have double pep this season and the camp wiil be the rendezvous of many good times. Their mess tent ia now up and the camp will be opened to friends between May 15 and SO. The Hound camp, adjoining the We Three, wtll also open shortly, with eight members Instead of tha four, which comprised last year's camp roll. The Forbes Club, with IS members. Is occupying the H.

Q. Goldman site, and Mr, Goldman has been made an honorary club member. Their tents will all bo up early in May. Taniaqua club members Wore out In force 'last Sunday doing hard labor aha now have their tent floors up and are build, lng att addition to their mesa room. The camp will open May 1.

Officers and mem. bers this year are Ij, S. Walker, president; f. H. Wilcox, secretary and treasurer; Walter Billingham, V.

Martin, C. Greiser, W. Voight and Klelpner. Members of the Sable Club were also laboring with pick and ehovel and are entirely rebuilding their camp. They win make a feature of weekly shows and this week at the V.

M. H. A. hall will play the third act of "The Malting Pot" and a farce comedy, "The Coming Champ," writen by Harry Seven W's will get away to a start, as tha members were kept in town last Sunday for a business meeting. Six new members have been taken in by this club.

They will bezih rebuilding thair duct a largs camp. Tha Twas. adjoining, is composed of business and professional mea from the Y. M. H.

and will )-gin tha work of pitching camp today- The Hoamers were also at work on their camp last Sunday. The Glee Club ff Pittsburgh and Braddock have started tha construction of their camp and will have IS members in the club this year, 10 of whom are newcomers. The roll includes H. J. Rogers, president; A.

T. Johns, vice president; 8. K. Lodley, secretary; Bunny Frantz. treasurer, and A.

J. McMullen, I. T. Murphy, K. F.

Cosgrove, W. H. Elford, R. Topper, J. Lw Hileman Red Luffy.

Bert Melxner and George Illnkel. TIk-closing dance of the indoor season will be. field April zl at luquesna Uaroen. reaturea by the Paree orchestra. The camp wtU open on May 6.

Six of the IS members of the Senuron Club appeared ready for action last week rebuilding the mess shack on the fclgn ground at the rear, which is above nooa level. Three new members nave been added to tha club roll, Fred Schrimpser, G. A. Al-lerton and Ralph Waters. It is expected the camp will be ready by the Of May.

The Waneeta club, a newcomer, win open camp early In May, depending, en the way the willing workers turn --out. Their indor eeason will close with, danca at Duqueane Garden on April Uli. Willows Ouanahair Cams Ja another newcomer In the Willows and will open early in May. The members are M. Lapidus, K.

8. Sigel, vice president; I. Amerlcus, ec- rotary; W. Julius, treasurer, and J. Kap- Ian.

H. Greenberg. A. Sigel William Labi- 8ky, J. Fromm and I.

B'yman. Tha Kent and Ellinger cottage. -on piuw No. 1, was occupied all winter by the BUinger family. The Kents have now returned for tha season.

The kitchen has been remodeled and a new mess room being built on the river rront. vjiner buMdings are also being enlarged aa the family Is larger this year. They had a number of visitors last Sunday. Including TMlss Evelyn Fisher, Miss Elizabeth Jack son; Walter, Iticnara and Hernert David Hague and Charles Splrk. Tho camp will be la full bloom on May 1.

In the cottages in the upper Willows tha Beinar girls are up this week-end -cleaning house and repainting and Will have an official opening on May 16. -girls this year include the Misses A. J-; Wlchser, president; Eleanor Johnson, vice president. Bess Bnyder. Alberta Stumpt Ruth Minehart, Loretta Tuschaer, Wichser and Nancy Ralnsburg.

Tha Weegee du has secured cottage No. tt in this section. Other cottages signed for last week were the Club, Mrs. Steele, M. M.

B. Bates, and A. Rector. The Oakmont Boat Club Is still -en- gaged with tndoor sports, the duckpin--; championship trophy being held this month by W. T.

DriiL In the district above the Scaife mills Ecalap Club had a small but crowd Up last week and they went home--; sore in muscle after chopping down big trees wlueh had fallen on their porch --after being u.ySermlned by the flood. To- i day they will have a crowd of on hand and the place will soon ba readiness for visitors. The makeup of the membership is the same as last year. The married men of the club promise to take a much more active interest in duo affairs this season. Areola Club has taken in four r.ew members, Lionel Elttn-er, J.

I Parsons, Lawrence Dawes and Charles Stengel. Heavy work will ba started thia week. and the clubhouse will ba entirely painted. New committees were selected as follows: Membership, S. Taylor, chair.

man, Thomas Barnes and August Smith; house and grounds, U. C. Reich, chairman, L. E. Dawea and C.

Stengel. All members are requested to be present at the club's swimming party Taursaay evening la-tuo Wilkinsburg pool. 1 Osceola members were out working their house and grounds but will not open officially until Decoration Day. They liavo the eame membership as last season. steps have been built to the water front and the club is fortunate in having their big shade trees uninjured by the flood- C-Jays Club Is busy at work rebuilding-, their clubhouse on a larger scale, ileh- -Club has remodeled Its club house and added a full length front They wll every week-end in the club house hereafter.

In the same district the University Club was opened last Sunday and after some' work the club will be opened to friends. Messrs, Sterns. Wat- dell and Adams spent much time last Sunday paddling. The Maples, a well-known cottage, lus- been taken over this year by Alien Kelia--'. and family and their Al is repainting It, fitting electric- lights, generally remodeling and will wind up by -covering the interior with beaver board.

At the Greenwood cottage and camp, ad- joining, tha Hites family have been Jiving In their summer home the past two weeks, Revelstoke cottage has not yet opened. -It na longer has any front lawn, although -only a few years ago the cottage was moved back 49 feet. The Sovo club house Is completly undermined and la overhanging the river In such a manner that a bard wind wiil overturn it. Others in the neighborhood toward the Hulton bridge are in almost as bad condition. Frat Club has a foot of mud in their building and in addition malicious boys bro in and what they did not carry awav they deliberately destroyed.

Waweka Club" had a good turnout last Sunday but thtr chef failed to make his appearance. -Ha is expected to be on tho Job today fur -the balance of the season. The Ja-Da Club of girls has rented cot age near Waweka, and the Koch family will soon ba in their cottage. The Jcannero family have occupied their cottage for same weeks. A telephone has been put In, a new porch aded and other improve- ments made.

The old-time Wllkinsburg Camp -en Twelve Mils Island will open cn A house party will be held on Decoration Day, and the largest number of camucra in the club's history la anticipated thl season. The new officers are Earl Scho.I. commodore; Milt Smith, treasurer. Lou Vayda, commissary. Fishing lines 1 1 has generally obtained in Pennsylvania, and which I believed to be the correct and retailed as correct to the cash customers of this here coL, that.

If a fish was returned, immediately and unharmed, it didn't count. But here are the very words ia which Mr. Buller issued, the ukase and, though it's different, it's the official one and the one that will prevail in, Pennsylvania: Tar th- bifmaHM taw tM mea, the deyurtmwmt wUas ta aslvt that, aader the filamti to the cod, the rise Mkw esT the treat, bat the eieeed mm mad the aaatber flsn which mmy ha eaarht nanaisj the aaaae. It ia the latest af this ww act that an mtuaw es the tnt caasat. wni-a nun a taa Dait tor day.

Ja taa epiaiea af theat ta the water tloa af the law. he vtoia- It's Conservation. "Sow. if bo use appealing from this though it contradicts tha B.ngl-s' supposed Inherent right to Oirow back the treat he doesn't wish tc keep. And even under the new there' nothing to prevent fellow tossing back a trout he doesn't wantonly, tosa tt or keep it, he'U have to count It aa on of the 2S.

Tola interpretation ia rather severe upon the conscientious angler who. tvhen he finds a smail trout he doesn't want on his hook, carefully releases htm and Xuts him back, handling him with wet hands, or under water. But it's just what tha fish ho? needs to keep him In Tine. And the sportsmen -who angla wilh If they think it over, agree with Mr. Buller that his rulng is right.

1'orv no matter how carefully a baby trout is handled, it's about a 60-50 chance that the trout so caught will die, anyhow." Here's Han experiment made by the late Joseph I Kalbfus, secretary of the Pennsylvania state game commission, who, was killed in harness last August, along with Woodie Kelly. Dr. Kalbfus, and a- companion fished one of tha smaller streams in tha Clinton county preserve, just to help reach a cision on whether they'd avail them-p elves of the privilege of cloamg streams in game preserves to anglers or not. They whipped. this stream and caught 13 trout, all, under tha six-inch limit.

They'd prepared little pools in the stream by making a small circle of I tones that let the water run through, but kept the baby trout from swimming or being washed away. They put the trout therein. And they hooked 13 un-der-size trout before catching the fourteenth-one that was Just oX legal size, and no more. Hook Kills Baby Trout. ThxnV-Ttracmg their steps, they found that seven of the 13 under-size trout that they'd caught.

handled carefully, nnder water, had died. They had been killed by the hook. Of the six left alive therjfr was no telling how many would nave Oiea uiumaieiy mruugu mo iiuigua disease which attacks trout everywhere there's break made to the slimy of the' flteh- by handling them. But 'seven died at once. tt Anil Dr.

Kalbfua figured that. by Setting one legaltrout out of -tM, to a day's creel of 2 legalsix-lnch trout, they'd1 have to catch trout mdj with seven dead ingerlings to tvery legal trout, 175 under-eize trout ould be killed to give one of them a Jay's catch on that stream. There are two lessons to be learned I -y- First and foremost, before proceeding" the usual post-mortem, we must scraiiTinen out the results of the team race1 at the opening ehoot of the West-em Pennsylvania TTapshooters' League tourteyia the Jtoughlogiieny Country Club :greunds.tast Thursday. -We' have to do it to keep" peace -vylth old-timens ehootitig last Thursdayi.We have to do it tdkeep peace with the. old-timers ahootlng for the Herron Hill Gun ClahV' for they have called our atten- tlon-to the fact that there was an error In Uhe total of that team race, which credited Greenaburg with tie for seo-ndilace with Herron HU1.

So all you take notice that the team went this way: Butler Rod and Gun Club Roy Mcln-tire. C. M. Kirsch. 81; H.

G. Gillespie, total Zn three points. Uerron Hill Gun Club A. H. King.

SI: p. II. Mellon. 88; P. H.

Heck. 89; total, two points. YOughJogheny Country Club A. D. Hickman.

90; A. H. Aber. iS; George Cochran. 89; total.

one point. Roy Mclntire has about made up his mind to ehoot tho old reliable gun from cow on because It never fails him. JCotioe bow it worked Thursday. R. E.

Laughcry. who finished with 91 early' ia the day. has the admiration of the Whole galiery. tihooting under most difficult circumstances he proved that be has been brought up In the old school and knows how to get even when the wind ia uncontrolable. That little Whiteford boy may mile over his success financially when he discovers that Dad Was left out while he came la for a nice share of the win-ningi4 Ue cure works to beat his father.

-ii That Dnquesne Pool. Thev Duauesne had the asual-club pool in and had a treat time trying to na eaca oiner out a target or so. but Stanley Granger rot the best of the pot while Clayston. Z-ifh-a ceore of 73. took the rest.

Thus, iis injured feelings were somewhat appeased, and he smiled In epite of his ad-circumstances, which- tended to ruin his average. wo had a number of new names tmong the scores which lead us to be-Seve that a good year confronts our league. "Who would imagine li5 gun- serSiWOuia turn out on ca a uaji fuat'goes to show the growth of the iport cannot be stunted. Alphabetical 6 word was equal to the pocsion when they poked him in the UTice and you can rept assured the balanced to "the- Cent and Uiey kept him busy all day. Shaner was one of the happiest hoyi a-t the.

traps. Nothin on hia mind i time but a good tBne 'because he uj shaken loose all the duties of trap- you want to get a mess or large trout, you'll have to keep oft the nurserv streams, the small brooks whern the baby trout live from the time they're hatched or planted until they get to be of a decent length. These two things, anglers would be well to remember when thfv'm nnr fish- ping, especially the latter. Big trout aren to bo found in mere Go downstream to the brooks where the "lunkers" live, and you'U avoid hooking so many trout. And you can easilv Ttfrrr-irn tttt Bu41er.

who is regarded as the country's foremost expert in trout propagation and fisheries work, is werelv interpreting the spirit of the new fish law ia insisting upon his ruling. It was to protect the small trout -from premature death and avoid the terrible waste that the new law was passed. The ilm past in which a fisherman could catch ana tnrow oack trout, saving them an3 replacing mem witn larger fish, and getting a day's creel of bi ones at th expense smaller ones thrown away on the bank or returned to the stream tc ijc. liy makine the anrleri mnnt each trout caught, the fisheries author ity are worictng to the betterment of fwhing conditions. WeHl have more trout to catch under the new ruling.

It must be a terrific job to hatch trout and plant them instrram onlv tn hv them killed by careless angling methods. Nursery Streams. It all comes back to the Question of nursery streams. Mr. Buller's department has the power to close all the small jteeaer -streams, in which un-dersize trout live, to angling as nursery streams.

This would have been done by this time. too. had Mr. Buller the funds and men necessary to post and keep closed hundreds of miles of small trickles that exist in the Keystone hills. Until this can be done, sportsmen must use their own judgment as to where to fish for big ones, and ir they guess wrong, be sports and count the wee ones they hook.

And even so. the men who keep their small ones will find that, they're lucky. Though there's not 'the thrill in hooking a five inch trout' that there is in a 25-lnch veteran, and; everyone wants to get -'at -least" one two-footer for mounting- before lumbago, and rheumatism retires him from streams, the smaller" trout are the best for culinary purposes. Until you build a hunters tire oy the brookside, take your wee trout from the brook, clean them, roll them in corn meal and toss them into a hot pan with bacon grease or butter, brown them and eat 'era, bones and alU you'll never appreciate how good wee trout are. 'Twas a Grand Opening Day.

And, in spite of floods and rains, cold weather and recent snow storms, a grand opening day in Pennsylvania, last Thursday was. Reports have come in from almost all the trouting centers the -state over, and they're all sanguine. Few reports of poor luck have found their way into the neVwpapers, but Instead there's a. long. list of fellows who took the limit, and many big trout were taken, some even running over the two-foot length.

And "when young whales, like -that' are caught, trouting in, Pennsylvania isn't so bad. shooting and is now a full fledged amateur, lie did some very good shooimg during that awful wind storm so Dad wm be minus a gun if we fiirure rightly. Doc Heck has an eagle eye on the team honors this season and cays a certain team will win in spite of unkind remarks. He tells us to watch those oidtimers who are -assigned to tfce ound c.as snoot this season. Warm Up to Matthews.

Everybody who came in contact with Starr Matthews, our zone manager of the A. T. could not heln but warm up to him. lie comes to us as a eood iellow. wiilinK to do his nart in DUiunsr off our league shoots smoothly, but with no desire to disrupt our policies of longstanding, believing we know how to run a league.

Thus he has notified us that our executive committee will have charge of the shoots in the future should he be unable to attend, and he has the advancement of the sport uppermost in his mind and naturally wishes to do everything in his power to help our local forces on to future success. Tho Greenaburg Club made a close run in the team race just lacked one target of tying the Y. C. C. team.

They had a splendid lineup of shooters and are af dent supporters of the league. Eugene Murray had his crowd out from Sewickiey, only his old side kick, was missing, but we suppose this is only a starter. Watch their numbers increase at the league tourneys. L. E.

DInsmore comes all 'the wy from tt. Mary's, W. to visit witn our local gunr.ers. Joe Uar.u.nd was on the job all day and you can test assured no one had sing him to sleep when evening came. Carl Kirsch sort of put it over uu his big brotner notice his score.

"Uncle Bill" There. "Uncle Bill" MeClaren was there, but not able to drill through the whole program. Heivcver, you cannot keep nim nway from the shooting matches. Here's hoping ho is feeling stronger next month and will be able to go through the entire event. The Murphy brothers from Washington have come back again and had as much fun as the rest of their club-mates.

Had a regular reunion of our ioidicr boys they are all back now with the exception of Jack Schaulis and he will be discharged on May 1. There are many other things we could say but the time is limited this trip. The Duquesne Gun Club all Our local forees to attend their opening shoot next Saturday afternoon. begins at 2 o'clock and everybody will receive a royal welcome. The Everjrreen Gun Club has a fhoot carded for next Saturday and always wp'cotrse vi.iiora.

The Sewickiey Valley Gunners assemble on the heights each Saturday afternoon when conditions axe at ail which they have surely neipm matte possible through taeirnnvaiuapie woric Sportsmen Responsible. "While the agricultural interest of the com- i on wealth have at all times derived by far the greatest benefit from the protection of our birds, it Is strange to note tha the men wha are frequently looked upon as destroyers, the sportsmen of the state, are the people who are responsible for our laws giving adequate protection to birds in Pennsylvania, and ara also responsible for the Federal law protecting our birds while migrating through other statea Above ail. the sportsmen of the state have since U15 been paying the entire cost of enforcing the laws protecting wild birds In Pennsylvania, aa every cent used by the game commission for this purpose comes from revenue eupplied fcy the sportsmen through tho resident hunter's license. Not one ponny Is appropriated to the use of this department from genera! taxation for any purpose regardless of the fact that we put forth as much effort to protect song and Insectivorous birds as we do ta protect and increase game birds and animals. "In view of these facts I cannot understand why the land dwners ofMhe state, who do not contribute anything to the protection oi the birds that make their crops osslbie unless they hunt where a license la required, are frequently antagonistic to sportsmen and port all their lands against hunting instead of Inviting.

their real friends, the sportsmen, to enjoy the privilege of their lands. It is true that all men who hunt are not sportsman, but practically all of them are big-hearted, considerate fellows and the entire fraternity should not be condemned because here and there a thoughtless hunter dees sometlslng which all good sportsmen deplore and are trying to eradicate. Land owners, think this over between now and fall, and see If you and the sportsmen of the state can-tot understand each other more thoroughly. "Are you interested in helping us protect tha birds this spring and summer If you are a resident of Pennsylvania yod. should certainly be and are urged to "put your shoulder to the wheel and push" to the limit! "liespectfuily yours, "SETH GORDON.

"Secretary, Game Commission," Enoxville Church. The two teams representing the Knorrflle Presbyterian Church In the Mouth HiUs Church League, after completing tha season with both teams tie, staged the paiy-off at tha Kill Top T. M. C. the Daroan class team winning by the score of S3 to IX Tho lineup: DAROAX S5.

Fit -rEKXA ra. Sim Iougald Avison Dercher Dave Dougaid Eskey Grsnnis Qrugan Ahlborn Kr.orm Gray substitution Shannon ror ivTiopp. Field goals earn Dougald 10, Avisont 6. Berchar 1. Hakey 5, Grwran i.

Grannls S. Foul goals Doupald, 4 out cf Ksliey, 7 out of 16. Itefvree Sanders. PTXAL3 STANDING OF THE LSAGTTE. W.UPrt Knox.

P. 12 1 XT. P. 4 3 7 .213 Knox. 12 2 t.

112.077 Knox. if. K. 9 4 112.077 Knox. Paptist 7 6 iL P.

A 4 Knox. Christ. 6 7 .4561 Ormsby Five Champs. The Undefeated Ormsby Junior teftiu finished tha eesfon bv defeating Warrlftgton oa tha South Hilis High School floor to the tune of 40 to 32. The feature of the game -was the nil around playing of the Orcnsiiy team, rith Butlor the most pronllner.t.

begg3 Snyder offlelated. The lineup: ORM3BY 10. WAKIUN-GTOX 32. Butler LeColiler Gall Peterson Henley C. Msucr Kllnslng ft.

Sippie LwrnJi 1. Klsengot Substitution Ellas for E-sengot. Field goals Butler 6, 3ail 4, Ilealey, Koran Kiinaiing 4, IOoUler Peterson 5, JIauer 4. KVul goals Oall 4. LeColiler 10.

of worms on a strong- liook tehiftd; nickel plated epinner. about size of a dime, fished deep and, mred eiowiy. will tempt almost any river fish from a 30-pound carp or channel cat to a hungry chub. That's one of the beauties of early river fishing; you never know what you are going to hook. A' nice, lively minnow, although not fancied by carp, suckers, and such fishes, is likely early lure in rivers where there is a variety cf fish life.

basses, sunf Ushes, pikes, and perches ail dote on mlnnowe. The river wall eyes are over the spawning period by now and they are often induced to take a minnow early in the spring. Let it be a good sized one, if possible, on a long shank hook behind a nickel or brass spinner. These river wall eyes do not bite as willingly in tho spring as they do in the fall, after the first frost, but early anglers must take chances. Tho lake fisherman at this season will probably get better results if he will fish in deeper water than he does in early summer; a good place is the "drop off" the outer edge of the shallows.

The wandering schools of perch, bluearills. and other sunflshes are bound ta come snooping around here ia their ceaseless search for food. A small minnow, especially if the water is roily, ia tho prize lure for these fishes, but an angle worm is taken almost as willingly if the fish can find it. For fishing a worm In ro'ly water we are a strong fceliever in having a small spinner above the hook to serve as an attention getter. A worm thus reinforced should be moved slowly up and down in the water to give motion to th spinner.

If the early fisherman cohouers his spring fever to the extent that he is willing to troll he should move his boat slowly over the edge of the tleep water. A most effective eeason trolling lure is a small spoon hook halted with a pickerel gullet or tha white skin from a perch's belly cut "swaller Whenever a fish is hooked by this slow trolling it Is good strategy to drop anchor there and fish that spot well with or worms. Thu3 one of tens locates a school of feeding fish ar.d that is one of the secrets TSf big Mrlngs in early flelung. Whether the "eai'y angler gets many fish or not, he at least goes fishin. and that is one of Mother Nature's best spring tonics.

Xo spring fever medicine known -to science equals a fish pole and a can of worms. tieth street. Homestead. or at 4K-J en H. A.

phone. The Norwood Club cf the Northside would llko to hear from 12-13-year-old teams for games abroad for Saturdays and R-Jndava. They stiU have many dates open. i-ecorauon uay. For games write Albert Gums, law Middle street.

Pittsburgh. Pa. The manager of the Xewell team would like to arrange games for the coming steon with Wilson A. C. McKeesport, Boston.

Glassport, lCUiabebh, Bunola. Donora. Charleroi, Star Junction. Republic. Mamntovn, Fayette City, and other towns In this claes.

C. E. Stroud, manager, General Chemical Company, Pa. The Wllklnsburg-Bmshton or preparing to open their season on May 8. and with the games already scheduled the Athletes will face the bardest schedule that has ever been arranged.

But with the men In shape and the pitchers going well the club- will give a good aocount of fenelve. Manager Roy has closed with a number of Ohio's leading clubs and the Aathletics will appear in Elizabeth, on May 13, which will be tbe opener unless eonis goo olu can offer good inducements 'for liar S. I'ates are open for Amsrisan Board of Trade. Johnstown. Canonsburg.

Coraapolis, Monor.gahela C-ty and clubs of this ciass. Clubs wishing this attraction write or call Clyde G. Roy. E1T Rose-dale street. Phone Franklin ll'JS-M.

Willow A. C. cf Lawrencevllle Is golr.g to have a fast first class ball club this reason. Games have -been scheduled some of -the fastest and ibeet known clubs. A few dates are open for games abroad.

Any strictly first class club desiring a good attraction wire write A. II. Russell. 1-415 Greenfield avenue, Mlllvale, Pa. Any teams desiring tha Fairbank team as an attraction rhould -write John A.

Toedt. SS32 Vincetoa street. NorthBlie. PitUburgh, cr Phone Cedar 707. Ingram Independents will open their season next Saturday when they Ur.eup against the fast Imperial A.

A. All semi-pro nines rn this district deelrlng gamaa get in touch with the management by calling Craftnn Xl or write to Donald Miller, C7 Dewey avenue. Ingrain, Pa. Pleasant Valley has a few opeti dates 1-3 May for Sundav games a'broad. For eames write or call El.

Wemer, rieasant Valley Athletic Club. ItSOO Charles etreet, Northside, Pittsburgh, Pa. Any team in tie trl-etato district de.r!r:n(r the Kelencker club as an attraction tre request e-i to communicate witih tho at 33 Herron avttiue or phone fcoheri-ley S1S1. Gaines will be played every other Saturday at home by the W. L.

Reiencker club, they aUernatlng with the Herron Juniors, who will open the seaooa oa May l. The Allegheny Baseball Club is to open its season May 1 and wants to tcm m.Ith Rnme strong seim-ii HatA TMV WOUlfl like to UJliU i "1 7 frm. hear Irom sucb teams as iroj --leroi. Northaide Board of Trade. Am-briiige, Martins Ferry.

Beltthoovcr P. F. in. r. rr Su'llvans or other cluos in this class." Write Whitcy Wensel.

623 Suf. folk street. Northslde, or call C-dar )i between 6:30 and :30 any even.as. Brookl'ne will be 4n the field again this ve.ir- with a strong nrst-cm day Is oin for a game at home or Write John SMlleixTger. 141! Woodbourn avenue, city, or phone Xocust SSi-R.

From the aualUy cf the material reporting for practice during the past weex. lnulca- tlons are that the '-'-ur-' -tV' present the strongest lineup i-t, lng eame wih Jeannette May 1 tnat has er repTesente3 this club. Semi-pro CiUbs In rvfTer'n'r- n. reasonable r.Umnu and Tilarlre on enclose! write Fred J. 73 South street, city, or thons IlerrLOc S.o--J.

The management cf the AthM; recE-J all players to retort st c.v. Important baseball meeting tV be Seld Tuesday eventny. April 20. liJl Th following Pavers report at the corner of East ana without fall: nn rn later tnan i i- Conr.eil TIecUer. SeOLac, Fail, Bumrouiw.

Tube Company. Prick building, cr call Grant 57M. Voucher department. Senator JM- u. Ls.id cijo v.

rencevlile district will be back In t.ie ne-d this year with grestiy strengthened club. The 1-esllo Club has closed aames t- th W.Mr-ton Steel at Weirton. Schoen otoel Wheel Steubenville and have frames pending with mbridKe. Bftaver Falls and Johnstown. The Leslie Club expeota to opeu the reason about Mav '22 at Lawrence Park and have Deoorik.

tlon Day and later dates In June pen abroad for strictly seml-mo clutw. rib? Q. A. Glvena, 334 XLiln or cn.il Msk 51S-J between 5 and 6 p. m.

The Northslde Athletic Club will hold a-meeting Tuesday evening at Frank Smatoey's residne. Tiie fo.iow.ng players take notice: Babic, "a alter, lv Masker. Wetael. Arnold. Becker.

C.ark. Pedor, King. Grayber. Bmibaugh, MC Neely, Horna, Hamilton and Conue.y. A'l players will report at TTest View pnrk today for practice and meeting.

TVest View will open their seal-on Saturday. May 1. at Troy lilil. Any first-class tcajns deslrlns pa.mes e.ddres V. Fohl.

Iona and IMina aireot, Northslde, Pittcburrh. J. II. Kenny Club of Oakland open their season -with the fast Treeer Club of Kome-wood. May 1, on Tresor grounds.

Kennys have closed bookings witJi some of the leading soml-pro teams In the trl-state district, namely, Weirton. Ialrmont Independents, Steubenvlllo, and Manager Hlehl wishen to announce a terr more dates open for seml-4ro teams for Saturday and Sunday games abroad. Teams wishing the same should write or phone J. Ijeonard Illehi. ltli Pllmore etreet.

Schenley The A P. Moore club would like to arranre. gnmea with It or teams. The Clover A. Sterling Cubs, Shadysl.le Tleer Secorr.ls.

Haddock Junior and Enoch Itauh club take notice. Write Dave Ijevenson, 1217 Epiphany street, or call Grant L'-iR-J between I and and ask for Dave Levenson. West Elizabeth's Shoot. The Wert Gun Club Kh not era spent a Jolly afternoon at the trans yesterday, and Dr. HeiaV.

turrrinjr In a 43 out of the halt century, led at the traps. Jones. Howder. runr and Uuff also turned in fit. totals.

Th; corr: Helmy 43 T-o-t 0 on os Darnr Duff foung 3raham 4lL.vi'i!ck 4: r'vlnd 41' Peterson Si Professional. Hamilton and' Home. A.l strl.y teams wanUn- the Athletic as tno4ra.tt.ac- I The N'aidol dub of Cbrrlck would like to-. arrange nines any 26 to zs-year-xa team. For ganree write Ray Bernardlng, i 1S John street, or phone Carrlck SS3 on the Eel! lb et ween 6 and 60 p.

-or, -call South on the P. A. Ibetweea i and 6:30 p. m. and aslc for Nathan, The Cycler Independents have Decoration day open for any fast ratnl-pro teem in Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Eastern Ohio.

Have other dates open to such teams as Kittanning, Irwin, Johns-town, tiharon. Jeatnetto, Charleroi. An-brd, Northslde Board of Trade, Ailiqulppa or any other teams In that class desiring a eood attraction. Get in communloatlon aa soon as possible with A. W.

Home, 8prins Garden avenue. Korthside, Pitts-bursb. The A. of Ingram, formerly the Foch Club, are out a train on the diamond to meet all V-ght first-clasa teams oflering suitable guarantees. Teams wishing to book games call Grafton G7 at m.

Ask for Bob. Manager Ughtfoot cf the Windsors wishes to announce that the team wif! be represented on the field this season with a first-olaa road Masaer Llghtfoot is fast fining his schedule and all first-class teams wishing the Windsors as an attraction kindly get In touch with the manager. uch teams as W. O. Murdocks.

American Clialn Company, J. F. Malones, Befiver Franklin. Oil Cry, St. Vincent's College, Troy Hill, Irwin.

Ford City. Washington. Xew Castle. Johnstown and Apollo wishing gomes write Joseph Lfhtfoot. Stg Michigan Pa.

Th9 Victory Athletic Club of Mt. Wash ington would like to open tha season April 24 with a good 18 to 20 or Iieht first -olasa team having rrounda. WmiM a) an iit-a tr hear from- some teams havtaz- da.tM in May. June ani Juiv home. WouM tk to bear from some minlnir teams bank in-stltuUona and railroad institutions for book ing games, fieaee communicate with Sam Russell, 351 Kramer way.

Pittsburgh, Pa. Michael's Caemo has lLed for the year IKS the io towing piayers: O. Ohringfr. F. Moor.

R. Eeadilt, F. Auer, It. Schnupp Wenstel. E.

Elten. Babe Beck, Sylvester oungman. II. Behr. P.

Mueller. J. Krapp-weis and M. Auth. The team will be lp practice to piy any 13-yarMld tama.

Teams that are willing play the Casinos or to arrangw a series of games, piease write at once. In order to secure good dates. Alt games must played abroad. In order to get la touch with the Casta oj write to Moog. illchaela street.

Southiida, Pittsburgh. Pa. The Melrose Whit to would flke to hear from some good Srst-clas3 team for Sunday, May 2. at borne. Team desiring to get oa the Mslrose schedula or this date or lattv dates, -write Caesar E.

Pauli. S214 Forbes street, cr call Schenley lis, between 7 and o'clock and ask for Nelson. The Windsor Club of Homestead like to arrange games with all teams in the 1S-IS-y ear-old ciaas. All teams in Pittsburgh McKeesport, Ciarrton and all other points, write A. H.

McQurk, 1(0 West Locust way. Homestead, pa. The R. D. Nuttall Company hare organtied for the coming baseball season and will place a strong, first-class dub in the field.

As we are anxious to complete our schedule, would like to hear from first-clans elonal clubs In Western Pennsylvania. Clubs desiring games, will kiny address R. r. N'uttali care Mr. C.

H. Partter. Citv. or call Flsk 1224 during the day and Hitand SSOS any evening. The St.

Williams Lyceum Minims would like to book games abroad with 15 and 3-year-oid teams. They have succeeded in signing up S. O'Connor, star twirler of laM season's North Braddock Americans. With him in the lineup, the Minims are out for the championship of their class. For games, write James Hart, Center street.

East Pittsburgh, Pa. The P. F. TJlera or of South Pltts- uurgn independent teams, aro gradually Filling their schedule with or tr.o beat teams in tits semi-pro Amons them are the Cleveland All-Ptare. Ryar.s, W.

R. Williams, Johnstown, WinU-ber and Wlerton Steel. Games are pendlr-g with Canonsburg, Beaver Falls and Allegheny Steel. The Rileys iast season played all Saturday games at home and Sunday gamea abroad. Seml-yro teams dcslrlr.s dates communicate with John Ijutieky, 1 Monastery avenue, XT.tt3urga.

ra. Plttock A is row ready to book aa nrsi-ciasa semi-pro teams in West ern Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia, would like to Bear rrom P. J. Riieys. W.

F. Ryans, Murdocks, Weirton, w. Steubenvlile, Dennlsou. O- weiisvllle, Wheeling. W.

and all other first-class semi-pro teams who wish to games With the Plttock A. A Writ James O'Day, Pittock, or phone Victor iui-d micr i in. ana ux tor uosepn beara, W. F. Ryans have signed Up to play some or tne -oest In Coe tri-statea.

Ainmg ine teams tner win take on are otirtsty rark. Welrtoji Wrorks. Troy Hu. Johnstown and Wlmber. He is dickering sevwal other teams of the same cali- asr.

The Urane stll have a few open dates on their schedule and would Ilka to get them filled before they start the season, For erames write Thomas A. Walsh. 4C2 Park building, Pittsburgh, or call 6ii0. The Homestead Grays are getting ready to open the season at IKnneateal park April 2i when a good team will be met. The Grays will play at Oakdale Saturday, May when they will help the Oakdale clu-b dedicate a new grandstand.

The col orei club la scheduling only reliable teams this season and the management would like to book raid-week. Saturday. Sunday and holiday games with the strongest nines, The Oraya are always oft of the leading semi-pro clubs In tfie greater Pittsburgh district. Last season they won 2S out of S3 rittM and are honine to make this thel banner eeason on the diamond. Clula want-Ins to fDook rhm write C.

W. Posey, 1501 MifTRn street. Homestead, P. or call 1 3, Homestead on the Bell pnone. Th Martin club would like to arrangs a ri of rMtnmm wlts some out of town club for July 4 and 5.

Any semi-pro wir.in the Martins a.i an attraction, write or wire William R. Fry, 601 Chamber Commerce building, Pittsburgh, Pa. Uberty Saturday. May I. Semi-pro ruibs in Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Vbuttdrn Ohio iesirinr the Malones at an attraction for Saturday cr' Sunday games.

write David B. Robert. KS Center avenue, or call Grant 6437-J. PIeajnt Valley wf.l cpen the season Msy 1 ivit'i ths strong Westlnghouse C'luN. Vsi-affor stiii lias a few dates in May for nbrjad.

For pameg writ ZJ. Werner. Athletic 'irt-i Caarles etreet, NorUjside. Pitte-burgh, I 'a. Homestead Independents want game and E.

i. O'Lcary can be reached at 113 Twen- EARLY FISH1N' HINTS. These are the days when a male Citizen may seise his trusty spading fork and proceed to make garden, fined with visions of Golden Bantam sweet corn and other garden feass. ilverything goes lovely until another actor appears upon the scene in the form of a wriggling, twisting angleworm. Then something happen.

As everybody knows, the suggestive powers of an angleworm in the springtime are very great, and a new train of thoughts- enters the mind of our gardener. Somehow he Just can lump remembering that his old cane pole ia hanging up under the eavea in the woodshed, end instead of the "snap" of wax beans he seoma to hear the regularly timed "alosh, slosh" of an anchored boat or the gurgling swirl of running river water. The gardener now tries to get his thoughts back on lettuce and beets, but the pesky wprma won't let him. He grits his teeth, and continues with, ins garden Then he discovers an old tomato can. Ceres, or whoever It is that watches over the destinies of amateur gardeners, groans, but the red gods chuckle.

Our gardener is a changed man. Instead of digging as if it were a duty, he goes at it now with great gusto. He keeps on with his garden making until his worm can is filled. Then he goes a-flhing. Eafly fishing for b'lack bass, where it is permitted by law, is not ordinarily productive of good strings.

Until the water temperature reaches 50 to D3 degrees the ba.as are sluggish with a sort of spring fever feeling you know how It is yourself and show little interest in casting lures or flies. We all know exceptions to this rule, but even when thev do strike they fight with little spirit, and ail the joy is taken from the sport by the knowledge that bass taken in April or early May are ready for spawning. Pickerel. however, are through with family duties before May 1, and one may take them without any rep-rets. The little western pickerel or grass pike may be given attention now.

These little, red finned fellows inhabit creeks by choice and snap viciously a minnows, cut bait, small npinners, or even anjie worms. The same applies to its eastern cousiite, the reticulated pickerel and the banded pickerel Rivers are likely to be' high and roily now. and bottom fishing in the deep holes ia the rule. A big, generous ijob Bristol's Famous Family After "Bristol" Fiihirf Had had become famous ameag all fishermen the established standard wa took over Meek and Blue Qrass Reels. Thev, too, are knows a "the best." New KiaeSsher Silk Fishing Lines, already famous, hava joined tha Bristol Pamilr sad we shall continue their manufacture and iaie.

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