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GRANTLAND RICE’Si $ SPORTLIGHTSIn spite of all this Canada recently has come upon a new sport., The new sport referred to was not developed by a Canadian, but by William cyconnei McGeehan, better known as Gaffer Bill.The new sport, was developed and promulgated up Cains river in a salmon fishing expedition which consisted of nine fishermen and nine guides. At one pool along the Cains the salmon, weighing between 15 and 20 pounds, were jumping and rising in such copious quantities that terrific excitement prevailed.While Chief Guide Harry Allen and his alert aids were busy elsewhere Col. Maximilian Foster hooked an 18-pound salmon. As the big fish was finally drawn in 'to the edge of a steep bank it was discovered that no expert gaffer or gaff-man had been summoned to land the fish.Gaffer Bill McGeehan. altho he had never gaffed a salmon in his tempestuous career, immediately volunteered for the job. He managed to swipe the big fish out of the water, hut the gaff snapped as the salmon struck the side of the bank. The fish (hen darted for the water and was half way in when McGeehan leaped upon it with a flying dive with a combination catch-as-catch-can and Graeco-Roman grip.After that Gaffer Bill snared two more salmon in the same way. to the intense astonishment of the guides.KILLING SCIEXCK.it. was on this trip thru New Brunswick around a campfire one nighr that Hughey Fullerton, veteran sport scribe, related what he considered the funniest incident of spring baseball.“In one of the Cub games.’* related Hughey, the score was 5-5 In the sixth inning. The othe# club pur in a new pitcher, a big raw busher with terrific speed, but no great control and not much of a curve. One of the Cuh, youngsters went to bat, and after getting three balls and two strikes finally fanned on a cannon shot around hi? neck. The young Cub came hack to the bench growling, with a disgusted ; look on his face.“What’s the trouble?” asked Fred Mitchell.** 'Aw.' he said, 'we had a good game going till this big busher came In But now he's gone and took all the science out of it.’”BIG A IP.Those who hare followed sport before the war.” remarks one of iho returned overseas contingent, “have had a much hotter time of It In thi* 1j war. ' Thru their training and Lbeir 1 hotter physical condition rhe\ have, been able to stand the hard work I better and they have been able to1 keep in better shape This applies j especially to the marching and the' drilling and the routine physical work Tt has been extra hard on (those who had taken hut little exer-'fise before they enlisted Those caught it with a smash The football men found the training easier than any of the others, for they had already become acm si omari to much the same degree of hard work fcnd teatn of endurance.” i
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Lima Daily News
Lima, Ohio, US
Thu, Jun 07, 1917
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