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14YEAROLD BOY LANDS BIG BASS XEW YQBK N Y July 24 Anybody wlio has ever caught a channel bass knows that with a rod and reel it requires considerable skill to plqy and land Jiim which makes the following incident told by Capt ip E Garhard one of the best known pilots io fishing grounds that leaves Beach Hav n appear In niany ways remarkable remarkableOn On a recent trip a small boy Leslie Broome fourteen years old acted as his mate and after they bad jinchored the boa e obtained permission to try it alone from the small rowboat that was trailed behind This fourteenyearold boy who is a cripple having lost the use of one leg and using crutches got in the boat and rpyed n short distance away Shortly afterward the party aboard the bout ob ¬ served him havlpg a tussiq with Ills rod with a big fish and after a fight lasting over half an hour he landed a thirtynine pound channel bass without the aid of a gaff 1 Quite a feat for a fpurtcenyearqld boy and a cripple us well
