Word: angler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Zane Grey, 64, best-selling romancer of the open range, record-holding deep-sea angler; of coronary thrombosis; in Altadena, Calif. Native of Zanesville, Ohio (named after his family), former dentist, former baseball player, he had to publish his first book himself, hit the jackpot with Riders of the Purple Sage, turned out 37 novels in 35 years-for over 15,-ooo.ooo readers...
Last week husky, 45-year-old Michael Lerner (Lerner Shops), who hunts and fishes round-the-globe, round-the-calendar, accomplished an unprecedented swordfishing feat. Off Nova Scotia's picturesque Louisburg, Angler Lerner boated two broadbill...
Catching two broadbill in one day, extraordinary though it is, is not unprecedented. Two other big-game anglers have landed two in one day: Briton W. E. S. Tuker off Tocopilla, Chile and Calif ornian J. W. Jump off Catalina Island. What made last week's catch an unparalleled achievement was the fact that Angler Lerner had done it for the second time-one day in 1936, in the same waters, he caught a 535-pounder and a 601-pounder (a North American record...
...Nova Scotia's Angler Kenney, apologies. No bumpkin, Champion Kenney is also his town's foremost photographer and baseball pitcher...
...party boat and an elegant sportsman with a $100 rod and a $1,000 reel have each an equal chance to win some of the $15,000 in prize money. The No. 1 prize is the Miami Beach Rod & Reel Club's silver statuette awarded to the angler who lands the biggest sailfish...