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Show all ales At told to: ELMO FRANK E. d SCOTT HAGAN WATSOM Pat Scanlan's Triple Play THE grandfather of Jan.cs V . Me-Grath Me-Grath of Kranston, 111., was T. I). Scnnlun, one of the pioneers who laid the first transatlantic cable out of Hearts Content, Newfoundland. He wus also the father of Jlm'a uncle, Patrick Scanlan. Pat Scanlan was one of the most powerful swimmers and fish-ermen fish-ermen Canada or New England has seen. Often he plunged Into lakes and swam them with a surveyor's chain in his mouth. And while do-lag do-lag this, Pat always had time to select the likeliest fishing pools. Ills finest fishing Is family history, his-tory, handed down to Jim McGrath. It happened In upper New York state and Jim Is positive It's true because I'at yelled so loudly It shook the McGrath house, down In Brooklyn. You see, Pat was fishing In this lake he had seen while nibbling a surveying chain. It was near dusk and lie was casting three hooks near the shore for fish lie sometimes in shallow water when It gets dark. Pat cast and hooked a trout. He played the fish a short time, then gave a determined jerk to establish who was boss. As Pat Jerked he snared a muskrat on the second hook. That was too much so he whooped and threw the double catch high In air, casting trout, musk-rat musk-rat and line back toward the water with a mighty "swoosh." And when Pat heaved the line toward to-ward the water he caught a humming hum-ming bird on the third hook. He always claimed it was the only unassisted un-assisted triple play of that season. S) Wettern Newspaper Union. |