Show Radio Rudio fans throughout the country heard recently n a most unique broadcast broadcast broadcast broad broad- cast when Powel Crosley Jr Tr and Robert Brown described the landing of a bl big tarpon direct from a fishing hunt bont in the Gulf of Mc Mexico off the const coast of Sarasota Florida The broadcast was sent ashore by wave short length relayed by telephone telephone tele tle phone line to Cincinnati and St. St Louis where it was put on the air nil by stations stations stations sta sta- and WIL WIll This was a u difficult feat from a n technical standpoint standpoint stand stand- point and undoubtedly one of the most unusual of the year It is said this thi is the first time that a fishIng fishing fish- fish Ing tournament has ever been put on the thc air nil Ja Last t winter Mr Ir Crosley was elected president of the An Anglers Anglers' lers' lers club at Sarasota Sarasota Sara Sara- sota where he recently built a beautiful beautiful beau beau- winter home In characteristic tlc fashion he hp determined to mal make e the annual t tarpon tournament spon sponsored oled h by this club the greatest fishing tourney tourney tourney tour tour- ney ever enI held Cash P prizes riz s of were offered to anglers catching the thc largest fish during luring the tournament It was possible for one fortunate angler nn- nn gler to receive as much as OO for landing the biggest tarpon on on light tackle These huge fighting fish are caught with rod lod and reel They weigh up upI I to pounds and when one of them strikes to quote Mr Crosley you ou think you have ha hooked an express ess train It usually takes from a n half half- halt I hour to an nn hour and a n half halt to land landone landone landone one after It Is hool hooked ed I IThe The Tire broadcast attracted nationwide nation notion nationwide I I wide Ide Interest not only from amateur fishermen but from millions of radio listeners as Yell well J. J S. S Bonar of ot I MIddletown N N. N Y Yi was the fortunate I angler anler and find landed an pound 85 tarpon tarpon tar tar- pon after a u real struggle straggle described I so vividly by Crosley and Brown who alternated at ot the microphone Time The boat hout u used cd for the broadcast was christened The uThe Little WI In addition to Crosley Brown and the floating broadcast broadcast broad broad- cast cust station curried carried the following party David M M. M I. I Newell famous hunter and sportsman of Florida Johnny Johnn Sloat Slant champion tarpon angler of or Sarasota II U. W W. Booth vice president president I dent lent of oC tingling Batik Bank and Trust company Maurice l C. C N. N II K 1 Thomas secretary of the Anglers Anglers' club E E. E E 1 10 Naugle au le managing editor Sarasota Herald Herold representing the Associated Associated Associated As As- Press Captain Ben nen Seale and andson andson andson I son Edward all nil of Sarasota Florida nuu Douglas M M. M I. I Allen president Douglas M. M I. I Allen company of Cincinnati C. C W. W Hamilton publicity manager er Crosley Radio Ilalio corporation and Joe Chambers technical director of WI V. The receiving station on the shore was In charge of Ice of-Ice Top Joe Whitehouse and William William Wil Wil- liam of the technical technical tech tech- staff statI |