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...that would tell fishermen everything-where to go for different fish, what kind of tackle to take, what time to fish, where to hire boats? Before long the mapmaking became so complicated that the situation was out of hand. Smith and Rathbun hired a professional cartographer, John F. Gantt Jr. "Instead of paying him," says Rathbun, "we asked him to become a partner and share our losses." The ambitious enterprise became Sportsmen's Guides...
Good Maps. Gantt simply took his partners' carefully collected information and placed it on standard charts of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. In August of 1950, the first map-Annapolis to Point Lookout-rolled off the press. Maryland fishermen bought 5,000 copies within a few weeks. The staff of Sportsmen's Guides continued to collect information, but they ranged farther. Next spring they were ready with The Chesapeake Bay Area, from Conowingo Dam to Annapolis. They they covered The New Jersey Coast, from Sandy Hook to Barnegat Light. Last year they printed their fourth map, The Atlantic...
...project keeps growing, but for the past year and a half Jim Rathbun has had to work alone. Tom Smith was wounded in Korea, Gantt was transferred to St. Louis. Rathbun will probably be sent to Camp Lejeune, N.C. in September. But even though it makes his wife a "map widow," he is going ahead with his charts. The corporation has already blocked out the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Morehead City, N.C. Wind, weather and enemy gunfire notwithstanding, the partners hope some day to cover every fishing area in the U.S. Rathbun still has a minor gripe: charting fish...
...initial rush that started the basketball rolling to its present position of prominence was given by last year's Navy quintet, which gained an N.C.A.A. bid for the Crimson. Gathered together by commander Mundorff of the college Navy unit, former Bowling Green star Wyndol Gray, Lou Decsi, John Gantt, and Don Swegan, flanked by Paul Champion and Saul Marlaschin, threw, a nation-wide spotlight on Crimson basketball. Overwhelming students response and box-office success showed a bright future for Crimson basketball if the high standards set by the Navy performers could be maintained...
...opening contest of the double-header, 5,942 assembled fans saw Holy Cross tie the all-time high scoring mark at the Boston Garden with a 76 to 49 whelping of Valparaiso. G F P Davis, lf 1 0 2 Gantt 0 0 0 Page, rf 0 5 5 Gannon 0 0 0 Petrillo 0 1 1 Hauptfuhrer, c 6 1 13 Mariaschin, lg 5 3 13 Brady 0 0 0 Henry, rg 0 1 1 Totals...