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them are by keen fellows who are just breaking into 

 the game. 



FINDS BIG ONE IN QUARRY HOLE 



Very few fishermen have the honor of landing a 

 large-mouth bass that has accumulated the weight of 

 %y 2 pounds. When bass arrive at that weight they 

 generally are so wise and sagacious that they die of 

 old age. To match wits with a bass of this size was 

 the good fortune of I. C. Fitts of Evanston, Illinois, 

 and the battle took place in the cool, clear waters 

 of an abandoned quarry hole, the last place some 

 of the boys would expect to find a real man's-sized 

 bass. I. C. passes out the thrills as follows: 



' There are acres of old abandoned quarries about 

 a mile southeast of Joliet that have filled with cold, 

 clear water from neighboring brooks and springs. 

 These holes are of all shapes and sizes and deep or 

 shallow as the huge machinery has dug them. The 

 sides are piled high with rubble or stone unfit for 

 use, but these banks are covered with a generous 

 growth of willows, keeping the pools from getting 

 too hot, even in the hottest sun. 



" The one our old ' Warrior ' picked for his 

 stamping ground is locally known as Clear Lake 

 quarry, and lives up to its name in every respect, 

 being a clear, blue pond with high banks and perhaps 

 ten or fifteen feet of water in the deepest hole. 

 That nice bass were in this hole could be told any 



