The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-04
SPORTING GOSSIP

Boston. Feb. 4.-John G. C1arkson. il his day the greatest pitcher in the country and brother of Walter Clark son. the captain of the Harvard team is dying at Mclean Hospital. Waver- ly. Mass, whither he was removed on Tuesday. ClarkSon was .aken i'll with double pneumonia recently but was re- ported much better on Tuesday and it was deemed wise to remove him from his parents home in Winthrop to the private hospital at Waverly. There, however. he grew violent and had to be put under restraint. 1t being neces- sary to strap him to a bed. This morn ing he had a sinking spell and his par ents were notified that the end was near. They at once started for the hospital. Clarkson died at Il this morning.
 Olympia. Wash, Feb. 1.-The status of the bill abolishing racetrack gamb- ling in Washington which has passed both branches of the legislature be- came uncertain to-day through a parliamentary tanEle of the House and Senate over the time when the bill should become effective. The Senate added clause to the bill making it operative May 1. The House consider ed this clause to be an amendment and refused to concur in 1t. The Sem ate has so far refused to appoint a conference committee to decide this new question, believing it's action was not in the nature of an amendment. The till passed the Senate almost un- anlmousIy.
 San Francisco. Feb. 4.-All the de- tails were completed to-day for a match between Lew Powell and Packy Mcfarland 10 take place on Washing toms birthday. It will be a 20 round affair. The men will weigh in at ten o'clock in the morning at 135 pounds.
 Los Angeles, Feb. 4-E. J. Baldwin, better known as 'Lucky'' Baldwin. is reported as near death as the result of a nervous collapse at his home. Ar cadia. Baldwin is eighty years old and famous racetrack character. He originated the Santa Annetta track.
 Boston, Feb. 4.-Ardent hockeyists are beginning night work on the big stadium rink which is being specially fitted with arc lights to accustom the men to playing by artificial light, so that they will be less affected by the light of the St. Nicholas rink in New York when they play February g. The make up of the Varsity attack seems to be definitely settled now with Gard ner, Hicks, Morgan and Hornblower. Paine has been out for nearly a week and can hardly get back to his place at right wing except as sub. The Cornell game will be played in the sta- dium Saturday.
 New Haven. Conn.,, Feb. 1.-The schedule of the Yale University foot ball team for the season of 1909 just announced. contains ten games. wh ch is one more than that of last season. Washington and Jefferson and the nR %&e N~rI have been omitted. and Amherst. Col gate and Springfield Training School have been added to the list. The schedule follows:
 September 29. Wesleyan at New Ha- ven: October 2, Syracuse at New Ha- ven: 9th, Holy Cross at New Haven; 9th. Springfield Training School at New Point: 23rd, Colgate at New Haven; aOtI Amherst at New Haven: Nov 6, Brown at New Haven: 18th, Princeton at New Haven: goth. Harvard at Cam bridge.
 Manager John J. McGraw, of the Giants. will leave for Marlin Springs, Tex. with tIne first contingent of Giants on or near February 17. Besides him. self and Ground Keeper Murphy score of recruits will be fourd In the vanguard. McGraw will follow last years policy during Spring training. He will devote attention early Tn the season to the new material None or the regulars or old heads connected with the Giants will go out with the first squad.
 At least nineteen, and. perhaps, twenty. will make the early leap. Tn SC players who live in or about New YorK will start from Gotham. The others will assemble at Western points-Ch1- cago. Cincinnati and St. Louis-to join the party as it journeys westward The trip will be made by rail this year. Here is the squad that McGraw has definitely decided upon to make the trip: Pitchers, Marquard. Durham, Raymond, Waller. Heller. Keupper and Holmes: catchers Schlei, J. Meyers Snodgra4e and Wilson: infielders,