The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-03
SPORTING GOSSIP

Boston. Feb. 3.-Bill McKinnon. the Roxbury middleweight who recently { fought and. won a decision over Jack (Twin) Sullivan. is to-day dangling the scalp of clever Harry Lewis at his belt as we'll The pair met before the Ar fnory A. A.. here. for 12 rounds and all before the fight Lewis was considered sure winner. but opinion changed after the first round. To-day McKin- non is considered quick conner to the pugilistic lfme-light For from the start of the bout he was the aggressor and constant rushing of the shifty Lewis won him the decision.
 New Haven. Feb. 3.-That Ed Walsh. the baseball wonder thinks he IS not being treated just right in financ1al way by the manager of the White Sox and that the big fellow does net 1n- tend to do any more pitching for the Chicago team unless a higher salary IS forthcoming, was made plain in statement made by Walsh who is here to-day getting the Yale twirlers in line for the coming season. Make It as strong as you please ana put It as stilr as you like that I don't sign with the White Sox again unless I get $7,5O0. l think the Chicago fans feel that l am worth all that I ask and I shall not sign unless I receive it."
 Los Angeles. Feb. 3.-Jim Jeffries is to-day resting and considering an offer of a purse of $12G.O0O by a Seattle Bank for fight between the retired cham pion and Jack Johnson. Jeffries will remain here for a week or ten days attending to some personal affairs and then go on a long theatrical tour Jeffries said that the work in San Francisco had been beneficial to him and that he had taken off some flesh.
 Los Angeles, Feb 3-Fredaie Welsh, the English fighter. had an easy task last night in outboxing George Memeic in their ten round go. It was Welsh's fight from the top of the gong in the first round.
 San Francisco. Feb. 3.-Packy Me- Farland, the Chicago lad now on the coast has signed with Jim Cofroth; the promoter. to fight a, man to be sa- lected by Coffroth. on February P. The mill will be pulled off in the M S sion street ring and it is understood Packy will meet either Johnny Murphy or Lew Powell.
 London, Feb. 3.-A message from Australia to-day says that Bill Lang defeated Bill Squires for the Austra- lian boxing championship in a seven teen round battle to-day.
 New Haven, Feb. 3.-That Yale's track team shows prospect of re- trievirg some of the athletic laurels of the Blue of which she has lost so heav- fly of late, is indicated to-day in an of- ficial comparison of the present track team timber of the major universities of the east in the Yale News.
 Yale has lost heavily by the gradu- ation of Captain Dray and Gilbert, both pole vaulters. Among other event win- ners are: Kirjaskoff, half-n1iler; Spitz- CT, miller; Captain Howe and Robbins, hurdlers; Cary Butler and Burch in the dashes; besides Conroy, Goebel and Andrews in the heavy events: Coy in the high jump and others. The fore cast says that of her B points in last years meet, Cornell still has the men who accounted for 16. Pennsylvania has lost more heavily by graduation retaining only the men who won 2 1-2 points of their 2S 1-2 last year. Har- yard has lost through graudation men who gained 1-2 points of their 17 1-2 in the intercollegiate. Princeton's outlook is good. their greatest and only serious loss being given as Captain Att lee.
 Luther Dummy Taylor, the once great star of the Giant pitching staN, was yesterday sold to Buffalo. Like "Iron Man" Joe McGinnity. he had out lived his usefulness in major league company. Its not what you used to be, but what you are today in base ball. as is exemplified by the looping off of the heads of Luther and Joe.
 No censure is due the New York Club or management. McGraw has to produce a winner to hold his job. The club wants a team that can finish well up in the race. The fans demand such an aggregation. Taylor and McGin- nifty were no longer able to deliver the goods. Tn 1908 they were far below the standard of their palmy days. And the fans clamored as loudly against the veterans as they had applauded in the old pennant winning day of the Giants In 1904-O5
 Louis Sockalexis, who was given up by the medicine man of the tribe at Oldtown Me-, is in Holyolre and wants to be tried out for the Papermakers.