The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-15
SPORTS

the fleet-footed Indian, and Percy Smallwood. the Welshman, who holds
 the worlds middle distance champion ship title, have been matched, it was announced Thursday, to race the
 twelve miles here in the exposition | rink on January 25.
 | Chicago, Jan. 15.-The old-fashioned baseball spikes will be retained in the American League, according to a de- cision reached by B. B. Johnson, pres ident of the league and Charles A. Comiskey, president of the Chicago
 Americans. "We have inspected sev- eral devices intended to supplant the present spikes" said Johnson. .but
 have found none of them satisfac- tory"
 | Cleveland, O., Jan. 15.-Charles Ram
 kin of Cleveland broke the worlds in | door skating record Thursday night when he s1ated the half mile in one | minute and three-fourths seconds. | Boston, Jan. 15-Jack Johnson, the champion heavyweight boxer, paid a fine of $25 in the municipal court
 Thursday for operating an automobile The case has been pending against
 Johnson since September, when he his default was recorded.
 | Mike Martin, former trainer of the | Yankees, who went to Cincinnati with 1 Griffith. has been delegated by the | Old Fox as a personal guardian to Larry Mclean To the masseur's gentle treatment Griffith attributes most of the credit for the manner in which the big catcher's broken knee cap mended. If Mike can keep Larry his own check on Herrmann's bank account
 Jack Johnson had great laugh yes- terday over the report that the belle of the Kikuyus tribe in British East Africa wants to marry him. The big colored boxer, after reading what she had to offer to get him to join her in her country, remarked that he would have to pass her up for several reas- ons T don't think living out there would suit me-" said Johnson, "and be- sides I am content with this country and with my wife,
 Sam Crane. dean of the baseball scribes, writes from Tuscon, Ariz.. that he is fast recovering his health. Sam has taken on about twenty-five pounds in weight. He is living the simple life in tent on the desert several miles from Tuscon.
 Fred Flames of Boston won the three. cushion billiard championship of the world from Alfredo De Gro, the final score of the three nights play at Mc- Graw's billiard academy giving the Bostonian a total of 15O to 137 for his opponent. While Flames was running out his concluding fifty points De Orc gathered seventy-six and all but re- tained his title.
 Senator Morgan c. Bulkeley, of Hartford, was the first president of the National League. That was in 1876. william A. Hubert of Chicago succeeded him and held the job for six years. A. G. Mills, of New York, was the third, 1885, 1884. after which Nick Young went on the job. He stuck for eighteen years. Harry Pulliam was then elected and remained at the head until his sudden death last year. Hey dler filled out the season, and now Tom Lynch will try his hand-for how long he would like to know.
 John l.. Herget. of San Francisco, chairman of the police committee of the new board of supervisors. but bet l, ter known to the sporting public as Young Mitchell" has announced he ries-Johnson fight unless the match is directed by local man.
 Hughey Jennings is said to be anx- ious to secure Catcher Bill Carrigan of the Boston Red Sox. There are one or two other big league managers who would gladly give quite a tidy sum for this sluggfng backstop.
 A typewriter thatsis almost as port able as a fountain pen is one of the disclosures at the auto show now go- ing on in New York. Its particular suitability for motorists lies in the fact that although it has a full keyboard, permitting visible writing, it weighs only five and quarters pounds and folds up in neat leather case about foot square and five inches in width. The case has a neat handle and can be carried like a dressing case. One of these machines is said to be used by President Roosevelt's party in Africa.
 Another o1d-tine major league star has decided to quit after a. drop to and service with the minor leaguers. Theo- dore Breitenstein, former St. Louis and Cincinnati pitcher, who has been play ing in the Southern League for seven years will retire to enter the field as an umpire. He has been promised a position on President Kavanaugh's staff.
 Roy Thomas left fielder of the Bos- ton National baseball team, has been internationally released. He will coach the baseball team of Pennsylvania uni versity next spring.