The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-14
SPORTS

Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 14.- Stanley ketchel has cabled to Hugh Mcintosh. the fight promoter, that he is willing to meet Tommy Burns in A ustralia. The match probably will be made and the fight take place in Sydney about Easter. Bob Fitzsim- mons will train Ketchel.
 Springfield, H.. Jan. 14.-Harry Staley of Springfield, formerly pitcher With Boston, St. Louis, Pittsburg and other National league teams, died in Battle Creek, Mich., Wednesday, fol- lowing an operation. He was A years old.
 Ban Johnson, boss of the American league, is quoted as saying that if Billy Murray's claim against the Quakers comes up before the national commission he will vote that it be paid in full. The amount is $16,500.
 Once champion Heavyweight of the world, but now a gum-shoe man that is the life story of Marvin Hart, who has been appointed to the front office staff of Louisville at salary of s1, 900 a year. Hart at one time was considered the likeliest of all the big fellows, with the exception of Jeffries, and when the latter in 1905, decided to retire he turned the championship over to Hart.
 C1evels nd has 26 pitchers on its staff. Here they are, count them. Jess, Young, Rf1oades, Berger, Fal- kenberg, Sitton, Otis, Mitchell, Win-s chell, Ables, Gregg. Hardness, Koest- ner, Boise. Patrick, Done, Kent, Linke, Wright, Cough. Robinson. Touch, Van Sickle.
 
 Declaring his intention of taking on Frank Gotch for the worlds Wrest- ling championship, John Middle Sky. a full-blooded Indian, left Fl Paso, Tex. yesterday for New York. Mid- dle Sky has done considerable wrest- ling in his time and has never lost contest.
 Teddy Lewis of the Providence Grays, formerly of the Bridgeports, is having the longest layoff he has had since starting in the game. He has always been fortunate in not get ting hurt. Since his start in profes- sional polo he has never missed more than one game in a season and for at least five seasons he played every scheduled game. It is swollen foot which now bothers him.
 As a consequence of complaints by citizens of New Haven about the un- slightly approaches to Yale field, the fence has been painted and sidewalks improved. These are the first steps in plan for general Improvement, involving tree planting and better lay out of the street at a point where. visitors to big athletic games get al- most their only view of New Haven. The situation is complicated by the fact that the Yale Field corporation does not own the unsightly north side off the street
 The late Prof James B. Aies of Harvard was a pioneer ball player at that college just after the Civil war, and was one of the best $econd base men of his time. He was captain of the team in 1867 and 1868.
 Jimmy Britt. perhaps the most popular lightweight that ever came to these shores from the States, writes from South Africa that he will sail for England on Wednesday, Decem- Der 20. During his brief stay at the Cape and in the Transvaal Britt en- gagged in several very profitable ex- hibitions, and writes highly Of the hospitality he received on every hand. He wishes all his English friends a most merry Christmas and prosperous New Year. "--London Sporting Life.
 Ice hockey as it is played in New polo as it is played in Brockton. Listen "Sprague Cleghorn was sent from the ice four times for periods ranging from one to five minutes for rough play" Imagine Rorty order ing Barney Doherty to stand in the corner for five minutes. .-Brockton Times.