The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-18
HERE AND THERE IN SPORTDOM

with Benny Leonard at the First Regiment Armory in Newark on Feb. 6, for eight rounds.
 Fred Fulton is out on the Pacific Coast, far out of reach of Jack Demp- sey. Fred has been quite active around Frisco since his victory over Willie Meehan. Friday night Fulton will tackle K. o. Kruvoslzy, a Frisco heavyweight, whn boasts of a large following.
 President Navin of the Detroit club advances a sound reason for the fail ure of all but one of the minor leagues last season, Prior to the launching of the defunct Federal League MT. Navin says that the minors received an average of $250,- 900 a year from the majors for play ing talent. The war with the Feds resulted in a gradual retrenchment, from which the majors had not recov- cred when the great world conflict began to be felt in this country. In view of the majors agreement to pay more than $500,000 for the elimina- ton of the Feds, the minors have foundIit hard to exist with their chief source of revenue reduced to a mini mum.
 Frank Arellanes, who had a short but notable career as a major league pitcher, died a few days ago at his home in San Jose, Cal, victim of influenza. Arellanes, generally re- ferred to as Mexico during his days in the majors was the son of a Span iard. He never attained any great heights as a major league pitcher, but in drawing the semi-monthly pay check Arellanes reached a figure which few players, other than the great stars of the game have topped. His Boston contract called for $7,500 per year, and thEt was real big money in those days so big, in fact, that ! most of the accepted stars of the period never reached it. Besides the big check Arellanes had the use of a big automobile, owned by one of the | officials of the Red, Sox. He was with the club two cs three years and went back to the minors.
 i Harry Donohue, the Peoria light weight, who showed up so we'll in the | bouts he had at the local club before 1 the Frawley boxing law went out of i existence, is now quartered at the i Pelham Bay Naval Station. Donohue may fight Mel Coogan a twelve round i bout at Portland, Me, on Christmas i Day afternoon. Willie Jackson was offered the bout with Coogan, but as 1 he is booked up in Philadelphia on ! that day Frank Bagley, manager of 1 Jackson, intends to have Donohue 1 take Jackson's place against Coogan. 1 Walter Morris of Fort Worth was i elected President of the Texas Lea que for the third term. It was de- cided to open the 1919 season on are six clubs in the league. They are Fort Worth, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Waco and Shreveport Two more clubs may be admitted, Calves ton, Beaumont and Austin all seeking entry.
 Directors of the Southern Associa- tion, at a meeting at Birmingham, voted to have a schedule of 15O games next season, beginning about May 1. The player limit was fixed at fourteen men and $2,600 set as the salary limit The Directors also voted not to take players from the major leagues under optional agree 1 ments.
 Lee Fohl, manager of the Cleveland
 Indians for the last three and hall years, will be re-enegaged for the coming season, according to James Dunn, President of the Cleveland club. An offer was made to Iris Speaker, star outfielder of the club last month, but Iris has turned il down.