The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-07
TIPS AND RAPS
 ON LIVE SPORTS

ON LIVE SPORTS
 By THE OBSERVER.
 OMAR KTIhYAM, who won the Kentucky Derby and other great stakes in 1917, has run his last race. witfred viau has leased the son of Marco to Arthur B. Hancock for two years. Mir. Hancock will retire the Soet horse to his stud in Kentucky at once.
 Omar Khayams most famous race was his match affair with August Belmonts Hourless. He was beaten by the Belmont staN, but because of his great record all season was gen. orally adtudged champion of 1917. Burleigh Grimes seems to suffer no i'll effects from his recent opera ton.
 The once famous Marty o"Toole Is pitching for the San Antonio club. He was recently suspended.
 Frank Chance finds time to attend
  League Clubs at Los Angeles, near which city he resides.
 Cy Barger has been playing the outfield at Memphis. Now he plans to play two days in the inficld, rest . day and then pitch, always rest ing up a day before his pitching rec ord.
 Ga c~fr 10 Richmond club of the Virginia Lea que and Is having q real success whenever he goes into the box.
 According to John Reisler. now m oil magnate nt Tulsa. Oklahoma, he has signed Mike O'dowd. the middleweight champion to meet the Greb and Bill Brennan on Labor Day.
 Though Battling Reddy's match with Eddie Walsh was called off. Reddy has continued his training in anticipation of other contests.
 Canadian turfmen are confident that racing will he resumed fin Cana da shortly. The order in council that suspends racing during the war is automatically revoked with the off ciaI declaration of peace. Whether Germany's signature to the peace terms will be sufficient to end the embargo on racing or whether It will he necessary to wait until Austria. Turkey and Bulgaria have been dealt with, is a point that has not yet been decided as yet, but in any case it will not be long before the mo- mentous question js settled.
 Walter Laurette is being groomed for q match with Champion Mike O. Dowd. In his last battle Iaurette easily defeated Roddy Mcdonald.
 Jimmie Spears, who is attached to the U. s. s. Dakota, is boosting Eddie Russell. Says Jimmy. who by the way. was n figure in boxing before he entered the navy: "T saw this fellow box at Bordeaux. where he knocked out Sergeant Major McCrea of IT. F. M. Fifty-first Royal Scottish Regi- ment in two rounds. Out of seven teen fights Russell has had only one man to stay two rounds with him, and that was the Scotchman. This fellow will positively lick any man in the world in the light-heavyvefght division. He is six feet tall. weighs ITO pounds fin condition, and has the essential quality lacking in most fiEhters-a head. I will uncover this fellow in New York as soon as I can get out of the service.
 Montreal is the latest bidder for a return championship match between Jack Britton and Ted Lewis George Kennedy leading promoter of the Canadian City. has opened negotia- tions with Charley Harvey to secure the match and is offering liberal terms.
 Jack File, the New York East Side bantamweight, whom his manager, Lew Meyers. describes as Ever Eager. File and whose battles with Patsy Johnson. Patsy Wallace, Bat 7g Murray, Young McGovern, and icy Williamson. stamp him as q b seasoned enough to clash with the bei in his class, is trying to get Johnny Luff and Mickey Russell to meet him at one of the Jersey clubs. Hector Melville, the featherweieft. who arrived fin New York from Aus tralia, is in great demand. Baltimore. Montreal. Boston. and Newark clubs are bidding for his services. Melville is training at New York gynnas- ium.
 BRIDGEPORT AVERAGES.