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BOXING ALL THE LATEST DOPE BASEBALL Ritchie and Rivers Satisfied With Condition Klaus Wins. Despite his long absence from the ring, Willie , Ritchie, lightweight champion, declares he is in excellent condition for his bout with Joe Rivers in San Francisco Friday. Rivers is just as optimistic and the loser will not have an alibi of lack of confidence to explain his de feat. Ritchie is the betting favorite at. 10 to 8, but Rivers has plenty of backers. Rivers looks like a good proposi tion to take a flyer on. He is a rugged boy and a hard fighter. Rit chie is also willing to swap punches, but it is almost certain that the fight will be carried to him by the Mexican. If the battle goes over 15 rounds Rit- j chie's chances will lessen. He may be finely trained, but it is extremely doubtful if he can stand a gruelling mill as well as Rivers, who has been keeping in shape by frequent fights wnne iiucnie was Derore tne ioot lights. Whichever way the fight goes, it should .be a corker. A knock-out is the logical end, as both fighting ma chines are constructed along the same lines. Ritchie has a shade on cleverness, but there will be more walloping than flashiness to the bout. Los Angeles will also have a slash ing lightweight fight Friday, Bud An derson and Leach Cross being the contenders. Anderson is a new star among the top-notchers, but he has proven his worth in several recent fights, and is the choice over Cross. Leach will find the slam-bang style of the Northwest lad hard-to cope with and will need, all his cleverness to stall off Anderson's rushes. The latter is a real knocker-out. Frank Klaus 4prced Jimmy Gard ner's seconds to throw up the sponge in the third round of their bout at Boston. The Pittsburgher made a chopping block of 5ardner. Zim Gets Hundred Bucks Today Sox Win on Five Hits. RESULTS YESTERDAY American League. Sox, 3; Detroit, 2. St Louis-Cleveland; wet grounds; Philadelphia, 2; New York, 1. Washington, 7; Boston, 4. National League. Cubs, 3; Pittsburgh, 2. Boston, 6; Brooklyn, 3. New York, 10; Philadelphia, 0. Cincinnati, 11; St. Louis, 4. American Association. .- Kansas City, 6; Milwaukee, 5 (13). Louisville, 7; Toledo, 3. St Paul, 11; Minneapolis, 5. Columbus-Indianapolis; rain. Federal League. Cleveland, 6; Browns, 1. St Louis-Indianapolis; rain. Pittsburgh-Kansas City; rain. This is the afternoon Heinie Zim merman, slugging Cub third base man, gets that $100 for not running foul of the umpires in the last two weeks. We are glad to see Heinie get the coin. H,e is a much-maligned ball player. Since the first of the season various reports have been spread that Zim was the discordant note in the reconstructed Cub machine and was putting every obstacle in the path of Manager Evers. These reports were not all true. Zim did do a lot of kicking and much of it was unjustified, but. in stead of being a disturber, he was the goat. Even the fans on the West ' Side refused to recognize him as a great player and he was frequently called a boneheaded dub by some alleged wit in the stands. This peeved Zim. He was also angry because Evers put him out of one game while he was arguing with Umpire Eason. The papers all said that Zim. was canned by Eason and tbte gave Heinle