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upjiuiiiiwpifpwiiwissii BASEBALL SPORTS OF ALL SORTS BOXING Willie Ritchie, former lightweight champion, at a downtown vaudeville theater with a dancing act, gets a lit tle -publicity for himself with the as sertion that he is about ready to graduate into the welter weight di vision and make a cleanup of the 145 pound fighters. With great pathos Willie tells how he has camped on Freddie Welsh's trail until he has grown fat from in activity. The- additional weight is forcing him out of the lightweight class, whatever that is. The top liners claiming to do business as lightweights are all too heavy to le gitimately belong in that division. Not one of them could make 133 pounds without sawing off a leg, and mighty few of them can come down to 135 pounds. J. and F. Kartheiser took the lead in the doubles of the Illinois Bowling ass'n tournament, dropping 1,251 pins. J. Danek's 666, put him fourth in the singles. Miscellaneous Scores Magnets 1, Cornell Hamburgs 0. Murieys 3, Boulevards 1. White Giants 8, 1. P. C. 0. Giants U, Gunthers 0. Gasts 13, Excelsiors 7. Immanuel 11, St John's 3. Harlem A. C. 16, Berwyn A. C. 4. ' Geothe 4, Cross of Malta 1. Defiance 6, Prince Edward 5. Mafhiesens 1, Logan Square 0. Benton Harbor 3, Chicago Gts. 0. Clifford A. C. 6, White Eagles 1. Oakwoods 6, Vincennes 5. Medora 8, North Chicago 2. Douglas Park 18, Columbian 1. Hub 6, Rothschild's 4. St Procopius 14, St Stanislaus 2. Dellwood 4, Crawford 0. Wentworth 14, Superior 7. Douglas 5, Lakesides 1. Alpines 13, Aetnas 6. Oaklands 8, Regents 6. In the last three days the Cubs have not looked like the same team that was under Manager Bresnanan's direction earlier in the season. The opposition has been Pittsburgh, a weak crew, but it is not on this com parative basis that the Cubs look more powerful They have received three succes sive well pitched games. And that is something that has not happened previously this year. In fact, there have not beeen two games in a row heretofore where the pitching was good enough to stand up under the attack of an American oss'n team. Zabel began this revolution in Pitts burgh, where he stood the Pirates on their heads and breezed through without trouble. He had control, a minus quantity earlier in the season for every Cub heaver but Jim Vaughn. Then came Pete Stand ridge last Saturday in Smoketown with a replica of the Zabel perform ance. pne run he gave the Pirates, but his curve ball was darting over the plate in a manner strange to behold. In previous sessions Pete had been able to throw that curve anywhere but in the neighborhood of the rub ber. The result was another win and a big boost in confidence for the young pitcher and his associates. Jim Vaughn rounded out the trio of good performances against the Pi rates yesterday. He was hit safely four times and three of the blows were rank infield scratches, Wagner getting the only clean wallop. Not a man walked on Vaughn, a remarka ble performance in the light of ear lier happenings on the West Side, and. no run would have scored if Heinie, Zimmerman had not taken a nap after making an error. Let Manager Bresnahan have this, brand of pitching consistently and the Cubs will not have to fear any team in the National league. Batting strength is prominent among the. ffriwinnr nivmiymitiimimmi MMUttduAMta MMMHMtfUi