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BASEBALLSPORTS OF ALL SORTS BOXING Jimmy Clabby easily defeated Frank Farmer in ten rounds at Osh kosh, Wis., landing the greater num ber of blows and having more steam behind his efforts. Fanner won the first and eighth rounds. Clabby ap peared to be taking it easy, merely exerting himself enough to keep a few points ahead of his opponent Matters have been quiet in the mid dleweight division lately and will probably remain so until fall. Then Soldier Bartfield will make another effort to get Mike Gibobns into the ring for a twenty-round affair. Clab by also has designs on Mike over the long distance. It will do no good for any of them to fight the St Paul man an abbreviated battle. Like Freddie Welsh, he is a master of the short game and can show up any of the present crop. Gibbons has never engaged in a battle sched uled for 'more than a 'dozen rounds, n And a man cannot be "stamped a real champion onthat record. It was too hot in St Paul, Minn., for Tom Gibbons, brother of Mike, to extend himself, but he managed to outpoint Billy Miskie. Tommy, at his present rate of progress, will soon be the equal Of his more famous broth er. In the same show Mike O'Dowd gave Willie Schaefer of Ghicago a lacing. Johnny Dundee is growing more ambitious. He has matched with Jack Britton for ten rounds in New York July 29. Charlie White has beenmAde fa vorite for his battle tonight in Bos ton with Milburn Saylor, the Indian apolis lightweight Saylor is better than any man White has met recently but Champion Welsh. ' Jack Dillon whipped Johnny How ard in a fierce battle at New York. Howard rallied after being floored Several times and sent Diljon down m the eighth. STANDING OF THE CLUBS National League W.L.Pct Chicago 40 33 .548 Phila. ..38 33.635 StLouis41 37 .526 Br'klyu 38 35 .521 W. L. Pot PittsbTi 37 86.507 N.York ..32 36 .471 Cincm'ti 31 37 .456 Boston .32 42.432 American League W.L.Pct W.L.Pct Chicago 48 28 .636 Wash'n 34 38 .472 Boston .45 26 .634 StLouis 28 44 .389 Detroit 46 30 .605 Phila. ..28 46.378 N.York .39 37 .513 Clevel'd 26 46 .361 Federal League W. L. Pctl W. L. Pet StLouis4430 .595Newark 4035 .533 K.City .44 32 .579Brook'n 32 45 .416 Chicago 42 32 .568 Buffalo .32 47 .406 Pittsb'h 40 34 .541 Bait ...27 46.370 .RESULTS YESTERDAY National League. Brooklyn 3, Chicago 2; Cincinnati 6, New York 0; Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 1; Pitts burgh 4, Philadelphia 2; St Louis 2, Boston 1; St Louis 4, Boston 3. American League. Washington 5, Chicago 3; Boston 15, Detroit 12; New York 7, Cleveland 4. Federal League. Brooklyn 9, Buf falo 4. When. Nemo Liebold was purchased by the White Sox and put in center field to head the batting order his coming was hailed as a great stroke to Increase the offensive ability of the South Side aggregation. Little was said about his fielding. But it is defensively that the mid get has more than earned his salary in this Washington series which closed yesterday. On three distinot occasions he saved a ball game by marvelous running catches of seem ingly impossible fly balls. Time after time he has brought the fans to their feet by his fleetness and sureness is grabbing th$ pUL in Saturday's battle, wfwn Bene