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BASEfcXtl SPORTS 6F ALL SORTS BOXING The" 200-mile walking ra"ce promot ed by Dan O'Leary, scheduled to start last- night at White City, was post poned until tonight because of poor condition of the track. Twelve plod 'tiers will start in the grind. tJack White, and "Jimmy Travers ifonght ten. rounds to a draw at Chi cago Heights. White was off to a bad start, but rallied in the closing rounds and pulled to even terms. ' Cood bouts occurred 'in the ama teur show at the Sportsmen's club last night, the feature being a knock out scof ed in the 125-pound division, Curtis Peters, a Gilmore protege, put tog it on 'Tim Qivney. "J Chic "Evans will be unable to com 'pete in the western amateum golf1 tournament at Cleveland. Rush of business prevented the present title holder making the trip. The elimi- jiation of Evans makes the chancesti of California's crack quartet look ood. Maurice McLaughlin was given a .hard battle by John Strachan in the national tennis tournament at the Panama-Pacifiic exposition,. requiring 'five sets to win. Sfcdres: 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, .4-6, G-.2. Johnston defeated Griffin in the other semi-finals match and nHii moot MrTjuiphlln in the finals. I Stagg field was crowded today with 1 athletes nmoenng up ior uio uig meet tomorrow, when a track and field team will be selected to represent the middle west in the National A. A. U. championships at San Francisco, Siieust 6 and 7. All the best men of athletic clubs j and colleges within a few hundred miles of Chicago will compete. Judg ing by the work of the athletes in a -Tneet two weeks ago, records will faU tomorrow and the west will again prove superior to the east in a ma jority of events. Sam Langford fights Jack Thomp son 15 rounds in Denver tonight STANDING OF THE CLUBS National League W. L. Pctl W. L. Pet Phila. ..4133.554 Chicago 42 35 .545 BrTdyn 40 36 .526 StLouis4140.506 PittsbTi 38 38.500 N.York .34 38.472 Cincin'ti 32 38 .451 Boston .34 43.442 American League W. L. Pctl Chicago 51 29 .638 Boston 48 28.632 Detroit .48 31 .6081 W. L. Pet Wash'n 36 41.468 StLouis 41 36 .403 Phila. ..29 48.377 N.York .4039 .506IClevel'n 28 49 .364 Federal League W. L. Pet Chicago 45 32 .584 K.City .45 33.577 StLouis44 33 .571 PittsbTi4135.539 W. L. Pet Newark .42 38 .525 Brook'n,35 46.432 Buffalo .34 49.410 Bait ...29 49.372 RESULTS YESTERDAY i National League. Chicago 5, New York 2; Philadelphia 4, St Louis 3; Boston 5, Pittsburgh 2; Brooklyn 4, -Cincinnati 2. American League. Philadelphia 5, Ghicago 2; Boston 4, Cleveland 3: St Louis 5, Washington 2; St Louis 4, Washington 3. Federal League. Chicago 6, St Louis 5; Brooklyn 4, Baltimore 2; Newark 4, Buffalo 3, There will be quite some ruction on the South Side beginning tomor row, wheri Bill Carrigan brings his second-place Red Sox into town for five battles in four days with the Rowlandjtes. There is a bare possi bility that the Bostonese win be lead ers when they reach here. Should they cop a couple in Cleveland today and the Sox sufferdefeat from the Mackmen the top two positions in the race would be reversed Carrigan has a bang-up ball team at the present time, playing a game much similar to that of the Sox. A good pitching staff is backed by ex cellent fielding and sound batting.