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BASEBALL SPORTS OF ALL KINDS BOXING Fielding averages of National league athletes for the season of 1915 present another reason for the dismal finish of the-Qub team. The West Siders as a combination were last in the defensive line of work, having a mark of .958, one point be low the Giants. Boston led with .966. Individually the Cub men finished far down in the list of their respec tive stations. Bresnahan was fifth among the catchers, Archer being ninth. Polly McLarry kept Vic Saier from being at the tag end of the first basemen. Vic's work for the year gave him a percentage of .985. Zim merman fielded .943 at second base and .909 at third. Phelan topped him at both stations, with .954 for sec ond and .939 for third. Fisher's mark of .933 at short placed him sixth. Cy Williams' total of .968 left him far down the list, but it was the best of the. Cub gardeners. Schulte fielded .962 and Gotid .936. Jimmy Laven der, as a defensive "pitcher, made one error in 41 games. Cavvy Cravath was busy in the field, as well as at the bat. He had 28 assists, four more than Schulte, who was second. Alexander was the busiest pitcher, totaling 22 putouts and 120 assists. Snyder of the Cards was the hardest working catcher, with 592 putouts and 204 as sists. Hans Wagner, despite his age, led the shortstops with a percentage of .948. Wm. Ehlen of Lake View knocked down 1,809 pins in the all-events of the Chicago Bowling ass'n tourna ment. Croft and La Plant rolled into the two-man lead with a crop of 1,177. Singles and five-man leads were not threatened by the Sunday shooters. Harry Polfok, manager of Light weightChampion Freddie Welsh, is stni holding off from signing with Charlie White for a battle in Denver, and Eddie Pitts, representing the Denver promoters, is about fed up j on the temperatments of champions, challengers and their managers. Pitts has made a flat offer of $12, 500 as Welsh's end of the gate for 20 rounds, which is a whole lot more than the Briton is worth, judging by his recent fights. Now Pollok is pre senting counter propositions to the Denver people, each one just enough different from the original offer to insure more delay. He wants Pitts and Nate Lewis, manager of White, to come to New York. Pitts is peeved at both factions. He has been in Chicago three days and says he isn't getting a fair shake from either Pollok or Lewis. He says the managers bicker over small things and refuse a definite answer. He will remain two days more, and if the managers do not come across will hike back to the mountains. The poor boob public could settle the whole affair by refusing to, pat ronize Welsh' ten-round dancing evenings. That would quickly force Pollok and his champion to come across, for they both like the dollar. Indoor Ball Scores Leo Xm. 10, La Rabida 1. Barry 6, Hennepin 3. De Soto 11, Tonti 2. Crescents 8, White Rocks 1. Qnawa A. C. 13, Hamlin Park 7. Dodgers 5, 20th Centurys 2. With only the Ail-American selec tion to wait for before football is put on the shelf, the question arises of how far west and south Walter Camp will go when he makes his pick. The west and south have broken into the national lim&light more this season than ever before, and it re mains to be seen if these sections have edged in strong enough to gain recognition on an All-American team that heretofore has been confined mostly to the east, with an occasion al mention for the middle west. Oklahoma produced the longest forward pass of the year 55 yards by "Spot" Geyer of Oklahoma uni-f KljH k , ik i-t. &.-v st?tomj&ioti3&b.