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wiw wWiisa( BASEBALL SPORTS OF ALL SORTS BOXING RESULTS YESTERDAY National League. Pittsburgh, 5; New York, 2. No other games scheduled. American League. Washington ,7; St. Louis, 2. No other games, rain. Charlie White is disapppinted be cause Willie Ritchie lost the light weight title to Freddie Welsh. The victory of the Briton means the Chl cagoan must wait longer for a deci sive crack at the title, as W&sh and Rifchie are sure to fight a return go before the local lad gets any consid eration, Ritchie was whipped fairly and squarely. He frankly admitted that the Englishman had outpointed him. But at that Welsh is not a champion who will live in the admiration of ring followers. That is not because he is a Briton, as most of his fighting has been done here and he is really a resi dent of Canada. But ring followers like to look on' a champion who has earned his title through the knockout route. For this reason Ritchie was never such a pop ular idol as Bat Nelson, Young Cor bett, Terry McGovern and others who have worn the crown. Welsh outboxed the American early in the fight Ritchie rallied desper ately and had the better of the ending frames, but he started too late. It was a hot battle, but -Welsh is not the champion he would have been had he won by a knockout. Charlie White seems to be the logi cal challenger. He has speed and a better punch than either Ritchie or Welsh have exhibited and in ten rounds he punished Willie" much more severely than did Welsh. Unfortu nately for White, his chance-at the champion was not a title affair. Welsh is the champion, but he wilj never be a world-wide hero, for he doesn't carry a punch worth mentioning. & STANDING OF THE CLUBS Federal League W. Chicago 41 Indianapolis 38 Buffalo 34 Baltimore 35 Brooklyn 30 Pittsburgh 29 Kansas City 33 St. Louis 30 National League. W. New York 41 Chicago 40 St Louis 3.7 Cincinnati 35 Pittsburgh 32 Brooklyn 31 Philadelphia . , 3J Boston 28 American League. W. Philadelphia 43 Detroit .42 Washington ."40 Chicago 38 Boston 39 St. Louis .......39 New York 24 Cleveland 25 L. Pet. 28 .594 29 .567 30 .531 31 .530 33 .476 37 .439 40 .452 42 .417 "l. Pet. 26 .612 32 .556 36 .507 36 .493 35 .478 35 .470 35 .470 40 .412 e. L. Pet 29 .597 34 .553 33 .548 33 .535 35 .527 36 .520 44 .363 46 .352 White Sox Will Not Get Birdie Cree Pirates Help Cubs. President Comiskey of the White Sox seems to have lost his chance to grab the one-time stars he wanted from the Baltimore International League team. The rumor that Birdie Cree would become a Sock is dampened by the fact that the Yanks have just taken Cree back, paying twice as much ta Baltimore as he was sold for. Of course, a trade might be engineered with the Yanks by the South Siders, as Commy has plenty of pitching ma terial to do business with. But Chance needs hitters as badly as does Callahan, and if Cree makes 'ZyJp!Ltlit2? -fir tr !'--. 1 t jy