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mmmsmmmaaammmmmmmmmm BASEBALL SPORTS OF ALL KINDS BOXING Amateur and professional trap shots from all sections of the country are competing today at Grant park in the Grand American handicap, which was officially opened with a 200-target shoot at 18 yards for ama teurs. Competition will continue all day. Company H, 7th Regiment, I. N. C, won the shoot over the regimental ranges at Camp Logan with a score of 686 out of a possible 750. A fine field of entries will tee off Wednesday morning at Glen Oak in the western open golf tournament. Lewis Tellier, French champion, now pro of an eastern country club, is expected to put up a hard fight for the title. He has been prominent in recent national open tourneys. Lloyd Thomas of San Francisco rode a great race at the Riverview Velodrome when he defeated Cava naugh, Madden and Lawson in the mile for the western professional championship. Ernest Kockler, Riy erview, starting from scratch, won the mile-and-a-half amateur handi cap. Peter Drobach capped the 10 mile motor-paced event. Miss Helen Knight, given a handi cap of two miles, won Dan O'Leary's ten-mile walking race at Gaelic park yesterday. Clinton Kennedy, who covered the distance in 49 minutes, was second. A five-mile open race will be held at the same park next Sunday, and Dan O'Leary will walk a mile against Jack Dalton in a spe cial race. Miscellaneous Scores White Giants 8, Rogers Parks 3. Tigers 6, Ideals 1. Magnets 4, L P. C. 3. Gunthers 2, Logan Square 0. lenry Clay 5, Prince Edward 4. Normals 3, Chicago Giants 2. Cubans 10, American Giants 3. West Ends 4, Joliets 2. Romeos 3, Johnsen Tigers 0. Paulist 5, St Elizabeth 4. Precious Blood 4, Holy Family 3, STANDING OF THE CLUBS National League W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet Phila. .55 45.550Pittsb.'h 52 54.491 Br'klyn 57 49 .538N.York .49 51 .490 Chicago 53 51 .510 StLouis 51 58 .468 Boston 52 52 .500Cincin'ti 48 57 .457 American League W. L. Pet W. L. Pet Boston Detroit 68 35 .660 66 39 .629 Chicago 62 42 .595 Washin 54 51 .514 N.York .5150.505 Clevel'n 41 62 .398 StLouis 41 66 .383 Phila. ..33 71.317 Federal League W. L. Pet W. L. Pet Chicago 60 47 .561 Newark 60 47 .561 Pittsb'h 58 46 .558 KCity .59 48.551 StLouis 57 51 .528 Buffalo .50 62.446 Brook'n 49 61 .445 Bait ...38 69.355 RESULTS YESTERDAY -National League. Chicago 3, St Louis 1; St Louis 8, Chicago 1; Cin cinnati 6, Pittsburgh 2; Cincinnati 6, -Pittsburgh 2. American League, Detroit 5, Chi cago 2; Cleveland 1, St Louis 0. Federal League. Newark 4, St Louis 2; Newark 8, St Louis 1. It isn't time to admit the Wh'rta Sox have blown. This tendency pre vails in some quarters because of the two comparatively easy victories the Tigers scored over the Rowlandites. But this is one of the freaks of base ball, the ease with which one team can defeat a certain opponent So far Sox and Tigers have met 17 time? in the season, and on only five occasions have the South Siders been returned victors. The 'greatest cause for mourning is that Faber and Scott couldn't stop the Tygers. Red has slipped off badly after a sensational early season rec ord, and retains but a semblance of his former effectiveness. Sox are only three and a half games back of Detroit, and in the three-game-in-two-day series witk m mamfamii&mM?-'''' - - -