The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-08-23
Three Fights
Promised for
Western Fans
Thomas = Ketchell Bout
Will Go IS Rounds
on Labor Day.
By TAD.


NEW YORK. Aug. 23.-sports in the
West will have everything their own
way in the scrap line for the next three
weeks. They have three big fights
scheduled, and any one Of the three is
liable to cause quite a rifle should the
short-ender cop.
The first division IN the line of march
is headed by Michael Schreck and Al
Kaufman They are due 20 go on be-
fore Al Creggins' club, in San Francisco,
Western sport writer's are kidding Al
Kaufman because he persists in wear
ing belt Of fat about foot thick in
his front. He looks upon Kaufman as
meat" and feels that he should win
pulled I'D.
Al has that old slam, though. He Is
not the most fancy thing that ever en-
tered a ring. but he can drop them when
he lands. lie almost put Marvin Hart
out for good one day in training. At
any rate, Michael is ruling favorite.
Ketchell Looks Good.
on September 2 Jim Conroth win hold
a 45-round fight between Kid Ketchell
and Joe Thomas. The former was a
/ dark horse until last Fourth OF July,
when he fought Thomas the hardest
twenty rounds Of his life. He put Joe
| TO the mat twice. and on one Of those
occasions had the champ so bad that he
was forced to use the ropes 10 regain
hts feet Ketcheu Is a growing lad, and
If he wins, promises TO go right after
''My-wife won t-let-me" Burns. Thomas
| is a favorite IA this battle.
on September 9 Hans Hakln" Glea-
/ son VIII hold the Britt-Gans fight. The
/ native IS at present up in the hills
shooting quail and things, while the col
ored champ is at Crolls Gardens, in Ala
media, where Jim Corbett. Terry Nc
/ Govern, Waleott, Dixon, and Fitzsim-
mons trained Looks like a dainty dish
to set before the boys-what?
Has Battling Nelson shouIdered the
ak and gone IN search Of the tall and
/ uncut with Bill squires2 The BIS
/ ounce beat IL right after the fireworks
/ on the Fourth, and Bat has got even
let out a peep since losing the decision
/ to Britt
/ A sporting writer IL the Middle West
: losses out dark hints about the BRITT
/ Cans AFFAIR, and even scrapes quite
/ close 10 Billy Nolan by saying that this
/ coming battle looks Ike a Cook UP.
/ Here Il Is, eat it Up:
/ Britt has been mixed up in the graf
/ gossip and fake talk prevalent on thf
! coast, and boxing fans 30 this sector
are wont 70 look askance at any dea
in which the native s0n may figure.
4 Significant Fact
Although but little cry Of fake ha.
/ been heard since Britt defeated Nelson
/ Il is signifant that every wise one IL
/ the country is certain that there wal
/ something wrong with the match The
4 public figured that Nelson with Brit
was simply put on as an advertisement
! for the second fight with Cans. and thus
] Nelson was made a TO 1 fayorite with
nothing but Danish money in sight.
"A few days before the contest Britt
money began 20 appear slowly, and
great sums were placed at the odds
this all being easy money when Brit
returned the victor.
I Those fans OF the coast who follow
/ the careers OF their native Sons close
ly had figured that Britt had gon,
back, for after his decisive beating a
the hands OF Nelson he had not shown
/ anything Ike championship form. In
/ stead of attempting 70 recuperate afte
this defeat BTltt rather gave himsel
| over to a free ano easy life, and /
report can be believed, did not do
/ whole lot Of training for the last con
test"