The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-08-26
BURNS AND kETCHEL.
Most Likely That Pair Win Be
Seen In Ring Shortly.
BOUT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE
Champion Thinks He
Can Defeat Tommy For Worlds
Honors-AtteII's Challenge to Mel
son-Tom Sharkey's Latest Scream.

Honors--AtteIi's Challenge to Nell
/ sor-Tom Sharkey's Latest Scream.
/ Stanley ketchel, middleweight cham
pion, expects to fight Tommy Burns for
the heavyweight championship Of the
world before the end of the year.
ketchel says:
Il nave shown that am worthy of a
match with any fighter on earth. Just
now / weigh 17S pounds and am get
ting heavier every day, even while I
am training. l follow milk diet
closely all the time and am always in
the pink of condition. l am rapidly
DutgroWing the middleweight limit,
and 1t will not be long before I'll have
| 10 seek opponents to conquer in the
| heavyweight division. In the event
Of fight with Burns it would not be
| necessary for me to make any specific
weight. l am in condition to. fight
| him right now and If the chance were
offered I'd sign articles for the contest
So quickly that the pen point would
melt. After fight Burns I will quit
| the ring forever and settle down as q
rancher in Montana"
ketcheps appearance as heavy
| weight will be received with great en-
thusiasm. We have long been suffer-
Ing from lack of good men in that
particular class. Tommy Burns has
won his bouts on his merits, but at the
same time, so far as this country is
concerned, he has not had to plow his
way upward like many another con-
tender had to do-Fitzsimmons, for in
| stance.
Burns happened to strike the heavy
weight class at time when there was
little to send against him. This is not
taking anything away from his merits,
as Tommy undoubtedly has shown
great form across the water. He has
put away the best that Britain could
show, and this ought to earn him the
support of the followers Of the game
on this side of the ocean.
II Ketchel can succeed in putting it
over him, he will be doing something
that will make Stanley one of the most
popular flstic artists the ring world
has seen Of recent years. Ketchel is
a man Of undoubted ability, and every
one who has met him wishes him sue
cess.
Abe Attell wants to fight Battling
Nelson. The little fellow feels that he
has about cleaned up everything in the
featherweight class, and he wants to
step up into the lightweight division.
1t is of course questionable whether
Attell could make 1t interesting for
Nelson. He could not possibly build
himself up to weigh 1913 pounds and
would go into the ring at disadvan-
tage. His cleverness and science
would stand him In good stead for Il
few rounds perhaps, but If the fight
went any distance Nelson would win.
| Don't be a little bit surprised to hear
Of Tom Sharkey being matched with
Tommy Burns to fill in an October
date in Gold6eld, New. The deep sea
expert Is just pining for chance to
prove that he can lick the present
champion and is trying to get the
western matchmakers to let him be the
first to give the Canuck his welcome
home. II can come pretty near max
ing him speed faster than any one else
has ever DONE" says the former man
o'-war's man. ''What's win over
Squires, Roche and Moir mean? Why,
I licked fellows like that every week
when ! was in the navy. These Eng
lishmen don't know any more about
fighting than an Eskimo does about
bridge whist"