The San Francisco call., 1908-05-10

e. the ring and thus save him tina
dreaded. His seconds did not come to
his rescue and he had TO stay to the
bitter end and take world of punish
ment
KETCHEL OvERANXIOUS
Ketchel should have won anywhere
from the eighth to the twelfth round,
but he was overanxious and rained
q shower Of blows on his opponent,
where one well placed one would have
ended the fight. sullivan used all his
wonderful knowledge of defensive tao
tics throughout the fight. but they
were only partially effective against
his aggressive young opponent. Sulli-
van could outlook KetcheI. but the lat
ter would land on him and take all his
style away in an instant To the sur
prise of the spectators Ketchel looked
the larger Of the two In the ring and
presented much more formidable ap-
Pearance than his opponent.
The Montana-man is natural fighter
without any OF the polish shown by the
men who are. developed In gymnasiums.
He can hit readily from any position
and his opponent never knows where
the next blow is coming from. He has
an effective left shift which he has
used in all his fights. In this he leads
for the head with the right and then
brings over The left with lightning
speed. All his blows seemed to hurt
in the early stages of yesterdays fight,
but toward the end many Of them
lacked the Furnishing power which was
behind them at the start.
Ketchel still lacks the polish of some
Of the stars Of the ring. but this will
come with time. He is a most diff
ctlt man for an opponent to handle IN
the ring. as he is always forcing the
pace and never gives man a moments
rest with his wonderful strength and
vitality he can use these tactics until
he has his man utterly disheartened.
JIe is as rough as a bear but he keeps
within the rules and gives but few
opportunities for complaint He uses
an effective left rip to the body. which
he starts low. but It usually lands
above the waist line.
FIRST BLOOD FOR MoNTANAN
Although the men set a fast pace
from the start there was no blood
spilled until some seven rounds had
been covered. Sullivan was the first
10 bleed and after a time he cut
Ketchel severely about the mouth, and
nose. After that both bled profusely,
their faces at times being bespattered
with a crimson fluid sullivans lips
were so badly pufed after the fight
that it rwas with dif1culty he could
make himself understood. His nose
had also taken on puffy appearance
and he VIII undoubtedly have a sore
face for some days.
There was some talk that Sullivan
was not physically fit for the fight. but
the clubs physician reported that
there was nothing the, matter with him
which would prevent him making a
creditable showing. The fight demon
strated this. as no man out of condi-
tion could have gone 20 rounds at the
pace Ketchel carried Sullivan along.
Ketchel should be willing to go along
Tor a time lighting the men who weigh
less than 1eo pounds. He has ambi-
tions to meet Tommy Burns. the heavy
weight but he has plenty of time be-
fore taking on such formidable man.
Manager .O'Connor has found It impos-
sible TO bring about a match between
KetcheI and aPapke, the latter being
the only manethat stands between him
and the middle weight championship.
IN order to get on match he viii go
east 10 look over the situation and en-
deavor If possible to induce Papke to
hght out here. The latter wants a 10
round fight in Milwaukee, but Ketthel
properly says this would not be for the
championship.
ZIG CROWD SATISFIED
The fight yesterday attracted the
.argest attendance since the meeting
between Burns and squires and the
spectators came away satisfied that
hey kac seen an exciting struggle in
the ring. A touch OF conredy bright
. ened UP the proceedings waen jolly
faced sailor from the cruiser South
Dakota led the ships goat into the
-snx. Billy Jordan announced that this