Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-11
GOSSIP OF THE RING.
What Stanley Ketchel Did to One
of the Twins.

| Right on the tail-end CT the week comes
another victory for Stanley Ketchel OF
California. which again stamps him rs
probably the best midd!eweight of the
country. ketchel has the punch all right
and Jack tTwin Sullivan. skillful us he Is
| in the ring. went down and out in twenty
| rounds. The very fact that the fight went
that far showed how good Il battle he put
up and how much of not only skill but en-
durance ketchel had to meet and conquer
Now Ketchel will meet Billy Papke in a
battle that has long been looked for. since
these two men are at present the best eX-
ponents of fistiana in their class.
What kind Of money is this that Willie
Lewis is picking up in Paris: Lewis
knocks out Walter Stanton. and all Paris.
which is getting sporty in pugilisn, is sur
prised. The people over there believe they
saw really q championship battle. Lewis
or his adherents doomed up Stanley as
the genuine article of welterwcight cham
pion and made the betting to 2, with the
champion as favorite. There must have
been many chuckles in the Lewis camp.
1t is dead certain that Lewis will have
more money to bet on the next proposition
Of the kind.
1t is to laugh. few days ago hats
went up because Jack OBrien was to
fight six rounds in Philadelphia with Jack
Blackburn Many believed the match
would be faxed. Now the tension is re-
lieved. Evidently the match was not
framed, for Jack O'Brien announces that
ne cannot keep the appointment, since
theatrical engagements interfere He
calls it off with deep regret. Wonder now
if the double cross wasn't feared by the
willy real estate operator even though a
deed was signed for the transfer of vic
tory. and properly attested.
Still no Tommy Burns-Jack Johnson
fight. But behold. King Edward takes
King is reported, in a cable, as having
said:
Tommy Burns is Yankee buffer, and
| shall take every means in my power To
stop battle between him and Johnson
If 1t is arranged with the underst andins
that Burns is to receive E6.O60 $780, O0).
win, lose or draw The king. who had
lost heavily on his horse Perrier. had a
long talk with hs friend lord LOnsdale,
after the running OF the 1000 guineas
stakes, which was won by Richard Crok-
er's Rhodora. regarding the proposed bat
| tie between Burns ard Johnson. He Is
said to have added:
II am a sportsman, but Burns PROPOSE
ton isn't sportsmanlike. and England
should he up in arms If battle undo,
any such condition is permitted. to occur.
! IN to date Jack Johnson has not beer
a. e 10 induce BUTTS 10 meet 1tI
! in the ring in England. and there is little
| prospect of his getting any nearer q
match than he was before he started fol
| the old country. The latest news in con-
nection with this pair is TO the effect that
| Burns wife is sick in this country anG
| that the heavyweight champion has beer
ca led for to return at once. Johnson vii
| probably fight couple Of men abroad
| and then follow Burns to America. The
| continuous wrangling between this pair 81
! fighters has served to whet the appetite
Of the American promoters. and there
are indications that the latter will star,
| outbidding each other for the contest tC
| be fought on or near the Pacific Coast.
The latest report Is TO the effect that
! the GoIdfield Club. which is composed Of
| q number OF the leading sporting men o,
the famous Nevada mining camp. are anX
| ious to have the Canadian and Califor
MAN meet at that place on July 4, and az
! an Involvement they are offering a purse
| of 49, 900. Taken in connection will
Burns stand for his end of $4,000, win
| lose or draw. this amount seems "A yer!
! trifling one. and yet It Is a great deal OF
money, and there is little likelihood of its
| being outbid from any other source. II
| has been shown that England does not
want the contest the National Sport
| ing Club. the wealthiest organization iT
| that country. has refused to bid anywhere
! near those figures. This narrows the
places for pulling the fight off to Nevada
and California.