The San Francisco call., 1908-12-30
LANGFORD ISSUES
ANOTHER Def TO
KETCHEL
VIII Give Champion Entire
Purse if He Fails 10
Knock Him Out
By William J. SIatfery

Nothing daunted by his futile eforts
70 induce stanley. Ketchel TO step into
the ring with sam Langford, Joe Wood
rsn. manager of the cOlored boxer.
came out last night with the bold
statement that his man would agree
10 xtop tle middle weight champion
writbin % rounds or else forfeit
tbe entire purse. Woodman is appar-
estly sincere in his statement and he
ADDS that be is willing to post sub
stsntial forfeit 10 back up his asser-
lions IIe wiu now wait again for
Ketchel.
ANY date or any place viii SUIT me
2osfon manager. Naturally. he would
prefer 10 have the night staged IA. me
open air on some holiday siternoeh, p@ul @
ii this is not agreeable 10 ketchel or
his sfas ger. -ANOOdElan saws he VIII
come 10 them. All he wants IS lhe
chance 10 get ketcnel IN ne r4ns,, anu ~
he hopes that his latest oHer VIII 90
some good ,..
81 am ready To post forfeit TO
make il good and strong SAID " oou-
man. We came ont mere 1oI e4e - -
press purpose Of lighting helchel, SIM
Div using Flynn IS = sort OF LIHout
horse. tO show the fans OF san ran
cisco what LangiOrd could 40, enc
feeI sure tnat they are all SATISFIED that
he is every inch The great nSAllef ina L
his record claimed for him
feel certain LIlaL L14ll6LtlN f'eAA
knock ketcllel out within ~ rouil0s-
otherwise 4 wonld. nct De max
ing a statement like this. II sam Ialis'
then g[etchel can have The entire purse.
should sam. VIE then the money es-il s.
he divided Justly I believe that sam
is as great q card as ketchei ana oe-
serves 10 get his cut if he beats the
champion.
viii not worry about this All We
want is the chance to demonstrate tlst
sam IS the champion at tne h7lool olo.,5
weight iimit Money talks- ana VIII
be there with mine. II is All up 10
ketchel now. We are giving him the
' best Of IL up and down the line, ana
II he does not take fnis chance, con I
know EYhat he wants.
In the event that he is unable 10
land Ketchcl WOOdman says mat ne
VIII turn his big black into the ring
with Il couple of second raters and
agree 70 stop both of them within lu
rounds, with > minutes rest pc
tween bouts. WOooman denies tnat ne
ever consented 10 take on three men
as he figures that two in one night IS
enough for any middle weight
1t is very likely that WoOGman and
L2ngford viii remain In this city dur
ing the winter. Both are willing to
wait a month or TWO to land Ketche
IL they see any chance TO make gooo
II the middle weight champ is lost tC
them. then 0Noodman says that he viii
take his man back TO London Tor 3
whirl al Jack Johnson for the heavy
NcfZnT DcnDrS.
Toe O'Connor sKetcheTs director oi
affairs. says positively that he viii no
allow his man TO get into the rims
for Il month or two yet and perhaps
longer. He argues that ketch has z
good rest coming TO him and that h,
would not consent to his entering th'
ring even with a soft one. OConnO
declares that this is FINAL
when / have an announcement t
make regarding a fight II viii be
starting one, said O'Connor, implyin;
that ne would send his man agains
the black from Boston al the oppor
tune moment Both ketch and mysel
nave made Up our minds that he need
a rest. This is the time for him L
take II. and no matter what happen
we VIII live up to our prOgra M
OConnor and Woodman have ha'
several quiet conferences during tn
last few days, but nothing came o
INV OF them. lit is understood tha
Woodman made all kinds Of conces
sIOns in an enoeavor TO cause O'C0nno
10 sign with the colored man. but non
Of them availed anything. WoodmaT
however, is game and hopeful and vii
stick around for awhile.
Ed Keevan, manager Of littl
jimmy Walsh, who fought that las
Is round draw with Monte Attell 0
Tie night of the Flynn-Langford mil
Tvsnts another try at Monte. He
endeavoring to get some local pro
mOter 10 stage the attraction, and
ne cannot land here he will make a
aLleupL 10 get on IN Los Angels
where he was promised a match b
Baron Long with Coulon.
Johnny Murphy. the sturdy littl
local lightweight, is flushed with sue
cess by his victory over Rufe Turne
at Eureka the other evening. john
all but put the hard hitting negI
away in 20 rounds and now is out wit
= challenge TO meet Freddie Wells
Dick Hyiand or ia fact any Of the
who have a hankering for his gam