Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-21
(By Bin Biunt)

pegson in a thousand would take , Stanley KeteAel for a professional { boxer, let alone a champion. This. ill his street clothes. Neither face, feat. ure ore figure remind one of the typical glove-man. We'll dressed, al- most bordering on the modish; quiet of demeanor and soft of voice, the Montana Boy could easily pass for 9 brcaSt' OF a young lawydn He has blOndish hair and brown eyes, an odd combination for a fighter. He isn't bombas t:ostand wnen the subject Of fight" is brought ID, it is hard to make him uncover. He be comes as rstieent as the oft-cited bi- valve and would much sooner discuss the merits of his favorite hunting piece or tell you about the fine fish and game to be found in Montana. Any story of outdoor life interests him and he will talk for hours abat the moanta'lss, the cattle ranges, camping out, automobile tours -adn the like. He has an extensive wardrobe for city wtar and carries Q trunk full of hunt ing clothes and parapnernal'a with him wherever he travels. He is pre- pared for any emergency. Make 2 noise like a fisa-hook Or q cartridge and you have an eager listener at your elbow ready to drink in every woru He says his ambition in life Is to
 gather together enough money to buy ] well stock de ranch. After his figat- ] ng days are over, he hopes to retire to it and spend the remainder of his 1 life riding and shooting and fishing and ras'ng cattle He isn't very keen fer the noise and glamor Of Broadway. ] The simple and rustic for him, at al stages.
 On. rare occasions he may be iu-
 yeigled into talking about a's battles but it Is necessary to, frame him in" to make him loosen up. yerybody, in . cluding his manager, Willie Britt, , wanted to hear hi-n talk about second Papke bout, the time he was beaten. They jobhed aim into talking about t. First one of the party would crack Papke's name. Then another would ray the IliiHoisan was 6 good tighter. . Finally. after Britt had said, for q stall, Papke didn't beat Ketch very badly: had it gone the limit Stanley
 would have received tde decision" the lid was Dried off and Ketchel re . tortsd: @oh. no, Wlfie. be gave me g. terrible licking. Don't get that wrong; he beat me ia srfy and to a frazzle.
 You see, my natural fighting position is a crouch. I saw some of these oth- CT fellows standing upright and !, thought I could dc it. I tried it with !. Pugo Kelly auj got him in three. ' With Joe Thomas I boxed 'uprigip
 again and feJcned him in tvA thought 't was great. The third time vas with Papke in Los Egeles and he ] stuck a fork in me. Never again. be . 'ieye me, the old cruoch for mine is good enough for me. I won the title
 crOueh'Dg and I'm going to stick to it. When went out for the first round, ] was pried up as straight as , a yard stick Pa0ke dashed at me , like a wild bull. and nefore ! could
 squat he nailed me between the eyes
 with a sweeping left swing. Hard, you ask? If there is a person here who says Paplze couldn't hit. will he please leave my company It nearly . blinded me: for ten rounds I was googled-eyed. Then he hit me on ths jaw Q dozen times aud ll3Jy put ma ] down. After that I couldn't get my self together. Sometimes I would te over on the ropes having the dickens ] whale dout of me and .ometimes ] would be lying on the floor. But all the time l was sayiug to myself that if ever he fought me again, I would repay him the compliment. Finally in the twelfth I was beaten. Nature , rebelied and I couldn't go another stet1 But my heart wasn't broken. [ knew I could beat him. That was ] in September. The same November ! we met again. I trained faithfully and was it as a race borseI | got . him in eleven. My banker tells me compound interest is the highest Brc- nium paid. l believe l paid PaDkG back for the beating ! received and 1 tackled on 9 little of :Ee compound stuff for good measure. At least many Of the spectators tell me ! did 1t Is when ketchel is garbed in na- lures robe that he looks the fighter. He has a fine chest, shoulders, neck, arms, hands and 9 remarkable reach, B He Is as afraid of a tape measure as . "cme men are of FFruss,c acid Sev. ! erai times efforts had. been made to secure his complete measurements and other data that might prove in- B teresting to the sporting public, but E he baked each time. After coaxfng, e eners ng and threatening. he at last 5 agreed to stand the biS examination | sayin sat the time: Remember now ! Willis. this is the last time" Britt lost no time and phonsd immediately fer Dr. q B. Ainden. the famous pay X sieaf diagaOsis expert, who had been lGufetiy planted in 9 nearby hotel The medicine fan came on the run E land in fifteen minutes was on the { iob. Alter an hours examination he banded Britt the following slip. men e tion'ng incidentally that he had eIfm 1 mated the technical term as far as 3 pcseible and substituted, d,>sraightaway { nglish:
 Stanley Ketchel; aged 2I l-2 years k blonde hair: flesh hard, clean, witt e no adipOse tissue or deformity. One ! Of the phalanses of the left hand has \ Teen fractured but healed without 1 leaving any defect His measurement. follow: Height feet Il fncAes; weight 15S pounds; chest 37 inches ! tat forced expiratiCal fl inches. Cat { fcrced inspiratiOn): waist 31 inches; l width between shoulders 19 inches: \ total reach 4 1-2 inches: thigh 2z i7ene6; calf 16 inches; ankle s s-f in eSes; bieeps (right) 13 1-2 ineaes tieft) 13 inches: forearms (right) l2 1-2 inches. tlefD 12 inches; wrists trigh) ' 1-2 inches. Qeft) : If in ' ches; outer angle of eye to opposite side inches; crown mentai (cain tC top of head) 27 inches; hat band \ measurement g inches; neck 17 in ches width between brOWs . inches,