The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-27

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conversation. who has ne ever whip
ped?" the negro will have such a big
physical advantage over Ketchel that
he ought to win easily. However, am
still of the same opinion that was be-
fore, that Ketchel has punch that will
whip any man IL he ever lands on
vital spot. His chances Of getting home
wallop to vital spot on Johnson's
anatomy are a great deal less than IL
he we're fighting man of equal weight
and size.
saw KetcheI at work in his quar-
ters In Frisco before the night between
himself and Papke, and made up my
mind then that no matter who he en-
tered the ring with would never say
| that he didn't have at least ora chance
| in three OF winning.
Johnson's defense may bs the STUN
bling stone to defeat for Ketchei. in
| battle with a man OF his own ssze
Ketchel has good cha 1ce Of break-
| ing through an op, onent's guard with
his deceptive shift, but in going up
against man like johnson KetcheI
has not only defense to figure out but
his Judgment of distance is changed
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| to be altered some to reach a vital spot
KetcheL / am sure. Is confident he
has good chance to whip johnson.
he believes in himself as no other
| fighter of his age ever did, and he will
go after the negro with the same dash
with which he tackled Papke, O'Brien
and all the others he has faced in the
ring. ! hope that Stanley will win.
would like nothing better than to see
the white boy tumble the reputation Of
the big black man inside the twenty
round limit. and IL there is anything
/ can do to help Ketchel carry Off the
victory will do It.
ketchePs Chances Not Bright.
But, as I said before, his chances are
not as good as Johnson's because OF his
size. It's any old thing that a good big
man can whip a little man any old
time, and in the case of Ketchel the
saying applies in part at least. John
son may not be a good big man, but he
Is entitled TO be credited as such, hav-
ing succeeded in bringing to an end the
bluffs OF that champion Of all champion
four-f -fiushers, Tommy Burns
The public will get better acquainted
with johnson as he prepares for bat
tie. Up to the present time little has
really been seen OF the big black, al
though he has been before the public
for a decade.
The Nelson McF'3- rland battle will
overshadow the Johnson Ketchel fight
in several ways. These two boys have
been hurting mud at each other for
nearly a year now, and the announce
ment of their agreeing to terms came
as thunderbolt out of the clear sky
Of puEilism. Nelson certainly ceded
Mcfarland a big advantage when he
agreed to meet him at 1873 pounds,
weigh in at o'clock in the morning.
OF all the times set for weighing in.
this hour is the worst for Nelson. At
8 o'clock in the morning Packey can
weigh at least five pounds less than
his real weight and not weaken him
self; and If Mcfarland wishes he can
enter the ring under these arrange
ments, weighing i'm the neighborhood
of eight pounds more than the Bat
tier.
Take the ordinary man, who does no
training, or the every day athlete. and
he will weigh naturally two pounds
less when he gets up than when he
goes to bed. But, With all this ad-
vantage in weight, .TcFarland needs II
to give him anything like an even
break with the Dane. Nelson undoubt-
edly knew this we'll or he never would
have consented to sign articles except
under ordinary conditions for a light
weight championship. A
Nelson Best in Long Battle.
Nelson has always insisted on long
distance contest with Mcfarland. and |
he wasn't alone in granting conces-
sions. Mcfarland has realized all |
along that IL he expected to whip Mel |
son he would Lave to do IT inside of |
twenty rounds. Every round a fight |
goes after the twentieth I'm which the |
Dane is a principal his chances OF VIC
tory increase. Mcfarland probably |
figures that his greater weight and
large muscles will Offset the Danes
endurance.
Packey also conceded quite a big
financial consideration when he allow
ed all the picture righ.s to go to Nell
son and Coffroth. The income from /
the pictures alone might amount to
more than the entire gate receipts.
The income from the Britt Nelson
fight pictures were enormous, and
the Dane figures 1T out that
another fortune will be in store for
him from the same source
But the main fact is that the tu,oI