Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-29
MlDDLEWEIGHT
BOUT ASSURED
LANGF0RD KETCHEL TEN :
ROUND GO CERTAIN
FINANCIAL BREACH IS HRIDcED
OVER BY MAGNATEs
Battle viii Be for Championship OF
Dlvision-Memsic and Picato
Start Training for No-Decis.
ion Battle Next Week

Despite that differences arose be-
tween Manager Tom McCarey Of the
Pacific Athletic club and Joe Wood
man, manager of Sam Langioru, IL
voiving-a possibility that the matcn
with Stanley Ketchel might be calleu
Off. due to failure Of the two hgnt
magnates to agree on terms for SANS
end of the battle, it can be authorita-
lively announced that the battle VIII
be staged as at first planned, and the
two men will furnish the fight rams OF
Los Angeles with food for gossip Tor
a two-month as q result OF the settle-
ment of matters. NO oiilcial inessas =
is given out from Woodman, but 1t Is
known that terms will be arranged,
and the fight Is a surety.
Woodman made strong demand Tor
a larger sum than had been agreed on
for Langford's end, and for a time y
looked dark for the much-taiked-of
meeting of these two great middle
weights, regarded as the. best men In
their class in the ring. Ketchels end
was satisfactorily arranged when the
offer of $4,000 was accepted by his
manager. Willis Britt, and the Micni-
gan middleweight agreed to defend his
title, thus placing the bout as cham
pionship contest, with the weight OF
course the usual middleweight figure.
Then came the unlooked-for stand OF
Woodman. That there has been q conf
promise is the accepted belief, but how
ever matters are now situated, the bat
tie is assured, and the fans may now
lie back and wait for the coming of
the two fighters. Langford of course
will not appear on the scene until
about the middle of June, as he will
fight Hague in London In May. Imn1e-
diately after this battle he will start
for Los Angeles.
Ketchel. according to Britt. probably
will start for the coast within a fort
night. The champion will go into
training at Jack Doyle's South Side
Athletic club and will attend closely to
his ring preparations in the time inter-
vening before the fight Stanley rea-
Lies that In Langford he is tackling
the toughest proposition he has ever
handled, and he has learned from Bit
ter experience at the hands of Billy
Papke the lesson that 1t does not ray
to neglect training.
Lightwelghts at Work
George Memsic and Frank Picato,
who will meet before McCarey's club
week from tomorrow night In a ten
round no-deciSion bout. being the sec
ond engagement at this distance, are
heard at work. In view of the whirl-
Picato was all but knocked out in the
first round and then came back and
made a remarkable showing in tho
other nine rounds, the fans are looking
for a hard contest. Knowing the cali
Der of their opponent, both will work
hard to get into the best of trim, and
IL they duplicate the performance 1t
will be all the fans will ask for. The
card Is as good bout as could be ar
ranged between local 133-pounders.
Memsic began work yesterday morn
ing with a road run and worked out in
the afternoon at Eastside gymnasium,
where he is being looked after by Aldo
the Turk. Plcato is grinding away at
Vernon training camp, and after his
trip to the springs seems in fine condi-
ton to begin active training. Neither
will have to worry about the weight.
which is the same as at their former
meeting, 1873 pounds at p. m.
Another of the weekly tryouts was
held yesterday afternoon at Maud
Junction ring, where Handicapped
Hancock presided as arbitrator-in-
chief in sizing up the newcomers and
aspiring youngsters who pine for the
ring game. These tryouts haev brought
out some lively fighting and the basis
for judgment of the ability of the lads
who appear in local pork and-bean en-
gagements.