The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-20
IEICHEL A GREAT FIGHTER
BIAS A CHANCE 70 BE CHAM.
PION or THE WORLR.
no, ~ Years Old. but Has Induised In
More Than 400 Mills with Only Ono
pefeat-Conndent re Win Heat Jshn-
.on When They Meet IN Octebef.

pefeat-Coatdent ne Win Heat Jehn-
son when They Meet IN October.
Will Stanley Ketohel be the champion
Arhter Of the worldi VIII he be the first
-,,,e man to lower the oolors Of the
negro Jack johnson, present holder Of
rbe title? Sporting men I'll oves thie
world have heard Of the remarkable
Young man who has battled his way
to fame and the worlds m~iddlewelght
championship. They are also discussing
- bold plan to win the highest honore
in the ring. They know that he 10 lion
herted, that he 10 q natural pugilist aud
va. Of the greatest punchers the world
h.s ever produced. Two practical knock
cuts over Jack o'Brien prove this.
Ketohel is a quiet, u~nassuming fellow.
with nothing OF the toughness and swag-
ger Characteristic OF the old time bruisers.
When he has finished a hard days train
ing and gets into his light bath gown he
looks more like a clean out college stu
dent than a husky. fearless p~risehGhter.
Hetch. as his friends call him. ID merely
r 1000 natured big boy, full OF life and
activity, always ready to box. play
baseball. golf Dr. indulge in anythins
that means open air exercise. He wants
10 he on the jump all the time and his
wonderful capacity for work often tires
ont three or four trainers.
In his daily boxing bouts with his
sparring partners Ketchei Is a fend.
Husky Andy Walsh found him such q
terror that he had to give up the job.
and mind you Walsh is q pretty tough
hand at ffsticufYs himself. Big Bob Arm
strong. who stood of Jefries In a ten
round bout eleven years ago. has his
hands full boxing six rounds with Ketchel.
Armstrong knows the manly art from
A 10 z and is a high class boxer, bu,
the way Ketohel tears into the big oolored
fighter and snashes him around the
gymnasium IL a caution. These bouts,
bv the way. are not STARRING Affairs but
real fights. but Armstrong wears stomach
and chest protectors
Ketchel has been In steady training
rear Woodlawn for many weeks. Every
morning, rain or shine. he hops Of
he'd at 7 O'Clock and In half an hour he ID
on the road for q brisk run or walk. He
may start on with q dash Of two or three
miles at a fast clip or may Jog along at q
dog trot. 1t all depends on how he feels,
In an hour he 10 back a. the training camp,
where he takes q cold shower bath and q
good midtown. Then IN q few minutes
he is ready for breakfast. and he puts
away a big meal. too. for he generally has
an appetite like q VOLTS.
After breakfast Kstoh has no regu.
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at anything that may suit his fancy.
He may play golf for . couple Of hours.
or ride horseback for many miles. Then
again he may 20 out and play baseball
until he 10 sweating like q Marathon run
ner; but he always reserves the after
Moons for his boxing and gymnasium
work. In all his exercises the Michigan
Lion. who will fight johnson in California
next October. shows boyish enthusiasm
and abundant good nature.
Ketohel has no adviser or chief trainer
10 tell him when or how TO exercise. for
he does not need It. He knows how to
ret in fine form and works away with
wonderful speed and vim. He Is as
strong physically - an OK. but also has
r'enty Of good. hard ssnse.
Il was born at Butte. Montana, on Sep
tember IA. 1857 said Ketohel to TIL
SUNS writer on pusiiiam the other day,
and not in Grand Rapids. Michigan, In
1885, as the record books have It. My
father is q native Of Russia and my mother
Il Slav. She wa married when she was
Dyears old and I wss her first child. born
a year after my parents marriage. My
mothers maiden name was 0lbrtsky and
her mother was q full blooded native of
Poland. I have three broehery living in
Grand Rapids with my parents and work
ing in a furniture factory.
After . little schooling ct Grand Rapids
went to work for four dollars . veal
polishing furniture for the concern tina,
employed my father. At The age Of II
had worked 90 faithfully that Ireoeived
the sam salary - . man but I began
to be restless. and ~ I wanted TO go the
world I went further West, working my
way by harvesting and picking hops. !
had a lot OF hard e~xpeTisncs during this
roaming trip. I became . cowpunche,
and learned to ride like Q daredevil with
the rest OF the boys. Thsn I went 70
mining hard rock quarts until I finally
struck Butte. my native town. where ]
got a job as bellboy In . hotel.
One day a fellow named Msufios
thompson became disordsrly h the hotel
and I had to make good before the boss,
sol threw Thompson out bodily. He wa
something OF a bully about town and
posed as a fighter. They nissd q twenty.
I'VE dollar purss and asked me- n I would
meet Thompson for ax rounds At the
Casino Theatre. This coin looked big to
me then and I quickly oonssnted. but ]
didn't know I was up against . braos
game. They called the bout q draw after
had almost snnihilated The bully. and
Of course I felt sore about IL. I began
to get wise right there. ! was only II
years old at the time and was naturally
green at the fighting game.
oh, yes, I fought many battles through
Montana before and after I met Thomp-
non, though I never kept any record oil
them. Some were WITH cowpunohers,
miners and other fellQwsI ran up against
during my travels. There were probably
two hundred and fifty battles that wery
never included In my ring record. ]
think my first fight was with q miner n
Washington with bare knucklee. 1t dSdn'l
last but two rounds. az j Knocked him
out without much trouble. ] don't 70
member his name. but / know he was q
grown man. while ! wa only . boy.
After my 20 with Thompson the man.
ager OF the Casino gave me . job needing