The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-08
PugiIism
Baseball
Racing
CAN KETCHEL
WIN THE FIGHT
Two Fighters Compared by the
Past Performances With
Same Men.
(By Eddie Smith J

tising for the Ketchel.Johnson contest
displaying the date. Saturday, Octo'
Der l6, appeared on the streets ycster-
day
On this. the first advertising, ap-
pears a few lines from the statement
Of Jack McGuigan, promoter and ref.
cree OF most of the big contests held
in Philadelphia and referee Of the
.Johnson-O Brien and the Ketchel-
O'Brien contests.
After the JohnsonO Brien contest
tho referee is quoted as saying Had
given a decision, would have called
the battle a draw After the Ketchel
scrap with the Quaker, when, IL VIII
be remembered. the referee stopped
the contest in the third round McGui.
gan made the following announce
ment II stopped the fight in the
third round to save O'Brien from a
possible fatality"
The referee In Phllapdelphia Is not
allowed to give decisions, so the state
ments OF the third man In the ring
are generally taken as onclal decis-
ions, although the contests so down
in the records as no-decision bouts.
There is lots OF meat for thought in
after each OF the bouts in which the
men who are TO meet on the 18th ap-
peared with O'Brlen
The story Is quickest and easiest
told by saying that in the contest be-
tween O'Brien and Johnson the cham
pion weighed 222 pounds. and in the
contest with Ketchel he will weigh los
pounds, or he will be just 27 pounds
lighter in the battle to be held here
than he was in the affair at Phila-
dclpnia.
This fact of course, means that
Johnsons g condition will be very much
better when he faces Ketchel than It
was when he met OBrien, In the
O'Brien siX-round contest johnson ac-
ceptcd the date while he was show
ing on the road, and he entered the
ring with absolutely no training In
fact. the colorcd man says he simply
went TO Philadelphia and boxed the
clever Quaker six rounds with the be-
lief that he would be able TO outlook
and outpunch him without training.
Johnson Received Beating.
The result was that Jack Johnson
left the ring worse off for the trou-
BILE He was cut and bleeding and the
house was calling for OBrien. In the
first rounds johnson allowed O'Brien
TO do the leading and In the last two
rounds, when he started after the
clever Philadelphian. he found him too
fleet Of foot, and his attempt to nall
the white man caused the crowd TO
cry out against him,
In this contest O'Brien pulled off
nj Tlp fri hpn
ed how keenly his wits are alive 10
when In battle. While Johnson was
rushing after him and he was very
tired, he often ducked In and clinch-
ed and after one Of these clinches,
Johnson, in pushing him away, showed
him a little hard and down went Mr..
O'Brlen. The crowd hooted the big
black man and tho white man took the
count Several times during the last
two rounds the same thing happened
and each time Johnson was roundly
hooted
When asked why he had allowed
himself to be pushed TO the floor so
often. and II he did so TO obtain time
for a rest, OBrien replied: NO. I
went down after the clinches and
made believe that Johnson pushed
me down because the crowd hooted
and hissod him. and all these things
have their influence in helping a fel-
low TO win
When Ketchel and O'Brien met
about two weeks later Ketchel was
In great fcttle. He had already beat.
en- O'Brlen at New York and had been
In active training for some time Ket-
chel is just the sort of fighter 10 !
beat O'Brlen. and Johnson is the man
he can make A great showing with.
If the contest Is a short
one.
O'erIen Wanted johnson.
The best evidence We have on the
chances OF Johnson and Ketchel
with O'Brien is given by the Quaker |
himself in telegram he sent to Cot |
froth some time before he had ever
seen Kctchel.
AT that time Coffroth was at loss
for card and he sent word to O'Brien |
that he would give him a chance with !
Johnson or Ketchel OBrien tele, !
graphcd back; Get me the coon. |
from what ! hear OF Ketchel he is just !
the sort OF fellow with whom ! would J
have great trouble, but with the flat 1,
footed champion ] can win sure"
O'Brien meant by this that Ketchcl !
With his fast and aggressive style of
milling, would be very hard for him
TO keep away from with his fast foot
work. but with Johnson. who gener. |
ally boxes on the defensive. he would |
have a chance TO dance about and lab |
him up with his lightning-like short
eft shoots.
1t can be seen, therefore. that in
the figuring Of the referees state.
neDts after the O'Bricn fights with the |
coming opponents for the heavy
weight championship that conditions
and styles of milling must be taken
nto consideration, and above all. one
must remember that Kotcbel Is tho