The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-30
kETCHEL IS SURE
REAL CHAMPION
MiddleWeight Fighter Makes a
Great Hit Down in
New York.

New York, March 2s.-stanley Ketch-
.ei is pleasant looking young man
with a powerful physique. He is not
inclined to talk much about his proves
in the ring, but there seems to be no
doubt that he can fight. Moreover
there is a substantial proof that he can
hit like the kick of a mule. Possess .ng
a reasonable amount Of science,
Ketchel does not believe I'm fancy box
ing. however, for he has shown that
his long suit is the heaviest kind of
smuggling. In a word. he is a fighter who
relies almost wholly on the delivery of
zone punch a crashing swing, hook or
jolt on the point of the Jaw.
Is Rugged Fighter.
Ketchel can be described as a
rugged. game, agrees We fighter, who
fears nothing and is willing to take q
laCing so long as he can have a chance
to knock the other fellow out. He pos
sesSes the bulldog courage of La
vigne. coupled with the real fighting
methods of d JeffTies or a Fitzsimmons.
Ketchel has the right 10 DC called mid
dleweight champion. because he has
beaten decisively such men as Papke,
Hugo Kelly and Joe Thomas, among
whom the title was flung by Tommy
Ryan when he went into retirement
ketchel was born at Grand Rap as.
Mich. in 1855. and is five feet nine
inches tall He began his ring career
in 1908. and since then he has estsb-
lished a rema rkable record. He has
knocked out forty-thTee opponents, has
received q decision in one bout, has
boxed four draws and has lost one
when he was knocked out by Papke
last year
First Big Go With Thomas.
1t was in 1907 ketchel first began to
attract attention, when, after boxing
a twenty-roUnd draw with Joe Thomas
on the coast, he knocked him out in
thirty-two rounds in another mill.
Early last year ketChel put Mike
C"Twin') Sullivan to sleep in one round
at Frisco and followed it uD by a
knockout of Jack c'Twin'D Sullivan in
the twentieth round several months
later Last June he defeated Papke on
points in a ten-round bout in Milwau-
kee. and in July he knocked Hugo KEEL
ly of Chicago out I'm three gruelling
rounds In August he put Thomas to
sleep again in two rounds and was
hailed as a wolrd beaten. Then he be
gan to notice what a gay world this Is
and started out to hit the high places.
He had such good time that when
he faced Papke again in September in
Vernon. Cal. he was in no shape to
fight so Papke knocked him cold in
twelve rounds
Comes Back Strong,
The result Of this mill was "a severe
shock to the pugilistiC world, for a
brilliant future had been predicted
for Ketchel But another match with
Papke was arranged, 20 take place
at Colma in November. and kctcheL
this time got into the ring in splendid
trim. Papke put I'D game tight, but
KetcheI. the master. knocked him
senseIess in the eleventh round and
regained the middleweight title
Papke. by the way received such a
beating that he has been of little &C
count since his downfall. ketchel.
% gears old, is growing rapidly. He
weighed 115 pounds when he began
training for his last mill with Papke
and scaled at 15S. But he is not anX-
ious to make that weight in future ana
has declared repeatedly that he will
soon enter the heavyweight division.