The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-31
Ready to Post $4,000 Side
Bet for a Twenty-Round Go
Within Thirty Days.
BOTH AFTER JOHNSON,
Managers Have Covered
Champions Money for
Fight if JeffrieS Declines.

Billy Delaney, manager for Al
Kaufman. the California heavy
weight, authorizes The Evening World
to announce this afternoon chal-
lenge to Stanley Ketchel, middleweight
champion of the world, to fight his
man for $4,000 side bet within
thirty days before the club Offering
the best inducements.
Kaufman is through with long
winded denances, ne says, and as
sumes the attitude toward Ketchel of
put UP or shut up. The $4,000 side
bet money is 10 be deposited when ar.
ticles of agreement are signed. .
II am sick and tired of this talk about
the heavyweight championship sttua-
ton" said Delaney. THE best way to
settle the question Is to let Ketchel meet
Kaufman in a twenty-round go before
any club In the United States, and then
the winner Of the fight will be the man
to meet Johnson.
IT am willing to let Kaufman meet
any OF them, including Jeffres, ana
was asked by the Hayes Valley Club, OF
San Francisco, to book fight with
them, and | wired them back lmIne-
diately to go ahead and get ketchel.
There is no question about Kaufman
getting the first chance at Johnson, for
he was the first to cover Johnsons
posted 5000
Both After johnson.
Willus Britt. on behalf OF Ketchel has
covered the $500 put up by Jack
Johnson to fight any man in the world,
naming Johnson as first choice, De
laney also has posted five $1,000 bills
to match Kaufman against the black
champion.
The heavyweight pugilistic horizon
appears clearer to-day, and challenges
are being hurled broadcast by the
champion and near champion big men
At any rate. from the covering OF
Johnsons $1,000 b. both Ketchel and
Kaufman, the tistic fans are sure to
see results in the near future. II
Champion johnson wants a limited bout
II is possible that Manager Billy Gibson |
may get the match for his Fairmont
Athletic Club, OF the Bronx.
Taking the dope, the Ketchel-Kauf- |
man go should be whlrlwlnd affair. |
Both men are young, in the best OF |
fighting condition at present and both |
eager to rise to the top-notch OF the |
pugllstic ladder.
The Rival Fighters.
Ketchel is not quite twenty-five years
old His first battles were fought in !
1908. His title as m.ddleweight cham
pion was secured by knocking out Joe !
Thomas In California. Sam Langford, /
the black middleweight, is contender
that Ketchel has not met.
The best fights In which Ketchel has
engaged were with philadelphia Jack"
o. Brlen. Billy Papke Hugo Kelly, Joe
Thomas and both Twin Sullivans, all OF
whom save OBTien, he finished with the
punch. The bell saved O'Brien
asst week. Papke scored knockout
over Ketchel in twelve rounds last year.
,ut Ketchel has since decis!vely beaten
rim.
Kaufman, or Big Al" as ne Is called
On the Pacific Coast, is jus: pas: TWEEN
,y-three years old and tips the scales
At Do pounds. He has Knocked ont
Nike Schreck, Dave Barry, Sam Berger
Fred Bradley, Jim Flynn and a dozen
others In quick time. He Knocked on;
lin Barry, OF Chicago, In tErty-Nne
rounds He was knocked on; fou '-l
/, half yeas ago by ilaicloIa SIX
O'BrIer ut fIhy eXp-.,s .. tI. .y.
aid that to his Ia K ~ ring rNgtg ours.
r.r hes. kaufman could do N.,a JACK
Twin sullivan ms draw boz twenty.
M. rounds Will k.'Hhr Lad .n
Town AMI u.' Zoo 'NfI.. .lIuI.
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