The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-04-10
.LANGFORD AND
KETCHEL Fight
(By E. d. Rurrows.l

10Y u OF
San Francisco. April Bert Igoe.
formerly ono of San Francisco's lead
ing sporting cartoonistS and writer's.
who is now at the helm Of the good
ship Stanley Ketchel." declares that
the fight critics of the Pacific coast
are prone 10 oyerestimatc the fight
ing ability of "Beggar Sam" Langford,
the Boston pirate. and says that Stan
Will demonstrate this when the two
men come together for six rounds In
Philadelphia on the night of April
81, I'VE arc going TO Woodlawn Inn.
New York, TO train.' says the wire,
and you will get reports OF reju-
venated Ketchel when he enters the
ring against Langford Stan Is feel
Ing fine right now and says that
there Is no man living who can get
the best OF him In one OF those short
route contests. The Bangford.Ketoh-
el match Is surely coming off this trip
and | would advise you to string
your money on the white On top of
this came reports that Langford Us
preparing 10 depart for the east. and
that he and Joe Woodman, who looks
after his business affairs, Will pass
through San Francisco early next
week en- route 10 Boston, where Beg
gar Sam" will train for the Ketchel
bout While in the city Woodman
Will discuss with Tom O'Day the de-
tails Of the proposed Laneford-Tom'
my Burns quarrel, which the Mission
club man desires To stage on the 5th
of next September-and IL should not
be hard to tie this up before the black
man and his manager leave town.
Cannot Believe II.
Well, Ketchel may be on the level
with this latest outburst of enthuS-
iasm In regard TO the match with Beg
gar Sam"-but the writer. Tor one. is
extremely doubtful about st. Coming
so soon after his miserable exhibition
against Frank Klaus In Pittsburg in
which engagement he suffered a rath-
er painful injury to his left hand, IL
is hard to figure out just why Ket
chel should give his consent to six
round bout with Langford-especlally
when he absolutely refused to treat
with the San Francisco promoters who
offered him $4,000 purse to tangle
with "Beggar Sam" In fact, nobody
knows better than Ketchel himself
that the Boston black man has not
been overrated, and that he Will also
surely flatten the aforesaid Michigan
der Il the latter essays even the short
est kind of journey with him This
Is the one man that Sam Will not
LAY down" or stall" for. and once
they get into the ring-if that ever
happens -Langford is going to do his
level best to stop Ketchel. no matter
what the previous arrangements have
been. Even II the men agreed to go
six tame rounds in Philadelphia and
afterwards TO come to San Francis
co for a distance. It Is doubtful II
''Beggar Sam" could resist the tempta-
ton to turn on full steam and flatten
the Assassin. He wants that middle
weight title and would risk almost
anything to get It
This Is His "Out,"
To the writer 1t appears that this
is merely publicity play on the part
of the Michigan lad, calculated to coy
er up-in some degree-the rather ug-
ly stories which have been circulated
anent the Ketchcl-Klaus affair In Pitts
burg After that "bloomer," which
sent 5000 Smoky City fans out into
the world cussing both the middle
weight champion and the local favor.
ite. Ketchel found himself sadly In
need Of some startling newspaper an
nounccment, IL only to take the public
mind away from HIS affair with Klaus
and an agreement TO fight Langford
was easily his "onc best bet" under
the circumstances. Twice before, un-
der the guidance OF Willus Britt. Stan
ley has used this same ruse and got
ten by with it-and until the men
into the ring and start to
one another the writer will
be prone to place the forthcoming 90 |
controversy In similar
category