The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-30
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
~kETCHEL TOOK STIMCLlNTS,"
SAYS a FIGHT EXPERT.
one Who Slas Refereed Important Contests
Declares LangfOrd WOuld surety Win
IN q Ftght 90 More Than Ten aounas
-Negrs 60 Meet BHr1s Neat Van.

One % the besi judges 81 puGilism. q man
who has refereed some of the biggest cham
ptonship hght-. saw ketchel and LanEford
IN their six round scrap IA Philadelphia
the other night and whom asked for an
opinioa yesterday he said
-Kstchel should never try 20 20 more
i than ten rounds with either langford oS
Papke IN future We - not the K~'chel OF
two yeaTs ago and much ut the strength
he displayed m The boat With langford
waA artificial That d, To -al. ketChrl re-
ceiVed liquid Refreshments several times
during the hEht Nhl,h kept up his vitality
and made him husile. ! would not ,ay that
the night wss q fake. brysuse believe both
men were trying I have Seen tram"up>
on many ocraston- and I would not he-i-
tate 10 say this h1ut Na- hN~d up I
thouxht -, hut IN iusiire 20 k-irncl az les &
IL must he admitted that he It'd his best
4 think he surprised i.sngtnrd With his
rushing Anf hitting snd pn--ih)s n.afr The
negro cautious. for there Is no tSonht i, my
mind that sam took desperate sSan,rs.
He 10 a foxy person. YOU know. and believ -,
IN learning all he csn about he opponents
6sfore he runs any risks In long hEh'.
cay twenty rounds. \ believe kstchel would
surely be- knocked out by Langford. because
ths negro would put M an entirely different
style Of hEhtinR in Hnothsr meeting ~
though Ketchel - only - years old and was
EMNHtu w neNNn NNen re WF~f NNfHMfl IN
the East. I was surprised 10 see his -srnnds
administer stimulants between rounds
Why. he was driven out ~ tnp speed al thu
~4y, vet he never -"prrd knovkdoWn
1 would have called the bout a draw a. that.
because ~ was anybody - nght a. the ~ni.
The lesd,ng nght rTiii,z m phiadelrhA
instst that lanRfoTd on ihe bout on potn',
by safe margin Other rtrg Judges can
not he convinced that ke,shel I'D not
carry on The honor~ when there - mu,
doubt and a difference of opinion q draw
u generally REGARDED ~ the proper con
elusicn Iangford. reeardless of another
agh, Nth ketS hel whi,h s. ~ soon h. an
nounced. has posted SS.co0 A. "a forfou ~
clinrh Q match WITH Tommy Burn, m Ssu
Francisco IN september B. The Mctr0.
rolissn & has offered . sso@o purse.
$4,000 to IRE winner. and VIII also paw
1.oeo bonus on he sice - Burn 20 cover
sxpsnses With Burns ant ke'chel on his
lisf 81 eega gements Iangtofd. wfN 'ouldn't
end suitable anita Ronists wear iro. Will
be extremely busy IN future
Looking a. the Murphy ,ttelI bon, ~.h
out prejudice. many compefent yrui's u
re Erap,re A on Ihnrsdsy night ngrs '.,'s
have Seen nlanifesfiy unfair. At'ell's rirht
hand WNs dts blsd in the second round.
Murphy. proved a severe hani,rap Bui
20 declare kuell he winner under such
eSin; S@,ssre @f'e Ia H.. re- sRs
fo.inds Murphy. biggsv and sirong.r. lid
all the leading and landed -cue ene.tise
punches. In the lass minnie Si the Tap
Atteli. exha u.'ed, wa hanging on "a
series Of hard clinche- Hi- atta'k had
become Ineffective. ana had " not been for
his wonderful defensive tactic- he might
have hn the floor Murphy resoTtei 70
the moth esten trick of waiting tor ~
last round OF tNo before cutting loca a.
whHiwtnd style He was outpo,Rted 80
easily IN tho early part of the bout that he
looked foolish. The fact that MURPHY
could not drop Atteil, dozen round-
lighter. Incidentally proved the Oft repeateii
assertion that the Harlem by y not a
heavy hitter and never viii be.
The crowd - the A'-eN- Murphy afair
vas The biggest Of the season. Is-a The
Empire Club u 30 fer uptowu-.n West
iSSth street. near Eighth avenUs---Htf .
automOptlss. public and NTtygt-. u~Ts .
brought into uss m large NUMBERS. Tee
CRY Half dollar - Forfv- COud stree {
vas not w VAN. for the -narr - bundled 4
into the bag machines w hurry when they
came nut 81 the arena There Ne r0orn for
neafiy nm spectators 90 tins bag club
whlch l. well manaesd
Next weeks attraction h ten round
mix between Firenan Jim Flynn ana Gony .
ROss. heav etgh's