Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-25
Ketchell Gains in Weight.

Wherever he is, Stanley is quoted as
saying that he will not attempt to make
weight any more, as he has grown too
heavy to fight as q middleweight, and in
the future will try for heavyweight hon
ors.
The assassin has laid out a program
similar to Ad Wolgast and says that he
is anxious to box four men before rstlr-
ing. His first victim Is to be Sam Lang
ford. and then in order Tommy Burns and
AL Kaufman. When this trio has been
cleaned up he will go after the champion,
Jack johnson
All this makes nice reading matter, but
am afraid Stanley may find it a pretty
tough job TO lick any one of these men,
and that the first one he tackles might
prove the hurdle he cannot take. How
ever. here's hoping he will have good
luck.
In Ketchell's opinion, provided OF course,
that he has been quoted rightly, Sam
Langford will prove the easiest one of the
lot for the present holder of the middle
weight title. Stanley thinks that Tommy
Burns is the toughest proposition of the
whole bunch of aspirants to the cham
pionship and quotes no less celebrity
than Jack Johnson, who says that Burns
gave him the hardest battle of his career.
johnson in Bad Shape.
1 can quite agree with our ebony cham
pion in this matter on the authority OF
experts who were eye-witnesses of that
contest in Australia, and who are unani-
nous on one point, and that point Is
that Johnson was in worse shape after
the battle than Burns. Had the authori-
ties permitted Tommy to continue instead
of stopping the go in the fourteenth round
when Burns was strong there might have
been an entirely different result.
To get back to Ketchell, would advise
the champion to stick to his farm for a
while, until he has made sure that his
strength and vigor have returned. Stan
ley overplayed himself In his search for
amusement and pleasure. If reports are
true, and to an extent that no one but
himself can realize has undermined his
constitution. He is a young man and
has not likely gone so far that he cannot
come back. and few months of the SIM
pie life may add years to his career as
a pugilist and many thousands of dollars
to his bank account.
Madden Sees Hope Ahead.
Evidently I am not alone in the belief
that there is a small ray of hope left for
the white race. Billy Madden, the veteran
handler Of many a great fighter. looked
over the recent six-round argument be-
tween Al Kaufman and Bill Lang, and
when asked what he thought of the latter
had this to say about the Australian:
IF Lang will turn himsef over to
man like Billy Muldoon and allow the lat
ter to train him l honestly believe the
Australian will beat Jack johnson. This
talk about the white race being out of
the fighting game is all bosh. Johnson
is a good man, but it makes me tired to
hear people say he is the best ever. This
man Lang, with the proper training, will
make a champion and will beat john
son. Too much stress must not be laid
on the result Of the bout with Kaufman,
as it was the Australians first engage
ment in this country and he was nerv-
Gus. Lang is q man Of good habits and
that means much, for majority of the
| champions beat themselves by lax living