The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-04
tier Declares He Still Is,
i'd Always Was. a United
States Citizen.
'CHEL GOING ROUTE
OF YOUNG C0RBETT
n Interest Being Attracted
Coming Bout Between VOL
CAST and Moore.
BY JEFF THOMPSON.

Es meets Sam Langford in fistl(
bat in Hugh McIntosh's new stadi'
Just outside OF London shortly
nv will wear an American flag
ed about his middle just as he has
Us done In the ring, but he will
Y it with greater pride and with a
patriotic conscience than ever be-
Is dead certainty that the fight is
to come off but aside from that
is very pretty little story con-
ID with Tommy's present trip to
lica.
,e stork was lowering over the
[bs household in Australia and Tom
|Fas preparing in a leisurely manner
|bme to America. Suddenly an idea
tk him. He rushed homo to his
and addressed Mrs, Burns some
ID after the following manner:
The newspapers and others have
| roasting me for wearing the Amer
+ dag In fights because they claim
|I am Canadian and not an Ameri-
at all. Now l am determined to
\ The world that / am good Ameri-
\ We shall hurry our preparations
ret to America as quickly as pos
,mmy and Mrs. Burns arrived on
8ide and the first thing Tommy did
to establish legal residence in
lie. CHOW l am a good resident of
United States" thought he.
An American Girl.
due course of time the interesting
II caused excitement in the Burns
|fhold. A baby daughter was born.
my hoped that his offspring might
Bon but it was a girl.
tFeyer, that does not detract from
my's laudable plan at all, He hur-
to America so that his child might
torn IN America and he says she is
n. TO be educated here as a real
Fican girl.
1d now you know why Tommy will
4 the American flag in England
U he fights Sam Langford with more
conscious pride while his patriotic
" glows within him.
u Lang and Al Kaufman will meet
Monday in American league park
r some unforeseen happening inter
\ Kaufman seems to be the jinks
and there's no out to it. Matched
Langford an Frisco, the governor,
Ted by regiment of soldiers,
ped the show. Matched with Lang.
in Philadelphia, the rain stopped
Matched for the next night with
and tine latter took the gate, re-
" to box. Matched with Lang here
}ew York and the cops blew the
+ Can you beat that for an am
p5 young man, who wants to be-
our leading lady in the heavy
pt classf Al surely is up against
the hard luck stuff.
1 Bad for Ketchel.
|tropolitan fight fans who keen in
with the doings of fighters liken
ley. Ketchel to Young Corbett. Both
played to the limelight and Cor
euccumbed while Ketchel is now i'm
1gan obeying the curfew, eating
grub and trying to "come back"
|te point where he was two wears
}many respects Ketchel and Young
Pit were alike. Both were excel
ring men and both fought on the
n put they lived at the rate that
4 lull Pittsburg millionaire.
Hng Corbett was all in long before
me. The fast life the Denverite
" him out of IT at time when he
u nave Just been at his best and
~ looks as though Ketchel is ready
HOW IN the footsteps of the little
Keno close friends of the middle.
~ champlon commented on his moor
france, Kctchcl looked far from bo.
pc dosbing, handsome, speotacuJar
who beat Joe Thomas ungo
/ Billy Papkc and that sort bere
MI eyes mad the lack lustrc color of
)o rsh. hls skin was sallow and dry
looked more like n medical stu.
u VINO w2s confined too closely to
mps. than a hlgh,class athlete
ofryorc who comes in contact with
h gxrrs knows that Ketchel has OK.
~ INC speed LIMIT ot nature g laws
EFlt cnto two years.
d sIniey was fast speudcr. His
~ mad no more hold on money than
yye, on water, Light and music
icy wanted, aud life and music and
'tyor Of griZettee he purchaacd
lavish hand Of gold. But il was
{nc natural light Of day that
fri sought, not the sweet music
lftihIt COMPOSERS. not the favor of
ehS sort of women.
lenel bought the fierce white lights
c midnight cafes. the rnucons
KS, heTve-racking discords of the
Inc piano risnamed music. He
~ ebese things, be paid extraya.
ono surprising feature about
e. - fhat he has listed This long.
Eid splurges would have killed
Dozen. men, but Ketchel was
10Y wonderful fiber.
b ketchel Natural Fighter.
bg Michigander was the natural
typo OF fighter He was Built
perteet lines for the boxer. and
ketchel been student, and given
tch nttcnt.on to boxino rs he did
~ wnssail and midnight orgies
INC aagon. he would probably
IA (pcen classed as one Of the most
Prx.rful fighters of all time.
gIhad the free, easy grace of the
4Pr and the clean lines of an ante.
F ne mad the fine bone and sinew