Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-03
HUSSEN AND KETCHEl
 WILL WHISTLE NEXT
Tombstone Man Announces Willingness to Go on With
 Local Boy

The next wrestling mach will be between Al Ketchel and Ed Hussen. probably on the Sunday before Labor day in Bisbee.
 In letter to the editor of this page, received before the Ketehel- Varney match. Hussen says that he will meet Ketchel-provided, he states, that Ketchel threw Varney, which he did in two straight falls
 Hassen attended the match at Tue. son also and challenged the winner.
 Hussen still claims the welterweight th'e and says that inasmuch as neither Ke cher nor Varney was at weIter- weight. that match had no effect on the title.
 Aussen also contends that the Tombstone match was not a champion ship match, as neither contestant was at welterweight As matter of fact, however, Ketchel was at or under the maximum weight for welters. He weighed in at 15O pounds. but he had on his wrestling togs. which weigh at least three pounds. It is nearer the truth that Ketchel was wrestling at weiterweight and Hussen, notwith- standing the loss of F pounds in four days, was in the middleweight class.
 Should Make 14e.
 If Hussen and Ketchel wrestle the return match, which Hussen has now promised to give, at other than vel terweight, the match will still have no effect on the title and Hussen may and probably will contend that he could beat Ketchel at welterweight. so the only way to settle this yexed question is for both men to come down to 14s pounds or less.
 Hussen also states in his letter that he challenges all wrestlers weighing from 14S to 2Oo pounds, which would seem to indicate that the Tombstone boy is going back to the mat with a determination to take everything in sight.
 It will be a palpable coup for the joys and a knockout for the glOoms now that the Tombstone man has said he would give Ketchel another try.
 Ketchel will go to Galveston, Tex, for a month, but win return to Bis bee in time for his match with Hussen, the articles for which will probably be signed up immediately.
 Side Bet Is Easy.
 According to the Tombstone Pros pector, Hussen stated in an interview that he was willing to meet Ketchel at any time at catch weight or he will accommodate Ketchel at welter- weight, 14S pounds. at any time if the Bisbee wrestler makes the side bet large enough to justify Hussen go- ing into training Ketchel says that he is willing to let Hussen name the amount of the side bet and that he will cover any amount put up by the Tombstone man, so the matter of a side bet will not hinder the arrange ments for a match.
 The Tombstone paper continues: Far from avoiding a match, Hussen is anxious to meet Ketchel at catch weight. if possible, but ready to drop over twenty pounds if sufficient in- ducement is made in a side bet to enter the strenuous training at the welterweight rule Hussen has wTes- tied 57 matches in Arizona and earned his title by a succession of victories. He is not prepared to surrender his laurels by a so-called forfeit and is prepared to maintain his right to the title"
 That kind of talk sounds good to the wrestling fans of Bisbee and 1t is likely that the arrangements for the match for the welterweight champion ship, at welter weight, will go for ward rapidly.