The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-19
Stanley kelchell
 Big Spendlhrifl
Inventory of His Estate Shows
 He Squandere About

The asfate of, the late. Stanley. Ketch, ei, one of the greatest fighters who ev- ' CT drew on a glove, has, just, been set tied. The final Inventory shows that after all debts had been paid, the heirs will receive s167, the proceeds ol the sale of broken-down automobile
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 When Stanley Ketchel arrived il t San FraneIsco5 H the suInrlaeF.of 1907 bis principal asset consisted oI 2 derful physique and a draw with Joe Thomas, then regarded as the best man of his weight in the country.
 Ketchel stopped off the ferry with out sufficient funds to buy coffee s and" Before he wenf to San Fran cfsco he had engaged in numerous bush fights, for which he received bush purses. Therefore Ketchel- really be gan to earns@the big money when he struck Californs Eet tuEn of the wheel of fortu16 wxy his light in San Francisco with Joe Thomas, The winning of that desperate battle by Ketchel opened the9 financial flood eates for him, and when he fought his last battle his fistsshad earned for hfm approximately $10S,000 in nurses alone. What he won in bets is prob lesnatical, butt it is believed that the \ sum was sufficient to biting the grand total up to $15O.000. It Is known that he won an unusually heavy bet on his $ 's1ttt'' with Jack Johnson, the. bet ting of course. being on the num1ers soi rounds- -s4S E y
 what became of his fortune?s fSome X Of it, about $20. 900 went to. fix up his parents. The balance was thrown away 4n riotous living, given to false friends and burned in automobiles. At least o10s0O0 went in buzz wagons. Probably o60.O00 was squandered along the line'' < fhis sum including touches" running from s to $200. In a few individual cases Ketchel is known to have passed out moro than seO0, being very well aware at the time that the money would never be returned.
 When in San Francisco 1t was Ketchers custom to engage a suite at tho swellest hotels. His apartments Invariably included a buffet. which was always stocked with the finest of wines. A valet and chauffeur added to the expense. a.-.-.-...
 Shortly before the Reno fiasco, Ketchel was stopping at a fashionable room the sort that Battling Nelson generally took, but right on the sec ond hoor-reception room. bedrooms \ private 'bawth' and buffet room. His btu amounted to something like s75 a ssy and aGt the hssSusE ssaasn1 ns sspsns valet; also the nightly trips down the x line" Wilson Mizner, who was Ketch- erx manager, was over in Reno at this tiEne, and. hearing of his charges ex- travagance boarded the limited and rushed to San Francisco.
 Great heavens, Steven," he said,
 you'll have to cut this out or you'll N go to the poorhouse." FErxY
 Ketchel but up the same old argu- ment about not being able to take his money with him when he died. but he finally acceded to Mizner's request to 4{w~rx Avx~r xr|xvn nfalx "
 After his first defeat of Papke in Son Francisco he bought . $6.000 au- tomobile, said auto being able to trav- eI some. but by and by Stanley want ed more speed. so he bought another machine costing $7.50o, put the old ma \ rental to eat it up.
 The night before Johnson and Jeff- ries met in Reno, ketchel was buck ing the tiger He was extremely lucky N and when he quit he had double handful of gold pieces. Changing a number of them into silver he went down to the railroad, tracks and scat tered dollars and half dollars among the scores of burns hanging around fhere. About midnight he secured about 100 silvert dollars andNstacking them up his arm. marched down the main street, pretended to stumble and permitted the coin to drop to the side walk. The chatter awoke almost the entire town. Scores rushed to aid V Ketchel in picking us the dollars. heads bobbed out of windows. saloon doors were thrown Sopen and the gambling halls deserted. About $25 of the scat tered coin was found, but Ketchel con- eidered the joke was worth $T5.
 -Ketchel without doubt was the most PEodiesE s!., aiI lapxssE. M %pdtE Johr e h j until hts last "bean" had been spent Ketchei. however. had more money to spend and got rid of 1t in more riot Ous fashion. Whats the use of keep ing your money--you can't take Il with you." he was wont to say. and that he lived up to his philosophy is shown byi the story the rrtiful inven- tory of his estate tells.