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| THAT terrible" knockout staged by
1 Fighting Eddie Ketchell at Fort
Omaha Monday night has created a SEN
are talking it over and often declaring
they will never be taken in in such
| fashion again. 4
But its the nature of the brute" to
be taken in occasionally. and come back
for more. 1t may not be the last time
that Omaha sports will have the wool
pulled over their eyes, though we hope
anxious to have boxing legalized in the
| state of Nebraska and they decry such
exhibitions as they were forced to witness
the other night.
few such affairs and there would be
no hope of ever seeing the fistic game
allowed here by the laws of the state.
The feeling is intense and it is likely that
II Ketchell or his manager, Sam Jordan,
should meet some of the solid fans, they
would go home minus few pieces OF
shingie.
TITS also In the minds of many Of them
that Callahan and Thiery are equally
at fault. Jimmy DrexePs statement that
he was informed that Callahan insisted
the local boy on In return bout, has
given them great food for thought. If
the Columbus boxer and his manager made
over Ketchell. then they are Of the stripe
that should be barred from participation
in any part of the country.
The promoters. Denny Ryan and Lieuten-
ant Hall. are probably not at fault in any
other way than that they allowed Thiery
and Callahan to hand pick Frankie's
opponent for Mondays contest Callahan
he defeated Drexel and the promoters
probably figured him as a good card
against any one. He was good card and
drew good house. but It is problematical
whether he will ever draw q corporars
guard, again.
HAVING been stung once, Ryan ana
IA Hall will not make the same mistake
the matching Of boxers Of equal ability
more thought. It has often occurred that
promoters have forsaken the game after
hoped that the Fort Omaha authorities
will continue their programs, as the post
Is the only place in the state. where the
boxers can perform without interference
OF police. Boxing contests at the Fort
Will always be an attraction for Omaha
sport. followers. providing they are not
handed another scrap of the caliber
Another appearance Of either Callahan
or Ketchell would be regarded with suspic-
Ion. but boxing fans are the right sort of
mishap il some good bouts are -' STAGED
with some other scrappers in the main
event Callahan and Ketchell are un-
their hand and neither would attract
enough attention to make the gate big
enough to pay railroad fare from Chicago
Toledo New York or wherever they started
from.
THE states attorneys activities against
!. boxing In the state of Iowa has put
the "binger' on the bouts in Council
Bluffs and Omaha boxers and their fol-
lowers must depend on Fort Omaha to
display their wares and witness the sport
OF their choice. A suggestion for q scrap
at the post that would probably draw
the biggest house they have had this
winter would be the one that Al Fiori had
billed for the show In Council Bluffs.
Billy Uvick and Johnny Sudenberg were
expected to draw $4,000 house or better
at the Council Bluffs Auditorium They
would probably outdraw that amount At
Fort Omaha.
A CONTEST. such ~ those two would
: probably give the fans, would 70 a
long way toward soothing the feelinEs Of
those who paid their 81. % and S. TO sec
ketchell fake . knockout. After that dis
graceful affair. q real classy bout IL
needed badly, in orHer to regain the con-
fidence Of the boxing fans The SUDDEN
berg uvick bout Is JuSt the one particular
contest that would bling the game here
back to the place 1t held before the
Callahan Ketchell fiasco 1t was the in
tention or Promoter Fiori to have Harry
Williams meet the winner Of the bout in
the Bluffs. The Fort Omaha matchmaker
could well arrange II 80 that Uvick and
Sudenberg should meet in a 10-round mill
and Harry Williams take the winner on
at later date.