The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1920-04-29
vrTcHEL-LAwsoN FIGHT
STAGED HERE SOON.
,,,:.,ner In Grangeville Battle
challenged BY Ketchel and
Accepts.-Ketchel Now
In Training Here.

lofense. went to Grangevllle yes
.ardav as the representative O.
s'qamade, ;jR pkfors?
=. American Legion Post OF this
community to arrange for !
,notcb here with the gloves be
tween Charley Lawson and Stan
lev CsYoung") Ketchel at al
earlv date in Nezperce, provld
mo Lawson won in his go with
George Lewis at the Grangeville
$40 celebration last night. Law
oo,, won. and the challenge ex
tsnded to the winner by Ketchel
was readily accepted. Present
nlans are to have this meeting Of
two Of the Northwest's S best glove
artists take place here about May
8 though this date is not dell
mite.
"Young" Ketchel, in company
with Harry Moody arrived III
Nezperce ON the morning tram
from Grangeville and arrange
ments for the fight were at once
begun. Ketchel will do his train
inc here with Moody as his train
er, and they will give a public ex-
bibition bout at the Legion club
at 9: 80 o o'clock Saturday night.
Lawson's work is pretty well
known to Prairie fans, he having
figured in several matches at
Lewiston, then he took the Law
som n4Moody fight. here, and was
the winner against Lewis at
Grangeville last night, where IN
ten rounds he took five, Lewis
three and two were a tie. tie IS
a strong favorite with his home
people at Lewiston and has earn
ed his reputation. He is 80 years
old and fights at 158 pounds.
Young" Ketchel is Califor-
MIA boy, who, like Lawson, gain
ed much Of his ring experience
while serving in the navy during
the war. He is % years old and
finghs at 145 pounds, and though
the lighter than his opponent, has
him equaled in height, reach and
bested in age and speed and he is
confident that he can beat the
heavier man inside Of ten rounds.
The Nezperce fans who saw
him in the fast preliminary
against Hector st. John in the
Gillum-Sommers meeting at Lew
iston Monday night are well sat
isfied that he will give Lawson
an awful tussel, for though st.
John is an old hand and clever at
the game, Ketchel had him prac-
tically out in the first round, and
in the middle of the third round
st. John was SO badly whipped
that the referee took him from
the ring. This feat was only one
OF the many surprises that Kechel
has sprung, for st. Johns form
er showing and the fact that he
was Sommers' trainer led many
fans to believe the Californian
could not beat him.
The following news story gives
a fair idea of Ketchel's s former
work in the arena:
Ketchell Wins at Burley.
Fight fans of Burley were treat
ed to real sensation at the Bur
ley Athletic Club Thursday night,
When the ten round bout between
1noung ketchel, of Burley, and
h1oppenberger, of Buhl, was stag
ed. Announcer FELTON, introduc-
ed Mr.. Flieshman and Mortensen
as Judges, Mr.. Thompson as time
Keeper, Joe Bowen as referee and
J.. Z. Meyers, as representing the
STATE I boxing commission, also ex-
plalned the rules of the fight.
Both ketchel and Koppenberger
were IN pink Of condition for this
match, and put up the best fight
ever seen in the local ring and
state.
koppenberger was the aggres-
sof IN the first two rounds, but af-
te ter mat 1t was Ketchel's fight all
she way. He landed frequently
Oli u the Jaw of his opponent, but
~ ~ no time could he get in the hay
p 1laker o and settle the fight by the
y. y. route. Both boys received
u punishment but all
'He ~, tlme came up smiling
), Inc fight was fast and clean
~ and everyone who had
,ne ula,, pleasure Of being present was
" Mell satisfied with the work Of
'ie ooys.-Burley Bulletin.
OdrlSOn s spring shoes are in.