| Show I KETCHEl WilL NOT CARRY pulls IN SHAPE BUT NERVOUS San Francisco Oct 14 Jack Johnson ari and Stanley Ketchel the principals in Saturdays match for the heavyweight championship spent a strenuous day in th r respective training camps Neither TIC nr r di dd d an any additional work for both ar arIn arin arIn In the pink of condition but they worked ft i under the command of the moving movIn ing In ii picture operator who spent the great greater er part fart of the day taking the pictures will be used as an Introduction to th rial fight pictures K has surprised the pugilistic world by bj announcing that he will not carry the fight to his opponent as RS has bc be n his custom In all aU of his previous matches He declares that Johnson as the th champion must do the leading lending and says sais that he will not tear into the big fel fellow fellow fellow low unless the latter shows hows unexpected weakness from the start On the other hand Johnsons manager asserts aa erts that his man will vill go after Ketchel from the sound und of oC the gong to score an early knockout When reminded that the picture privilege lege might suffer if It an early knockout resulted Manager Little declared that the of this loss 1088 would not prevent the champion putting his opponent nent down for the count in the first fht r rind if possible Betting on the big match showed an In crase today but the odds remain at 10 to 4 with the champion on th long end Although no change in the odds occurred It is believed at the poolrooms that the flow of short end money which began to toda today da day daN will soon cause a shortening of the prica Considerable money Is being wa waS wag wag g S i d on the even proposition that Ketchel will wUl stay fifteen rounds against the cham champion pion Both of the fighters are palpably ner nervous nervous nervous on the eve of the battle and of the two Ketchel seems to show the greater etra Johnson weighed today toda and tipped the beam heam at pounds two pounds light lighter er rr than he expects to be when he climbs through the ropes next n Saturday Ketch Al remains at his announced weight of pounds pound This he declares to be his nat natural natural ural urai weight and the point at which he feels the strongest Squabble Over Money As a result of a disagreement between the principals over the status of the for forfeit forfeit feit felt money of It looked for a time tonight as though the fight right would not take place Willis Britt manager stated later that an agreement had been reached however and declared that the battle would be fought on Saturday according to schedule The first word of the controversy came from Promoter Coffroth who announced that unless s he brought Johnson to terms there was little prospect that the fight would take place He hastened to the negros training quarters on the ocean beach In an automobile Immediately after afterward afterward afterward ward The forfeit money was posted several months ago one man placing his in the hands of an eastern stakeholder and the other entrusting his to William Naughton the local sporting writer It was understood that this money was to tobe tobe tobe be placed as a side bet Johnson demanded today that the money be gathered In one man mans s hands Britt and Ketchel demurred to this as the odds are three thre to one against them today and they disliked to place their money at even een odds Johnson insisted end and Coffroth dashed to the front to patch up an understanding It is said that Naughton has h s trans transferred transferred transferred the money in his hands but it is not possible to learn who the new stake stakeholder stakeholder holder Is In view of Britts declaration there is 19 room to believe that Ketchel has acceded to Johnsons demands but there is still sUll a of uncertainty In local sporting circles |
