Show I fIGHT FANS ARt ARE Promoter James Is Keeping Ketchel From Langfords Mighty Punch BY IGOE IGOR New York Aug 31 Tho general opinion now is that Jimmy Coffroth has had a hand band in keeping Assassin A allin Ketchel in the west James is counting on a great house houseIn In the fight and rather than take the chance of having Sam Lang Langford Langford Langford ford put Ketchel away he has evidently guaranteed Ketchel a fine tine sum to stay right where he Is Britt and the Fairmont people are bound to go to the floor over the whole business They sent Britt trans trims transportation money they dont Intend to lose Britt p keeps writing to his friends that he will surely come but his actions are very suspicious Certainly he has hurt Ketch els ela popularity and even if 1 he does docs come now It U is bound to affect the attendance If It he be really Intends to fight Langford hew her his idea of o putting off training until unU tho the thelast last moment will certainly end disastrous disastrously ly for him Langford Lansford has been working quietly up in and he Will Willbe Willbe willbe be in Ia good shape Ketchel wont if the stories that are coming out of San Fran Francisco Francisco cisco deco are true For a time it was thought it was Just Justa a trick of Britts to disconcert Samuel and take him off his training while Ketch Ketchel el d 1 was working secretly 8 But as Ketchel is i lot ot do doing ng a au anything i thing more earnest than thaI hayIng ha Ing a rood t Jod tim Urn suggestion went wenta a ring Billy Gibson Is madder maddera than a wet i en over the whole affair and his mind is about fully made up to toss the match to the dogs George Eagle Engle writes from Pittsburg that he wants some club to put his man Frank Klaus on with Willie Lewis Klaus is a Ii good man and Engle is willing willingto whim to back him against a any man in the world worl at that weight He boxes Hugo Kelly twenty rounds at New Orleans on Sept 26 and he will concede Billy BUly old enemy fully ten pounds Engle will bring him to New York If It they beat Kelly and Frank Madole that light lightweight lightweight weight who fought around New York last winter will come also Leach Cross Cro has bas gone to Pawling and will work right along with the hope of getting a match with Tommy Murphy Murph Cross says he is as anxious to fight Tom Tommy Tommy Tommy my as the public is to see it There does not seem any hope of get getting getting getting ting Lewis and Burke together at the Fairmont after atter the Sandless Ferguson farce and they tried to come to some soine agreement Burkes man was willing to fight winner take all but Dan rick reck would only listen to Lewis taking all whether he won or lost |