Show LOOKS LIKE EVEN MONEY BETTING WHEN KETCHEL AND LANGFORD MEET New Ne York Sept 4 Had Stanley Stnley Ketch Ketchel el and Sam Langford been matched six an months ago the black man undoubtedly would have been a prohibitive favorite m in I tire the betting Today opinions have changed and when these the two finally do d shake hands it will wl be found there will willbe wU willbe be b but little difference in tie the t e odds eith either either er or way And this thi in the th face of ot rather indifferent showing against Pap Pap ke a month or more mor ago If I either man manis manis is a firm fr favorite over the other it will willbe wi willbe be b because his hi supporters have larger bank rolls a mere mer preponderance of money mon Regardless of how a battle b between be between tween them th might result resul today tay it I looks look like Uke an even money mone proposition and take your pick Langfords admirers admirer smile sie when a fight between them te is i mentioned took look lok wise nod the th head he knowingly and put up two fingers finger sometimes three the This means mens they figure Sam Sm to win in two or perhaps three rounds ron If I you ask aa a Ketchel min mn what he thinks of it he b wilt will wi say sy Ketch is I too to game pm for him Hell Hel heart before have break brek Langfords hr they ty gone very ver far farTher There Ther is one ont point upon which all al sides sd agree If I Langford cant win in in six rounds or less le hell hel be b worse wor than a ten to one oe shot shot Even Sams strongest admirers say sy he h will wi have to win in a hurry hur if at all al Its Is rather a hard one on to pick and will wl keep the boys guessing for true tre It Is IB when you compare the men m care carefully cre carefully fully that it is so hard har to say sy whO wh who Is the better man mn Everything considered conder they are about as near equal eual as aa two men mn could be before the fight The battle it itself itself self may tel a far different story This Ti is the way many of the closer cloer students dope It out Langford is the trickier and more dop scientific Ketchel is faster and an presumably the gamer The latter later state statement statement ment is based ba on Langfords bouts bout with wit Jack Johnson Johnsn and Joe Jeanette Jeanete With Jeanette Jeanete at Lawrence Lawrene Mass ass he stopped stopp in six rounds when wh n hf hp could have continued Nobody ever heard of Ketchel KethEl chucking it while he hp WAS conscious With Johnson at Chelsea Ea Sam didn t stop hut but ut ho didn t give evidence that iw ho 11 voss ss d I I Y i i that bulldog tenacity the t descriptive writers are so 5 fond of featuring every time they wish to make plain plan that a man manis ma manIs is courageous In most mot of his hie other bouts buts far outclassed his opponents Langford so s his gameness was ws not put to the acid test tet As A regards the other important characteristics that go ao to make up the classy cl y fighter there ther appears to be b but little difference between Ketchel and 80 Langford Both are hitters of the most mot terrific type Either can an win with one punch if it reaches a vulnerable spot Both weigh the same Both are powerful and can cn absorb a world wold of punishment Either can cn take a punch without wincing that would send nd the ordinary man to the theland theland land of nod In point of f experience experienc each II has ha been fighting about abut seven years yea Bar Barring Barring Barring ring a lucky punch puch on either ether side Ilde they should put up as a wicked a fight as has been b witnessed In this section stin since nee the famous fam alt battle at Mas Maspeth peth path fourteen years yea ago ao In fact it I re remind remind reminds mind minds the boys of that bout in many re spools Pretty nearly every time tie a Ketch contest t 1 IS is mentioned mentone some somebody somebody body will cut In hi with a remark to that effect efe by wi |