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Show Iff WILL Hi TO UNITED STATES Stanley Kefchcl Is Barred From Pittsburg for Not Making Good Showing. BY JEFF THOMPSON". By Leased Wire to The Tribune. NEW YORK, April II. Tommy Burns is coming back to tho United Stntcii from Australia late in the summer. According Accord-ing to Sid Hester, who conducts a light club In Frisco. Burns wants to moot Sam Langford on the coast. Burns also has a hankering for a crack at the winnor of the Jeffries-Johnson light, hut he hasn't said so yet. Burns has never ceased to feel that he can whip Johnson if conditions favor him in any degree at all. What his Inner thoughts about Jeffries aro 1 do not know. Joe Woodman. Langford" s manager, Is agreeable to having the Boston Tar Baby stack up against Canadian Tommy, and I believe that Woodman also has a deep- seated design for Sam to meet the winner win-ner of tho Jeff -Jack affray. Don't be in a hurry, boys. The winner. win-ner. July J next, will not light again this year. Plenty of time to discuss plans In 1911. Ketchoi has boon barred on account of his poor showing with Frank Klaus from fighting any more in Pittsburg. A lighter has to do some star work to satisfy tho Smoke Town funs. Stanley Ketchoi. It is said, is doing somo consistent training at Woodlawn Inn for his coining light with Sam Langford Lang-ford on tho 27lh. But honest Stevo needs the work. Ills little stunt In Pittsburg of hitting it up in the bright light cafes with a thousand-dollar bill pinned to his hat didn't do bis reputation any good. When Billy Papke arrived here from abroad and prepared to go to his home In Ivewanec. III., thenco to California, It was reported that negotiations would be opened to bring the two men together somo time In July in California. The tentative Kelehel-Papkc fight was planned as anot.hor of tho preliminaries to the Jeffries-Johnson light. Ketchoi talked as he trained the other day about a variety of topics, as you can see "There Isn't a man In the world who can stop mo in six rounds. I'm willing and ready to moot "both Papke and Tommy Tom-my Burns. I hopo Jeffries beats Johnson, John-son, but I'm afraid ho can't do It. I've tasted Johnson's wallop and I know Just how hard it is." I might add thai Papke Is disgusted with Paris and says lie will never light there again. Ho Is dead nnxious. however, how-ever, to get as many lights as possible in California this summer. |