| Show SENS ALLEGATIONS New NewYork York Paper Has Wire Blam Blaming Blaming ing Defeat To Opium PROSPERITY WAS TOO MUCH Coming Wonder onder Said to Have Hao Trav Traveled Ta cled the Pace That Kills And nd it limed Killed Him Last Sundays New NeW York World printed a 1 sensational special under undera a San Francisco dateline regarding Stanley defeat at al the tho hands of the Illinois thunderbolt This special unless Is amplo grounds for a big suit bult against somebody and and If It Is true tre thousands of fans will wi be shocked at its extremely severe seere claims The Thes story s ory as printed in the WorM World fol follows lows Iowa Men who are authorities on things pugilistic hero here ale ale declaring that the I by Bill defeat of Stanley Bi in h their battle at f at Los Lo Angeles Angelos on LaVor La or day was duo Indirectly tc to tho almost constant use of the tho opium and the fast life that ho he lived since his arrival In this city cl In fight circles was was probably moro spectacular than that of otan any other man who gained fame In 11 the ring and when the sensational Michigan middleweight was battered down don and out In twelve rounds ro by o tho st surprise e the defeat of o John JOI L L Sullivan sulan by w Jim Corbett was sprung CALLED HOP HEAD For several months past tho deni denizens denizens zens of oC the local tenderloin t were wont w nt to refer to tho fighter as a n hop head Though ho and his man manager ager agel and his friends denied this the tumors kept coming In taster faster and fast faster fat er CI till tho members of or the sporting fraternity lt took It for granted that was against tho hop hopMan Many Man times In the ting ring seconds were closely closel watched as as It Its s on him and shot speed cap s on him and shot speed cap capsules sules Into him In order to give Kim the tho necessary courage tu wade wa e In 1 and fight fast i Ketchel Ib Is a very er nervous nerous man and utterly unlike the ordinary lighter w who ho never seems to be disturbed over ordinary ordInary nary things A At times even In training Ketchel letchel used to present a peculiar looking appearance arance suggesting tho opium smoker His Ils face become sh n white while bis hl hands would twist convulsively and lie appear like Ile a man man who was suffering from the tha influence of some sOle strong nar narcotic cotic c tc Since his recent run of at success s c ss in the hl prize ring Ketchel led a very fast hero here and ald in surrounding towns Fast automobiles and high hlll ro ap parenty getting the better of him He slept little tte but bul devoted all al his timo when not training to the tho fair fai sex and anc the racil machines which seemed to lure him more and moio mOlO as the te days da s flew 10 by b Good Judges of the gamo Kamo declare that It I wai the marking of weight that had moro mora to do d with the thc defeat of at Ket Ketchel chel than anything eke last fight with Joe Joo Thomas In which he entered tho ring at pounds pound proved conclusively that Ketchell wasa was I heavyweight fighter and Ind nevet n vel figured to get down to tho middleweight notch again When ho he began to he weigh weighed ed something pound and took tool neaily neally 20 lays s This In itself is i enough to t b at the tho best class fighter who ever entered a ring in 11 any MADE fADE MISTAKE A man who Is influential In fight cir clr circes clea In this city cly mado tho following characteristic ces statement today toda Ketchel had hl the tho greatest future futuro be fo him hll of any anY lIghter fighter In the tho world be h foto oro laid him hll low jit was arranged for him to fight Burns Bur hem upon the lattera Inters Aus AUR Australia But t a boneheaded bO e l manager tool took tho great glet meal ticket to Los Ls Ange Angeles les allowed al Jeff J lies and Pa pk s man manager lan ager aler to talk him Into a weight proposition and then blow his chance chanco to be become come corle the star In the pugilistic firmament and his cut out of ot n was only about abut WHAT SAYS I 1 will wi give letchel another fight here llero If i ho wants It said aple when approached by b local promoters today toda I heat him c and I will wi re repeat 10 peat eat Any time a goo l purse pure Is offered and comes to 10 my Imy terms ho he can set t a I return match The Tho next n time Um hoe r j r Wll wl beat oat him inside In le of or I ha dl Indian 1 sign on no and there Is nothing to it I Burns l is my m dish I am going after him at the first frt opportunity bo ho boa hoin in a heavyweight he very yet soon s and I do not think that I will ever eyer try tr to make makeweight weight again agin Burns m st fight m mand and dI I will 1 show t him up I am am trying to tom make ke some with him hI 1 a Jim tf J If i n n nn all al goes well wel the may ma bo b pulled off hero on Now Years Teals day cay For Fo the present I will Wil havo nothing to do with wih Longford Langford While I know I can beat him I can get more moie money fighting others other and besides I am se seriously considering drawing the color line l e I hao hae engage engagements engagements ments on my 1 hands and ond I r guess 1 will wl fulfil some Rome of them before I do any moro moie fighting |
