Show L S SOME OME LI LIVE VE SP SPORTiNG OR G GOSSIP OSSIP jJ I I L KETCHEL PROMISES A CHANCE i Will Take Defeated Man or on for One More Effort at Him TONGUE LOOSENS I Declares That Thanksgiving I Was an Off Day With Him Himl BY DY w. w wp W. W NAUGHTON San Pr co Nov o 27 i.- i. Mr tr William oC or Spring Valley Ill III dropped Into the this afternoon and was handed a package c of oC delayed mall mail The first letter he glanced glance at was addressed addressed ad ad- ad- ad dressed Billy middleweight champion of tho tue world Youre a liar said lapke in tones that wore bitter bitterly Ironical Champion TI nothing Ot Ii I n g Then rhen Billy Billys ton tongue ue loosened like e cr every loser since boxing became a Q popular r pastime Ho was ready with excuses lie He would not have o it that Ketchel hetchel had hat proved himself a better man but rather that Billy on that thal particular Thank Thanksgiving afternoon after after- noon was Incapacitated on I Couldn't Get Started That wast wasn't my fight said sal Billy Bill I I couldn't get started and It would have havo been an easy thins thing for Cor any or or- lI lightweight to havo have downed downe me rue I wanted to fight but I I 1 went wont Into the thc ring as unconcerned as I possible and n I with no fear cur as to the result Maybe Maybo I was overconfident I 1 felt relt that after what happened at nt Los Is Angeles I could get et Ketchel safo and thump him at it will III and arid possibly I 1 would have done dono ono better elte If Ie I had given givon more thought to the Job In hand I I knew when the first round was o over that thero was something wrong wit with h me mc 1 told I the he men mCh In m my corner that I 1 couldn't fight a lick I tried round lound after round to out cut loose but hut I It was vast an off day with mo rue and I am ant at nt a loss to account for tor it H. I will Just keep after Ketchel for a return re reo rc- rc turn match and Ill I'll show the tile American sporting public that what happened at Los Angeles was no nD fluke While was talking Managers ors Jones Jonos an and OConnor O'Connor were conversing con a few steps awn away What Vhal are arc our chances fur for another match said ald Jones Well I hardly think Ketchel will box again until February replied OConnor Ho had been training too steadily ll and he needs a layoff Ho lie is going up to Mendocino to 0 visit friends and then ho Ito Is going to Grand Rapids to spend Christmas with his folks First Will Wiil he ho give hc the tue first chanco when he Is read ready to fight again V asked aske Jones Jonc He surely will ans OConnor OCon nor n or Whether tills promise will bo be kept remains to lo be c seen OConnor O'Connor said frankly today that he lie Is averse to toI I etchel continuing In iii the thc middleweight lass class Compared with such contests u ns as the tue Nelson dans-Nelson and Moran bouts ho betting on Oil tho the af- af Cali was light The sports who Jio afe ae e supposed to have the best Judgment In Jo n such juch matters lost to a n man mazi Thy Th their opinions on tho manner un in which chick outfought ht nt at 1 lios Ios B land placed their money sc- sc Q- Q OConnor O'Connor I anU w ro I the heaviest winners whiners J Th J Jeffries Athletic club d 1 nelson bon eson tonight offering him hint n a 45 round battle battlo with Freddie lo Welsh for fur fura forside a L side lt bet t of or Nelson elson will be to name namo nil all the terms lerms Abe Abc Attell AUell when he lost to Freddie lc Welsh made no excuses For two lays the featherweight champion maintained a n dignified silence which was rae on only 1 broken toda today Now ow the little Hebrew seeks to detra detract l from Welshs Welsh's victory by charging the British boxer with being a 0 fighter I didn't realize until too late lalo that Welsh could not hurt me said rold At At- tell I should have ha opened up and slugged ed with him I want ant ono more moro crack tit Mister Welsh The receipts of ot tho the Welsh Welsh- Attell fight Of or this sum aunt Attell was guaranteed and Welsh received JO iO per cent of or the gross ros |