Show 1 o T r jI I A PAGE OF SPORTING G NEWS IN KEI HEL IS ANXIOUS TO TOt t EMULATE FITZSIMMONS Middleweight Champion Hopes to Annex the championship cham charn- t. t and to Do This Must Beat Sam Langford and Then Johnson and the Latter Will Be Going Some for Ketchel M f BY Br ED W. W S I SMITH ITH Chicago March C. C G. If If the championship cham chani- docs does not come back to the J 1 Caucasian Ian race before another year rear has gone b by It will not bo he the fault of ot Stanley Stanle- Ketchel present middle middleweight 1 weight champion 0 Down deep in Stanleys Stanley's heart ho he cherishes an ambition to emulate the Illustrious example pet et b by Robert Robett FitzSImmons FlUt- FlUt SImmons Immons and annex the Wel weight nil ht championship after winning the hl high high- h- h ft tt st t honors among the middleweights Ho no Is shooting at a terribly high mark malk but Ketchel refuses to believe o that he heIn heIs het t In JA shooting at nt the moon Ketchel does doeR not actually pay ay a that ho lio would like a 0 at Jack Johnon John- John on Kon but he intimates It so strongly In his talks about th the pugilistic situation sit st S that one Is forced t j believe o j I lie o would not riot bo averse averso to such uch a i match c The middleweight ht champion camo to Chicago yesterday Stanley did not have havo much time Ume to renew an any acquaintances ac nc- ac- ac hero ClO but found Cound opportunity to tell a 0 few tew things about his plans The blacks aro are giving people a It lot of ct worry orry these theM days W. W arent aren't they ho he said MId Well the they are arc hayng hav- hav ng their Inning no now and perhaps whoa when you ou consider they aro entitled to the title the they should have o some consideration It must be admitted I that this follow fellow Johnson is IR worth I while M My but hes he's a n. real lighter fighter I that's sure Fight him sow Now Isn't that get get- I Itt tt ting down lown to it in a hUrl hurry huriy I ceo C ee that Willus mus Is talking about m my fi lighting light ht- ht ing him and amI all that Well Vell If I 1 tale take on tho the wel weight ht necessary nr why shouldn't I meet him First dont don't you ou know Inow John Johnson on would probably ask me to ta romo o that other ether black man Sam Langford from Crom m my path Ho ITo will vIll not nol have o to ask me nn any such thing ho- ho cause I am going to box boc Langford l when 1 gOt get good and rea ready y When that th will bo be I am not prepared now to sa ca eay but hut it will ho bo soon after ho hoI I returns from London Lan Langford ford I am Informed is to te II j box Johnson in InIn May In Inand and nd will 1 lea o I for tho the other side the latter part pait of ol 1 this month There Thore I Is nothing hero forUs for forI I u Us UA rl right ht now but nc next nest t fall I will tart start in to clean all nil of ot them up again ju jut junt juntI jutas t tI I aa IJ I did last fall Now that you rou ha have mentioned it it you ou mn may be he sure that I will box any of them Irrespective of ot color A As Ae for Cor and antl Kell Kelly I am nm rend reedy ready to give gl them another game gamo Of OC course courso you ou know thero there Is a reservation about this It will all nil depend upon what tho thc I inducements are arc I Weight VoIght does not trouble mo ml When hon honI I ha have hato to make mako It I go out and work and make e It fl that's all Im I'm pretty hen heavy right now noon perhaps pounds but that doesn't mean that it h is per per- manent It can CAl bo ho worked off ail all right Jeffries an and I aro are good friends and I hope he gets Into good enough nou l condition to match up with Johnson JohnsonI I think ho h hcan can beat Jack j |