Show I SOl SOlE E LIV GOSSIP I S CANNOT I WHIP JOHNSON Bob Fitzsimmons Declares Michigan Bad Man Much Too Small S CANT CAN'T PROTECT HIMSELF Fitz Says That He Will Fight Ketchel for Big Bet Betl J i BY IGOE New York July Jul 25 Bob Bob Fitzsimmons mons mona says that Stanley Stanle Ketchel cant can't whip Jack Johnson Fitz has hos his own notions about chances with the black champion and his reasons are worth listening to I found simmons at his farm Carm yes yes- Sa Say I know a lot about that fellow fellow fel fel- fel low Ketchel said Bob lIe He thinks and so do a lot of young oung fellows that because ho Is considered a Rood good ml middleweight middleweight middle middle- dlo- dlo weight as I was myself that ho he will vill willbe willbe be able to whip Johnson That sounds good to him perhaps but they the all overlook something It would seem reasonable that if Jt r I whipped Corbett 5 while I weighed about and won tho the heavyweight title Ketchel could do dothe o othe the tho same ho he being a n lot heavier Dont fool yourself Ketchel Is a at aj t j little fellow for all Hes He's not tall and never will be I am five feet Ceet eleven elevenS S and three quarters In my socks With my fighting shoes on I stand six feet Besides no one denies that I 1 hit tho the hardest punch of or any man who fe er ever entered tho the rIng Jeffries will admit that himself Besides that I was foxIer foxier fox lox ier for than an any of them If It I do say it myself I may not have hao been tho the prettiest thing that ever danced a aring aring ring but the noodle was always ays there And when I hit bit them they went vent down dow I Too Small Now ow put It down from me that S with Ith both men In J perfect shape and andI I trust thoy they will be Ketchel Is too small Email That talk of his being being- my weight and what I could do ho he can do o doesn't go so Im I'm Im I'm a small email man for al all allS S my weight and he Johnson is isa a great boxer and a crafty one He's Hes probably forgot more mora about the fine points of ot tho the game same since he ho heos was os tho thoS S champion than tho the impulsive Ketchel I will ever take tako tho the time or the undo prIde to learn I have haye never soon scon him per perform er- er form but everybody e tells me open open too open And I hear that he shifts shIrts three times In a n. row I cant can't cantsee cantsee see Bee that my ray bo boy and be safe I 1 know something about the shift business ss You have havo to open up to shift shirt and e that I worked it 1 left lert myself m wide open and halt half the time expected to got ot crossed on tho the Jaw aw and dropped That was tho the chance chanco I took But three times I mo me no Ho must be bo as os open as a 0 barn born L door and the first good right hander bander 5 f that meets him will HI halt him A fInI finished fin fin- I puncher will get that bo boy Well J ho must be a n. wonder at 22 to do what lie has done That's starting young I must u. u say fay And then came the Inevitable Ill fight tight him Ive I've backing backing- for tor and Ill I'll fight tIght him winner take tulo 1 K all But I dont don't suppose that ho will vIll f f 9 fight me Id I'd like to see him beat beatS S J hr I n but ho cant can't He lie cant can't Jump up up and batter that black hulk down Nature will win that battlo battle and she I favors the big black Let old aId tip you ou off ott on that g 1 e u n H r k yf I S f c H A KJ H 2 1 p SS j I J 1 I MEADOWBROOK POLO TEAM WHICH TRIED TO WREST FAMOUS CUP FROM THE BRITONS A At the thc top lop In is sliest n a CUl of II thc e polo 1110 lenti nm practicing nt II In for MR hIt h Below from frum left to right fire nrc shown Ie harry Cy |