Show 1 DID NOT TRY TO OUT OBRIEN OBRE The following Is written by R H 13 Dick Kahn sporting editor of The Philadelphia Record one of o the coun greatest authorities on pugilism and one CIne who fearlessly expresses him himself himself himself self regardless of public opinion After ACtor seeing Stanley Ketchel Ketche beat beatT T ck OBrien 0 in jig time at the tI e Na Xa tOI l cite chub tf 0 big came wh r Idea Idoa py ul W fixed xe in hall ll here re I was si as als lh F very in in th l u 1 hai l ib been boen e n look mOk dig ing for t r to win iti iii the l championship ch ml m from roUl Jack lack Johnson was in inmany inman inmany I many man cases rather father to tn tho the thought for fOI there seems to be on every COQ hand han the greatest desire to irate iHlO the tho big Texan whipped as quickly as fiS possible I Ketchel may mar beat Johnson if they ever evenS meet in the ring butt but his show showIng showIng showing Ing with OBrien as compared with the showing of or Johnson Jo would not he be a n yer very good good foundation on which to place a n big bet bel J JS tehel took three rounds to stop OBrien while Johnson did not stop slop the tho white Jack In six I rounds True enough but Johnson showed showell very vory plainly that he could have stopped OBrien In one round round had he ho tried Perhaps If tho die conditions had I been the same Johnson would have hap done so Johnson did clid not train a minute to meet OBrien Possibly he ho did not have Ho to under the terms on OTI which the t le match might have h been made Tho The terms tarns of the ho Johnson match have hao never all nil been made public It was generally understood that Johnson was to get 1100 for 01 his end ond of that match and OBrien worked on per percentage percentage Johnson has hM shown more than once in inn his business transactions that no matter what else elso ho lie may ma be beho beho behe ho he Is not a fool Johnson Johnon a Good Business Man Knowing that thai Johnson was not a fool when It II comes to money mone matters there were wore a lot of or people who won wondered wondered dered tiered wh Johnson agreed to take the I paltry paUl guarantee of to meet OBrien ODren In this city a house was possible and where he ae lc and not OBrien was the card owing to lo the fact that OBrien ODrien had recently been whipped shipped by Ketchel In Now York while Johnson was making his first appearance in public since sluice he had imd won the championship by h whipping Tommy Burns Bums In Australia Under those conditions con Iii lions Johnson was worth the big end cud of the money mone and aud no one knew this better than Jack Tack Johnson Well Veil what Is la tho Uro an au answer answer saver 11 It may not be the tho correct answer an answer but there th re Is Isa a story going the tho rounds downtown among the tho colored sporting men who lost loot IO t money monor betting hotting on Johnson Johanson that the champion got 55 5 for boxing with OBrien and that tint ho he hey got gol extra for not knocking Johnson out The Thc story tor may ma not no be he betrue hel true tue l uc but hu JL il I lire dice ut i i up just hll 1 IQ i I Ing lug lo to Johnson as ns his h Is share of Q the th receipts which wore a shade ovary One Ono o tw I ho hoIs Is telling around arO l tl jil p u pt t 3 00 for not knocking our ou oui 0 O states that lint Johnson lold told the story ston himself and gave gac that as his reason re son for fol not nol extending himself when the themen themen men met mcl recently in this city Those who saw sa tic contest could see Ree that the black cham than champion champion pion was not extending himself for hI he knocked OBrien down and almost through the time ropes with one punch in int Iho tho t lo first round and thon then did practically practical ly 1 nothing for the rest of or timo till the fifth when he hug again agnin hit OBrien hard knocking him to the floor and closing one of the white fighters eyes ees com completely completely The fact that John was in I pour poor condition hOb hog fat and twenty I pounds at least overweight caused sonic some to think that It was this lack acl of or condition which tied Johnson JO up but there was abundant evidence that even een as he was wa ho he was not nol trying to lo logo togo togo go his best pace for the work he did was nothing like that which he could and nod did do on other occasions in this city I Ketchel Too Light LIht In his match with OBrien Ketch Kotch KotchI Ketchel I t el showed that he ho is a fast and tel terl hard hitter but It tales takes moro more I than that to make male a n great fighter r Ho fights lights like Terry McGovern did and something on the same snore style that I Sullivan used when he ho was in ills his prime Just lust slam bang smash hit hitI I wherever you can with tho the right hand doing the most execution Long Lou Lon be before fore Coro any of the fighters lighters were born boin It was proven that gnat other things being bein equal a lefthand straight puncher would whip a swinger and there has never been any fighter produced in the ring in tho the thelast last years ears who wco w lo has proven the fallacy of or that theory It Is a matter of ring history Just what happened when Sullivan stacked up tip against a really good straight puncher Terry finish h came In one round rotund when he slacked stacked up against Young Corbett a aman aman I man who was a quicker and cleaner I bitter biller than himself and who beat him to time the punch although It happened in iii Terrys Terr s case that It was a tap on OIl tho the jaw that put Terry Torr to sleep sleet the tine first time lime in his ring career carcer Ket Iet Ketchel chel chol may mayy beat Johnson n when he meets the big black next fall but the ox cowboy will have havo a great handicap to overcome Johnson Is much heavier than thun Ketchel Ketche ever will be lie although Stanley will take on considerable weight we I g but he is not tal enough to carry anything HIco JIlo the Wo weight which Johnson totes around Johnson Is a great deal taller than Ketchel and he can hit oven even harder har er than Stanley and It must not ho be over overlooked o overlooked r looked that Johnson Is a n much flitch clever cleverer er boxer than the middleweight cham chant champion champion pion Ketchel Ketche Is a good little man but Johnson is a good big bib man even een if he heis heIs heis is black and there Is an old ring ringI adage to the Ute effect that a good little I man Dan cant whip a good big hig man Ket Ketchel Ketchel chel is a very Von open fighter who has hag practically no n defense for he lie thinks s she he does not need any depending en entirely entirely on his terrific punching powers to put his man nine away But nut Kotc es esstle style Is not based on scientific boxing and anti with Johnson trained and anti In con I dillon a different story may have ha to lo lobo tobo tobe bo be written the day dar after they Iney fight And Johnson will not be the sort at ell Johnson who met OBrien If he over ever meets Ketchel |