Show lanford to meet anke ion or iet chei chicago hi cago aug 27 james J jeffries i od d heavyweight champion of the rii i and promoter of the vernon mst list outside of los angeles cal j Eer mined to bring tho the winner of ketchel fight and sam ni ford together and has offered i to the white boys as an in to throw aside the color and id consent to the match who believes langford Laug ford the 1 I bt fighter that ever drew on a is determined to make the and might even swell the in jents to get the men into tho fifteen thousand dollars win i draw to the winner of the nal pi fight to meet lang i jeffs offer this is quite a or money in these panicky times pie seems seema to bo be no great desire 0 r o part of either cither man to accept n sure that such a battle would a house and would be eanest fight that was ever wit I 1 and it I 1 can only get the white i forget about the color line for i ill close the match jeff writer today ii li ketchel Ket cliel ciel and refuse to r colored men but they might be i i i to forget the color line after light here is over capre is on v to los log angeles to close with i n 11 1 and tho the champion will quit i in a few days to meet daron baron md and with him i i Is apt to be a little argument r lin weight but this can be ad r i ketchens ketchell Ket cheFs chels quick victory over homas has bas boosted ills his stock con aay hero and were tommy i in los angeles or anywhere 1 i hero ho he would bo be forced into it a ah wita ketchel |