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Show LEON KETCHEL TRAINING HARD Leon Ketcbel, younger brother of the late Stanley ketcbel, the middle-weigh middle-weigh champion of the world, is iu Xew York, training hard for a busy campaign within the roped arena. It is the ambition of the younger brother of the famous ".Michigan Assassin" to win the middleweight championship and ket-p the title "where it lclongs." to quole fiom him. Leon is only a welterweight at the present time In fact he Is rather below the welter-weigh welter-weigh limit, for he weighs only 13S pound! He is a big built boy, however, how-ever, and It will not tie long before he will be forced to fight in the class whi-h his brother ruled with iron hand Vhllo It is true th-at Ketchel is only a novice, with many of the fine points of the game still to learn, he pivn every promise of developing into a star He has the same loose build, the big, broad shoulders, deep and powerfully muscled cheat, with the long, muscular arms, that helped his brother win his way to the top of the class. He is naturally an ag-gresshe ag-gresshe fifihter but at the same time he has ghen the fluer points of the game some stud, and Is constantly trying to learn to box cleverly He has made great progress under the tutelage of Matty Baldwin, the clever clev-er Boston lightweight. Ketchel has don all his boxing in the smaller towns of the middle west and southwest He has been in the ring for a little more than sis months and has taken part in elfcht battles, which he won, seven of them by knockout s Ketchel is training up at Woodlawn Inn. He is a hard, conscientious worker Mattv Baldwin has taken a great liking t the lad, and the pair box 11 or 12 rounds ever day The benefits derived from the training received re-ceived from the veteran are becoming mor apparent with each day At limes the bos leave friendship out-j out-j eldc or the ropes nud go In and fight I In the pure and simple primitive fight Ketchel Is the better, for he I glories in the exchanges, but when the I men box he conies out second best I more often It !o ihe intention of Ketchel to I start ts it b men of the type of Phil I Crosa, "Young" Hickey was similar Ibovs until he gains the experience 'necessary, then he will go after the best in the business, and when the 'time comes for him to fight the mld-dlewelgbts mld-dlewelgbts he believes that he will prove io be a fit successor to his brother. |