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Show which it is difficult to get Ketchel to 4 talk. It seems that when Ketchel was ' winning steadily and the money was flowing in In a continuous golden 4 ttream O'Connor was all that could he asked, both in the way of manager and good fellow. Ketchel lost to 4 Tapke and O'Connor apparently be- llevcd he was all in. there being at that time only Bat Nelson as a prece- dent for a come back. At any rate O'Connor ceased anything like liberality liberal-ity toward Ketchel and the champion says his manager seemed to lose interest in-terest in him. . It will he remembered that right after the fight with Papke. which was lost by Ketchel, rumor was spread broadcast that Stanley Ketchel was dying as a result of his beating. That rumor gained considerable credence In Michigan, and especially in Grand Rapids and Detroit, where Ketchel's parents live. Ketchel's mother heard the story and was greatly worried over it. She telegraphed to" San Francisco to find out the truth or falsity of the report, i O'Connor received the telegram in the absence of Ketchel and wired the 1 mother that Stanley was all right and that the report was untrue. That was all very well, hut O'Connor sent the message collect. Ketchel himself is the soul of generosity gen-erosity and especially where his mother moth-er Is concerned. Ketchel took O'Connor's O'Con-nor's actilon to mean that he considered consid-ered him down and out and was not willing to waste any coin on him or his relatives, even though it would relieve re-lieve the fears of a mother. The champion never could quite yet over that one act. and while he will not discuss It. Is a fact nevertheless, that that one little action had most to do with the change in the managers just when he was in a position to make the most money. During Ketchel's little boxing exhibition ex-hibition here with Tony Caponl the majority ma-jority of the spectators were kept wondering won-dering what certain unintelligible sounds were which kept coming from the audience. They were entirely meaningless to the general audience, but in Ketchel they were the music of his mother's tongue. "Zabi Go." Zabi Go." was frequently frequent-ly heard. In Polish the words mean "kill him," and were coming from the large number of Polish people who were present to see the pride of their nation In action. Another phase frequently fre-quently heard was "Nie Jaj sie," which ! means "Hold your own." KETCHEL HAS-EXCUSE FOR DEFEAT Champion Says He Lost Because He Neglected His. Duty. Grand Rapids, Mich.. Feb. 7. Punishment Pun-ishment for neglecting his religious duties is the reason Stanley Ketchel now gives for his loss of his second battle and the middle-weight championship champion-ship to Billy Papke. Incidentally, Ketchel is now paying more attention to his religious duties than heretofore. Ketchel, it seems, just before his second battle with Papke, had made arrangements to take communion in company with the son of his manager, who had likewise neglected this duty. The time was set when they should go together, but when it arrived Ketchel was busy training and backed down. He went Into the ring with Papke and was decisively defeated, losing with that fight the championship he had won by hard battles against all com-crs com-crs From that day to this Ketchel has looked upon that defeat as a punishment punish-ment for neglect to perform his religious relig-ious duties. "I knew I was going to win that ia6t time," says Ketchel modestly. "I could feol that I was a different man. 1 felt right and from tho moment I stepped into the ring I knew the . battle was mine. I had made good my promise to the church. I had the backing of a clear conscience and a duty well performed. per-formed. I won, hut I was not a bit surprised, for I knew I would." From that time Ketchel has been most attentive to his devotions. While at home this winter he gave $200 to a church. - .... While Ketchel has naught but kind words for O'Connor, his former manager, man-ager, there is a secret connected with the change to Willus Brltt about |