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Show SPORTS I (By Ed W. Smith.) Chicago, March 11. If the championship cham-pionship does not come back to the caucasion race before another year has gone by It will not be the fault of Stanley Ketchel, present middleweight champion. Down deep in Stanley's heart he cherishes an ambition to emulate, the Illustrious example set by Robert FilZ6immons and annex the all-weight championship after winning the highest honors among the niiddle-w.elghts. niiddle-w.elghts. He is shooting at a terrible high mark, but Ketchel refuses to believe be-lieve that he is shooting at the moon. Ketchel does not actually say that he would like a crack at Jack Johnson, but he intimates it so strongly in his talks about the pugilistic situation that one is forced to believe he woull . not be averse to such a match. The middleweight champion came to Chicago yesterday. He arrived from Detroit "and left over the de luxe train for New York, there to meet his manager, Willus Britt. Stanley did j not have much time to renew any acquaintance ac-quaintance here, but found opportunity to tell a few things about his plans. "The blacks are giving people a lot of worries . these days, aren't they?" he salil. "Well, they are having their inning now, and perhaps whe-n you consider they are entitled to the title they should have some consideration. It must be admitted that this fellow Johnson John-son is worth while. My, but he's a real fighter, that's sure. "Fight him? Now, Isn't that getting get-ting down to it in u hurry? I see that Willus is talking about my fighting him and all that. Well, If I take on the weight necessary, why shouldn t 1 meet. him? First, don't you know, Johnson' would probably aslc me to remove that other black man, Sam langford, from my path. He will not have to ask me any such thing, because be-cause I am going to box Langford when I get good and ready. When that 1 will he I am not prepared now to say, but It will be soon after he returns from London. "Langford. I am informed, is to box Johnson in May and will leave for the other side the Litter part of this month. There is nothing here for us right now, but next fall I will start in to clean all of them up again just as I did last fall. "Now that you have mentioned it, you may be sure that I will box any of them, irrespective of color. As for Papke and Kelly, I am ready to give them another jame. Of course, you know there is a reservation aboit this. It will all depend upon what the inducements in-ducements are. "Weight does not trouble me. When I have to make It I go out and work and make It, that's all I'm pretty heavy right now, perhaps ISO pounds, but that doesn't mean that It is permanent. per-manent. It can be worked off all right. Jeffries and I are good friends and I hope he gets into good enough condition to match up with Johnson. I think he can beat Jack." |