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Show the one great negro, shonld ho line up with Wolga&t, believing that In spite of everything he Etlll has a few cards up his sleeve. The Return of Stanley. Coincident with the emergence of Joe Cans from his retirement after the Nelson-Wolgast butcherlug exhibition exhi-bition Tuesday afternoon, a gentleman gentle-man who has long been heard of In sporting circles under tho name of Stanley Ketchell handed out an emulation emu-lation of tho groundhog and once more claimed the spot lights which he monopolized so long to the totaJ exclusion of lesser star. From the dope he confidently hands out bo bu apparently been ciphering some, and then a littlo more. He has some two or three on his books to fight real soon, prominent among whom, as the society editors says, are Billy Papke and Sam Langford. Taking tho last first, of cource, these Isn't any danger to be feared from Sam Langford. He was beaten by Flynn, so he Is no longer the terror ter-ror of old. ' Perchance that may he true, but It has been whispered that it was his fist with which hj Btruck Mlstah Dwfy on his hald Ttwsday night and knocked M In tab. Dewey Into slumberous sleep. The rumor that he used a mace Is said to have been unfounded, the writer who sent th story out mistaking Sam's fist for a club of some kind. But in spite of this Ketchell say, ho dM KetchelL didn't he? says he Is going to fljrhj Sammy Langford. Hero's wishing him success, and here's condoxdru the poor pnblic whJch will listen tl his plans and Ideas without seeing him and Langford mixed up In a good lively scrap, unless the respect once held by Ketchell for Langford has materially ma-terially diminished. JOE CANS IS AFTER JE TITLE Before the last news of the big fight at Richmond, near San FrancUco had arrived Tuesday afternoon, Joe Gans, the clever Baltimore n,egro, formerly for-merly lightweight champion, whom It took three battles with ex-Champ Nel- son to convince that he was licked, surprised the spurting world with a challenge to Ad WoUasi, licht weight champion of the world, for a 20 round battle, Wolg.ist to name all conditions. condi-tions. Gans apparently figures that he has a chance with Wolgast In 20 rounds, but Is afraid of the longer distances. Tho great negro admitted after his last disastrous affair with one B. Nelson Nel-son that the Dane was too much for him. Most followers of loxing claim that once a man In licked by another man he holds his conqueror in great respect, so much so at times as to amount almost to foar, and thii3 if they meet again Ihe vanquished mitt artist cannot put up the same bat- I tle as though against some other n1an. J .Many there are who believe that this had a great deal to do with Ginj in his last two battles with Nelson. Negro Hardest Hitter. i True, the negro has been fighting I longer and has been through more i gruelling than oven the Durable Dane can boast of; he Is of a lighter, quicker quick-er build speed rather than brute I strength being the characteristic of his build, most noticeable and when i he fought Nelson the last time he was all in long before 'he finish. However How-ever much this may have been due to worn out nature, the fact remains that a man with no fear In his soul will last much longer than one who momentarily fears the blow that will send blm to dreamland. That tho negro ne-gro can hit a much harder blow than Nelson, everyone will admit. He uses less effort, apparently, and hits shorter, short-er, but his wicked short arm nooks are far from healthy. In his first fight with Nelson it wos jusi n euiw of Gans lacking the stamina, youth and endurance which were so noticeable notice-able In Wolgast, according to the reports. re-ports. He probably tattered the Dauo as much during the early rouuds of this fight as did Wolgast Tuesday afternoon af-ternoon when the Dane went down to defeat, but towards tho end Gans' strength left him, while. Nelson's marvellous mar-vellous endurance kept him on his feet hammering away. If there was. anything in (he foul claimed by Cans. Nelson at that time had all he could stand and so took the only way short of being knocked out to finlMU (he fight He trk'd hitting low aud got caught at It. and Gans was given the verdict. Nelson's grent popularity was attested by the fact (hat quite a number num-ber of white nieu who don't like the colored race a little bit expressed their pleasure at the Dane being beaten, beat-en, in spite of the fact that the man who beat him was a negro 20-Round Limit Just what chance Gans will have if he ever tangl-s up with Wolgast will cause all kluds of speculation. It is hardly likely that the negro, past master that he Is of ring generalship and all the tricks of the trade, would be able to hnn? eu lo U'olgust more than 20 rounds, and It Is probably because he realized this that Gans asked for a 20rounJ fight. Unless Wolgast gains a great percentage of speed and cleverness, or unless Cans has deteriorated to a grat degree Elnce he has lieen fighting steadily, the negro could at least stare the Milwaukee crack off fo.- 20 rounds, and probably gain a derision. Gans Is still spoken of as. the "Old Master" Mas-ter" f the fighting game, and anyone any-one who lias ever teen blm in action will vouch for the (ruth of the name. Rather light lu color, his body is as clean cut and wiry as a hound's. He never wastes effort of any kind. When in his prime ans could Judge distance better thun any of them, and if a punch missed him by one-eighth of nn inch, that was sufficient. Undoubtedly the Grand Old Man of the fighting game, crap-shooter, hotel owner and general air around Bport he is when he has (he necessary, Is not the fighter he was of old. but Quite a few will stack a few chips on |