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Show ley has used this some ruse and gotten got-ten by with It and until tho mon clamber Into the ring and start to pummel ouo unothc-r tho writer will be prone to pIhco tho forthcoming (?) Philadelphia controversy in a similar category. HID I 1 KETCjEL FIGHT (By E. D. Burrows.) San Francisco, April 'J. Bert Igor, formerly one of San Francisco's leading lead-ing sporting cat tnonlsts and writers, who Is now at the helm of the good ship "Stauley' Ivetchel." declares that tho fight critics of the Pacific coast are prone to over-estimate the fighting fight-ing ability of "Beggar Sam" Langfnrd. the Boston pirate, and says that Stan1 will demonstrate this when the two I men come together tur six rounds In Philadelphia on the night of April -'7. " We are going to Woodlawn Inn, I Now York, to train," says the wire, "and you will got reports of a reju venated Kctchcl when he enters the ring agaJnst Longford. Stan Is feel lug fine light now and says that there Is no man living who can get the be6t of him In one of those short-route short-route contests. The Langford-Kctch-el match is surely coming off this trip and I would advlni? you to string your money on the white." On top of this came reports that Langford is preparing to depart for the cast, and that he and Joe Woodman, who looks after his business afTalrs, will pass through San Francisco early next week en route to Boston, where "Beg' gar Sam" will train for the Ketchel bout. While in the city Woodman will discuss with Tom O'Day the details de-tails of tho proposed Langford-Tom-my Burns quarrel, which the Mission I club man deelros to stage on the Hth of next September and it should not be hard to tie this up before the black man and his manager leave town. Cannot Believe It. Well, Ketchel may be on the level with this latest outburst of enthusiasm enthus-iasm In regard to the match with "Beggar "Beg-gar Sam" but the writer, for one, Is extremely doubiful about if Coming so soon after his miserable exhibition against Frank Klaus In Pittsburg, in which engagement he suffered a rather rath-er painful Injury to his left hand, It is hard to llguro out. Just why Ketchel Ket-chel Khould give his consent to a six-round six-round bout with Langford especially when he absolutely refused to treat with the San Francisco promoters who offered him a $30. on.) purse to tangle, with "Beggar Sam." In fart, nobody knows better than Ketchel himself that the Boston black man has not been overrated, and thut he will al.-o surely flatten the aforesaid Mlchljan-der Mlchljan-der If the latter essays even the shortest short-est kind of u journey with him This , is the ono man that Saiu will not I "lay down'' or "stall" for. and once they get Into the ring-If that ever happens Langford Is going lo do his level best to stop Ketchel. no matter what the previous arrangements have been. Even if the men agreed to go six tame rounds In PhllPdolphia and afterwards to come to San Francisco Francis-co for a distance. It is doubtful If "Beggar Sam" could resist the temptation tempta-tion to turn on full steam and flatten the Assassin. He wants that rotddle-wcUhl rotddle-wcUhl title and would risk almost! anything lo get It. This Is His "Out." To the writer It appears that this Is merely a publicity play on (, pM t of the Michigan lud. calculated to cover cov-er up In some degree the rather ugly ug-ly fctorles which have been circulated anent the Ketcbel-Klaus affair In Pittsburg. Pitts-burg. After thAt "bloomer," which Kent 8.000 Smoky City fans out into the world cussing both the middleweight middle-weight champion and the local favorite. favor-ite. Ketchel found himself adly in need of some startling newspaper announcement. an-nouncement. If only to tako the public mind away from hit affair with Klaus and an agreement to fight Langford was easily .his ""He hat bet" under the circumstances. Twlrm before, under un-der th guidance of Wim, J3r,ti stan- |