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Show has been taking very poor care of bis health for a long time. Possessed of a rather emotional temperament, it was not hard lor Ktchel to to the wrong way. was like a spoiled child, and fell for the baubles of the limelight as hnr.l ;ur any boxer since the das of jmin; Corbett. In vmany respects Keichel and Young" Corbett were alike. Both were excellent rinamen, Hnd both fought on the level, but they lived at a r.ite tli.it would kill a Pittsburg millionaire. mil-lionaire. Young Corbett was all in long before Ills time. The fast life the Denverite led put him out of It at a time when he should have been Ju.t at his best, and it now looks as thou'i Kctchel is ready to follow In tho footsteps foot-steps of the little Denver boxer. Down nt Reno close friends of th" middleweight champion commented on his poor appearance. Kctchel looked far from being the dashing, handsome, Bpectacular outh who beat Joe Thomas, Hugo Kelly, Billy Papke and that 6ort here. His eyes had the lack luster color oi a dead fish, hi skin win sallow and dry and he looked more like i medical student, who was confined too closely to his lamps, than a high-class high-class athlete. Kveryonc who comes in contact with the borers knows that Ketch i has exceeded tho speed limit of nature's na-ture's laws for well onto two yearn Immediately after Ketchel'6 failure to bent Papke the last time the pa'r met, Ketchel began to become a very prominent figure In the tenderloin ol San Francisco. Lie whlz.ed up nnJ down the white light streets late at night In his machine, and set the denizens of the various cafes a merry mer-ry pace. Stanley was a fast spender His bands had no more hold on money than a sieve on wnter. Usht and i.iuslc Kctchel wanted, and light and music and the favor of, the grlzettes he purchased with a lavish hand of gold. But It was not the natural hfiht of day that Ketchel sought, not the sweet" music of brilliant com-pnserv. com-pnserv. not the favor of the right sort of women. KETCHEL THREW I HIMSELF AWAY The reported breakdown of Kot-chel Kot-chel will be received by his local friends with considerable sorrow, but witli no wonderful amount of sur- '"ttverv follower of the light game in San'Francibco knows that Ketchel |
