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Show KETCHEL OPPOSES THE LONG FIGHT New York, Aug. 8. Stanley Ketch-el, Ketch-el, the middle weight champion, believes be-lieves that Governor GUlett of California Cali-fornia has set the pace for other executives ex-ecutives of the nation. "It Is the so-called so-called finish fight which has tabooed the game to a large, extent," states Kctche! "Thejo bouts were made a hobby r Battling Nelson, because the Djui.. thought no one could beat hlui over tho long route, whereas he felt that he mlht get outpointed in a shorter battle, "Then the sanguinary talk between Jeffries and Johnson and the fact that they finally signed for one of these finish fights turned tho tide of pub- i lie opinion roughly atainst prize fighting I look to see tho time when I boxing will be regarded as fencing Is now, aud I would not be at all sur-i sur-i prised were the bouts of the future to be limited to 10 rounds at the outside. out-side. Ten rounds ore amply sufficient suffi-cient to establish superiority in boxing box-ing If not In bulldog courage. "It will put the game on a much more eolld basis If the 10-round rule Is effected. I do not believe, either, that It would be a difficult thing to proselyto the fans, for there 1s no dodging the fact that finish fights are naught but exhibitions of brutlshness. When boxing is conducted for science, an is fencing, the game's stock will tako a boost." |