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JACK JOHNSON ' DOUBLE GROSSED STANLEY KETGHELINSIDE FACTS OF BIG FICHT AS APPEARING IN “WACHT AMRHEIN”%Paper of Yntiks Gives Story or Fight—Hig Muckisy WritesArticleThe following article was taken from the WacFit am Rhein ” the Yankee’s paper, written by Biz Hockey:By Biz Mackey After disposing of the comeback hopes of Jim Jeffries and maintain-■ ing his belt as heavyweight champi-ion of the world. Jack Johnson was next forced to consider the claims of Stanley Ketchcl, who was looked upon as the most promising white hope. Stanley Kelchel was figured as Ihc hardest hitter of any heavyweight ever known in the ring- Johnson would have rather had a scries of no-decision bouts, but his managers sjiw a big pot of change in the Ketchcl proposition, ami framed up a twenty-round fight for San Francisco. After’ bringing Johnson and Kctchel together, it was agreed to let Ketchul go the twenty rounds, us Johnson had his eves on the side money and royalties from the moving pictures, and in addition Johnson agreed to . take a knockdown for the effect in these pictures-KetchcU only weighed 170 pounds at the time, while the “big black” weighed about 210 pounds. All the details and everything were settled to make the big fight look all right to \ the light fans of the country, who were eagerly awaiting the big bout The day of the fight found both men in good shape and everything set for the big go. About a half-hour before the fight was to start* Johnson sent word to Ketchcl that the fight would be on the square, and that if Ketchcll couldn’t stand up for the twenty rounds then he “would! have to take a knockout. 'Ketchcll ■ could have declared the big fight oil, , but rather than disappoint the large crowd that was on hand and forfeit the moving picture privilege, he finally decided to go through with it. Upon entering the ling he sat in his collier awaiting the bell, crying like \^ a babv, not through fear, but because He was hurt hy this unexpected double crass. As the bcU rang at the start of each round, ivctchell would tear desperately into the big black, like a savage tiger. The light went on, round after round, terrible in its bitterness and action. In the tenth round Ketchcl knocked Johnson down and the black thought his time had come. Getting to his feet again he landed on Ketchcll with a terrific uppercut- knocking out all of Ketch-cl’s teeth. The blow raised Ketchcll off his feet and Johnson fell over hToTaml had to climb to his feet to be declared the winner.Ketchcll was never the some after this bout and his manage ,r Willie Britt, was so heartbroken over the “big smoke” ,doublc-crossing Ketchcll that it is claimed he died of the effects eight weeks later in San Fran-cisco. Th it was the beginning of the end of the “dinge,” and he is j still an exile from civilization—a man without a country.
Newspaper Details
Hamilton Daily Republican News
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Tue, Apr 08, 1919
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
John H.
IL, USA 12 May 2018
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