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	*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/ketchel.htm CBZ Record]		*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/ketchel.htm CBZ Record]
	*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2259 Find a Grave]		*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2259 Find a Grave]
	*[http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/periodicals/ozarkswatch/ow603d.htm An Ozarks Melodrama - The Trial of Walter Dipley]
	*''Stanley Ketchel, the Michigan Assassin…“He Possessed Fists of Iron.”'' by Monte Cox: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO88.11-14.pdf]		*''Stanley Ketchel, the Michigan Assassin…“He Possessed Fists of Iron.”'' by Monte Cox: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO88.11-14.pdf]
	*"An Ozarks Melodrama~~" (re~~: ~~the~~ Stanley Ketchel ~~murder trial)~~ by Robert Gilmore: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ibro-journal-70.129-146.pdf]		*"An Ozarks Melodrama: The Killing of Stanley Ketchel" by Robert Gilmore: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ibro-journal-70.129-146.pdf]
	*Stanley Ketchel Letters ([[IBRO Journal]] No. 71): [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ibro-journal-71.66-69.pdf]		*Stanley Ketchel Letters ([[IBRO Journal]] No. 71): [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ibro-journal-71.66-69.pdf]
	*"Stanley’s Little Helper" by Bruce Kielty: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO159.18-21.pdf]		*"Stanley’s Little Helper" by Bruce Kielty: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO159.18-21.pdf]

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 * In October 1910, Ketchel--eating breakfast obliviously at Col. R.P. Dickerson's ''Two Bar Ranch'' farm at Conway, Missouri--was killed by the single bullet of a .22 calibre rifle fired by Walter Dipley, who was angry over the insult Ketchel had made to Dipley's common-law wife Goldie Smith. Ketchel was only 24-years-old. Dipley and his wife were given a life sentence, but her sentence was dismissed in May of 1912. R.P. Dickerson had offered a $5,000 reward but only if Ketchel's slayer was brought back dead. He was later forced to pay out the reward. Dipley was paroled May 19, 1934 after serving 23 years in the Missouri State Pen.
 * A little over 17 years later, on Feb. 16, 1928, Ketchell's father, Thomas Kiccal, 74, was found in the barn loft of the family farm near Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his throat slashed. His son, John Kiccal, the younger brother of Stanley, was discovered in possession of a blood-stained knife and arrested for the murder. It was thought the motive was a dispute over land that Stanley had left to the family, purchased from his ring earnings, and which had recently multiplied in value.
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 *"Stanley’s Little Helper" by Bruce Kielty: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO159.18-21.pdf]
 *"Time for a Break" by Bob Yahn: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ibro-journal-69.19-26.pdf]
 *Gravely, Vernon: 2021 Biography ''Crossing the Color Line'': [[:File:Crossing The Color Line Stanley Ketchel.pdf|Info]]
 *''Show Me Murder'' Podcast's Stanley Ketchel episode: [https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9ZeHRlNE1KSQ/episode/NTM4NWNmNDItMzgyNi00NmExLTkwOWQtZTYzZDdkODIwOTFk?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwj4j5a72evzAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCg] (Sept. 2021)

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	===Later Career and Death===		===Later Career and Death===
	Inspired by his knockdown of Johnson, Ketchel began almost immediately campaigning for a rematch. On March 23, 1910 and overconfident Ketchel, still the world's middleweight champ, fought up-and-coming middleweight [[Frank Klaus]] in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Stanley had failed to train properly and was lucky the fight was scheduled for just six rounds. Pennsylvania law outlawed boxing decisions but the newspaper reporters who witnessed the fight declared it a draw, with Klaus dominating the early rounds and Ketchel narrowly taking the second half of the fight. It was a similar story just over a month later in Philadelphia when Stanley fought one of cleverest and hardest-hitting boxers of his generation, [[Sam Langford]]. Again the fight lasted the six round distance and resulted in an official "No Decision." Ketchel was said to take the early rounds and Langford the later ones. In the last round Ketchel appeared to weaken and the round ended with him covered in his own blood. Most at ringside felt that both men gave a good account of themselves in the brief, but hard-fought, contest.<br><br>		Inspired by his knockdown of Johnson, Ketchel began almost immediately campaigning for a rematch. On March 23, 1910 and overconfident Ketchel, still the world's middleweight champ, fought up-and-coming middleweight [[Frank Klaus]] in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Stanley had failed to train properly and was lucky the fight was scheduled for just six rounds. Pennsylvania law outlawed boxing decisions but the newspaper reporters who witnessed the fight declared it a draw, with Klaus dominating the early rounds and Ketchel narrowly taking the second half of the fight. It was a similar story just over a month later in Philadelphia when Stanley fought one of cleverest and hardest-hitting boxers of his generation, [[Sam Langford]]. Again the fight lasted the six round distance and resulted in an official "No Decision." Ketchel was said to take the early rounds and Langford the later ones. In the last round Ketchel appeared to weaken and the round ended with him covered in his own blood. Most at ringside felt that both men gave a good account of themselves in the brief, but hard-fought, contest.<br><br>
	On October 15, 1910, while still trying to secure a rematch with heavyweight champion Johnson, Stanley Ketchel was in training at a cattle ranch in Conway, Missouri. That morning he was shot in the chest by ranch hand [[Walter Dipley]], who was allegedly jealous of his girlfriend's (Goldie Smith) attraction to Ketchel, though some suspect the murder was a robbery on the part of Dipley and his girlfriend. A bullet in his lung, Ketchel was dead at age twenty-four. At Stanley's funeral one mourner said, "Start counting over the dear boy. He'll get up."		On October 15, 1910, while still trying to secure a rematch with heavyweight champion Johnson, Stanley Ketchel was in training at a cattle ranch in Conway, Missouri. That morning he was shot in the chest by ranch hand [[Walter Dipley]], who was allegedly jealous of his girlfriend's (Goldie Smith) attraction to Ketchel, though some suspect the murder was a robbery on the part of Dipley and his girlfriend. A bullet in his lung, Ketchel was dead at age twenty-four. At Stanley's funeral one mourner said, "Start counting over the dear boy. He'll get up." He left an estate worth $107. [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1911-09-05/ed-1/seq-9/]

	In 1990, the legendary fighter was part of the inaugural class of inductees into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]].<br><br>		In 1990, the legendary fighter was part of the inaugural class of inductees into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]].<br><br>

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	3. Fleischer, Nat and Sam Andre. ''[[An Illustrated History of Boxing]]''<br>		3. Fleischer, Nat and Sam Andre. ''[[An Illustrated History of Boxing]]''<br>
	4. Roberts, James B. and Alexander g. Skutt. ''[[The Boxing Register]]'' (4th ed.)<br>		4. Roberts, James B. and Alexander g. Skutt. ''[[The Boxing Register]]'' (4th ed.)<br>
	5. Gravely, Vernon: 2021 Biography ''Crossing the Color Line'': [[:File:Crossing The Color Line Stanley Ketchel.pdf\|Info]]~~<br>~~
			==See also==
			*Gravely, Vernon: 2021 Biography ''Crossing the Color Line'': [[:File:Crossing The Color Line Stanley Ketchel.pdf\|Info]]
			*''Show Me Murder'' Podcast's Stanley Ketchel episode: [https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9ZeHRlNE1KSQ/episode/NTM4NWNmNDItMzgyNi00NmExLTkwOWQtZTYzZDdkODIwOTFk?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwj4j5a72evzAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCg] (Sept. 2021)

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	[[Category:Polish American Boxers]]		[[Category:Polish American Boxers]]

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	* In October 1910, Ketchel--eating breakfast obliviously at Col. R.P. Dickerson's ''Two Bar Ranch'' farm at Conway, Missouri--was killed by the single bullet of a .22 calibre rifle fired by Walter Dipley, who was angry over the insult Ketchel had made to Dipley's common-law wife Goldie Smith. Ketchel was only 24-years-old. Dipley and his wife were given a life sentence, but her sentence was dismissed in May of 1912. R.P. Dickerson had offered a $5,000 reward but only if Ketchel's slayer was brought back dead. He was later forced to pay out the reward. Dipley was paroled May 19, 1934 after serving 23 years in the Missouri State Pen.		* In October 1910, Ketchel--eating breakfast obliviously at Col. R.P. Dickerson's ''Two Bar Ranch'' farm at Conway, Missouri--was killed by the single bullet of a .22 calibre rifle fired by Walter Dipley, who was angry over the insult Ketchel had made to Dipley's common-law wife Goldie Smith. Ketchel was only 24-years-old. Dipley and his wife were given a life sentence, but her sentence was dismissed in May of 1912. R.P. Dickerson had offered a $5,000 reward but only if Ketchel's slayer was brought back dead. He was later forced to pay out the reward. Dipley was paroled May 19, 1934 after serving 23 years in the Missouri State Pen.
	* A little over 17 years later, on Feb. 16, 1928, Ketchell's father, Thomas Kiccal, 74, was found in the barn loft of the family farm near Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his throat slashed. His son, John Kiccal, the younger brother of Stanley, was discovered in possession of a blood-stained knife and arrested for the murder. It was thought the motive was a dispute over land that Stanley had left to the family, purchased from his ring earnings, and which had recently multiplied in value.		* A little over 17 years later, on Feb. 16, 1928, Ketchell's father, Thomas Kiccal, 74, was found in the barn loft of the family farm near Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his throat slashed. His son, John Kiccal, the younger brother of Stanley, was discovered in possession of a blood-stained knife and arrested for the murder. It was thought the motive was a dispute over land that Stanley had left to the family, purchased from his ring earnings, and which had recently multiplied in value.
	* Another [[:Image:Ketchel.Stanley.jpg\|Photo]]

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
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	== References ==		== References ==
	1. {{Note\|Ketchel1}}August 22, 1908 ''Tacoma Daily News'' <br>		1. {{Note\|Ketchel1}}August 22, 1908 ''Tacoma Daily News'' <br>
	2. Ward, Geoffrey C. [[Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson]]<br>		2. Ward, Geoffrey C. ''[[Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson]]''<br>
	3. Fleischer, Nat and Sam Andre. [[An Illustrated History of Boxing]]<br>		3. Fleischer, Nat and Sam Andre. ''[[An Illustrated History of Boxing]]''<br>
	4. Roberts, James B. and Alexander g. Skutt. [[The Boxing Register]] 4th ed.<br>		4. Roberts, James B. and Alexander g. Skutt. ''[[The Boxing Register]]'' (4th ed.)<br>
			5. Gravely, Vernon: 2021 Biography ''Crossing the Color Line'': [[:File:Crossing The Color Line Stanley Ketchel.pdf\|Info]]<br>
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	[[Category:Polish American Boxers]]		[[Category:Polish American Boxers]]

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	[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 1990<br>Old Timer Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/ketchel.html click]]]		[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 1990<br>Old Timer Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/ketchel.html click]]]
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	*'''Managers''': [[Joe O'Conner]], [[Willus Britt]]		*'''Managers''': [[Joe O'Conner]], [[Willus Britt]], Willie Mizner.
	*'''Trainers''': [[Johnny Loftus]]		*'''Trainers''': [[Johnny Loftus]]
	*'''[[:Category:Stanley Ketchel Gallery\|Stanley Ketchel Gallery]]		*'''[[:Category:Stanley Ketchel Gallery\|Stanley Ketchel Gallery]]

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	*Ketchel was the first boxer to regain the World Middleweight Title after losing it, followed by [[Al Hostak]] and [[Tony Zale]].		*Ketchel was the first boxer to regain the World Middleweight Title after losing it, followed by [[Al Hostak]] and [[Tony Zale]].
	[[file:Ketchel.Stanley3.jpg\|right\|150px\|Stanley Ketchel]]		[[file:Ketchel.Stanley3.jpg\|right\|150px\|Stanley Ketchel]]
	* In October 1910, Ketchel--eating breakfast obliviously at Col. R.P. Dickerson's ''Two Bar Ranch'' farm at Conway, Missouri--was killed by the single bullet of a .22 calibre rifle fired by Walter Dipley, who was angry over the insult Ketchel had made to Dipley's common-law wife Goldie Smith. Ketchel was only 24-years-old. Dipley and his wife were given a life sentence, but her sentence was dismissed in May of 1912. R.P. Dickerson had offered a $5,000 reward but only if Ketchel's slayer was brought back dead. He was later forced to pay out the reward.		* In October 1910, Ketchel--eating breakfast obliviously at Col. R.P. Dickerson's ''Two Bar Ranch'' farm at Conway, Missouri--was killed by the single bullet of a .22 calibre rifle fired by Walter Dipley, who was angry over the insult Ketchel had made to Dipley's common-law wife Goldie Smith. Ketchel was only 24-years-old. Dipley and his wife were given a life sentence, but her sentence was dismissed in May of 1912. R.P. Dickerson had offered a $5,000 reward but only if Ketchel's slayer was brought back dead. He was later forced to pay out the reward. Dipley was paroled May 19, 1934 after serving 23 years in the Missouri State Pen.
	* A little over 17 years later, on Feb. 16, 1928, Ketchell's father, Thomas Kiccal, 74, was found in the barn loft of the family farm near Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his throat slashed. His son, John Kiccal, the younger brother of Stanley, was discovered in possession of a blood-stained knife and arrested for the murder. It was thought the motive was a dispute over land that Stanley had left to the family, purchased from his ring earnings, and which had recently multiplied in value.		* A little over 17 years later, on Feb. 16, 1928, Ketchell's father, Thomas Kiccal, 74, was found in the barn loft of the family farm near Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his throat slashed. His son, John Kiccal, the younger brother of Stanley, was discovered in possession of a blood-stained knife and arrested for the murder. It was thought the motive was a dispute over land that Stanley had left to the family, purchased from his ring earnings, and which had recently multiplied in value.
	* Another [[:Image:Ketchel.Stanley.jpg\|Photo]]		* Another [[:Image:Ketchel.Stanley.jpg\|Photo]]

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	*Ketchel was the first boxer to regain the World Middleweight Title after losing it, followed by [[Al Hostak]] and [[Tony Zale]].		*Ketchel was the first boxer to regain the World Middleweight Title after losing it, followed by [[Al Hostak]] and [[Tony Zale]].
	[[file:Ketchel.Stanley3.jpg\|right\|150px\|Stanley Ketchel]]		[[file:Ketchel.Stanley3.jpg\|right\|150px\|Stanley Ketchel]]
	* In October 1910, Ketchel--eating breakfast obliviously at Col. R.P. Dickerson's ''Two Bar Ranch'' farm at Conway, Missouri--was killed by the single bullet of a .22 calibre rifle fired by Walter Dipley, who was angry over the insult Ketchel had made to Dipley's common-law wife Goldie Smith. Ketchel was only 24-years-old. Dipley and his wife were given a life sentence. R.P. Dickerson had offered a $5,000 reward but only if Ketchel's slayer was brought back dead.		* In October 1910, Ketchel--eating breakfast obliviously at Col. R.P. Dickerson's ''Two Bar Ranch'' farm at Conway, Missouri--was killed by the single bullet of a .22 calibre rifle fired by Walter Dipley, who was angry over the insult Ketchel had made to Dipley's common-law wife Goldie Smith. Ketchel was only 24-years-old. Dipley and his wife were given a life sentence, but her sentence was dismissed in May of 1912. R.P. Dickerson had offered a $5,000 reward but only if Ketchel's slayer was brought back dead. He was later forced to pay out the reward.
	* A little over 17 years later, on Feb. 16, 1928, Ketchell's father, Thomas Kiccal, 74, was found in the barn loft of the family farm near Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his throat slashed. His son, John Kiccal, the younger brother of Stanley, was discovered in possession of a blood-stained knife and arrested for the murder. It was thought the motive was a dispute over land that Stanley had left to the family, purchased from his ring earnings, and which had recently multiplied in value.		* A little over 17 years later, on Feb. 16, 1928, Ketchell's father, Thomas Kiccal, 74, was found in the barn loft of the family farm near Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his throat slashed. His son, John Kiccal, the younger brother of Stanley, was discovered in possession of a blood-stained knife and arrested for the murder. It was thought the motive was a dispute over land that Stanley had left to the family, purchased from his ring earnings, and which had recently multiplied in value.
	* Another [[:Image:Ketchel.Stanley.jpg\|Photo]]		* Another [[:Image:Ketchel.Stanley.jpg\|Photo]]

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	*Ketchel was the first boxer to regain the World Middleweight Title after losing it, followed by [[Al Hostak]] and [[Tony Zale]].		*Ketchel was the first boxer to regain the World Middleweight Title after losing it, followed by [[Al Hostak]] and [[Tony Zale]].
	[[file:Ketchel.Stanley3.jpg\|right\|150px\|Stanley Ketchel]]		[[file:Ketchel.Stanley3.jpg\|right\|150px\|Stanley Ketchel]]
	* In October 1910, Ketchel--eating breakfast obliviously at Col. R.P. ~~Dickinson~~'s ''Two Bar Ranch'' farm at Conway, Missouri--was killed by the single bullet of a .22 calibre rifle fired by Walter Dipley, who was angry over the insult Ketchel had made to Dipley's common-law wife Goldie Smith. Ketchel was only 24-years-old. Dipley and his wife were given a life sentence.		* In October 1910, Ketchel--eating breakfast obliviously at Col. R.P. Dickerson's ''Two Bar Ranch'' farm at Conway, Missouri--was killed by the single bullet of a .22 calibre rifle fired by Walter Dipley, who was angry over the insult Ketchel had made to Dipley's common-law wife Goldie Smith. Ketchel was only 24-years-old. Dipley and his wife were given a life sentence. R.P. Dickerson had offered a $5,000 reward but only if Ketchel's slayer was brought back dead.
	* A little over 17 years later, on Feb. 16, 1928, Ketchell's father, Thomas Kiccal, 74, was found in the barn loft of the family farm near Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his throat slashed. His son, John Kiccal, the younger brother of Stanley, was discovered in possession of a blood-stained knife and arrested for the murder. It was thought the motive was a dispute over land that Stanley had left to the family, purchased from his ring earnings, and which had recently multiplied in value.		* A little over 17 years later, on Feb. 16, 1928, Ketchell's father, Thomas Kiccal, 74, was found in the barn loft of the family farm near Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his throat slashed. His son, John Kiccal, the younger brother of Stanley, was discovered in possession of a blood-stained knife and arrested for the murder. It was thought the motive was a dispute over land that Stanley had left to the family, purchased from his ring earnings, and which had recently multiplied in value.
	* Another [[:Image:Ketchel.Stanley.jpg\|Photo]]		* Another [[:Image:Ketchel.Stanley.jpg\|Photo]]