The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-31
PAPKE AND KELLEY
FIGHT A DRAW
No Visible Advantage in the
Eyes of the Referee Dur
ing Ten Rounds.
BOUT FAST AND BLOODY ONE
Italian Had Better of Early Rounds
But Spring Valley Boy
Evens Up.

Milwaukee, Wis, Dec 31.-The fast
est. bloodiest and cleverest fight ever
witnessed in Milwaukee ring was
fought between Billy Papke and Hugo
Kelly at Schlitz park last night. After
ten rounds. during which the fortunes
of war wavered from corner to corner.
Referee Malachy Hogan declared the
fight a draw.
Both men went to the, floor in the
course Of the fight, Papke decorating
the mat in the first round and Kelly
hitting the floor later in the battle.
At first it appeared as though Kelly
were a sure ana early winner. but
Papke held on, standing up against a
rain of blows which only champions hip
material could deliver. and which only
championship grit could withstand
Both are wild ut Times.
Both men were wild at times but
Kelly seemed the surer. The buH-like
rushes of the miner We're backed by
too much muscle to allow Kelly to
make use Of his evident greater skill
The first blow brought the juice from
i Papke's face The fight was yet young
when there was a stream of gore flow
/ ing from Kellys physiognomy. The
crowd went wild at times as the rushes
of one or the othe: of the two bat
tiers were seemingly on the point of
Ihammering his opponent into insensi-
tbility No less than 5000 persons saw
the mill.
Every seat was sold and large sums
of money changed hands on the result
Three Knock-Downs scored.
There were three knock-downs dur
ing the ten rounds. though none was a
clear case of a count. except the first
when Kelly sent Papke down fol
three The other two We're to Papke's
credit. Kelly being sent to his knees
He was up again and at it in short
order
The story Of the fight by rounds gives
Kelly apparently the better OF the
game, but the actual scoring of tn,
blows landed is not the whole story
OF the battle. II makes no allowance
for the strength displayed by Papke
Kelly was more of the sparring order
and landed possibly more frequent,
than Papke He landed hard bu
Papke's rushes repeatedly had Kenl
apparently all to the bad That KELLY
was able to remain on his feet aftel
the battering he received speaks wei
for his stamina.
Chicago sports on Hand.
There was a big crowd of Chicago
sports here for the mill to say NOTHING
Of the cans from Peoria and Blooming
ton. Before the fight the odds wer,
to on Kelly. but when the Papk,
supporters arrived the shift was to tn
Papke side of the board. When III,
men went into the ring Papke none,
was being waved. but without takers
Meanwhile down town there was Kell.
money untaken.
Another match seems certain. Boil
men said. after the battle they wer
sure Of victory in case Of a secon,
meeting. Papke claims he hammere,
Kelly 10 a pulp Kelly's hand was al
most broken in the fourth, and he coul
not use it effectively after that. $
badly was it swollen. Kelly SAYS thi
cost him the fight. and the story of tn
fight by rounds shows Kelly had III
better Of IT 10 that time.
The preliminaries were tan. 9. with tn
exception of the semi-wiudup. SEIZED
uled for eight rounds. between Nelso
lof Calumet and Wolgast Of RIilwau