The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-14

that Mecca of true sports toward
which the eyes of all metropolitan
fight fans turn ever longly, and
which is located some indefinite dis
lance west of Jersey City-California
will again occupy the limelight on the
sporting pages of the New York news
papers this week. Principal interest
attaches to tomorrow nights twenty
five round go between Billy Papke,
the temporarily eclipsed Illinoison,
and Tugo Kelly, the crack Italian
middleweight. The Jim Jefferies Ath-
letic Club of Los Angeles, will be the
scene of the battle, and. the puglistic
future of the two men as contestants
for the middleweight championship
will hinge on the RESULT
Despite the fact that Papke recently
lost the middleweight title to Stanley
Ketchel, the Los Angelo fans remain
ardent admirers of the Illinois thun-
erdbolt, and according to reports are
backing him heavily to put a quietus
on the aspirations of Kelly.
Papke will enter the ring tomorrow
night with a new manager, Sam Ber-
ger, who succeeds Tom Jones in hold
ing that honored position. 1t is said
that Bill and Tom disagreed over the
division of the receipts from the
Papke-Kelly scrap, and came to the
parting of the ways. Berger compelled
he Jefferies Club to draw up a new set
of articles to govern tomorrow nights
fight, so that Jones would have no
chance to put his finger in the finan-
cial pie.
Hugo Kelly has sent telegram to a
New York friend saying that he will
be strapped and will have to hit the
ties if Papke defeats him. 81 have bet
every cent own that l will win a vic
tory over Papke," declares Kelly and
advises his friends to get aboard for
the killing. The wise ones will think
twice before accepting this disinter-
ested advice. Cold weather is coming
on and park benches are decidedly on
the bum.
Kelly was one of the spectators at
the Papke-Ketchell fight and feel con-
fident he can stop the Kawanee fighter
in less time than did the champion.
81 watched Papke in his third bat
tie with Ketchel, and he was a great
disappointment to me-" says Kelly. "If
he fights that way when we hook up
I will end his hopes very early. Then
it's me at Ketchel, and you can start
gambling right now l will come out
the winner.
81 fought him once, and but for a
chance blow that laid me low, would
have defeated him. Stanley admits
that even to this day"
Sam Langford and Jim Flynn, the
fighting fireman of Pueblo, will be the
principals in what should be a nifty
contest which is scheduled for Thurs
day night at the Coliseum ring in San
Francisco. The match is set for twen-
ty rounds at catch weights. Flynn will
get $4,000 for his end. win, lose or
draw, while Langford will get a small
er sum. The mokes always do get the
little end.
Stanley Ketchel, the middleweight
champ, will likely be an interested
spectator at the ring side. Ketchel
proposed to meet the darby whether
he won or lost with Papke, but after
he sees that deadly right chugging
against the fireman's jaw, he may
write out an entirely new pledge, and
Samuel's name may never appear up
omit. If Ketchel can whip Langford,
then it's good night my love, to all
the glove wielders on this little green
earth.
The color line is mighty handy
Thing to have about champion pugi-
lists person. 1t sometimes soves a
lot of pain and worry.
Fighting Dick Hyland and Bohem-