Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-09
PAPKE.KETCHELL
Fight BY ROUNDS
GREAT INTEREST MANIFESTED
BY ToNOPAH FOLLOWERS
OF RING BATTLES.


city in the fight between Billy Papke t
and Stanley Ketchel, which occurred v
Monday afternoon in Los Angeles.
Ketchel, who held the worlds cham !,
pionship, was known in this city and
the talent was surprised at his down !
fall. The Bonanza publishes the ac- [,
count of the fight by rounds:
Round 1-Papke refuses to shake
hands as Katchel offers his glove. !
The men rush to clinch and Ketchel
misses right uppercut. Papke i
rushes Ketchel to the ropes. Papke
puts hard right to head. They
clinch Papke is the aggressor.
Papke misses hard right and left and
falls into clinch. They come to-
gether, each landing left to face.
Papke lands left to head. Papke
sends right and left to Ketchers
head, drawing blood from Ketchers
nose. Papke floors Ketchel with
hard left to face. Papke floors Ket-
chel FIVE times and Ketchel takes the
count on all but one occasion. ket-
chel falls full length without being
hit. The bell saves Ketchel from be-
ing knocked out. His face is one
mass of blood.
Round 2-Papke is after his man
like demon. Ketchel is bleeding at
the nose. Papke staggers Ketchel
with left to the Jaw. Papke puts an
other right to the jaw and staggers
Ketchel. Ketchel is fighting weakly,
but doing his best. Ketcheps blood
has both men red from their necks
down. Ketchel is growing groggy on
his feet but withstands fearful on
slaught of rights and lefts. The
crowd is wild at Papke's unexpected
punching abilities. Ketchel is still
trying hard, although he is unable to
land damaging blow. Papke misses
left to face and staggers across the
ring They are clinched at gong.
Ketchel's recuperative powers are
nothing short of marvellous. He walk
ed firmly to his corner.
around 3-The men go to clinch.
tchel tries to reach Papke's chin
during the infighting. KetchePs
right eye seems to be completely
closed. Papke puts two rights to
face and hard left to stomach. Ket-
chel is using right across, which
usually falls short. Ketchel lands
left to face. Papke puts right tc
body and slips under ropes. Ketche
seems to be puzzled and the mer
close in. Ketchel is trying to reacf
Papke with right uppercut, but fails
The men are fighting head to head
very little damage being done. Ket
chel puts hard right to head. Papk
blocks another of same sort Mel
fighting close in at the end. Ketche
trots gamely to his corner. Papk
sits in his corner without mark UP
on his face. Ketchel's left eye Is al
most closed with his right.
Round 4-Ketchel falls short wit
right for body. Papke roughl
shoves Ketchel's head back with hi
glove Papke rocks Ketchels hea
with left swing. Ketchel puts left
body and misses right. Coming froi
clinch Papke puts left to head an
right to body. Ketchel puts left hoo
to face. Papke puts short right !
law. They are fighting head !
head. Ketchel puts right to hea'
Ketchel puts hard right and left
body and swings left uppercut to jay
Ketchel misses hard right to, hes
and nearly goes to floor. In cline
Ketchel tries hard for face ar
Papke's lip is cut. They are locke
at the bell.
Round 5-Ketchel tries right f
head, but falls short The men clio
again, trying to get beneath ea'
others guard. Both miss hard rig
swings. Ketchel jabs left to fac
They clinch near the ropes. JEFF
forced to break them from cline
Papke puts vicious right to jaw, b
Ketchel stands game. Ketchel mis-
es right to the head Ketchel miss
a wicked left and avoids right couI
err. Papke is trying to close n
chefs left eye and laughs as ne go
about his work Papke puts vicio
right uppercut to jaw at gong.
Round 6-During interval &
chefs right eye is lanced and Edo
Robinson sucks out the blot
Papke puts hard left to face in clin'
Ketchel puts left to stomach a
Papke puts left to same place, {
lowing with right. Papke ST
gers Ketchel with hard left to Oh
ppke misses vicious right. Pal
4fives volley of lefts and rights