The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-15
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men only three feet distant. Not
sign of recognition passed over his face
as he glared at his friends. He was all
but knocked out with this one punch.
and only staggered to his feet through
sheer fighting instinct.
Ketchel's iron-hearted gameness and
almost unbelievable stamina can be
measured by the fact that while in this
helpless condition he was knocked down
four times more in succession before
the bell saved him from what seemed
an inevitable knockout. Beaten, bloody
and dazed, Ketchel tottered to his feet
each time and automatically lifted his
arms to a fighting position.
Ketchel was like an infant in Papke IS
hands during the second round. Fight
ing with his brains as well as with his
fists, Papke went over the route coolly,
whipping his man inch by inch instead
of jumping in and finishing Ketehel
with a punch, as many of the excited
and half-crazed ringside spectators were
imploring him to do.
Ketchel's marvellous recuperative
powers were shown at their limit when
at the finish of the second round, after
being beaten to a standstill, he showed
faint signs of regaining some of his
fighting strength.
Papke Is slow and torturous method of
handling the helpless man before him
was the subject of much ringside COM
ment. For the most part the liberal
view was taken that Billy, having
decided respect for Ketchel' s punching
ability while in such desperate condi-
finn CfonH mo his
sure with every exchange of blows, be-
ing content to wear his man down and
whip him at his leisure.
Up to the eleventh round Papke held
his man at his mercy and rained blow
after blow upon the all but helpless
champion, who was lettering so near
the brink of his championship grave.
The finish of this round was sensa-
tional affair. After having heaped I'M
told punishment upon the pitiful object
of humanity before him, Papke knock
ed Ketchel clear through the ropes of
the ring a few seconds before the clos
ing bell rang. Ketehel lay on the edge
of the platform motionless. His legs
hung out over the heads of the specta-
tors and his arms dropped motionless
by his side. He was dead to the world,
and but for the warning notes of the
bell Jeffries would have finished the
count of ten over the PROSTATE youth.
The minute IS rest restored him to a
sense of his position, but Stanley
Ketchel Is last bolt had been shot He
was whipped beyond recall. He tot
tered out on legs that would scarcely
support him.
Fully realizing the condition of the
once peerless Ketchel, Papke walked,
ont to meet his man in a determined
manner. A right cross to Ketchel IS un,
protected jaw sent him fiat to the floor.
He took the count of eight and then
struggled blindly to his feet, only to
receive another right to the jaw, drop,
ping him fiat on his back.
With every ounce of his strength
gone, with scarcely enough power in his
body to support it, Ketchel staggered
to an upright position just as Jeffries
had finished the count of ten that
meant a new middleweight champion of
the world.
Upon reaching his feet Ketehel
started backward and would have fall
en- again had not his heartbroken man
ager, Joe O'Connor, rushed across the
ring and threw his arms about the boy.
The following financial statement
was given out by the Jeffries Athletic
Club tonight:
Total receipts of the house, $1S,4S0.
Papke's share, $6,65288.
Ketchel's share, $4,436.22.
The club announces that Billy Papke
and Hugo Kelly have been matched
for October 18th.
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