Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-13
KELLY AND PAPkE
NEXT ON DOCKET
CRACK SCRAPPERS TO DECIDE
SUPREMACY
BOTH PUGS ARE IN NEAR-cHAM-
PIoNsHlP CLASS
Winner Will Have Opportunity to
Take on ketcheI for Try at
Worlds MlddIewelght
Honors

Either Hugo Kelly or Billy Papke
will be put out of the running as a con-
tender for the worlds middleweight
championship when the pair get to-
gether in Jeffries Vernon arena Tues
day night, but so far the fans seem
unable to say which It will be. Even
money is the market quotation on the
crack scrappers, and judging from the
number of friends Kelly has earned
! this price win hold sway to the end.
Both men are in the near-champlon-
ship fight, and if called on either one
| could be expected to make Stanley
Ketehel extend himself to keep his
| premier crown. In fact the fans here
saw Papke decively trim Ketchel, ana
one and all thought the Thunderbolt a
| champion of champions. But in the
next encounter with Ketchel the Thun-
derbolt was retired again to the second
rank, and now he and Kelly are called
upon to fight it all over.
Papke and Kelly have met twice be-
fore, and If the coming bout Is any
thing like either of the others the fans
will see the greatest middleweight scrap
ever pulled off in the west. All who
witnessed the other mills were en-
phatic in their praises for each man.
and despite the fact Papke is one point
ahead of Kelly, by holding a decision
are satisfied of his superiority.
In the first mix between them, Kelly
fought Papke to a standstill, and the
best the referee could see was draw
decision Then another battle was ar
ranged between them, and that time the
fortunes of war were kind to Papke,
as Kelly broke his arm in the fourth
round and was never in the running
after that. But he managed to stick
the distance and the verdict in favor
of Papke by no means proved the
Kewanee mans superiority.
Now Kelly is right again, and the
coming bout will decide for once and
all regarding the merits of the
boxers. Both their other meetings
were over the ten-round course, and
neither had time to slip over the knock
out wallop. But now the route is
scheduled for twenty-five periods, and
if the men are on their feet at the end
of that time it will surprise nearly
everyone who has taken a look at their
records.
Kelly is in grand condition, and his
followers are predicting an easy VIC
tory for the Italian. "They call that
fellow A thunderbolt, eh?" said Molly
Mcdonald, Kelly's chief adviser and
trainer. well, our mans streak Of
lightning, and you know how far ahead
of thunder it always comes. There
isn't chance for Kelly to lose.
About the same kind of noise en-
anates from Venice, where Sam Berger
is looking after the financial and physi-
cal interests of Papke. II took all the
heart out of Kelly the last time we
hooked up" declares the Kewanee man.
And when he gets into the ring with
me he'll remember it. L ought to knock
him out inside of fifteen rounds, and
then will come another crack at
Ketchel"
So far as being ready for the encoun-
ter there is little to choose between the
gladiators. Papke was late in getting
on the Job but as he had just come
cut of a grueling fight with Ketchel
there was some excuse for his tardi-
ness. He finally settled down, how
ever, and now the former champion
looks fit for anything the Italian may
hand him.
Mcdonald has proved his worth as a
trainer by developing Kelly into what
is almost physical perfection. The Chi
cago boy has been watched and cared
for like baby, and not minute since
he started to work has Mcdonald been
off the job for more than a few hours.
His adaptibility as a handler is aptiy
demonstrated in Kelly's rounded mus
Giles and perfect wind, and should he
lose, the italian can make no yell about
not being in shape.
Two preliminaries of undoubted class
will be offered to the Vernon fans
along with the Papke Kelly scrap. In
the opener Battling frankie and Young
Jack Dempsey will be asked to step six
rounds, while the semi wfndup will find
Montana Jack Sullivan and Yank
Campbell opposed to each other in a
ten-act mill The latter go is classy
enough for a main event, as Sullivan
is credited with a draw with Ketchel,
and Campbell has cleaned up all the
good men in his weight division in the
east.
At both fight camps this afternoon
the boxers will put on extensive pro-
grams, and the fans will have good
opportunity to size up the respective
merits of Papke and Kelly, as well as
those of the preliminary boys.
At the South Side club Kelly will box
Sullivan, Mantell, Sayers and Sweet,
while Papke is expected to work with
Campbell and Moore at Venice. Sam
Berger may also don the gloves, and II
he does, the big heavyweight will show
the natives how fast a big man can
move. The work. at both camps Will
start at $3.50 o'clock and will continue
for more than an hour.