The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28

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whack at Ketchel, or the latter must
qufsh the title to him.
OConnor is at present thinking over
a theatrical venture for Ketehel. but
so far as fighting any more in the inn
mediate future is concerned he puts his
foot down heavily on any such prop
osition.
kETCHEL UNHARMED
Ketchel was around the city yester-
day and he did not show a mark of
last Thursdays battle. He has not one
scratch on him as result of the fight
with Papke and. from his personal ap
pearance. no one would think that he
was in ring enga cement on Thanks
giving day, and in good truth he was
not, for Papke did not hit him hard
enough in any one of the II rounds to
dent pound of butter.
While Paplxe and ketchel are ram
ollng around the streets free from
ma r<s of battle, the public who pat
two such supposedly heavy hitters are
so unmarked after a fight that went
IL rounds
There was no lack of comment yes
terday on the fight Papke put up, and
the fans are saying that either the
Illinois ThunderboIt came here a much
overrated fighter, or that he did not
go In and try 10 win as he was sup
Papke had no amends to make to his
antf-fight statements. He merely de-
clared last night that he could not get
going and appeared firm in the belief
el he would beat him as handily as he
himselftwas beaten.
COFFROTH A LOSER
Jimmy coffroth. who handled the
Thanksgiving day affair, is supposed
70 have lost in the neighborhood of
10 ic 90 "A
not take it seriously last night
The fight fans who saw the engage
ment on Thursday afternoon were abb
solutely dumbfounded yesterday, and
not one of them. even the wisest. could
Papke.
Why, the fellow posed" said one
fight fan, and did not appear once in
the II rounds as though he was seri-
ously bent on winning. 1 felt as though
Papke was stalling all through that
vantage of any of the openings that
Ketchel left him. Time and again
Ketchel was open for right swings at
his jaw, but Papke either purposely
lodged landing on him or missed him
badly when he did strike out. 1t surely
appeared TO me as though Papke was
laying up for the first 10 rounds. and
| thought he intended TO come through
In the last 10, and when / saw the
referee wave him away a defeated man.
/ was much surprised. Certainly for a
man who Is supposed to be a puncher,
Papke showed little. He did not rip
in, or tear in. as he was supposed to be
able 60 do | cant understand the
easy defeat OF the Illinois Thunder
bolt He surely lost his championship
without making the bid for it that
lighters usually do.
PAPkE MEN GLUM
All of the men in Papke's corner were
very glum last night. and said they
Were at loss to account for the poor
showing made by the Kewanee scrap
per. Bill Aldridge. who saw the fight
between Papke and Ketchel in Los
Angeles, declared that Papke fought
entirely different last Thursday than
he did in the south. and said he was
never so surprised in the showing OF a
man.
Aldridge claims that in Los Angeles
Papke went inside of every swing that
Ketchel aimed at him Nand merely
seoffed at the Michigander's blows.
1t was certain that Papke went in
side of none of the Ketchel punches
aimed at him on Thanksgiving day. He
absolutely no eagerness to land on the
Michigander. Fans are not loath to eN-
press the opinion that either Papke
pulled hard on Thanksgiving day or
else mis- win over the Michigander at
Los Angeles was a palpable luke.
Papke is to leave for Los Angeles
Monday night to prepare for his fight
with Hugo Kelly before Jeffries' club
on December 15-
Larney Liehtenstein and Cyclone
Johnny Thompson spent yesterday in
the city. Thompson is still hankering
for match with some of the stellar
lightweights. but he will not remain
over to force the issue. as he is to take
himself back to Sycamore. ILL.,. today.
Thompson says that he is ready and
willing to meet either Packey McFar-
land or Freddie Welch.
Billy Papke and ketehel will split
Sls.S21 for their Thanksgiving day
night Papke is to take so per cent. or
Sl0,992.60. while Ketchel is to receive
N.32S40 for his trouble. Under the
agreement that CoffrOth had with the
fighters, they were to have the first
$4,000 that came into the house. but
as the receipts fell under that mark
they split 1t on so and 40 basis
For a championship battle, the Thanks
giving day affair at Coffroth's arena
was surel% rather bloOdless one
FAILURE to be marked up is not one of
the usual results of a championship
Tight when the men mean to fight /
After the last Gans-Nelson fight Cans
showed every sign of being badly
beaten and; cuffed.S His face was much /
puffed and swollen and cut and he had
the appearance of having gone through
sausage grinder.
When Jeffries fought Fitzsimmons
Jen was cut TO ribbons. In the Britt |
Nelson fiRlt there was flow If h10od /