The San Francisco call., 1908-08-22
Ketchel Ready to Give
In to Billy Papke

ttOn IN pugi0nl. leaves bright and early
sfals morning n an automoelle with
purpose OF arranging the details for
the proposed match with Billy Papke
on Labor 0aE. Though he intimaIed
ali along that he would make 10 con-
cesSlons 70 the Chicago boxer, ketChefs ;
man OF affairs departs for the southern
battle ground with MS mind fully made
up 20 clip = few nOtcnes' OF his high
PEDESTAL and accede 10 Papke's de-
mandS-
The chances for the meeting between
keIehei and Papke IN the south are
brighter now than they have ever been
before O.Connor told his friends On
the low down last night that he would
De Ie2oy 20 give away few pounds
% Papke n order 70 make the match
II he does there will be nothing 20 II
though there IS no telling how he may
switch before the time arrives
Up TO the present the principal
trouble between the rival boxers has
been the question OF weight Papke
holds out for 154 pounds four hours
before the battle kefchel and his
manager have been going on record as
saying that they would do no better
than 159 pounds and that IL Papke did
not come 10 them there would be no
fight
II begins 10 look now as though
OCoEn0r IS a bit sorry over what he
says and that he has visions OF
large and juicy piece OF money in sight
He possibly figures that the best thing
he can do Is 10 make q few concessions
TO Papke IN order 70 get him out here
ketchel probably can do ia as well as
l53, and. as he has beaten Papke once.
his manager naturally iabors under
the impression that he can land the
second time
ketche1 and O'Connor will arrive in
Los Angeles on Monday The coming
of the pair likely Will be thel signal
for quite a demonstration in sportdom
there Je1ries viii send delegation
OF motorists 10 meet them several miles
from the city and they will be escorted
IN with banners waving
BURNS IN THE DISTANCE
Though there is no chance OF getting
Burns and Ketchel into the ring for
several months yet, Promoter Jim CofI-
roth IS already figuring on the posi-
bility Of making the match. He had
a long talk with O'Connof last night,
and the pair parted with sort OF un-
the match, provided il is made
While in the south O'Connor win
have q talk with Billy NeilI Burns
authority 10 post forfeit for Burns
and arrange dates for him, but nobody
takes this sort of talk seriously The
best thing that Neill can do is to con-
fer with O'C0nnor and then cable TO
Burns what she finds out
O'Connor stated that in the event OF
the Papke match falling through he
intended 10 take Ketchel into the
mountains and make a heavyweight
out of him. He believed that a couple
OF DlDUtu6 roaming LHIOUEu the WIGS
would put 5 or 20 pounds on the mid
die weight champion and that he would
be able TO enter the ring weighing
in the neighborhood OF 1s5 pounds.
just about Burns weight
Co1roth does not think that there
is chance TO put on Burns and
Ketchel before the latter end Of Decenl-
Der or the first of January. Besides
his engagement on Monday night with
our old friend Bill Squires. Burns is
dated 10 pick another ounce in Aus
tralia on September 2S-
CANS AND ATTELL TO BOX
The fight fans who relish a little
lively boxing now and then will have
a chance to enjoy themselves tonor-
row afternoon. when Joe Cans and Abe
Aftell will don the Mifts in an exhfbf-
tion mill al CrolI,s gardens Alameda
where both men are training for their
coming fights This little bout prom
ises TO be full of the real stuff
Cans has done no boxing since Bat
ting Nelson boxed him out Of his title
last fourth of July After his long
rest in the woods the once great old
again and is apparently eager TO show
some OF his friends that he can still
step some AttelI likewise is itching
for an opportunity TO display his
NELSON RETURNING
Bat Nelson. the young master. ac-
companied by his chaperones.< Willis
Britt and Jack Grace viii breeze in
from the country this morning Since
their departure. several days ago. they
have kept their whereabouts rather
quiet. and they want TO slip in as
meekiy as they made their getaway
last Wednesday morning
When he arrives the champion likely
will do some thinking about gettiu z
down 70 work for his third setfo
with Cans on Admission day He viii
not need a whole lot of training. for
the reason that his recent outing trim
into New Mexico put him in fair con-
ditions SO 10 days work on top Of this
should fit him for the most strenuous
sort OF a ring struggle.