The San Francisco call., 1908-11-26
BILLY PAPKE LOOKS
FOR AN EASY
VICTORY
KetcheI Also Confident and De-
cf4reS Tie win Capture fhe
Championship Title
By T. p. HagiIfigan


Jim Coffrotl's Mission street arena
in Colma this afternoon, when Billy
PaDke. the Illinois thunderbolt and
champion middle weight, viii cross
arms with Stanley Ketchel, the Michi-
gan mauler. The men are scheduled
TO 70 20 rounds, and they will make
weight at l5S pounds at Tom Cor
bett's place, 1917 Ellis street, at 1850
O'Clock this morning.
Confidence simply oozes from both
camps, although the Papke confidence
has the trucr ring TO it. Last night
Papke was about the city and he con-
6dtd To his best friends that he did
uot look for todays battle to so more
than 10 rounds.
i viii win this fight inside Of 10
rounds or cat the biggest crow that
ever new over California" said Billy.
after DE had "a weighing-in seance al
Harry Leaps place Papke weighed IN
AT Leaps 10 live up TO the agreement
lfat he had with Gleason to fight he
fore his club. and later he made his ap-
Dearance al the Coliseum to come
within all the technicalities Of the
Gleason agreement
ketchel showed up at neither of the
ordeals his manager sending word that
bis ward was TOO busy 10 pay any at
tenion 10 minor AFFAIRS
PAPNE Not WORRIED
Papke was as clipper as a schoolboy
last night and lie appeared no more
.trosbled over the outcome Of today's
battle than the usual man is over the
% Of Inf a
pion kidded and jOshed with those who
are friendly with him, showed them
some Of the new punches he intends
- USE on ketchel today. and laughed
heartily when any one sugges ted that
heLclel had chance TO win from him.
-N by. said Papke. 1T is just possI-
bic that there arc some middle weights
r-lrO c2n beat me, bat KeCchel is not
among them. ketchel will merely
prove warm UP for me- Tha1 larrup-
ns 8 gave him in Los Angelo stiIl
sticks in his craw. I've got the boys
goat and there is very little danger
81 me losing 10 him. In Milwaukee he
made pretty fair showing against
IHc. but that fght was only 2 10 round
affair, and i know that he realized at
tlst time that if the fight had been
scheduled for 20 rounds that he would
not have had a look in. I simply can't
lose 20 ketchel. He is made TO order
FOR nae. and. TO be frank, / think he is
simply going into the ring with me
50 ~ 10 get the losers end Of the
purse. He is game fellow and VIII
probably take good beating. hope
l[efchel q beating that he won't forget
as long rs he lives.
IIETCHEL Is CONFIDENT
Ketchel expresses great confidence in
his own ability. but his talk about the
outcome Of tOday's battle has not the
true ring 10 il that characterizes the
. Papke talk.
u VIII say that this fight will not
90 Y rounds, said ketcheL and
look for them to haul Papke cut of the
ring before that time. He was lucky
Nith me last time. was not in
shape then. but i am now and I viii
teach Mr Papise some manners. Pn
Hetchel said all this with an air of
braggadocio and as though he was
playing for the gallery.
So far a 5 todsy's contest is concerned.
the writer is OF the opinion that ii viii
be sharp and bitter while il lasts; also
he looks for Papke TO win decisively,
and that, too. inside Of Is rounds
Papke is in far and away the better
condition for the ordeal than his oppo-
uent. He is not ia the slightest de-
gree nervous. and he looks on the COM
ing battle as neat little tryout for
Ketchel has just one chance of win
ming. He may land one Of those wild
more chance of taking Papke into camp
than . one legged man has Of winning
a roller skating race
Papke is 4 better boxer. equally as
hard z hitter, knows pugilistics better,
has 2 better head hits tTuer and short
CT and has the advantage of a clear
and undisputeO victory over Ketchel.
The writer is neither a prophet nor the
son Of a prophet. but il Papke does
not bring ketchel to earth inside of
IS rounds then he misses his guess,
. and misses il badly.
RECALLS FORMER FIGHT
Ketchel VIII hardly forget that lac
Ing Papke handed him in Los Angeles.
Al no stage Of that contest was the
Michigan man dangerous. Papke
walked into him. beat him to all the
punches. outboxed him and scoffed at
every one Of the shifts that Ketchel
tried TO bring over. There is no neat
ness in the ketcheI style
The writer has watched Ketchel spar
with such fellows as Mcclure and
Mayer, and in no one bout did either
Of these fellows fail to land plump
en- the point Of the Ketchei chin.
last night the betting at Corbett's s
money that Billy would win inside of
IS rounds There was plenty of money
Oh both sides.
Billy weighed in at Leaps place last
night to satisfy his agreement with
Gleason. and he was we'll under the
b5S pound mark. ketchel did not ap-
pear. but he will weigh in at Cor
. belts this morning. and his close
pounds without any great stress.
Ketchel has worked faithfully for this
contest and was within hailing distance
cf The weight Yesterday The writer
holds that Ketchel was severely
strained in making the weight and
that. he has left a deal OF his fight in
the gymnasium out at Millett's.
Conroth, who is promoting the show.
0olSs for the best crowd that he has
ever had az his Mission street arena.
and in case Of rain he has his canvas
covering in readiness 10 protect all the
fans who may attend the battle The
Advance sale Of seats for the fight
Is the largest that Coffroth has ever
lad. and he was betting even money
last night that the house would exceed
eS30 600.
Bad Biil' Aldridge, Tom Jones. Al
Kaufman and ollie Cornett VIII second
Papke. while Joe OConnor, Tom O'Con-
nor, Mike Mcclure, Willie Keefe and
Charley MAYER viii look after Ketchel.
fAcKEY WANTS % ROUND BOUT