The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14


pages of New York newspapers this
week. Principal interest attaches TO.
tomorrow nights twenty-five round
go between Billy Papke, the temper
arily eclipsed Ilinoison, and Hugo KEEL
| ly, the crack Italian middleweight.
The Jim Jefferies Athletic club, Of
Los Angeles, will be the scene of the
battle, and the pugilistic future of the
| two men as contestants for the mid
dleweight championship will hinge on
the result.
Despite the fact that Papke recently
lost the middleweight title to Stanley
Ketchel, the Los Angeles fans remain
ardent admirers of the Illinois ihun-
derbolt, and according to reports, are
backing him heavily to put a Htuietus
on the aspirations of Kelly.
| Papke will enter the ring tomorrow
night with new manager, Sam Ber-
ger, who has succeeded Tom Jones in
! holding that honOred position. 1t is
said that Bill and Tom disagreed over
the division of the receipts from the
Papke Ketchell scrap, and came to
the parting of the ways. Berger COM
PEELED the Jeffries club to draw up
!
row nights fight, so that Jones would
have no chance to put his finger In the
financial pie.
| Hugo Kelly has sent telegram to
New York friend, saying that he will
be strapped and will have to hit the
ties if Papke defeats him. IT have
bet every cent 1 own that 1 will win a
victory over Papke," declares Kelly,
and advises all his friends to get abord
for the killing. The wise ones will
think twice before accepting this dis
interested advice Cold weather is COM
| ing on and park benches are decidedly
on the bum.
Kelly was one of the spectators at
the Papke Ketchell fight and feels con-
fident he can stop the Kawanee fighter
in less than did the champion.
Il watched Papke in his third battle
with Ketchef, and he was a great dis
appointment to me-" says Kelly, of
he fights that way when we hook up
I will end his hopes very early Then
it's me at Ketchel, and you can start
gambling right now 1 will come out
the winner.
Il fought him once, and but for
chance blow that laid me low. 1 would
have defeated him. Stanley admits that
even to this day."
Sam Langford and Jim Flynn, the
fighting fireman of Pueblo, will be the
principals in what should be a nifty
contest which is scheduled for Thurs
day night at the Coliseum ring in
San Francisco. The match is set for
20 rounds at catch weights. Flynn will
get $4,000 for his end, win, lose or
draw, while Langford will get a small
Ter sum. The mokes always do get the
little end.
Stanley Ketchel, the middleweight
champ, will likely be an interested
spectator at the ring side eKtchel
proposed to meet the darby whether
he lost or won with Papke. but after
he sees that deadly right chugging
against the fireman's jaw, he may
write out an entirely new pledge, and
SamuePs name may never appear upon
1t. If Ketchell can whip Langford,
then it's good night my love to all the
glove wielders on this little green
earth.
The color line is mighty handy
thing to have about champion pugi-
lists person. 1t sometimes saves a
lot of pain and worry.
Fighting Dick Hyland and Bohemian
George Mesmic, who were matched for
a battle at the Pacific Athletic club in
Los Angeles next Friday night, have
called the match off. Mesmic claims
to be too sick to train for the bout
Which may be true. Again, he may
have looked up Hyland's record, and
Acquired frigid feet. Maurice Sayers,
the Milwaukee lightweight is scheduled
for a bout with Fighting Dick Savers
has made a good showing in Los Ange-
les.
Gables from LunnOn say that the
refighting of the Johnny Somers- Jim
my Britt match, originally scheduled
for tonight, has been put over until
February %. 1t will be twenty rounds, |
with a $4,000 purse
They do say that with the re-
tirement of Governor J. Frank Hanly
as chief executive of Indiana the |
Hoosier state will again be the scene
OF some good ring contests. Hanly kept !
the lid screwed down tight, but his !
successor is said to look more favor |
ably upon the fighting game. South |
Bend sports are already making ar
rangements for some good mills.
No, Algeron, Jim Jeffries is not the |
undlsputed heavyweight champion of
rhe world. There's a man in Youngs- |
town, O.. whom he will have to whip
if he wants to hold that title. This
mans name is Samuel Wilkins and he
is well known business man of the !
town, being connected with a promi-
nent hardware house. That is what !
Mr.. Wilkins had to say when app
preached on the subject: Eyes, II
whipped Jim Jeffries many a tins
when we were boys together down on
the farm in Fairfield county 1 had
the advantage of Jim by about three
years in age but he was always ready |