Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-30

Eiil Fapkc is the hero of the hour. |
and lee will he the most demanded
fighter i'll the country this year. His
great work against Kelly has won
golden rrais" from all quarters.
As q willing. aggressive scrapper
purk"'S equal has not been seen since
Terry McGovern was fcatherweight
champion. Bits attack is similar in
many ways To that Of the HroOkiyn
terror when the latter was al that his
nickname implied. But rapflc has n
better defense than the tCathcrwcight
cvr had, and mas a jaw which is much
less sensitive.
Pnrkc caught on with The crowd be-
fore he had been IN the rinS Ave min
utcS. Ills aggrCSSiNeness and absolute
fedrlessncsS won the admiration Of the
spectators. although ii appeared for u
| time as though his recklcssneSS was
leading him directly to defeat. But he
WAS safe-in his mill with Kelly, at
| least The Italian was not the rugged
youth who fought such vicious battles
| live OF six years ago. He was as foxy
and clever as ever, and placed his
| blows with old time nicely, but he
was shy on steam.
Bill PapkeS style of fighting is pccu-
| liar, 50 the Od-timerS who have seen
| most all of the big matches in the last
| twenty years declare. The smiling bat
| tier is a rushing, tearing, plunging.
| tough youngSter with a knockoit blow
in either hand and liable to land it any
minute. He relishes punishment and
never lost his smile, despite the body
beating and the pounding on his from
ti5picce lie received. In return Tor this
ne gave Kelly the severest punishment
the Italian has ever received. He beat
his face into a pulp until it failed 10
resemble the drawn, pale phiz of the
| fighter who was forced to weaken him.
self to make the necessary 154.
1t was the universal OF inion that the
battle was the bloodest, most vicious
AMI intensely interesting western fans
have seen in years. The men We're 40
evenly matched and both so good at
their own peculiar style that Malachi
Hogan could not choose between them
when the bell tapped at the end of the
| tenth round.
Papke WAS not ut all checked in his
own style of rushing, despite the pre-
| vi0uS announcements that this was
| d
Nious bouts, the Spring VALLEY miner
stepped from his corner with IL move
| !nent like that of a hungry man
headed for Il good meal. He did not
| stop to spar witl, his opponent, but
dashed in with left and right. mauling
swinging and punching and jabbing and
twisting out of the tight grip of the
taller man. Kelly, who is credited with
being a clever boxer, had no time to
| do much sparring or leading. although
he finally solved Paplles STYLE and in
the opering argument sent the young
Ster to the floor with an uppercut on
the jaw. Papke recovered quickly,
| came up smiling, and the bell found
INN boring i'll for more of the gaff
In the second round Papke introduced
a blow which was one of the most eff
fective delivered and from which Kelly
seemed t. be unable to escape 1t YVES
called the loop the loop and was de-
llvered in his own peculiar style. unlike
that of any other fighter known to the
ring, although a similar blow has been
tried by many. Papke bored in with
his head down. put the top of his head
against Kelly'S breast and his left arm
under kelly'S right arm. Kelly would
hang on. This was just what Papke
wanted. Half turning over toward tn"
left. Papkc brought his right up and
around the outside and landed punch
after punch on kellvS face. 1t was
the continuous performance that bat
tered kelly's lips into black and biCc
and red bulbs and closed both his eyes.
Paplle must have landed that loop
the loop 40 times at least it is fig
| ured. Sufficient force to land Il knock
out could not be injected into the
| peculiar delivery, but that there was a
sting to it that must have made Kelly
| see an advance eclipse Of the sun, inoon
| and stars.
AS for Papke, his ribs and stomach
| are receiving treatment from the soft
| side of 4 goSling'S wing. A touch with
| anything heavier probably would max,
| the down-State boy believe some one
| had touched of Il premature charge Of
| powder Only game athlete such as
| Papke. trained TO the nOllr and able to
| stand any pain so long as he retained
| his right sense. could have stood UP
| under keliys terrific punches to the
| RIBS, stomach and occasionally to tho
| face, which brought the blood, closed
| the right eye eventually and raised the
lips until they resembled baked APP
| pies.
|
Bishop Williams Of Connecticut. for
many years president of the Episcopal
church, lived all his life unwed. a