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MICHIGAN nll 4 flea1Ile run
Terrific Onslaught Of Challenger Car.
ried Champion on Ais Feet Within
a Minute, and Battle Practically was
Over After the First knoekoovn IN
Opening.
(By Associated Press)

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VERNON ARENA. LOS ANGELES.
Sept. STANLEY Ketchell. Of Aichf-
gan, former middle. weight champion
OF the world. was knocked out In the
twelfth round at Jefferies' Vernon
Arena. at 4 O'Clock this afternoon BY
Billy Papke. OF Illinois, who ia now
middle-weight champion Of the world.
II was 4 case Of the "Thunderbolt~
against a Michigan killer and the
I"Thunderbolt" won.
both men entered the ring ;E pers
rect condition.
Ketchell had won q decision over
Papke In a previous bout.
A Bloody Fight.
Both men are as clean looking prize
fighters as any one sees, but the bout
ended as one Of the blOodiest In ring
history.
Ketchell came in wearing tattered
dressing gown and worn hunting
cap and trunks OF green gauze. He
had a feline str,ue, the smile oS IN
unspoilcd boy, a hne brow and vide.
clear eyes. ...
When Papke came In. he also wore
an old dressing gown. and . boyiSh
smile. Ketcheli was freshly Shsvsa
while Papke was unshaven.
ketchesl the Favorsts.
Ketchell wore the air OF an undo
feated conQuerer and was plainly the
great favorite Of the crowd. which had
been betting on him at to /.
When Papke entered he walked
blithly to Ketchell's corner and greet
ed him with a handshake and . cor
dial smile. but when James J. Je6eries.
the referee, ca,ied time and ketcheli
walked to the center extending his
hand for the shake, Papke ignored the
hand and sailed into the Michigan
man. with the fiery impetuousity which
entitled him to be called Thunder.
bolt
End in Sight Early.
The fight was practicany over .
minute and twenty seconds amer the
gong sounded. From that time on g
was merely a question IA to how loAg
Ketchell would last. Papke tore into
Ketchell with such fury that the m
defeated champion was simply Hfted
on his feet four times within tie next
minute
Papke knocked Ketchell to the nat
for the count, and from his Arst
knockdown, Ketcher never really re-
covered. He was . defea.ed Doo,
dazed. bleeding, struggling from -
Twenty blows in the face and yet -
came hack and stayed with . terSioeo
determination: And for 1t Scas. threo
rounds he held his own with the W.
torious challenger. When Ketehoo1
stepped to the corner for the Secoo4
round II was seen that his right eye
was closed. At the next Intern
sion his seconds hnced the bfuise 90
sucked the blood, tut Kctchesl nevof
regained the sign, Of his right eye.
Dizzy and elinosd.
. Before the finish the other eye We
all but closed and for the iast three
rounds he staggered about the y10G
dizzily. like a drunken msn, pgaeef
calIy blinded.
| In the third round Ketcbesl shoWe4
his best form when he forced PsDGo
I through the ropes.
In the last round Ketchell See0eo
down and out and the gong saved -
Just as he vas knocked throagA -
/ ropes. Another minute 6stshea NJ
With Papke almost Is strong - wbeu
he entered the ring. KetcheS1 ~
carried to his dressing room Dueh
eyes were swollen into great boOek
puts and completely closed Hts No.
were cut and swollen to several dDAo
i :hcir normal size