The San Francisco call., 1908-11-07

Zu6nIln billy took walk aTOuns
night he reported that he had pic
the day.
Papke reports that the San
and is loud in his praise Of Shannon's.
as a training quarters. He is a great
pedestrian and the fine roads and hills
OF Marin county afford the champion
sreat held IN which TO indulge his
The -Thunderbolt' said yesterday
mat ne would not begin active train
day. OF course said he .'if there is
q sufncient number OF fight fans on
hand 70 Justify It The bouts of
hight exhibitions. as / viii not tear
lieht into the real hard grind until
later in my training"
Papke need have little worry about
the san Francisco fans wishing TO see
him. There is more curiosity eX-
pressed among the followers OF pugil-
ism about the cOnqueror of Ketchel
rhan about any fighter who has trained
-ere for a long time
The very convincing manner in which
Idpke disposed Of Ketchel in Los An
geles makes him a great figure in the
eyes Of pugilistic fans. and all indica-
tons seem TO lead to the conclusion
thar when Papke dons the mftts with
his sparring partners for a workout at
shannon sunday afternoon that the
capacity Of the gymnasium viii be
fuly tested.
- with the pleasing personality that
Papke possesses has been seen here.
Billy IS simply brimful of good humor
and boylsh enthusiasm and all the fans
that have seen him so far have taken I
very kindly TO the champion. The !
more the fans see Of Papke the more
they are certain TO like him, for he
is modest. good natured chap with 4
none OF the fads and fancies which /
some other fighters affect and which
lessen their popularity in the eyes of
ne followers OF the game.
When the Alameda weighs anchor to- !
Gay il viii have on board as a pas
senger Larry Heating. who is going
10 Australia to manage Tommy Burns. !
ANeating' expects TO arrive in Kangaroo
land about December 2, and as soon
as he gets ashore in that country he
viii make haste 70 join the Burns
amp.
Larry said before leaving that he
looked for Burns 10 beat Johnson, and
flashed great wad Of bills which he
declared he was packing 10 Australia
With him 10 bet on his brother in law
Z the odds against the Caribou were
satisfactory 10 him.
Burns new manager Is confident that
FOmmy VIII beat the big negro. but
he figures that owing 10 Johnsons su
perior advantage in height, reach and
roundage he should get good odds
against Burns.
Keating declares that he and Burns
viii -bet as high as $4,000 on the
against him are at all appealing.
Harry Baker, match maker Of the
Reliance athletic club Of Eureka. an
nounced last night that he had closed
match for 20 round fight between
Lew Powell OF San Francisco and Rufe
turner The men are TO meet before
Bakers club on Saturday night, No
rember p, and are 10 fight for a per-
centaEe Of the receipts.
Baker believes that in Powell and
Turner he has secured a fine card and
ngures that they VIII draw fully
s2.500 Turner is very popular in
Eureka and is q card in that city.
Powell was greatly pleased when the
match was made, as he is anxious TO
keep busy In the ring He viii leave
for Eureka next Tuesday or Wednes-
day and viii take Leo Kevie with him
70 act as his trainer.
Powell declares that he intends to
keep himself busy from now on. and
says that as soon as he fights Turner
he viii be open to match himself
against any of the lightweights.
a lot Of boys seem TO be afraid
of Cyclone Thompson" said Lew. Now
7 am not one Of these and If any one
wisl hang mp a purse for myself and
Thompson I viii meet him and allow
him to split the purse as he sees fit"
Larney Ldchtenstein. manager Of Cy-
clone Johnny Thompson. declared last
night that his protege is matched 70
fght Kid Dalton at MarysvilIe on
November % Dalton and Thompson
VIII clash for % rounds. The pair met
decisive victory. but since Jack Grace
has taken hold Of Dalton that fighter
has shown wonderful Improvement and
has been lighting well Of late. Eddie
smith of Oakland made the match and
believes he has a good drawing card
ID this pair OF millmen-
frankie Smith. who recently re-
fght Charley Reilly. and says that he
IS willing 10 make any reasona BILE con-
cessions to secure match with that
millman. Smith declares that II Reilly
wiz agree to fight him that he will
allow the latter to split the money
any way he sees 1T
Although the final selection Of referee for
me Papke- ketchel fight viii not be made until
November 10. Joe O'Conner and Tom Jones 4
who are managing the fighters. touched the
night. o'Conner stiii insists that he be given
the privilege ~ naming the third IN the
ring. but Jones merely SCOTS at this idea. In
Flentoning list u referees Bapke's manager
spoke Of either Jack McGuigan Of PHILADELPHIA 4
or AT Bright n Milwaukee as suitable men. A 4
hvsfander informed Jones that while either man
was probably competent it would not be policy I
u-ftfdrevr the names OF McCyuiQsn ana Rricht I
and said be would be willing to accept local 4
man. and IN fact stated that he would be /
pleased 10 accept local referee so long as his /
From present Indications II may be safely 4
inferred that either Eddie Smith Of Oakland 4
Jack Welsh win be selected 10 referee the 1
fight. Both men highly competent and the /
tight fans would be willing 10 stake their money i
5ne outcome n the Sight with either Smith I
Welsh referee
lisfle betting done at C0rbett's yester- !
CAY with Papke stin the fsvorite at 10 10 s. I
There was plenty of Papke money on hand. but I
lriY a little Ketchel coin showed up.
Gleason stated last night that moving pictures
would he taken Of the Thanksgiving scrap
snd he declared that he merely waiting for /
-ome figures before closing deal TO take /
pictures
OConner. who manages Ketche has not ms
cot signifed hig intention Of going in the 1
pictures but Gleason and Jones are both will /
ng 10 take a chance and say they viii have I
Sims of the championship battle whether O'Con- /
ler SONS them In the venture or not
Tom Jones stated last night that he had writ /
fan TO Matfy Baldwin OF Boston. requesting him /
io come 10 the coast end join him Papke's l
lnauarer Is a great admirer Of the little Boston
sernpiler and SAYS that II Baldwin comes he |
VII match him with some topnotcber here and |
bet some money the side.
Baldwin is a great fighter" said Jones |