Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-04
How KetCheI WreSted
The Belt From Papke

The defeat of Billy Papke In eleven
rounds at Coffroth's Mission street
arena by Stanley Ketchel yesterday
proved the biggest upset in modern
ring history, and one of the greatest
reversals of form ever known in
sport. On race track such result
would call for an official accounting.
Yesterday Papke did not show a
punch that was really convincer
during the whole time. Ketchel was
as open as a barn door, yet Papke,
who is supposed to be a neat short
armed puncher. never sent one clean
to the point of Ketchel's chin in the
entire fight. Not since the days OF
Tom Allen did any man ever win
back a championship as did Ketchel
yesterday.
There is one thing certain. and
that is that the sure-thing contin-
gent was down heavily on Ketchel.
All the boys who usually favor the
ace in the hole strung their money
with Ketchel.
The training OF neither man In
this fight was quite as serious as the
public like to see. and while both
men apparently fought hard, Papke
surely made an Indifferent showing
for man who came here SO strongly
touted as a great hitter and true one.
After the men had been milling vi
ciously In the first round. with
Ketchel having a slight advantage,
Ketchel shot over right-hand
punch that found resting place flush
on the jaw OF Papke. The Illinois
man went to the mat. his head strik-
ing the canvas with crack that
could be heard the length and
breadth Of the entire arena. The
punch was a cruel one. 1t had all
the force and vim in the 1.-the body
of Ketchel back OF 1t.
In the second round OF fighting
Papke seemed to take a new lease of
life. He was the picture OF conf
dence and seemed to have recovered
from that deadly punch that Ketchel
landed on him In the opener. The
men had lively mixup and Ketchel
landed several singing lefts to Pap
ke's nose and body.
| Ketchel landed left-hand jab on
Papke's nose in this round which
started the blood. Even at this early
stage Ketchels blows seemed to have
far the greater sting to them. Papke
contented himself with trying to out
box Ketchel In this period and plain
ly did SO. though 1t was evident that
II he didn't manage to land harder
than he was doing he was In for a
lacing.
In the third spasm of fighting Pap
Ike continued to rely on his boxing
ability and he made Ketchel miss
several wild swings. but the Michi-
gander managed to land some telling
blows both at short range and In
long boxing on the Illinois mans
body and face. In this period Ketch-
ell landed two blows on Papke for ev-
cry one he received in return.
From the third round until the
ninth the fighting was practically the
same. Papke seemed a trife the bet
ter boxer. but that terrible wallop
that he was supposed to have possess.
ed seemed to be lacking. Very likely
the hard left that Ketchel landed on
Papke's midsection In the opener
took all the steam out of Papke's
punches.
Ketchel Sends Papke To Mat
In the ninth spasm Ketchel landed
hard left on Papke's back, which
sent him sprawling across the ring
Papke seemed to trip and almost went
to the floor. The blow did not appear
to injure Papke very mach, as he
fought back desperately before the
bell closed the round.
In the tenth round Ketchel seemed
to want to close the fight. He fought
desperately at the body and had plain
ly the better of the Illinois scrapper,
but the Thunderbolt fought calmly
and did not appear to be In any par.
ticular distress. Old ring followers
close to the ringside marveled at
Papke's ability to take u lacing at
this stage of the going.
Ketchel had all the better of the
last spasm OF fighting, and the first
right hook that he landed on Papke
In this round put the Illinoisan In a
very bad way. 1t was left flush on
the chin that put Papke away.
After the fight Jones declared We.
hemently that Papke did not fight
his battle, aud that he was really