The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31

street promoter.
Stanley Ketchel and Billy Papke will
meet In 10 round fight at Milwaukee
on thursday. which Should give good
iine on the respective abilities of the
rival middle weights. Out here the
prevailing opinion is that Ketchel will
WIN. although some who have seen
rapke In action figure that he has
snade the best of 1t on cleverness. Both
are rough fighters and it does not
seen possible for the fight to go over
lo rounds. Ketchel is a hard hitter
as mas been shown in his fights here,
ana no matter where he hits an oppon-
ent the latter feels the sting Of the
glove.
lie Will meet fresh young fighter
In Papke and the man who wins will
nave a promising future in the ring.
should Ketchel be returned the winner
" need occasion no surprise II he
challenges Tommy Burns for the
heavy weight championship before the
end OF the year The Montana man has
the utmost confidence in himself and
he can see no reason why he should
not be able to beat Burns. He is get
ting heavier gradually and he Will
have useful fighting weight II he
continues to improve as he has during
the past year. When he left here he
said he would be particular as to what
referee he selected for the fight, as he
has heard that those who officiate about
Milwaukee always give the home
lighter shade the best of 1T in the
matter of decisions and also in over
looking rough work on the local mans
part. If Papke tries any rough. work
with Ketchel the latter will fight him
at his-ewn game and the fur VIII
surely fly while they are in action.
Johnnie Murphy is coming back
again as shown by his defeat of Lew
Powell in Oakland Thursday night.
1t is apparent Murphy was not as badly
Injured in his fight with Cyclone
Thompson. as the amount of blood he
shed Indicated. This came from a
wound which his seconds could not heal
with the facilities at their command
and the impression gained ground that
he was badly injured. AS he seems
to have regained his old form he will
probably be given many opportunities
to fight shere and in the interior.
The promoters seem to think that the
public likes long fights as the match
between Whitney and Sullivan at VAL
lejo yesterday was scheduled for 20
rounds as was the Brock-Wa alsh fight
in Los Angeles Coffroth goes to the
extreme by fixing As rounds at the dis
tance of the Gans-Nelson fight. on
July 4.
The members of the new fight trust
are disturbed these days over the pros
pect of some one breaking in on their
control OF the fight situation here.
Greggains is one of the promoters who
would like to break in even this late
in the season. while the members of
the Ariel club are bending every ef-
isfort to secure a permit. AS they fill
the requirements of the law more fully
than any of the other clubs. they do
not understand why they should not
ioget the desired permit. There are no
suffers on their membership list, which
is more than can be said for some Of
| the clubs.
Eddie Hanlon has ambitions to enter
the ring again, and with this object IN
view has gone into training at Boyes
springs, Sonoma county. He has been
leading the simple life there for the
last 10 days, going to bed at 9 o'clock
and getting out at in the morning.
He has been devoting the early part
of the days to long tramps. while in
the afternoon he has been punching the
bag and doing some boxing. He will
be Joined by Toby Irwin and kid" Nc
Fadden this week and expects to round
into good form and will be ready to
fight anybody.
Hanlon's last fight was with Dick
Hyland in September, 1906, when he
was beaten. He would upset precedent
if he returned to the ring and showed
his old time form. He is in earnest
about fighting and will probably be
given a chance by some one, of the
promoters.
The success Of Freddie Welsh in his
fight at Los Angeles with Phil Brock
yesterday will make him an object of
interest to the promoters. The Marys-
vile club is already out with an an
nouncement that 1t will match Welsh
with Jack Clifford for 20 round fight
on either July 2 or 4. There is to be
big celebration of independence day in
that vicinity and boxing contest is
looked upon as one of the forms of
amusement which will attract big
attendance