The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-10
BILLY PAPEE
A CHAMPION
Knocked Out Stanley KetChel
in Twelfth Round.
WAS A BLOODY BATTLE

ketchers ABILITY to Take a Terrible
Seating Is All Th,t sro,onsed tie
F.sht. IS It Was Seen he Was a
Defeated Mas IN the Fi-st Round.
WIKI oos Eye cioses. He Fou5h; en-
Fer Sic.cn Roends. ard Durirs enc
Lsss he Was Practically siine-wss
one st the Nest Brutal Fights Of
Sing History.
Los Anse.eS Cal. sept. -Stau,cs
N-t. .c. oi Michigan. former mt.l
"t.e-. c,lm 1icn % the 0crit wr,
>a..-t ono in the twelfth rcua. Sci
lc.ri.s Vernon arena by Buy Psrk.
ol lirels. who is now uiidfie-,. .i.. 10
.csraricl o.. the world. B1.l mcu l-s
as c.esr-.ooaiug prize Fighters as ans
.ac scts. blt the bout ended as one
ci t-e t.oolisst in rams HISTORY.
When faphe entered be- Nal,,l
,..tlcly lo Ketchcl-s corner aul gree b.
t- hi-l with a ran6shak- all corllll
smile. bat "a eeu james j. Jerries. q e
refc-ec. called time and NetcheI nail-
cd CD tle center extending lis han. Icr
l-e shake Papke ignored TIL hand ar
Sailed irto tle Michigan nan Nita the
icrs im petlosity which eut-iei llu Go
De- called he -teunlerboij. Tle f-t
Vas practically over minute ana
twenty seconds after the coax sound
ct From t1at tirse cn II was mercy n
question as fo how long Kctclei wru.G
last Hapkc tore iuto kctrlel ul-l
sacl ilry thar tle unleteaieG cham
pior was simply lifted or his fa.t forr
dimes within the next minute, I..lc
shocked ketclel o. the mar far fI.
count and from his FIRST knocli va
he-clel reFer really recovered his
iu---. Hc vas defeated uer .lreI.
bleeding. strrsgsiinc from twenty BLOWS
,n the face. and yet he came back ana
stayed VITA a terrible detern nation.
And Tor az least three rounds ae hc'i
bis own with the victorious challenge
Wh-u ketchei stepped o. tne corner
for che second round it was seen thar
h-s right eye was closed Al the 1eXt
Intern .ssiou his seconds lan.el le
eye ari sucked the blood. but Ketrhei
never rgalucl the sight of DIS right
eye Before the finish the other eve
was al b1t closed and ior the Ia ia
three rounds DE staggered about the
ring liuiiy ike a drunken man prsc-
Ideally blinded
ln Che third ketchel showed his best
form Rlel be- forced Papke through
tie ropes Ia the last round Ketchel
seemed down end out and the rors
saved h.m just as he was knocked
thr1u-h The ropes Another miaute
finished hiD. with Parke almost al
STRONG as when be- entered the r.u.
h-i.ao v-s carried 10 his dressir s.
room. Both eyes were swollen .u-a
great black purs and completely
closed IBIS lips were cut and swollen
to several times their normal size.
A. 'le end OF the tenth round Netch-
els face looked hardly human but B
fought back eamely as well as be
could. As they went 20 their co-ra-s
fars raised his hands 90 the crowd
AID they we're covered with b'oof
iran Dds wrists 90 his should q wler.
bis opponent had bied When rho
eleventh opened they rushed al each
other and Papke went by KetcLef and
nrrei ana landed both hands o. O.
iace. Actcle was spouung blood f-on
his mouth down his opponents tacs
and they c-nchei. Cries came from
al sides Tor IeGries 20 stop the f.ht
but the tis referee paid no attention
Fapae finally landed q straight len 10
the face that staggered Ke,chel ana
moment later Knocked him t1raugh
The ropes v4tA blows in the sam
place. ke-chel feii ia the laps OF tas
reporters AID they thrust hlm back
through The ropes as the gong rang.
Round twelve proved the end
heichel came up almost helpless. ana
fapAe landed straight right % the |
Jaw ketrhei went down for The
count I-e came Up and PapEe sent
his night OBJ tie Jaw as he came 10 and
knocked f.rr Hlr-r orrafr