The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-08
|PAPKE KNOCKS
OUT KETCHEL
ILLINOIS MAN WINS THE MIDDLE
WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP IN
~ ROUNDS.
BATTLE WAS A BLOODY ONE.
Abe Attel aud Owen Moran, the Eng
lish Champion Featherweisht,
Fight rs Rounds te
a Draw.

Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. S.-Stanley
Ketchel Of Michigan, former middle
weight champion of the world, was
knocked out in the twelfth round at
Jeffries Vernon arena Monday after
noon by Billy Papke Of Illinois, who is
now middleweight champion of the
world. II was case of tho Illinois
"thunderbolt' against Michigan
killer" and the "thunderbolt" won.
Both men entered the ring in apparent
perfect condition and neither had ever
been Knocked out. Ketchel had a de-
cision over Papke in a previous ten.
round bout
Ketchel wore the air of an unde.
feated conqueror and was plainly the
great favorite of the crowd, which had
been betting on him at 2 TO I. When
Papke entered he walked to Ketchel's
corner and greeted him with a hand
shake and smile. but when James
Jefrries called time and Ketchel
walked 10 the center. extending his
hand for the shake, Papke ignored the
shake and sailed into the Michigan
man with the fiery impetuosity which
entities him TO be called the thunder.
bolt The fight was practically over
a minute and 20 seconds after the gong
sounded. From that time on 1t was
merely a question as TO how long
Ketchel would last.
Papke tore into Ketchel with such
fury that the undefeated champion
Vssgs ..ftt Ns.1Wr N.I L.
times within the next minute Papke
Knocked Ketchel TO the mat for the
count and from his first knockdown
Ketchel never really recovered his
form
When Ketehel stepped to the corner
for the second round his right eye was
closed. At the next intermission his
seconds lanced the eye and sucked the
blood, but Retchel never regained the
sight Of his right eye. Before tho
finish the other eye was I'll but closed
and for the last three rounds he stag
gered about the ring di2zily like a
drunken man. practically blinded.
San Francisco. Sept S-Abe Attell.
the champion featheryeight of Amer,
lea, and owen Moran, Englands
premier boxer in the same class,
fought a draw battle at the Colma
open air arena Monday in the pres.
ence of 5000 spectators The battle
lasted 23 rounds and at its conclusion
Referee Jack Welsh grasped both lads
by the hand signifying that the fight
was a draw The decision seemed TO
please the crowd. The fight on the
whole was rather tame
After the fight Moran declared: ~
broke my right hand in the second
round. After that It was almost use.
less. At that | think won by a mile.
| am willing 60 fight Attell As rounds,
winner to take ALL
An Associated Press representative
visited the Englishman in his dress.
ing room after the contest and care.
fully examined the right arm which
Moran claimed was broken. The hand
was badly swollen around the thumb,
but 1t was not possible to verify the
claim Of broken arm. Moran's face
vas much battered and the left eve
was nearly closed as a result of At.
tells almost ceaseless proddine, on
the other hand Attell emerged from
the fight without mark. Attell gave
ont this statement after being I'm.
formed Of Moran's challenge for a
return match: II will fight no one
- rounds. want to live q while yet.
But | will give him a return match
for any number of rounds up to 2j.
| beat him at every stage"