Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-07
eY JAY DAVIDSON

HE final formaties preceding great middewegh cham
ponsp battle at Vernon this afternoon will be observed at
today, when Stanley Kechel the champion and Billy
Papke challenger for the title weigh the ees cafe South
Spring street. according the articles of agreement between them
By the of their agreement they weigh under
58 pounds that hour and the great interest that
manifested in the fight the club officials and fighters have
ranged have the weighngn performed the balcony
e cafe that the fans may have opportunity of
witnessing the formay such will be- both fighters be-
low the required notch and ready step the scales
That there will be difficulty making the weight proved
the that below weight for days
Ketc has held himself within less than pounds the required
for nearly week AS precautionary the
ayers of the fighters have been testing the weight of their principals
meantime and will do again this morning several hours before
for making weight Both managers business
and will exercise good business judgment taking these ordinary
although necessary precautions.
The prospect yesterday constituted the only marrng
feature that could conred to make uneasy Other
wse regards the condition of the fighters their ability make
weight and the aactvenss of the match there nothing left
be wished Both fighters perfect condition this
fact has been established firmly the minds those fans who have
attended their workouts Both spemey confident of the
suit each feels perfectly trained that he predicting that
knockout will before fight gone
Their general condition satisfactory Saturday that
found be unnecessary either further either
don make weight and while Kechel worked his South
Side Athletic club camp Papke work entirely Ketche did
not work as hard other days boxing only four rounds with
Coursey playing handba for half hour with Jack Gleason the
northern fight promoter and tossing the medicine ball the
open air ring for few minutes.
Betting the result continues to hover around the notch
from back 5000 against $500 being
registered yesterday The Pape hackers holding
than for their money but hardly will be able get
Keche supporters being the opinion that the champion
figure better than to the dope of their previous meeting
Both fighters talking OF their hopes and fears yesterday
pressed simple confidence in knockout victory
from their talk and actions that each expecting fight
winning Kehe refers their previous meeting prove hopes
while Papke the battle that he really figures
win
Manager JONES' for Pape says boy is lead
pipe cnch and believes he will champion This
brand confidence that probably Papke thoroughly
and perfectly trained and ready put up
Jones holds that PaPe faster Keche can
hit just hard and figures that nasmuch champion slash
ing open fighter and reasonably easy hit Papke
good square punch during fight and that is all
they ask.
Only preliminary will be staged and be a short
being ghround argument Jimmy Austin and Young
Togo Eddie Robnson Jap fighters This be called
215 o'clock and the big scrap will begin o'clock Owing to
the possibility of slower service than
fans should leave the downtown districts o'clock
special will be started noon running
from the Temple block south Spring Seventh thence
arena, three-minute schedule.
Indications favorable house of less than $2OOOO
tickets going fast Baron Long that the $
had been sold Saturday night the SIS going
that indicated they would gone entirely by today Only
for the fact that other world championship fights
cards for this week. the attendance from San Francisco would have
been materially greater although quite number have arrived
The northern bunch is backing Ketche and swapping
all the Pape money they find The Francisco odds
layers quoting to against Papke quite large commits
placed in the north syndicate local spomen
days ago. taking the short end