The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-03

the count over him. None of these re-
cent fights have figured anything like
10 to 4, as far as ] can see.
perhaps they forget about last fourth
that Battling Nelson. then an outsider
and despiEed, was a neglected 10 to 8
outsider. And what did he do? Cans
never had chance after the tour1 IN
seems funny how quickly this fees from
the minds of some pepole. But no. one
man can control the pulse of the pub
| lie. 1t has its fancies and its huctua-
| tons and when 1t gets its mind set on
one man there is little chance for a
change.
FOURTH OF JULY HOOD0O
Mind you, the fourth of July is a
fatal day for the favorites. Our estim-
able friend Bill SQuires went into that
! ring q 10 TO 6 shot over Burns and
never heard the bell ring after it an
nounced the opening round of the fight.
Cans lost his championship laurels last
year and now we have another top
heavy choice on our staff. If the hand
of fate is going to get into the game
this time the short end looks good"
Willis Britt was around on the job
last night flashing $4,000 in crisp bills
TO wager on ketchefs chances. He
thought that he could get at least
/ TO > for his money but there was no
chance. The price read 10 to and
even at these tempting odds the Papke
money was hard to find. Britt said he
would not think of going lower than
The wagering on the rounds is still
even money that the battle ends ere
the thirteenth dawns, but the play
here is not heavy. Most of the fans
seem 10 be anxious for the straight
play. They all favor Ketchel, but as
TO the number OF rounds they have
their doubts. The principal wonder is
feeling seemingly all one way.
Ketchel jumped up in weight from
1881 to 1913 pounds yesterday, much to
! the surprise of the fans. He had been
holding to the former weight for sew
eral days, and when he stepped on
the scales last evening after d rest
from his boxing work the bar refused
TO respond. Ketchel seemed overjoyed
at this. and so did Britt. Evidently
they We're waiting for it.
KETCHEL TO REST TO-DAY
Il viii lay Ketch off today and work
him for all that is in him tomohhoW !"
said Britt In my opinion, man who
( has for the last few months should not
4 stop cold on the day before the fight
Instead, he should do a lot of work in
order 10 Keep himself properly warmed
| up. The rest today Will put him right
4 for the final workout tomorrow"
The lion was on the road in the morn
/ ing and paTtook of. hearty lunch.
After nap he tore around the gym
| lAdSlulu ike a mao man, taxing a Will
at every exercising device, the medicine
j ball coming in for the best play.
! ketchel is rather partial to the medi-
1 cine ball He believes that il does
I more to keep him in condition than
any other work he goes against
His boxing consisted OF four rounds
| with Charley Miller and three with Bob
Armstrong. The big smoke is in good
| shape now and Ketchel seems to be
| gaining speed and cleverness every
time he jumps into the ring with him
hetch brought over one mean left on
big. Bob's jaw in the first round of
/ their bout, and from that time on the
smoke was very cautious.
Miller came in for an awful lac
/ ing. In fact, he was so badly beaten
| up that he could not perform at the
United Railroads show in the evening.
! This was the excuse that he made and
| all those who saw him in action with
ketchel believed it. The champion
| brought over some terrible snaa oh &c
on the husky Germans head and BODY
| and seemed to have no mercy on him.
! Britt hopes to hold Ketchel at 1853
pounds till Sunday night. He believes
| that his man can dry the additional
| four pounds out without the slightest
effort and he probably is right. There
does not seem to be anything lack
ing in his makeup. With all the hard
boxing he has done during the week
he got away with it without getting
scratched or marred up at all.
PAPKE TAKES DIP IN SURF
Papke commenced his morning
work with dip in the surf, where he
padded around for about half an hour.
| The weather was fine and warm and
the Thunderbolt emerged looking like
a three time champion. He followed
| this up with a ten mile sprint along
the boulevard, in which he overlook
| everything save the racing automo-
| biles.
His boxing stunts consisted of eight
rounds with Harry Foley Four OF
these were merely warm up affairs, in
| which both men used their open hands
| but the other four were for blood and
the Thunderbolt waded right in and
went as far as he could. Foley is a
big fast fellow, and can step with any
of them, but Papke pressed him to the
limit throughout
The crowd was even larger than that
of the proceeding day, though strange