The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
MILL ENDS
ERE CROWD
is SEATE D
Righf Hook to the Jaw Puts
Kelly Down and the
Rest Is Easy
By WILLIAM j. SLATTERY

Billy Papke punched his way back
to the middle weight championship
yesterday afternoon at, the Mission
street arena with three resounding
wallops in the first round After the
force of the last one had been spent
Hugo Kelly, the clever, classy. big
fellow from Chicago, measured his
length on the canvas floor of the ring
and Referee Eddie Smith tolled off
the 10 fatal seconds. 1t was all over
in precisely ] minute and % seconds
over before the crowd at the ringside
had warmed up to the occasion or set
itself for its cheers The Knockout
came just 80 seconds before the great
Burns-Squires fiasco, which lasted ?
minutes and 8 seconds.
TO the victor belongs the spoils'
This old saying goes with yesterdays
battle and the hats of the fans must
be dotted to the Thunderbolt from
Kewanee town, who has come back
apparently to stay. At the same time
VIC did not see enough of his fighting
yesterday to convince us that he was
still in a class with Ketchel Had
the fight progressed few more
rounds and had Papke taken the
measure of his man as decisively as
he did. then there would not have
been any doubt in the minds of any
who saw it
PUNCH WAS DECISIVE
The punch which sent Kelly on his
way was a decisive. crushing one.
very much on the order of that which
made poor Bill Squires the laughing
stock Of three continents. 1t was a
sort of half right chop. half hook, and
1t landed with a resounding thud over
KeIly's right eye The Italian hit the
floor like the proverbial thousand of
brick and rolled over on his back. He
was stunned for moment, but man
aged to regain his senses, slowly arts
ing at the count OF nine, with his hands
up. protecting his head
Papke stood several feet away,
calmly waiting for his man 10 either
get UP or take the final count. As
Kelly regained his feet Papke made
mad rush at him, and they went into
a half clinch- The Thunderbolt brought
a hard left over TO the jaw and fol-
lowed this up with a well directed
straight right TO the body. Kelly rolled
down this time. and stayed on the floor.
There was no chance for him to get up.
The battle was over.
Such is the brief history OF the man.
ner in which Papke redeemed himself
with the fight fans of the country and
erased the many black marks which
have recently been drawn across his
fighting reputation 1t was the short
est fight that San francisco has known
in many a day and viii go down on
record as figuring with the shortest in
the history OF the ring.
The crowd was too much surprised
by the suddenness OF the shock to
express its disappointment If any
such disappointment fingered. There
was many a man who had to be
told TO be up and on his way. Nobody
who did not witness the affair can form
any idea OF it's audiences. 1t was
even too fast TO be classed as exciting
or spectacular.
Kelly was dazed for many minutes
after his opponent had planted the
full force Of his massive fists to his
head and body. His seconds rushed
him TO hts corner and worked over
him for at least five minutes before he
was thoroughly revived Even then
he seemed as II In a trance and scarcely
realized that his life's opportunity had
been dashed inside Of two minutes.
ONE MARK OF CONTEST
The vanquished gladiator showed but
one mark of the conflict, and that was
an ugly cut over HIS right eye. Sym
pathizing friends suggested that the
wound was caused By the impact of
Papke's elbow. but Kelly manfully adj
mitted that the punch which put him
to the floor the first time was re-
sponsible for the wound. Surely. he
should know better than anybody else.
The gong sent the men away at 2:5o.
Papke started across the ring and met
Kelly as the latter was coming out of
his corner. The men had a previous
agreement to waive all handshaking
formalitiee. Papke missed a hard left
for the Jaw. and Kelly landed a light
left to the face and a weak right TO
the body. after which they went into
a clinch.
They started right after it fast from
that moment. Both were playing for
the body with short jabs and jolts and
Kelly was doing most OF the execution.
In fact. he started to rough It with
Papke and pulled him around the ring.
a the same time murmuring something
which the crowd could not hear
Everybody set himself for long.
tough fight. never dreaming OF what
tho awakening would be.
But Kelly got all the rough work
he was looking for. as PaplSe. seeing
the tactics which his opponent was
about 10 adopt. got ready for him He
kept his right in reserve ard lun zed
at Kelly's body. with his left Bat none
Of the punches counted till tho bic