Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-20

1t was a great battle in every respect,
there being no idle moments or periods
Of long distance sparring, but. on the
cantrary, it was a scrap filled to the
brim with exciting action. Flynn car
ried the fight to Papke in every round
which accounts for the fierceness of
battle, as the Kewanee boy also was a
willing mixer and sought to fight Flynn
off his feet. They punched each other
severely and both will bear the marks
today to prove that they were in
fight. Such a rough-house scrap sell
dom ever is witnessed anywhere, and
the big crowd received full value for
the investments made in tickets.
Papke would not sign articles until
he secured an agreement that he would
receive rs per cent of the gross receipts,
win, lose or draw, and Flynn accepted
the same terms, so that each will re-
ceive about $500 of the $4,000 receipts.
This sum is small balm for the pangs
of defeat which Papke must suffer, as,
despite the difference in weight against
him, the fact remains that he again
sustained a decisive beating and his
prestige in the ring has suffered ac-
cordingly There is little doubt now
that Papke has gone back. He is not
the same thunderbolt that once scared
all the middleweights
Papke was held at l to 2 in the bet
ting, the odds going back steadily ever
since opening day because of an utter
lack of Flynn money. One prominent
betting commissioner said last night
that, outside of the money Flynn bet
on himself, there was not $500 bet on
the result. Everybody wanted to bet
on Papke, and there was no Flynn
money in sight. At ringside, as good
as even money was to be had that
Papke would stop the fireman Flynn
bet on himself, however and will real
ize about $4,000 out of the fight in ad-
dition to the glory and increased pres
tige his victory gives him.
The story Of the fight in detail fol-
lows:
Papke started off the first round with
a right hook to the jaw and they went
into a clinch at once Both missed
wild swings as they came into close
quarters after breaking out of a clinch,
and Papke shot fierce right uppercut
to the jaw. In one of the rough-hOuse|
mixups Papke swung his right to the
head and cut a bad cash on Flynn's
left cheek bone, which started a stream
of claret. The round was one series of
rough-house scrambles, and Papke
showed to superior advantage, timing
his blows nicely and judging distance
with a perfect eye.
Papke met Flynn coming out of his
corner for the second round and they
started their rough work Immediately.
Papke swung rights and lefts to the
jaw and staggered Flynn, but only for
q second. Flynn rushed Papke to the
ropes and landed rights and lefts toI
head with speed and effect. Both were
playing for a knockout all the time.
Flynn showed his usual aggressiVeness
in this round and had a shade the bet
ter of the milling when the gong
tapped, landing frequently with right
hooks to the jaw and lefts to the head
The third started with a head-on col
lision without damage. They were
broken out of a clinch and Immediately
came together again, Papke singing a
hard right to the wind and Flynn
smashing him in the face with right
that started blood. Flynn uppercut
fiercely with his right and rushed Pap
Ike to the ropes, where he beat Papke
ficrcely to the body. Flynn had a good
lead at the gong.
Flynn opened the fourth with a rush
and chased Papke into a neutral cor
ner, planting a hard right to the jaw
and Furnishing Papke about the body
and face in a clinch. Flynn rushed
Papke again with a hard right upper
cut and chased him to a neutral corner,
where he again beat Paple severely
about the body and face. Papke stuck
several straight lefts to the face and
caught Flynn with a right uppercut as
they came into a clinch. AS they broke
Papke swung right and left to head,
They rushed to the ropes, Papke trip
ping and falling, while Flynn assisted
him to rise.
They came together on the run at the
start of the fifth and fought into
clinch Coming out of the clinch Pap
Ike hooked a right to the jaw and fol-
lowed quickly with left to the same
spot. Then they clinched in the CEN
ter of the ring and fought to the body
They missed wild swings and tried toI
cllnch, both falling to the floor. Papke
uppercut with right as they came out
of cllnch and stuck a straight left tol
the face. They were fighting In a
clinch on the ropes at the gong.
They started the sixth with more
caution than in the preceding rounds
and SPARED harmlessly into a clinch, |
where they beat each other about the