Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-06
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS

fidence as the battle progressed.
and when the round ended, if any
thing, he had a slight advantage.
Round Fourteen
The men swung at each other for
fully a minute, but only one blow
a right to the body-landed on
Ketchel. The "Thunderbolt" fol-
lowed this with a right to the jaw
and a left to the body. ketchel
then drove his right with great
force high on the body, and clinch
followed. The rest of the round
was devoted to close range fighting,
in which no damage was done.
Papke had a slight advantage.
Round Fifteen
Ketchel opened the round with a
vicious left chop on the jaw. A
moment later he sank his left into
the stomach and then forced his
man against the ropes, but in
ficted no damage. The men
clinched, wrestled and stalled and
slowed up preceptibly. At close
quarters Papke swung short right
arm jabs and lefts to the jaw, and
the bell ended very tame round.
Round Sixteen
The fighters battled at furious
clip at colse quarters. Again and
again they swung with right and
left, but without result. In clinch
Ketchel uppercut with left to the
law. but Papke evened it up with
right and left to the body, which
he varied with a straight left to the
face. The fighters were locked in
each others embrace as the gong
closed a featureless round.
Round Seventeen
The blows of both contestants
seemed to have lost their sting as
the men came to the center of the
ring. The efforts of both to land
were futile, although they ham
mered away almost increasingly.
Papke suddenly shot a straight left
to the pit of the stomach. but
Ketchel countered with a left to
the body and followed this with a
left to the jaw. Papke staggered
Ketchel with a straight left to the
Jam simultaneously with the gong.
1t was a hard punch and gave
Papke a slight advantage of the
round.
Round Eighteen
After considerable wrestling and
clinching Papke drove nasty right
to the jaw. Papke forced his an
tagonist to the ropes, putting in two
lefts to the face, which had no Sc
rious effect. The "Thunderbolt"
iarred his man with two forceful
left hooks that landed flush on the
jaw. Ketchel spat blood and ap-
peared to weaken, Ketchel took a
brace and shot two solid lefts on
the jaw as the bell rang. Papke's
round.
Round Nineteen
Ketchel came up dancing, and
they waltzed into a clinch. The
lighters contented themselves with
clinching and staying i'm close. No
damaging punches were landed dur.
ing the first two minutes of fight
ing. Papke shot out his right
rather suddenly, and the blow land
ed on Ketchel's jaw, and the cham
pion staggered halfway across the
ring. Papke followed this up with
another vicious clip to the chin,
and the bell ended an interesting
exchange. Papke's round.
Round Twenty
Both men fought with all their
unexpended fury at close range.
Ketchel fought desperately to land
a telling punch. but Papke rocked
his head with two rights in quick
succession on the point of the
chin. Ketchel rushed the Thunder
bolt against the ropes, seeking
vainly to find a vital spot, but
Papke smothered all his attempts.
At this stage neither man appeared
capable of landing a good punch.
Ketchel rushed his man around the
ring, mainly with the force of his
body. The round ended with Papke
in a neutral corner and Ketchel
hammering away with right and
left.
Referee Roche promptly declared
Ketchel the victor on points. The
decision was received with mingled
cheers and derisive shouts.