Evening star., 1909-07-06
KETCHEL IS CHAMP
0UTPO|NTS PAPKE
Fiqht Most Vicious All of the
Twenty Rounds-Winner
Breaks His Hand.

ARENA, San Francisco, June 6-StSn-
ley Ketchel Of Michigan is still the
worlds middle-weight champion. In a
desperate. grueling battle. during which
the champion was constantly on the ag
gressive, he was awarded the decision
over Billy Papke of Illinois, at the end of
the twentieth round. the scheduled num-
Der. ketchel claimed to have broken his
right hand In the sixth round. and this
assertion subsequently was verified. His
left thumb was also dislocated. The de-
cision of the referee was greeted with a
mixture of cheers and boots.
Referee Roche, after the contest. made
the following statement: "Ketchel was
the aggressor at all times. Furthermore.
he landed the cleaner and harder
punches and scored the only knock
down. in the tenth round-although near
ly everybody seems to think that Papke
had slipped to the floor. There is abso-
lutely no question but ketchel earned d
clear-cut decision"
AS to the fight itself, the assassin"
as ketchel has been christened by ring
followers, bade fair literally to live up
to his name. He forced the fighting from
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exception of the third enjoyed a clear lead
in the first half of the battle In the
eleventh Ketcliel landed time and again,
with ponderous lefts but. try as he would.
he could not find vital place. Both men
were bleeding freely at this stage Of the
battle. Papke In particular spouting blood
from his mouth and nose until the center
of the ring resembled shamhies.
The feature of the fight was the ex-
treme viciousness with which both men
fought and the apparent hatred that
1urked behind every punch.
When seen in his dressing room Ketchel
gave out this statement:
Il broke my right hand in the sixth
round. and later on. in the eighth round,
believe, / dislocated my left thumb
short work of Papke. 1 could not hit ef-
fectively when the opportunity came, and
particularly in the tenth round. 1 will
be only too glad to give Papke another
chance"
Ed Papke, brother-manager of the de-
feated pugilist. minced no words in show
ing his displeasure over the decision. He
SAID that 'Papke should have been given
a draw.
The defeated puglist said he would fight
that unless ketchel's hand improved the
champion would not be able to fight Jim
Flynn in Los Angeles July IA next.
Fight by Rounds.
Round 1-Ketchel opens with a right smash to
stomach, and after wrestling Ketchel duplicates
the blow; Breaking from a: ciinch: ketchel upper,
time to break them in the clinch. ketchel un
hooks a succession Of right and left left, swings on
had advantage in this round.
:, Round They started in at close range. with
% man and s put him Inn against % the % ropes up Papke
clnched in a hurry. while ketchel tried to night
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left uppercut to the jaw. moment later he
sent over a similar punch TO the wind. paPke.
to the champions jaw. 10th men losfked deten-
mined and did not lose any opportunity to score.
and landed with damaging effect the body and
face The round derm,nated ,a Mith @ sne men hsh.
round by slight margin.
Round 3-without any ado ketchel rushed his
and forced him ras against IN m the ropes ranLs
center Of the ring. Papke followed his advantage
with a right and left to the stomach: Ketchel
placed straight left to the nose. They then
ing terrific swings Papke drew first blood by
planting straight left to the mouth The gore
covered with the fluid This was Papkes round
Fourth round -ketchel opened proceedings with
fearful left swing to the jaw; The s,o blow S stag
like tiger His aim was excellent and he land
ed left swings to jaw and body From the effects
Ketchel landed u wicked right over the heart
Papke did seem disturbed and only smiled.
which Ketchel swung left TO neck. They were at
1t hard when the bell rang This round favored
Fifth round-Ketchel met Papke.s rush with
straight left TO the jaw, and clnch followed:
They then mixed it sp fighting . every I'm inch OF
Referee Roche had all he could do to part the
men. who kept together. and Roche seemed more
left uppercuts TO the jaw and then forced Papke
through the ropes and nearly followed him into into
ensured Papke did good work in close quarters,
and the round was slightly In his s,n favor t.n,,
Ketchel on the Jaw with the left The blow
rocked the champion. A stiff rally followed. and
two lefts and Il right to the head. while Ketchel
came back with two short arm swings to the jaw.
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planting three hard drives to the wind a,ns The
els round by "A fair margin.
Seventh round-They rushed at the 2, sta, start like
ever passed harmessly into the air. Ketchel
never gave Papke any quarter. He forced his
put right to the body. Papke returned with
a right to the head which Jared ketchel Stan,
Pspke Pap tight right and left Papke rocked to and fro
but stood the lacing well. Many OF ketrhel
punches were e Wild and the h champion dspaSed
Eighth round-The m1ing-up process was IN
ey dence at the start. ketchel landed right and
left on body, forcing his tn the ropes.
Ketchel smashed Papke solidly on the jaw. but
before he could do further damage Papke
clinched. Papke got home vicious uppercut
with the right to the chin. papke then began to
lab and Ketchers face partly covered with
blood as he returned to his corner. The round
about even. -
Ninth round-Papke toed the mark smiling.
Ketchel rushed hfm and swung his right vicious
Iy. landing on the head. Papke rctalated with
equal force right to the face. ketrhel hooked
a stiff right the nose, bringing the clar"t in
streams from Papke's mouth ketchcl waded in.
landing right and left on jaw. and papke had To
clinch to save himself from further punishment.
Ketchel poked Papke on the nose and brought tn
gore anew Papke seemed to he weak. and
Ketchel rushed. biding his time for knnckoit
blow ketchel rushed and put two rights to the
face as the bell rang Papke tired and
bleeding when he to his corner. Ketchel.
on the other hand, was fresh daisy and will
ing to mix It. This round was easily in ketchel's
favor.
Tenth round-Papke surprised every one by
coming to the mark in fine shape. He waded i'll
and landed couple of stiff blows to the
face II simply flash in thy pan. for ketch-
el rushed dput lefts and, rights 10 the jaw
with merciless precision Papke was hurt all
right after this mixup. but he hung and wise
Ketchel would not let him cinch. though and
rushed him all the ring. kotchel landed a
right hard the jaw. and the bell rang. ii
looked this stage If Papke was hopelessly
beaten. He staggered to his corner very weak
and tired ketchel strong and could not
wait. until the sound Of the bell announcing the
ne 1t round.