The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
PAPKE HAS FEARS
OF dope" IN
HIS FOOD
ThunderbOH viii Bring OWI
Chef With Him to Guard
Against Danger
Bv WILLIAM ]. SLATTERY

Billy Papke. the Illinois Thunderbolt
and billed as the next man TO try the
rushes Of the mighty Ketchel viii not
lose the fight July If precaution and
safe guarding do any good. When he
estab blishes his training camp at the
ocean beach next week Psple viii bring
with him his own private chez and
none OF the outsiders viii ever have
q chance to get near the man who IS
10 do the cooking. The reason for this
Is that Papke believes he was doped
when he lost to ketchel last Ihanks-
giving dav and If there is any chance
10 beat the game this ume Fapke
should carry himself braVelY through
Although his friends and those VINO
were with him at san Rafael When ne
trained for ketchel laughed al the ldea
of the dope story the IhunoerpoiL [
never budged. He got the idea IN ms
head on the morning OF the nght, When
he complained of feeling baciN. ana
there il remained ali these months,
during which time he has ever been on
watch.
various things and most Of them are
- superstitiOus 10 d certain degree, put
Papke surely takes his seat IN the
front row now. Though he carried the
poison idea in his head all these months
ne refrsined from declaring himself,
except TO a few intimate friends. ana
in this way the story at last found
an outlet
Papke viii arrive from Los Angeles
about the middle Of next week. lie
win be preceded by his brother Ed, who
viii locate a training camp on the
beach next Monday. Even brother Ed
does not know who BilIy's private chef
is In fact. none Of them do and none
OF them viii until he reports on the
Job. ready 10 prepare the hghter
Ee+ot,al Is ,5na y week fror, tonor-
row. HefWill stop off at Denver on his
way and box for the Elks' beneht there
on June Is. As usual the Michi gan
lion viii take up his work al Joe Mil
ITS place. where he lwsys trained in
the past. Manager Willis Britt OF
course. viii be master of ceremonies.
ketchel figures 10 have hard time
finding sparring partners
Battling Nelson said goodby 10 his
many friends here yesterday morning
and took the train for Los Angeles.
The Battlep was fun Of business cares
and worries and could hardly find time
to return the salutes OF the crowd al
the depot For the next two or three
weeks he viii be he busiest man in
istdOm.
First OF all the Battler win act as
his own distributing agent for his book
in all the larger cities en- route to Okla
hOma City. where he fights Jack Cliff
ford on the night Of June -. lmmedi-
ately after this 90 he must come back
TO see about his hog ranch and other
industries. after which he Will take on
WOIgast in the middle Of next month
If everything goes well
Word comes from Chicago that Harry
Gilmore. Packey McFarland's manager.
has called of the proposed Mcfarland
Phil Knight hght. billed to take place
at Kansas City on June Is. Gilmore
did not make any explanation. but it
Is known that he is angling for a
chance to get a good date at the Mis-
sion street arena some time during
The next month or so.
Coffroth also has his mind set upon
matching Mcfarland. provided that he
can get the right sort of a fighter to
pit against him. CofrOth proba bly,
viii offer Mcfarland a go with Frayne
or Leach Cross or Dick Hyland after
the Hyland-Cross fight on June 26.
Mcfarland probably realizes that he
must fight here il he wants to get any
big money.