Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-06
Round One


Ketchel opened up with right
smash to the stomach, and after
some wrestling Ketchel duplicated
the blow. Breaking from a clinch
Ketchel uppercut Papke with his
left to the jaw. The referee ex-
perienced great difficulty in separat-
ing the men from clinches. ketchel
suddenly unlocked a succession of
right and left swings on the body
and head and the Thunderbolt
sought refuge in a cllnch. Ketchel
had the advantage of a vicious
round.
Round Two
"He amt started yet yelled
Willis Britt as Ketchel toed the
scratch for the second round. The
men fought entirely at close range.
with Ketchel forcing his man
against the ropes. Locked in
clinch against the ropes, Ketchel
shot in a fearful left uppercut to
the Jaw and a moment later raped
a similar blow to the stomach.
Papke retaliated by landing a vic
ious left to the champions jaw.
Both men looked very determined
and there was venom behind every
punch. The round ended with the
men fighting at close quarters.
Ketchel had the advantage.
Round Three
Ketchel rushed Papke against the
ropes time and again. From this
position Papke delivered two right
body punches and the men fought
to the center of the ring. Papke
landed a wicked left to the jaw and
soon after drove right and left to
the stomach. Ketchel landed a
straight left on the nose. The men
fought head to head at close quar-
ters, both missing terrific swings.
Papke shot a straight right to the
mouth and the blood seeped through
KetchePs lips as he took his cor
ner. 1t was Papke's round.
Round Four
Ketchel opened the fourth round
with fearful left swing to the jaw.
He went after his man like an en-
ragged tiger, landing left and right
swings to the jaw and body. From
the effects of this onslaught Papke's
nose bled slightly. Ketchel planted
straight right over the heart but
Papke only smiled. The men We're
oath to break from clinches during
which Ketchel swung rather low
twice with short-arm rights, Ketch-
.l's round by a shade,
Round Five
Ketchel met Papke's rush with a
straight left to the jaw and they
clinched. The men fought bitterly
every inch of the way, Papke put
ting in a solid right to the face
Referee Roche exhausted himself
from constantly prying the men
apart. Ketchel then got in two
eft uppercuts I the jaw. Ketchel
,orced Papke through the ropes by
sheer strength and nearly followed
aim into the laps of the newspaper
men. A vicious rally followed,
Papke doing considerable execution
with right and lefts to the jaw.
Papke's round.
Round Six
Papke raped Ketchel on the jaw
with a right uppercut, rocking the
atters head. The men forced so
dercely that they fell to the floor
from their exertions. Ketchel then
planted two lefts and a right to
she head. Immediately afterWard
Ketchel swung two short-arm lefts
10 the jaw and forced his man
against the ropes Papke landed a
light right and left to the face, but
Ketchel forced his antagonist
against the ropes, where he put in
three body punches. The round
ended in a vicious but Intellectual
rally Ketchel had a slight adyan-
tage.
Round Seven
They went at each other like two
untamed tigers. but most of the
blows were harmless. Ketchel
forced his man against the ropes,