The sun., 1909-06-30
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
WILL EASILY MAKE
1873 POUNDS FOR PAPkE.
Constant Training Has Kept the Michigan
Lions Weight Down-ReasOn Ad.
yanced why He Should Not Take on
Flesh for johnson Yeariing Sales.

Lions weight DOWn-hensOu Aos
vanced why He Should Not Take on
Flesh for johnson -Yeariins Sales
Stanley Ketchel will experience no trouble
In making lbs pounds. the middleweight
limit. for his fight with Bill Papke at Colma
next Monday afternoon. Ketchel got on
the scales In Frisco on Monday and tipped
the beam at exactly 100 after four days OF
hard gymnasium work and road running
For the Papke mill Ketchel will be prac-
tically as At and strong as he was for the
recent bout with Philadelphia Jack O'Brien.
in which the latter was almost beaten TO
death in trlne more than two rounds.
Ketchel was matched with O'Brien at 100
pounds, weigh in eight hours before ring
time, and when he got on the scales the
middlewelght champions bulk recorded
l5ok pounds. Yet Ketchel put up the
greatest fight OF his life, showing more
speed and greater punching power than
ever before. His fitness on that occasion
was wholly due to weeks Of strenuous eIer-
else near Woodlawn, and when he left here
for the Coast he was on edge-in fact he
could not have been improved upon.
That is why probably Ketchel will be
able to make 1853 pounds for Papke with
1t is a fact, however, that only constant
work has enabled Ketchel to keep near
the middleweight limit. After Papke
knocked him out In twelve rounds at
Vernon, Cal. last September. Ketohel
became careless. He was also discouraged
and lost all interest in his profession. He
ate what and when he pleased. drank.
smoked and stayed up late until he was
hog fat He weighed lsS pounds stripped
when he was Undue ed to tackle Papke again.
Then Ketchel began training in way
that surprised his friends. In seven
weeks time he took of thirty pounds and
the critics said that he had ruined his
health and strength. He got into the ring
with Papke last November weighing less
than 1853 pounds and proceeded to win all
the way. When Papke was finally put to
eleep In the eleventh round. after receiving
terrific beating, Ketchel made vow
never to break training entirely again.
and he has kept his word ever since.
In view of his present condition there
fore 1t is believed that he will beat Papke
decsively again In spite OF the fact that
the latter Is also a tremendous FOUNDER
and as quick as a fash. Papke knocked
Hugo Kelly out in u punch recently simply
because he caught the Chicag o middleweight
OF his guard and whipped over n smash
to the Jaw before Kelly realized that the
fight had started. But ketchel knows
Papke's tactics like book and has often
said that II Papke cannot get in one Of his
sockd ola gers in the first round or two he
loses heart and is also inclined to quit when
the fire is hottest. Ketchel. il is believed,
will be in far better form when he meets
Papke this time than In the previous mill.
and that is why the Michigan Lion is al
ready a to 1 favorite.
long rest 90 that he will weigh about $50
pounds when he meets johnson in October.
But many ring followers believe that
Ketchel would have q better chance with
the negro il he weighed less, as they cannot
convince themselves that Ketchels speed
and punching power when he weighs
1853 or 100 pound can be improved upon.
The thai fetGnel Re sr a.
son has been repeatedly set FORTH but at
the same time 1t is pointed out that when
Fit5simmSns won me ShSSmplohlshd'p an rom fa
fit1sii mems weighed 1876 pounds when he
FHsf sMise 6.sten @ by Sefries @ Keaehe % Is less less
than one inch shorter than Fitzsimmons
and Ia f.garded as faster in attack and a
s have wat, ned Ketehei's tactic. say that he he
has a method OF his own that exeels any
that Fii,simmons ever displaysd. Jack
pion's style as we'll as anybody when he
"ketchel can hit from any angle. He
never loses his balance after missing a
swing. he is the first man I ever saw
lead with either hand. follow ed by a double
swing or upper cut, He can fight with
either foot forward or both feet parallel.
and is a puzzle for the cleverest boxers,
Don't think for a moment that he has no
science, for he knows more about the game
than Jefries. Fitzsimmons, ,Sharkey or
fame, In the ring"
Calitornians believe that Ketchel will
knock papke oHt inside OF half dozen
son with similar ease. II Papke should
happen 70 put Eetchel away, therefore.
calculations. Next Mondays mill viii prob