The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-07

Papke responded with a full left
swing to the champions jaw. Ketchel
went after his man, delivering blow
after blow on the jaw, and Papke.
weakened ~perceptfbly. Ketchel slip
ped to the floor his foot catching on
Papke's shoe tops He was up in
a trice and waded r~elentlessly in, but
was unable to land a knockout punch.
Round 12-ketchel landed a hard
right to the jaw and sent Papke to,
the ropes, only the lower strand saw
ing him from going into the press
stand. After Ketchel had sent a hard
right to the face Papke came back.
at him. landing vicious right and
left swings to the jaw and Ketchel
staggered a bit. The crowd rose on
its feet in an uproar and shouted
for the under dog in the betting.
Ketchel, however, was not to be
stopped. He exchanged punch for
punch, but received considerably the
worst of it. Papke braced up con
siderably and succeeded in making
it an even round,
Round 13-Papke landed al Visions
swing on the Jaw, netting the cham
pfon and forcing him to a clinch,
Papke was fighting strongly at this
stage and appeared to be far from a
beaten man. Ketchel landad his
right to the jaw, for which he was re-
buked by a vicious right uppercut
on the chin. Papke seemed to take
on confidence as the battle progressed
and when the round ended Ii any
thing he had a slight advantage.
Round 1.-THE men swung at each
other for fully a minute, but only
one blow, a right to the body, landed
on Ketchel. The "Thunderboldt"
followed this with a right to the jaw
and a left to the body. Ketehel then
drove, his right with great farce high
on the body and a clinch followed,
The rest of the round was devoted
to close range fighting, at which no
damage was done, but Panke had a
slight advantage.
Round '16-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 inflicted no damage The men,
clinched, wrestled and stalled and
slowed up perceptibly. At close
range Papke swung snortarm rights
and lefts to the jaw and the bell
ended a very tame round.
Round 16-The men battled at a
furious clip at close quarters. Again
and again they swung with right n
left. but without result. In a clinch
Ketchel uppercut with left to the
jaw but Papke evened it up with
right and left body punches, which
he varied with a straight to the face.
The fighters were locked in each
others embrace as the gong rang.
Round 1.-THE blows of both men
seemed to be lost as the men came
together in the center of the ring.
The efforts of both to land were futile
although they hammered away I'M
ceasingly. Papke suddenly shot a
stiff left to the pit of the stomach,
but ketchel countered with left to
the body, followed by a left to the
jaw. Papke staggered Ketchel with
a straight left to the jaw. as the
gong rang. The blow was a hard
one and gave Papke a slight advan
tage in this round.
Round tS-After considerable
wrestling and clinching, Papke drove
a nasty right to the jaw. Papke forced
his antagonist to the ropes, putting
In two lefts to the face, which had
no serious effect. Suddenly the
"Thunderboldt' Jared his man with
two forceful left hooks on the point
of the jaw. Ketchel spat blood and
appeared to weaken, but took a brace
and shot two solid lefts on the jaw
as the bell rang.
Round 19-Ketchel came up dane
ing and they waltzed into a clinch
The fighters contented themselves
with clinching and staying in close
No hammering punches were landed
during the first two minutes of fight.
ing. Papke shot out his right sud
denly and the blow landed on Ketch-
els jaw and the champion staggered
half way across the ring. Papke fol-