The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-06

afterward Ketchel swung two short-arm
! lefts 10 the jaw and forced his man
I against the ropes. Papke landed a light
1 right and left to the face but Ketchcl
| 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 advantage.
! Round They went at each other hot
| ~, but most of the blows flew harmlessly
| into the air Ketchel forced his man
against the ropes, uppercutting his left
| to the Jaw and right to the body. Papke
! landed a light right to the face. and
! ketchel retaliated with a left shift 10 the
! stomach. They mixed Il furiOusly with
/ Papke in a corner, Ketchei all the time
lacinS out with right and LETT, but no
| damage resulted and it was an even
| round
| Round 8-KetcheI landed right and left
on the body forcing his man against the
| ropes Ketchel then put in a solid left
/ to the jaw and they clinched. After
some fruitless exchanges Papke upper
cut with right TO the chin. KetcheTs face
was partly covered with blood as the
gong ended another even round.
Round 9-KetChel rushed in and swung
a vicious right around the head, and in
return got an equally hard punch to the
face. Ketchel hooked a vicious right TO
the jaw that brought the blood in a
stream from Papke's mouth. ketchel
waded in, landing right and left on the
face and jaw, and Papke clinched. Papke
.
poured from his nose. Ketchel sought to
get in a vital punch. He fought Papke
into neutral corner and landed two good
wallOps on the face as the gong rang. 1t
was Kstchers best round so far.
Round 10-Papke surprised the cham
pion by coming to the mark and landing
a couple of stiff face punches. 1t was
only a flash in the pan, for Ketchel shot
right and left TO the jaw with merciless
precision, and It looked as IL he would
beat the ''Thunderbolt" TO the floor. Pap
Ike stalled and hung ana saved himself
from severe punishment. Ketchel hooked
terrible left to the jaw and Papke
looked beaten Ketchel then landed a
right and left on the jaw and face, and
the gong rang.
Round I1-Papke came up bravely and
Ketchel started the blood afresh with
right and left swings, to which 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. Ketchel
slipped to the floor, his foot catching
on Papke's shoe tops. He was uD in
trice and waded relentlessly in, but was
unable 10 land a knockout punch.
Round 12-KCtchel drove a hard right to
the jaw and sent Papke tOttering to the
ropes, only the lower strand saving him
from going into the press stand After
Ketchel had sent a hard right to the face
right and left swings to the jaw, and
KetChei 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 ex-
changed punch for punch and received
considerably the worst of it, Papke
braced up and succeeded in making it an
even round.
Round 13-Papke landed full tilt with a
vicious right swing on the point Of the
jaw which nettled the champion and
forced him to clinch. Papke was fighting
strongly at this stage and appeared to
be far from G beaten iran. KetCheI landed
his right to the jaw, for which ne was
rebuked by a right upper cut on the chin.
Papke seemed TO take on. confidence a s
the battle progressed, and when the
round ended, II anything, 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 "ThUnderbOlt' followed this with a
right to the jaw and a left to the body.
Ketchel then drove his right with great
lowed. The rest of the round was de-
voted TO close range fighting in which
no damage was done, but Papke had a
slight advantage
Round 15-Ketchel opened the round
with 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 perceptibiy. At close range
Papke swung short arm rights and
lefts to the Jaw and the bell ended
Round 1.-THE men battled at furious
clip al close quarters. Again and again
they swung with right and left, but
without result In clinch Ketchel up
percut with left to the jaw, but Papke
evened It up with right and left body
punches which he varied with a straight ]
left to the face. The fighters were
locked in each others embrace as the
gong rang.
Round 1.-THE blows Of both contestants
seemed to have lost their sting, as the
men came to the center of the ring The
efforts of both to land were futile al
though they hammered away INCREASINGLY. |
Papke suddenly shot a stiff left to the
pit of the stomach, but Ketchel cOuntered
with a left TO the body and followed with
left to the jaw. Papke staggered
Ketchel with q straight left to the Jaw
simultaneously with the gong It was
hard punch and gave Papke a slight
advantage Of the round.
Round 1S-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 Sud
denly the ''ThunderbOlt'' Jared his man
with two fOrceful left hooks flush on the
jaw. Ketchel spat blood and appeared TO /
weaken, but took brace and shot two /
solid lefts on the jaw as the bell rang
Round lS-ketchel came up dancing and /
they Waltzed into a clinch. The fighters
contented themselves with cliuChing and (
the punches landed during the first two
minutes of fighting. Papke shot out his |
right rather suddenly and the blow
landed on KetcheFs Jaw and the cbennion /
staggered halfway across the ring. PaDJxe /
Followed this up with another vicious I
clip TO the chin and the bell ended an /
interesting exchange. PaDke's round
Round 9-Both men fought with an /
their uneXpended strength at close range.
ketchel Fought desperately to land q /
telling Siiii punch but Papke rocked his head /
with two rights in quick succession on
the point Of the chin. KetCheI rushed the
lnlnderooit against the ropes, seeking /
vainly TO find a vital spot. hut PaDirSS I
smothered all his attempts At this stage /
neither man appeared capable of landing I.
knockout punch. ketchel rushed his I
man round the ring. The round ended I
with Papke IN neutral corner and I
hetchel hammering away with rights and /
IeIJs. referee Roche promptly declared T.
ketchel the victor on points
The decision was received with mingled /
cheers and derisiye shouts