The evening world., 1910-12-27
Dive Smith, Australian Cham.
shion, Now Has a Valid Claim
,bn the Worlds Middleweight
Title Through His Victory on
ia .7ouI in the Tenth Round
Over Bill Papke.

very measTe Cahe reports or
the Papke-Dave Smith fight In
Australia leave a lot 10 the imag-
irA lion. TIT one thing that is perfectly
ohAr II that Papke lost on a foul IN the
t~Th round. According 10 the reports.
B&ly Papke has been out OF shape.
Cbtnging climate always Affects an
aelete. especially when ne has spent
ssfral weeks in a strange country.
Petke complained of his condition and
wtpt up In the hills to train. He said
N was going straight back to America
affer the tight. Probably he'll charge
hS mind now and stay a while. looking
ID . return match. Papke claims the
nSddicweight championship. and II he
ceH still make the weight he Is. by a
idbtcal course OF reasoning. Ketchel's
stcces or. lie won the title from Ketohel
otte. I'D lost II to him again. No other
nnddlSveight has stepped In between.
p7pke's claim IN good.
tSnt OF course Smiling Billy Will
hl4e to admit that the title goes with
- referees decision when he Is nght-
~ a middloweight. Dave Smith IL
Australian middleweight champion
weaich means that he has . valid claim
% the world title to-day.
epcording TO the account OF the night.
s0jth forced matters until In the tenth
rSpd Papke los, his head n began
rQShing. Papke was warned by the
r$frcc, and on the next offense was
pftnptly disqualified, and the decision
w4t given to Smith. Papke has been
sAewhat prone TO rough tactics. espe-
cnIy to holding with one hand and
hetng with the other CLEARLY foul un-
den the rulcs) In his later fights. He
hed been allowed to do this unchecked
id !America. but In Australia. as In
FINLAND. the rules are strictly enforced.
T3&y should be enforced anywhere.
But what 10 you think OF an Aus
italian niddleweight who can force
uVdters with n cyclone like Billy Papke
ID, ten rounds? This Dave smith must
~ something OF a scrapper. He must
b t%omcthlng like the old school Of Aus
italian bNets-and they were the hes,
IN 1.-The world at one time. Australia
ttbed out po:e- Jackson. Jim Hall. Bob
FEgsimmons. Tommy Tracey. the Muir.
PIT boys and scores OF others nearly az
Where's only one thing for Papks "a
~ nov. Of course. lie will have e
SOY and get another fight. with the
Abftrnlian champion. He can't very
wfll come back to America with such
'ePt On his 'scutcheon' and then travel
ABOUND here as worlds champion.
.. -
miLL LANG also put II on an Amer
M lean yesterday. He beat Jacl
~ Burns In London. stopping him II
tStlve rounds after knocking him dowr
se1eral lines. But we Won't feel dis
rSrin,Iea ovor ,ha, orh, pu,,s u,.,.
80 oh.m 80. -
N NV !" o'"''
ss's"esn, $1,000 et"een MN ah'
u.ie' jim stewart peat mn mere II
y York without must trouble. Also
ippderstand, before being matched with
lApg he was supposed TO 20 TO Engian,
81 the Australians sparr,ng PARTNER
ed There wasn't much class in that bout
H,,d 20 soc I,r, .,,r,,n, ,..u I,
Ill.,. -,
IT, u or o"e VI !"
~ eN.raoru'hary hsh'eFs l ever ma
Kaufman a hard fight In Philadelphia
akHost knocking his head OF In the sec
otd round. In that round Lang brok
hf, right hand badly. lie fought OF
Though the SIX rounds without CON
ph,ning or disclosing his Injury. an
wtt 50 disInellaed to make excuses tina
NJ .wenI back t. his training camp a
~ III i'o'' '.T seNtiai weeks hobod
", " o,s1. .%"u u ~
~ ,nforrato on cane ' '"'
Hanny Moran. manarer OF Kno,kou
B1wn, chsnced to visit stratford an
SIS LanS's hand In spllnts. Just befor
NoAAO IN hprf4tl I 80 .F,,tn So. q,