The sun., 1910-12-28
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
mas PaPkE IOST THI uiDDfF-
UEIGHT THtWPIDN SHIP"
Open Question Hrrr whether hr HAD =
Rixht Z" Defend the Title In the fiShi
with smith IN australia Refusal To
Meet sam Lang ord n Ease in Point.

middleN eight championship title. which
he assumed at tn. death of STANLEY krtchsl
Papke proclaimed himself champion before
he entered the ring With Dave smith At
Sydney. y y W, on Monday and agreed
to let the title 20 with the result smith
won on foul in tn" tenth round and thereby
captured Papke- assumed tItl" But u
10 an open question IN 'hl- country vh"th"r
Papke had right tn '."irnd N" world
middrwetght championship. and r'ns
records arr. used a. proof THAI h" has h..H
INN sslucradinG On tho UihCr side ni 'ur
globe
Papke. II = true. stopped k"r"h.l once
but he wh- also kunCked "ui IN eleven
rol nds and twice h"a'ru nn points, one"
In ten and arain ia twenty rounds hy IA"
late middlew "IRht champion There vI~
no doubt A. Ia th. mastery uf kr'rhcl
He had the Indian sign on Fapk" and was
universally regarded a. a greater fighter
In every particular Rut after k"tchel =
six round bout with sam I.angford IN Phil
adelphia IL was generally conceded 10y
ring sharps that Langford IN a longer hGh,
would surely haN" won. In fact ketchel
was broadly accused ~ -dcstrppinc Lang
ford after that. and h-cau... cf such action
Iangfords prove>s Increased Further
more Papks absolutely refused to neh,
1ansford a. l5> pounds rinRsid-. giving
as an excu-. that h. had drawn IN. color
line.
When Ketch-l died I.angford claimed
the miidlswstgh' title and announced
that he would maze I5> pounds for any
man in the world ~ both ketch.I and
Papke had refused 20 fight him i.an.ford's
claim under the rules. was pronounced
reasonable hy many sporting critics who
still believe thar tho Boston Tar Bahv i
the best pugiis' AT middl.v-Ight ia the
ring to-day. But eliminating I.anrford
for tn. sake OF argument. n may -" SAID
that Papk. has never been regarded ~
Boston. frank Klaus ot pit'~hurg. Hugo
Kelly of chicago and other white middle
weights. sullivan. who - probably the
best OF this lot aa~ been unable "a secure
q match with papae. although rrady -
meet him a. any INN" klIu- wear AK"
stood Papke oN IN a rough ~ round bout
in Pittshurg. while two wears ago Kelly
fought twenty-five rounds 10 "A draw with
Papke AT Vernon. col although several
months later Papke knock.d him out tn
punch AZ ,olma In view of this coniro-
versy " II asserted by American sporting
men. therefore. that Papke no- the
recognized middew",Ght champion ot tn.
world or OF America when he got into tn.
ring with Smith
There j. no do ,b' that SrIrh Will he
hernlded IN Australia n the world : nsi,idia-
fuses To fight him AGAIN smith NAV hs IN y
duced 10 visit England later TO measure
skill with lin sullivan. "a" new British
middle eight chmlpon unless M" latter
b. beaten hy Marry LOWS OF nv pauk-
who may arriV" III !. Idnn before smith. .
IL the Australian comes 10 America hr VIII
find plenty ot 'h1lI"nccr- including Gang
ford and. Tor th1t matter. Hngford may
{ amp on his trail N London or Pnrl- before
that tim" II l- a - prohahI" that Lang
ford when y" 'Tp--"- ~" NtiHu'n. rarIf
next wear Mil make parh" fight or crawl
when the'la'irr chow up in ''r"a' Britain Z
Hugh Mcintosh has cahlei to A kauC-
man advising him To come To England a.
soon pos-Ini- ~ s.ht BIII Lang tho
Australian h"a' weight champion vino .
made chnrplng block of Snnuu- lack
Burns IA London Nondav Kaufman. y =
understood. informed Mcintosh some time
ago that he Ms InNsui- tu mr,.f the winner
OF the Lang Burn hnr'.r M,Iuro.h be-
heye- that twenty round night be- a a.,r
Kaufman md Lang MI. d"y".oT, = -utrahl"
opponan' Tor Jack Johnson amt lI- ,l',"
despatch T." th" hrE tHhfoTn an VIII doubt
less bear irIit hautmpn. NJ WIli ~" rrcaIIei
outpolntci Ian: m a -N round hout IN
last September H'' ~" N.,-
traliau hrok" his hand and sny" flui ~
a reason Tor M poor ~hoNIu- huuiman.
however drew tie. CONCLUSION that Ia
could whip Ian: d"'l-.Nal' "a - .uuE .:ht.
and by accomplishing -ti'h a fr1r h" could
then ne ~ u position n demand o. 'sh' vlrh
John on N"iUro~h - read" tp ran. up
q hug pur-" TOR - lnhu-on- kauitpan bout.
provided 81 '"Hr-" tha' kaufman defeats
Lang and IN order TO- tore" johnson mo
The rtng h.. = prepared 70 hand over hrx
bonus 10 fhe negro "hamurou kaufman I.
already ha- "ha--nE"d Johnson h4' ha
hoe~n- expect to meet the latter before
the end "t -tN uous ~ -" "nrue~r %
that he ha- plenty of Time "a show English
men g hat N" '1u do WITH Lang
The Tact that lsu- ""uIdn'' rnocg oar
lack burns IN tN"i'" I"uni- - regarded
ssaN yweiRh' : NOT . 'if-''.fi,- man Rurn-
~ believed. would rot -'Ind = ghost ot
chance I" r"nialn "u ~ '""t more than
'wo or ihr"" rounds. #! rrIf long. IN -,ftr
xiih either johnson uT l.auglOri While
'e world prov" Al. "a mar, for linn Barry
Ind Ionv Ross Whp i".ttui ~: "rrht round
Iraw ~ Memphis .'Drrilr uI.Ir Du 49,
sind OF ipp" Buns would b.. = punching
IaF f,r karfuan pho urnhIIi, ,.,.iI
WI him away ~ les than ton round. An.
sid NOT tmrr'-- fIns f"lIu"Cr- hog" n
IN eAh'h'lnn 81 hlEh ',I-- I.Ugil.-ul Ilo
iin"n ~ NH-'ThHh NI- not in ul- i1t".. 4
nr Burns at hl- he'' WH- nothing ruur"
VI, ln'n-h. 10, 'n- -.v ha. r.,olt,ror
yed hgh'ins ~ i"u'lnn hy hanging ~, la-g" ,
'nrs"s and holding hours ia - nn,idtn4
there im'uru~" crowd an soc N" ring I
rhc \atI"n Sr"rtlus Clur. .nlnrrng i f.
monopoly hi'h"rto. I~ uua'l" =, .nrrpat. ,
rith III" iu-tralIim promoter who viii
'rohhhlv stage a., 90 'n" tty mat, hes ~ :
uturc
By arCrpunr ~. Mcintosh DT"- oi a p
1S.rp" pur-" - fEht n i.outrn 1wru Moran ,
as placed NJ N"iER-' 30 1u 'rId .ir.'f..t. 4,
neni N"lgH~t u -. want 10 ~, ,,,u. \
iu-lon- with Moran. can rn-r-f up1u ,
nnfl - per cent. DIVISION "t tine rrlr-a I
nd "an tai" down mora than So urt II I
a wins Moran l. = her" m Great Britain
eCatI-e "i ht- signal vi"rDrF ..r. nelson
nd natTtI'l" wants &" meet N"lul-t there.
|uf b" - equally an uNi"lI- '< 'gp' t.,, light
'eIght "hImpl"n ~ 'hf- country and -,,- &,
b. uu =" N"lgH-' :" -IEu tr' los ~ r..hi ,
'ithiU ninrty Itr~ ~ present Wulga-, "
ags h" sill not accept the Mcintosh u~c- n
Dles- Do. receives e.. .,H-' q.
Nor" than -..rpj Trr-Du- ATTENDED, ,,.. .
aces Ht hIh'n-G. nt,-Uf., lie, J.,rr. :
nd Pensacola ou Nnu'a, N.1N ~. %, u
sptioD pi I"u-H"uih 'ts.-,. 'r.t'..l Ar, ill q,
isking H"H.N faI- winter Ir" .,i'rnI =.
nee ~ JIHf"f and r.tIauI hr- ,.,,,.i.p n
hat oi y wear AZ" and 49," end r- nu' l.' =,
lore than >1i-uH viii 'r 10 no" hnf-.,u.u
acing ~ m" winter 'rt'a- While frrr.. +,
re- comparatively lev bp0. utpl .r- punf ii
lg pri'e- Ht the I"If l"ur-..- - t. -iId th,y 4
Irine-- - over" h"lUrrg Gamblers nv ~
Ie UrIlTDpuI- r'"F' v hDr,. lr, u'I.uyIur- ,,
sDew'd PROSPERITY and iulf fiir.r.4t ,u r.,
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