The evening world., 1911-07-06

attended the we~ishfng~in ceremony.
As o as that was over started for
the arena at CoIma. The crowd came
so early that Coffroth Was obliged TO
open the doors Of the place nearly three
hours before the time scheduled for the
battle.
Odds on Kefchel Dropped.
The mon entered me ring At about
ESQ p NJ. A. they faced . other
in the ring Papke appeared to be in
the better condition. He Wa we'll
tanned and hadn't an unos Of Super-
fiuous flesh on him. Kstchsrs kin
was dead white BY comparison with the
color OF Papks. n some Of the spec
SAID, however. that ne was In hns con.
dition and the only thing he Wa afraid
Of was that his hands might not hold
out. The odds on Ketchel were AFFECT
ed . little by his apparent lack OF con-
dition. dropping from 10 to 4 to . to J.
Billy Roche was the referee.
Ketchel started things WITH . hard
right to the stomach and . moment
later put another n In the same
his left to Papks's jaw. There vas .
lot Of clinchans and Roche had his own
troubles tn making the men break.
Stanley ended the round WITH = volley
Of hard Swings to the head and body.
II was stanley's round.
The second round was inhshtinS al
most from beginning to end. This wal
supposed to be Pap&e's long suit. but
Ketchel outfought him most Of the
although not any harder.
Nip and Tuck In Early Rounds.
In the third Papke tool Q brace and,
backed up against The ropes. stood
Ketchel OF with vicious swings to the
Jaw and stomach. He drew blood from
! Ketchel's mouth with . r~1ghthande-.
The Illinois boy had the advantage In
this round.
The next inning found Stanley in the
lead again by a slight margin. Both
men were fighting vtciously but neither
one wac able TO put as much force
into his blows as in their previous bat
ties. The men c1inched and Rugged
all over the ring during a good part OF
each round. II was very hot and the
referee was In q dripping perspiration
from his violent efforts to break the
frequent clinches.
After being pushed through the ropes
by Ketche. In the NTH round. Papke
rallied and fought the Michigan boy
10 a standstill.
The heat began TO tell N both men
in the sixth. and they both went 10
the noor together more through ex-
haustion from their efforts than
from the effect Of the blows they re-
ceived. Tho champion did most OF the
forcing.
The seventh and eighth rounds found
the men fighting very hard. but rather
Intellectually. Most Of their swings
wh!stled harmlessly through the air, A
lot more clinching. From the specta'
tors point OF view. no battle wa
rather a tiresome affair.
The ninth found Ketchel At his best
He waded into Papke and landed hare
and often. The Illinois boy bled freely
from tho nose and mouth all through
the round. Stanley tried hard to sw!nS
over tho dreamland punch. but hi
blows either did not have the necessary
steam In them or he was unable Il
land on h right spot He looked muci
tho better.
In the next Papks rallied and sur
prised Stanley with hard punches 4
the head. Ketchel shook them of ar
bored into his enemy. Billy was sooi
in bad condition. and hung on des
perately to save himself. A smashing
left to the Jaw pretty nearly put hin
down. but he managed to weathe
through.
Papke staggered Ketchel in tn,
eleventh round with an awful smasl
on the Jaw. but It had no apparent eff