The evening world., 1911-07-19
.R.Gr-A
saIy Papks Ready 10 Defend
Me Title Of Worlds Middle.
weight Champion Against All
Corners, Particularly One Cy.
clone Thompson.


weight champion. slipped quietly
into New York yesterday with his
~ifs n boy. n os quietly slipped
out again. hsmsward bound for Ks.
wsasA. M In . few days be will 70.
tura-to hsht
This 10 Papke's nrst vlsit TO Gotham
% . ~orid's champion. Hs has been
hare bsfors-to the discontinue of our
Sost seisot middlsw sights-bnt not a.
Z sea0ine wsArss Of tho middle q, 6 hi
.sit
papks looks Just as much a nghiins
wan a. ever. although when no carries
NJ ION n heir about In his brAwny
uitts . certain air Of domsstcity takes
the place OF the reckless swaGger that
oase marked tho Illinois Cyclone. Hs
10 teAnsd with tho sun OF many coun.
uise and many seas. after elrcling the
wehd In search OF nst!e rivals. He Ia
q little rounder and ehubbisr than Of
yerA but not fat The old fighting
CLEAN 10 In his eye whom he talks abou,
sls eghtA
An I middle " sight champion Of tho
~eSdr" exclaimed Billy. We'll. I
surely an. ana I'll defend my title at
iN 2 pounds rinyside, the recognized
mlddls " eight limit. against anybody In
'he world who thinks he can give me
. hSht for the title. I bar mono The
one gentleman ia like to pick Q bone
with As soon ss possible 10 Cyclone
johnny Thompson. who has been call
nc himself champion. I'd like 10 set.
ia rAO AlspueA aNeh htrp a.- A-u
iats on the others a. fast a. they
soune.
u was middle weight champion whom
poor Kstchei passed In his chips be-
sause ! was the last holder aside from
kstebsl. The title came back to mo. !
nave cinchsd my claim to II by doing
rnsye than q other champion has done
slne6 Tommy Burns. i've circied tho
world and defeated tho best men In
AuptpAliA and England. When I fought
SultvAn. the English champion. In Eng
lsal. h Tight was for tho worlds
cneWpionship. AZ | WAS recognized as
ehsWoion OF America and Of Australia.
m 8 for that Australian trip. Il
WA vasa cork~. A fellow doesn't
know how big the world u un-
~ n crosses the Pacific Ocean. That
irAn Got my goa the first time-weeks
y weeks without sight OF land. and
irom ave or ten miles OF water under
nssth. ] had q fine time. though. and
~ Australia they treated mo mighty
vol One fellow l fought over there
gave me . surprise. l wasn't In good
shept After the voyage. and smith 10 a
~. ranEy fellow with a pretty good
puash. lie could come to mi. country
80 beat . lot OF good men. but ae ism,
nAdleweight. OF course. They called
lin . middlewelght In Austrsli, md
Thought he was n world beater. Ie
woa on q foul the FIRST time. don
ktAk about decisions. He took mo Ly
surprise. ! dldn't expect TO ind such q
gasd man over there. I had an idea
hat eueside OF America all fighters w.r,
-uekers. That was my mistake. smltl
Neiohed i& pounds. and 1 was a l!ttl,
tt Wyself.
~ for Johnny Thompson. under
eslpnAted him aud didn't get INTO shape
was sick with Jaundlee before III,
hsht and should nave waited. but
thauGht ] gould knock him out wlthou
ssy trouble, That match was az catch
wetehts. l scaled iGs pounds and wa
!At and losy. Thompson weighed lSi
50 b. wasn't a mlddlaw eight. Hes
lot hes Wet than most people thlnA. IT
hsrdnr for him to make las than II /
for me. lie got the decision in twent
roauds and at once remembered that
was champion In America and elaine
he championship, II We had fought A
Neigat. % course, he'd have been en-
''tlsd to II. Smith was claiming It, tot
aud the Australians generally recognize
hiM as champion. although he a,
Weigh i6A They thought Smith wa
lnvipeible. Thbmpson tired me or
roughing a. He didn't hurt me. | wa
.prprissd when the referee gave hit
tae decision. ! suppose Il always SUI
prisss a fellow. had the best
Twelve rounds and hurt my hans ~ n
eishth.
AFTER that Thompson iousht smlt
and lost 20 him IN twenty rounds, au
;hsa l fought sn.h again. rA.s TN
was In better shape. kuotkcl hi
down hard In the fr't round and ke.
tushlng him nntl got him an
Anocked h.n cold In the seventh.
sues that settled al questions aboI
tho title In Australia,
Then ! went 10 England and foug
sullivan. Gene CORR REFEREED. spI
vsa "A a clever fellow, and for
While ! couldn't 10 anything with hi
rat all the t.me | knew IA kuock h
out Hike anybody else Il ! COZ
only hit him rlsat T.. Er h
10 the ninth round -Ndlluprd h.n a
pui him out Tor twenty minutes. IA
made me champion 0f the world. ev
ia was only champion OF An,erlea a
australia before, We fought at I
Epgtish weight. 100 pounds, l welsh
IN at iSsis and Saith reached the q
late ano dlda't weigh al AZ. He "
about leo. In England they lad IN ID
,hgt ] weighed about lsO ana could
MAKE 100. but IL MAS easy
vYou can say that I'm going 10 be
real champion" said Billy, reaching
Tho timetable. when | come back
a few days III he ready to meet az
eohy--no m.ddieweight barred. Z
esslsr am from this time on ,
hstter itNl suit me | have a family
!sek cut for now"