The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-19

parallels from one end of this con-
tlnent TO the other
| 'It was an American fight of the
both arms free order with the brand
blown in in the bottle. and there were
a great many who thoroughly enjoyed
| it. and a some who probably would
have preferred something different
E'Papke stood up looking inches taller
and many pounds heavier than his
stocky built. broad -barrellcd adversary,
who crouchcd a great deal rs rule
Thompson weighed in the presence
of big group of people at the Stadium
after the struggle, pulled the beam at
lost l3Mlb.
"The weighing was done TO assist
n claim for the middleweight ehampion
ship of the world, but the purpose will
not be served, as during high-tension
| tbino such rs that witnessed last night,
tissue might be shed to the extent of
some pounds-how many none could say
with any confidence.
There was, of course, good deal OF
scufhing. We have grown to look for
that when American boxers are con
/ cerned. but very little holding oc-
currcd All the closeup work was des
perate. and each round finished with
| exciting happenings that wrought the
spectators 70 high pitch, though all
the sympathy was for Thompson, who
not so very long ago used TO be round
" hooted by many of the same peo-
pie, and for no valid reason at all, as
he is one of the fairest fighters we
have seen.
The greater amount Of Thompson S
fighting was directed at the body,
where he did a good deal of harm, and
Papke drove some steam-propelled wal
lops to that section when the oppor
fnn if1- off yybil ln ul
again he would send left and right TO
the head, 70 trouble Johnny as much as
shower of rain harnesses duck, for
that block of Danish American man
continued to come and TO stay and fight
as long as the other fellow stayed; and
when he broke away Thompson would
still pursue, holding his left level with
bent head, while the right was
couched as lance, ready TO be hurled
at any moment.
Papke Out Of Wind.
Had Papke been permitted fair
amount of breathing time, he might
have done better, but Thompson S mis-
sion was to rob him all he could Of
such opportunities
Here and there Papke walked away
side on, or backed round the ring, but,
as rule, the respite was not allowed
TO last long enough TO give him, a
chance to assume the aggressive, or to
accumulate enough power TO steady
that always ys-moving-forward, ironrn-
cased one he had to drive the steam
out of or lose the fight
As one round succeeded another,
prospects of success for Papke became
more remote, till after the fourteenth
or fifteenth, when his only chance OF
victory depended upon whethor he
could land knockout blow, and that
seemed an impossibillty where such 4
person as Thompson was concerned,
though we all know that the toughest
succumbs to the punch ON the point
when it is placed properly. Even old
ironbark Burge went down before Billy
McCarthy's g "La Blanche swings at
Broken Hill many years ago.
Thompson S nose bIed early in the
battle and il bled more freely several
times afterwards. Papke received a
very woighty right on the left eye,
which placed that organ in a very bad
way. while several subsequent blows
on the same spot did not improve mat
ters Indeed. the pain and the swelling
must have affected his fighting a good
deal He was also badly cut about tho
mouth
The verdict for Thompson WIS well
won, and met with great burst OF
applause. albeit some hootlng could be !
heard
Mr.. Snowy Baker, as usual, dis
charged the duties of referee, md w,
f. Kerr was in his special chair as
timekoeper.
Pspke was above himself in bulk, !