The evening world., 1911-02-15
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Australian Trip Of the American
Fighters Brings Out Some Sc.
crets Regarding Weights Of
Bill Papke, Cyclone Thompson
and Jimmy CIabby.
Copyright, 1911, BY The Prss Publishing %.
rThe New York World.

Aiht 'ofh VViui ]
THAT Australian trip OF Papke.
Cyclone Johnny Thompson, Bron.
son n Cabby Is bringing out
some secrets.
Down there In Australia they have
been Weighing the fighters In the ring.
The result will be a surprise TO some
q the American followers OF the game
who held to certain beliefs regarding
Thompson and Papke.
When Papke fought Smith. the Aus
~irslian. both men weighed II stone
il pounds. or i& pounds. ringside.
And hat was the lowest weight Papkc
could make.
Cyclone Johnny Thompson has com
ing lightweight champion printed on
bis letter heads. Johnny has been get
ting away with the lightweight blum
In America. But In Australia, with
that pair OF scales In the ring-weii.
read this quotation from "~Fairpiay."
printed in Sydney:
1T was Thompeon's blum thai he
would bet fieo that he wasn't over 10
stone 2 pounds Q42 pounds) the night
he fought Unholz. lie must have been
nearer twelve d6s pounds) that Journey,
FOR he was fat as 4 prize hog. satur-
Day night he was hard as nails.
ehegan was nrst on the scales. lie
weighed . o % pounds d35A
pounds. Thompson q IL stone
pounds . OF. Q6l pounds 2 oz.). The
1.-the little Melbournite val W against
. worid-beater heavyweight, for Thomp-
son was three pounds over the middle
weight limit. He paid his forfeit of
$50"
@YCLONE Johnny Thompson weighs.
when hard As nails ISL pounds!
Oh those Illinois l~iEhtweightsl
Now We can understand how ohnny
came to give Papke q beating In twenty
rounds. He'll beat . lot of other mid
dlewsightA. too.
In site OF the detection of Johnny's
real weight. he has mad a tremendous
hit in Australia, where they regard
him as one Of the greatest. cleverest
game. and ever talk about wishing to
see him fight Jack Johnson. They my
no punch can hurt Thompson. n call
attention to tho fact that he Is three
pounds heavier than was Bot Fitz-
simmons when he whipped Jim Corbett
at Carson.
vNDER the heading. Wonderful
Jimmy Cisbby." Fairplay says;
Jimmy Clabby. the most brill
liant boxer OF modern days. a natural
born nghting machine. with all the ex-
~perience OF the ages packed into that
bright. laughing noddls OF his. met
Mark Higgins, q famous welter as far
as fame goes In these times In Aus
trai.a.
''On the scales C1abby wa 10 ct. i0t
lbs. u5ax lbs) and Higgins 10 81. 10
Both were middieweights-only they
didn't know It."
gins in the eighth. 'Fairplay" devote
a few remarks to Clabby:
Higgins is a good scrapper. but III
was up against the greatest Twins
boxer and probably the most terrible
t~wo-handed punisher alive to-day. Clab
By has the skill Of a Critic and a mill
ion times his Furnishing power. n It 1
my firm opinion that we haven't a ma
OF any weight in Australia Mt to com
De with this most remarkable youn,
fellow"
- APKE didn't make . hit In Aus
tralis. According to the printe
accounts OF his fight with Smlt
he wasn't sick at all. but was fat an
o~verconident. Cmith and Papke eac
weighed II ST. II ds5 pounds) ring sid
From the start OF the night Smith ga,
Papke a avage beating. outclassin
him all the way. Papke o a lot
punishment without giving much In n
turn. Smith dancing about and east
avoiding his PUSHES. In the tenth roun
TO quote. "Papke was all to the ba
but rushed again and ran into a TO
hado OF wallops. Papke rolled aloi
the. ropes and looked dazed, but cho
ped over a right TO the ear. and Smit
stepping in. stabbed him with great for
on the mark tstomach), a tender sp
with him. Papke. crouching low. ripp
NJ right and left. The left landed inch
below the belt, while the right hurtl
I'd fairly between the thighs. With
scream like that OF a wounded hor
smith fell TO his face, rolled over a