The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-23
SAILOR BURKE
 TUNNELS PAPKE
FORMER CHAMPION MAKES soR. RY SHOWING IN SLOW TEN
 ROUND BOUT.
Marquis of Queensbury, Author o Rules, Spectator--Crowd Is
 Disappointed

Billy Papke of Illinois, who claims the middlewcight championship for 10 rounds at the Twentieth Century Ath letic Club tonight.
 It was a disappointing mill to all those patrons of boxing who expected a different showing from the western man and the crowd hissed and booeo continually after the first two rounds. Burke went to his man at every stage of the fight, and while he did not show any scientific work he t0e labored the Illinois pugilist with d will which earned for the Brooklyn | ite hearty round of cheers as he left the ring with scarcely mark on his body.
 Both men fought poorly and Papke seemed either unwilling or unable to live up to what was expected of him.
 Two of the newly appointed state boxing commissioners were near the ringside closely following the move ment of the fighters.
 Papke was the first to enter the ring and was followed a minute later by | Burke. Both men were over the middleweight limit of 165. Among those close to the ringside was the | Marquis of Queensburk who was writ
 ing descriptive story of the fight for New York newspaper. When the crowd recognized the dis | tinguished visitor there were loud cries of speech! speech" but the Marquis stood up and simply bowed his acknowledgement.
 Round l: Burke rushed in and sent left to body and face. Burke landed these blows without return. Papke sent left to the face but did not try hard until Burke hit him a good left stab to the stomach. When the bell rang both started bantering eacn other in the middle of the ring
 Round g. They rushed into a clinch and roughed 1t at close quar- ters. Both played for the body and roughed it on the ropes. Burke had the better of the infighting and sent straight left to the face. Papke was working in short body puncnes and took left and right on the head. Burke's round
 Round 3; Papke rushed in but was met with right uppercut. Burke rushed and Papke slipped to his knees in his own corner. Burke sent right over to the ear, Papke countering lightly Burke set he pace and landed left to the face. He then rushed Papke across the ring. both trying body blows at short range. Papke either was unable or unwilling to make good showing. Burke's round.
 Round 4: Burke sent Papke to the ropes with right and left to head and body. Then they slugged wildly all over the ring. Both were eau. toned for holding and then Papke landed half dozen lefts and rights to the neck and head and right up. percut on the forehead. Burke was bit wild. Papkes round.
 Round 5: They rushed to a clinch and the referee had difficulty in pull Ing them apart. Half arm work to several clinches followed with science cast to the winds. Burke was on top of his man at every stage and the crowd "booed' both contestants Burke's round.
 Round 6: The sailor landed four rights quickly to the head ,pnd body and Papke sent lack two hard lefts to the face with Burke on the ropes They tugged and pushed each other all over the ring, Burke landing one good left hand uppercut to the chin Burke's round.
 Round [: They got together quick. ly and exchanged lefts and rights on the face. Burke shook Papke with a left hook on the jaw. Papke sent a straight lett to the face but Burke went back with right to body and left to mouth. Papkes left eye was in trouble at -he bell 5urke's round Round 8: Papke missed a right swing for the head and after a clinch there was hot exchange at close quarters. Burke tnen went after hls man and sent rights and lefts to the body and face with Papke on the ropes covering up They were clinch. ed in Papke's corner at the bell. Burke's round.
 Round 9: Papke cut loose wifi fright and left hooks and uppercuts Burke sending two lefts to fac. lClineh followed clinch without z clean blow being struck and the ref
 cree was kept busy separating tn,
 men. They were clinchcd at tn, 1s-II I |