Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1908 — KETCHELL CHAMPION AGAIN [ARTICLE]

KETCHELL CHAMPION AGAIN

Papke Knocked Out in the Eleventh —Spectator Drops Dead at the Ringside. San Francisco, Nov. 27.—There was a tragical Incident at the ringside in the Arena here when Ketchell delivered the blow that wrested championship honors from Papke. Martin Carter, proprietor of the famous Metwood farm, near Lexington, a horse breeding farm, dropped dead from excitement. In the fight Stanley Ketchell, of Grand Rapids, Mich., showed that Billy Papke, the Illinois "thunderbolt," was simply not in It. From start to finish Ketchell showed himself the best. In the ninth round Papke was practically all in, and in the tenth he twice ran from his opponent. In the eleventh, after being knocked flat he got to his feet only to be driven to his hands and knees with rapid blows to the head. In this position he was counted out He is not satisfied, he says, and wants a return match which Ketchell says he can have "under proper conditions.”