Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1909 — KETCHEL BROKE ARM ON PAPKE [ARTICLE]

KETCHEL BROKE ARM ON PAPKE

“The Assassin” Retains Title In Twenty Rounds. GETS VICTORY ON POINTS Michigan Boxer, According to Referee Roche, Was After the Illinois Thunderbolt All the Time and Scored the Beat Blows—Ruling Is Jeered by Bome of the Spectators Grand Rapids Man Also Hurt One of His Thumbs. Colrna, Cal., July 6.—Stanley Ketchel of Michigan is still the world’s mid dleweight champion. In a desperate, gruelling battle, during which the Champion was constantly on the aggressive. he was awarded the decision over Billy Papke of Illinois at the end of the scheduled twenty rounds. Ketchel broke his right hand in the sixth round. His left thumb also was dislocated. The decision of the referee was greeted with a mixture of cheers and hoots. Referee “Billy” Roche said: “Ketchel was the aggressor at all times. He landed the cleaner and harder punches and scored the only knockdown —in the tenth round—although nearly everybody seems to think that Papke had slipped to the floor.” “The Assassin,” as Ketchel has been christened by ring followers, bade fair literally to live up to this name. He forced the fighting from the tap of the initial gong and, with the exception of the third, enjoyed a clear lead in the first half of the battle. In the eleventh Ketchel landed time and again with ponderous lefts but could not find a vital place.