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KETGHELL'S STAR
ASCENDENCY
Defeat of Papke Probably
Means Another and
Longer Fight,
NELSON AFTER GOOD PURSE
Dane Wants a Stake on AYlilch to
Wed Some Recollections of Bob
Fitislmmons Predictions
1 and Their Fulfillment.
BY WIL,t, O. MAC RAK.
Stanley Ketchell's defeat of Billy
Papke must have made those fight fans
around Chicago' and Milwaukee sit up
and take notice. .Papke was looked upon
by the Eastern contingent as a world
beater, and until Ketchell trimmed Jack
(Twin) Sullivan and made him like it,
they were of the opinion that the Mon
tana lad wasn't much better than a Rood
eecond rater. His decisive defeat of Sul
livan boomed his stock, yet many of the
ghrewd ones thought Ketchell cut out in
a special pattern for Papke. Papke
shared this notion, but the way Ketchell
sailed Into him must by this time have
made Papke reverse his ideas.
In reading the fight by rounds the
work must have been done by a Papke
enthusiast it is hard to see where the
referee based his decision in favor of
Ketchell. If the battle by rounds was
correctly reported, the mill was a draw.
I am rather of the opinion . that what the
referee saw was the correct dope and
that Ketchell was entitled to the honors.
It is evident that Ketchell tried to knock
Papke out, for he was on top of his man
all the time. He is not used to this ten
round battling, and his hurry to make
Papke take the count accounts in a meas
ure for his wildness. Of course the bat
tle means but one thing, a return match
on a longer route. Jimmy CoffroLh, the
best fight promoter in the business, was
at the ringside, and it will not be sur
prising to hear that he has matched
Ketchell an'd Papke for a fight in San
Francisco some time after the Gans
Nelson fight.
Needs Money to Settle Down.
Speaking of Nelson brings us back to
the Dane. After his theatrical engage
ment here he will go to San Francisco
and begin training for his light. Of
course it Is not more than natural that
the Battler should say he expected to
whip Cans. The Dane may believe this,
but it strikes me that with Nelson it Is
more of a hope than an expectation. Nel
son Is nobody's fool. He is fully aware
of the fact that a fight with Cans means
more money than a dozen tights Willi
second raters. Bat just now has the mar
rying notion, and. win. lose or draw, his
share of the gate will be a nice bit of
money on which to get married and set
tle down. He hasn't spent all the money
he has made In the ring, although Billy
Nolan managed to get away with a lot
of It. Some of the money the Battier
has Invested In a home for his parents
and some of It he has spent on a ranch.
This added to what he will get when he
meets Cans will furnish him with a nice
stake.
Fight fans when they hear the Battler
say that he Will whip Gans at their next
meeting smile and don't believe him, but
when they hear Bob Fitzsimmons croak
about whipping Ketchell in four rounds
they feel sorry for the old fellow and
wonder whether he has reached the fool
ish stage, or whether he is talking for
advertising. In charity let's call it press
agent dope. In his day Fitzsim
mons was a great fighter. He did
everything that was demanded of him
in a fighting way and stayed at
the top of the heavy weights until
Jim Jeffries disposed of him. Like
every fighter, with the exception of John
L. Sullivan, Fitz has been clamoring for
another fight, claiming always that, bar
ring Jeffries, he was still the big chief.
Lots of us believed this until he fought
Jack O'Brien, and then, when we saw his
showing before the shifty, faking Phila
delphian, we had to change our mind
about his coming back.
The Stinging of Fitz,
I saw the fight went all the way from
Portland to San Francisco for that sole
purpose. ' I wanted to see the grand old
man give Jack, The Confessor, a beating
that would make him be good; but it
simply wasn't In the old fellow. Just at
that time. It is true, Fitz had his troubles,
but he was stung often enough to have
made him forget everything and every
body, yet there wasn't much fight In him
at any time. He claimed that he was
jobbed, or at least some of the news
papers printed interviews with him say
ing that he said so. He said the same
thing when Jeffries beat him. only that
time, if memory serves, he claimed to
have been doped. Perhaps, if Fitzsim
mons will recall, he was playing in To
ledo, O., when he sent out his broadside
challenge that got him his fight with
Jeffries. I sent the challenge out over
the Associated Press, and in addition to
the challenge, there was lots of abuse
for O'P.ourke. Fitz was told at the time
that in Jeff he was meeting a left-handed
fighter, the first he had ever met since
he became champion, who had a punch
that could kill an ox.
This kind of talk didn't worry Fitz,
so the fight was made. It was a great
battle, just as the Jeffries-Fitzsimmons
second meeting was. but in both Instances
the big ex-boilermaker turned up the
winner.
Fitz's ring career has ' been free of
scandals and to his credit let it be said
that .he always fought on the square.
Fire Starts Panic In Hotel.
NEW YORK, June 6. Alarmed by
the clanging of fire bells and the
smoke which poured into the windows,
more than 100 guests of the Hotel Al
bert, at Eleventh street and University
Place, were routed from their beds
early today. Scantily attired, many
of them rushed down the stairs, carry
ing their clothing, suit cases, and
trunks, only to be assured in the office
that the fire was in a building next
door, and that there was no danger.
The blaze, which started in the factory
of Carl Feinstein, was extinguished
with si loss of JF.nno.
US SHOW HIGH VALUE
WASHOCGAIi MINES PROVED TO
BE RICH.
Assayer Submits Rock to Tests That
Establish Its Value at
$116 Per Ton.
Development Is progressing so fa
vorably at the mines of the Washougal
Gold & Copper Mining Company, with
properties in Skamania County, Wash
ington, that every effort is being made
by the president, Frank A. Mabee, to
install the water power plant and
smelter early this Summer. Machinery
for the reduction plant is now being
hauled in from Cape Horn, and the
water power plant is being set up at
the mine. .
President Mabee was asked this
week for permission to look over the
property by a party of German capital
ists, who will start from their homes
in Europe this month t,o Inspect the
mine. They will bring a mining expert
with them, showing their interest in
the mineral deposits in that section.
They desire to look into the Washougal
properties, particularly because of the
fact that they own claims a ehort dis
tance further back In the mountains
and they are anxious to see what the
ore looks like so far in as the "Wash
ougal tunnels have been driven. They
are expected to reach Portland and go
over the property within the next five
weeks.
The assay office on the property has
been set up and is in good running
order. President Mabee, who hae just
returned to Portland from a trip into
the mines, brought out a report by the
assayer at the property, F. W. Harper,
which shows that a picked sample as
sayed values amounting to $116.80 a
ton. The assayer's figures show one
ounce 'of gold, 19.15 ounces of silver
and 33.32 per cent of copper. Mr. Har
per reports that the sample assayed is
that variety of copper ore known as
bornlte, or copper sulphide.
President Mabee brought In with him
a quantity of samples of this ore and
he has it at his office. Room 4, Cham
bers building. Third and Alder streets,
where anyone who desires may look at
the rock.
He is very much encouraged over the
progress of the development work and
expects to have the reduction plant
running within a short time, when the
ore will be smelted into a matte and
hauled to Cape Horn, where it will be
loaded on either train or boat and car
ried to market. President Mabee has
always been certain of the future of
the property ever since he located the
copper ledges years ago and began
their development.
. Gladstone Fire Loss $150,000.
SILVERTON. Colo.. June 6. Fire last
night destroyed all of the buildings of tire neighborhood, and the men sleep
the gold mine at Gladstone, nine,' miles lng in the bunkhouses. The machin
from here, causing a loss of $50,000, ery was disarranged by the fire and
and endangering the lives of the en- I hpat, and the air fans put out of com
mission. All of the men were rescued,
however, and the only accident oc
curred to Henry Sanger, who was per
haps fatally hurt, by jumping from the
second -story fo the bunkhouse. The
fire originated in the terminal house
of the mine, and is attributed to incen
diarism. .
CLAREMONT
TAVERN
A charming place to
spend the evening. All
-tne delicacies of the
season, prepared by a
chef "who knows how."
Excellent serv ice.
Reached by a delightful auto
ride of seven miles, or, if
you prefer, by Astoria trains.
After being badly wrecked in the accident at Gresham Tuesday
evening, in which our driver, Wm. Folberth, was injured, the little
OLDSMOEILE ROADSTEE
After being hurriedly patched up, was entered in the
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And, although in no condition to enter such a contest, came very
close to carrying off the cup, beating every car entered in its class
as well as all the high-powered, high-priced cars. In the hurry to
get the little OLDSMOBILE in shape to enter at all, we did not
have time to supply the car with a gasoline tank of sufficient
capacity for this race, and consequently lost six minutes taking
on gasoline in the fourth lap.
Much time was lost in the fifth and sixth laps in an .endeavor
to fasten on the gasoline tank, which had broken loose from its
fastenings.
Notwithstanding these handicaps, the OLDSMOBILE
showed its heels to every car in the race, and was only put out of
commission in the last lap on account of the gasoline supply pipe
breaking.
This performance should put at rest the oft-repeated story
of some of our friends (?) that "the Oldsmobile is a pile of junk."
The car went into this race in a badly-crippled condition, and
without a fan; yet had absolutely no engine trouble.
The car was driven by Mr. H. O. Harrison (the Los" Angeles
agent for the Olds), who kindly volunteered to drive the car.
A CARLOAD OF OLDSMOBILES RECEIVED SATURDAY
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