Show 1 BILLY KNOCKED OUT f m m. m V t I I BY KETCHEL KEICHEl IN ELEVENTH Illinois Thunderbolt Who Showed That He Was Not a Thunderbolt Thunderbolt Thunderbolt at All Might Have Continued Fight for a Time if He Had So Desired or Had Not Wot Become Confused in Regard to the Counting BY W W. Av- Av f San Ean Francisco Nov According G-Accor G According t tho rules fl or of the prize ring I will rec fe edit credit of ut knocking r r. out oin Bill Billy ly In ln the eleventh round F ot of fight nt LU Coffroth's hr C how vcr was merel merely knoek 1 out ot of tIme and might have o continued IL jt little longer longcr er If ho had so 80 o de o 0 nail had not become confused In regard t to tho the counting counting- a Jan had been Loen sent nt to th the floor floo t twice and upon the tho second occasion h ho rosted on one ono hand and one knee ant find and lo looked up at Welsh In a n. hate half dazed wa way He was vas tun stung to tho the quick b by the tho fierce smashes he had hall received from the lie Michigan an wonder but It H look 1001 looked ed el as though his Intelligence was In Intact in- in tact enough h to Impress him with the fact that tho seconds s were being tolled toilet V oil ott In Iii a n. loud voiced wa way b by th the e veteran timekeeper George welsh was merely keeping time lime wIth Ills 1118 hand to g shouting shouting- In l Fight Eight nine ten and an then eleven cleven yelled Harting throwing In an extra second for good measure but still til the Illinois thunderbolt knelt and gazed at nt Welsh In a dreamy dream manner I Keichel was standing close b by and Welsh 1 gave g him a slap upon the shoulder I d dir der r. r V saving BayInG at nt the same samo time Yon Yot ou win Then pk of ot Illinois arol arose e ennd I Iwin and looked at Welsh reproachfully n as aM thou though h to say l How lIow could you OU do It If IfJu Hr Ju Just t what Influenced to remain down Is best known to himself for It ItIs ItIs Is IB possible that the conductors upon the street cars passing heard cou counting it t I n g. g Those who saw the fI fight ht came caine away V wondering how on r arth earth did for Cor I Ketchel etchel so 50 completely at Los An- An Scle The Illinois man certainly showed none of ot his lt attributes al- al tributes at an any stage t Tho Time best up-st that can Van an be said of ot him on showing showing- is la Hi that t ho J possesses a fair de degree rec of or the tho endurance that has hils mado nado hat Bat Nelson famous He lie can stand a lot of battering bat bat- t but scarcely with the same fortitude for tor as th the Dane He lIe was plainly discouraged several times during the fI ugh fight 1 t. t V I Jin In Thc only round In which flattered tho tue hopes of ot his backers for fora a brief brier time was as In the time ninth Ketchel J had d be been n crowding him hini from froni corner to corner and bending bending- him across the time ropes At t one point Ketchel was lean lean- ing- ing Jn ingon on his opponent at the confines nes of br the thc ring ring- and digging the left Into the ml n. n b bj a 8 quick move moe pulled pulle clear and Jumped to He lie threw himself Into fighting fig position and as ns Ketchel etchel went at him let lel go a II curving right for Cor the face It caught e. Ketchel Netchel upon the nose and was certainly the hardest punch tho the Michigander re received ro- ro calved up to that thal time The Time blood spread upon Ketchel's n c and gust gust- t 1 I i ened In fn the tIme sun es e's friends cheered It looked liko tho the blow blou with which had blinded Ketchel at Los Angeles ng and may 1113 be It would have had an nn equally I dire lUre e effect ct It if It had taken the Michigan Michi gan lighter fighter a round or s so o earlier But Hut rallied ho Imo wn was neither i dazed nor daunted He tore at time the thunderbolt flinging tho red IC drops i from face us he went wont und and ho hio let V right hAndel fort for tho wIcket wicked goa gO goa f a hUd l- l blow bIo wag waff almost sp spOut spent nt before be bo- 1 fore roro it reached os o's jaw but at nt 1 that It t was bard hard enough no to turn tho thunderbolt to the rl right ht about aboul while making an effort to get out of ot range ange o of another mother such euch clout tripped and amid fell tell When hen ho arose Ketchel 1 pressed lessed in and hammered him with both hands ami auth t at no time after that did tid o display la a n. glimmer of ot winning win win- ning form forn Open n Ii With Ula II U. They rJ rimey C opened the eleventh cle with a u. adinah clinch dinah and anti just as soon suon as Welsh could I part art them therm they went Into to another clinch Each of them made a brave broc V attempt to find use ue for a fr tree free o arm while swaying about and amid rr from tho the wa way they fumbled it could coul be ue seen Ioen that neither man mall was as Yer very strong 1 JJ Lari Ketchel who ho was ah- ah always ahas as a's the thc busl busier l' l got ot to work soon after atter the break brcak and piled plIed on the ropo with nith a succession of ot body blows held hellI for fo doar dour life and then swung around alO an and tried to make his hit escape As s h lie he was 1 breaking away shuffled shuffle I his feet teet and let fly a full fun range blo blow shift I It with the left left left-a a kind of half haIr toot tool Popke on tho timo point of the chin sandIng landing wIth a sound and the thc t er- er bolts bolt's hen head bumped the tip floor He lie lay then for fOl a a. few rew seconds with his bis head iP-I iP ed and the look of ot a loser In his struggled to rise nee and reach reached Il whore where he rested on his position knees This was wac the timi that It looked and appeared rattled SOl Joi a Il second as If It hi- hi would tho the thoIS S I ht upon the lIng man mans man's s cl cheek check ek and ad c h pushed him away stayed down the limit It i Is 15 said in- in of icod coli tJ t according to the tho lapse out but In tho the confusion con- con Time 1111 ho lie was vas really reaD fusion ho he got sot to his feet and aDd tho the lIght went on I KO was past tho danger anser point now that Is Is so BO far as the tho chance chanc of oC I with winning went lie He backed away awny bent nearly double Ketchel with as toward tho ropes ropo l l him him assortment of or punches as us varied d an a man Dlan in a wore ever e Inflicted by br I prize c ring Consume I took botu which U Uppercuts JC and the thc elbows were cre I in him the che chest chett l upon served out In bewildering succession bruis- bruis twice tho the Michigan or mid aud once down on poor pOOl a I bent beit f ur r came blacksmith on an ami a anvil II I b back ck like 0 a In Inthe hook caught One Ow ale a while he lie was pinioned stomach I the and then his guard ropes against I Ithe of ot of reeled 1 to the center H lit Ilu head unprotected the inc rin ring i and his under a fuell- fuell isido to side front tO tossed bell rom Ildo mile lade ot of smashes One ot of these punch 8 ue be hard to tell would tel and IL I with a lert or a rl right ht him it vas ler wal wih again Ito gathered himself him him- to the floor 10 could caul and self together as wel as h he light wore WOle the ot of the sconeS te d as s to together Hound Hound Timey 1 I came Cime cIO cioS Th They l Y clinch and began an slug II and c got In a rl right ht up- up Quickly Jot again Tho They a face on l pUt ut lU In loft and tIme the 01 ace and liin to In a left acel I left Idt hook put Ice n a rl right ht on the tho tern tm- hard Id a 1 ald lenD lefts on the In two Ille got ol with the tho thorl face rind clinched and swayed They rl right ht striking a ring without u the tho around rine hook on e Ketchel got ot In got a 1 ot left leC In hard h left ft and the tle j. j stomach and face face ks to the his corner cornel and covered luCs Into UI let IN fly with a I rl right ht It I was S a 3 glancing blow and they flinched shot In a a left lee to o tho the ribs bs put ut In imi a a straight loll loft to the mouth an and Ketchem brought ht I I blood blod from rom rein the nose with wih a left coun- coun I ter tel otchel K hurt with leUI left leU I aid right richt bot body blows forcing him to I l the ropes drew away from a aright aright right and landed a hard right ht to the mouth put In a left body od blow and amid they clinched Hoteliers defenso defense was waR poor Round Bound S lo 3 Both S-Both Both h men sparred C carefully care care- lO full fully landing on the stomach With a a J left tt and the they clinched Each Dach landed lefts to the face lace Ketchel ked ba ed his man to tIme tho ropes with wih body blows blow and and then went ent into a clinch shot eliot In short rl rights rightson hh on the time stomach while hold holding In got ot In a light left to the face on the break Billy Bly got ot In a left lef Jolt JOI on the tho Jaw law and then came another clinch sung vung a a. a left len on the tho check cheek utter lifter the the break Ketchel swung a aright aright arl rl right ht on time tIle jaw and came camo back backwith backwith with wih left ler and right on tho face Round Roun 4 Ketchel 4 was tas there with a straight ht left lef but missed with wih right swing The They clinch Jabbed a left ler to the stomach Ketchel swung swung right to the time Jaw swung with right to tho Jaw Ketchel swung with witha wih a n. ring ring swing and Palo sent left ler to I time the chin Th Tile They clinched and Ketchel put a straight left lef on neck Ketchel worked a n corner cornel and ripped the left let Into the tIme bo body y three times shot in iii two VO straight lefts at the bolt bel etch l 1 lit tn the lie I Lead a Round Round C 5 got ot In left to the check cheel and another left heft to the tom tom- ach aeh threw a left ler into tho the samo sarno place ulace and ant they clinch Ketchel drove through the ropes with wih a right ht righton on the jaw The They slugged ger and clinched mouth bled from Ketches Ketchel s left lef Jolts got In short ri right ht on the stomach When the broke Ketchel ml missed el right swing I He lie put in a right on the time bo body y am and another right ht on the jaw just boror the ho round en ended ed Ketchel is Js In tho lead ead at this stage Round 6 They 6 They went Into Ino a clinch chinch The They fumbled mid and broke drove In n a left ler on the time face K l 1 worked a l loft lef bod body punch causing to bend end Each mans man's nose Is I bleeding freely Ketchel kept forcing to o tho the ropes lopes and Papi-co Papi was Inclined to clinch Ketchel got ot with wih a swinging singing right ht on the ear and roun round clinched It I was easl easily Round 7 7 was there first with witha a right to the tho chin Ketchel missed with wih the right but cuu caught ht with two wo lofts Jofs and clinched Both men used arm short Jolts while holding There was a deal of clinching Ketchel I sent rolling with wih a hard right on oil n the ja Jaw Ketchel's round round V V Iu pk Hlo It Ith I Round round S S They They went Into a clinch and Ketchel touched his man on the tie neck with a left heft landed with a alett left lett but his blows were light There Thero was as lots Jots of oC clinching 1 Ketchel swung a stiff right on the face but did not wince Tile The They clinched and broko broke and drove a right Into the bod body He lie took bolt a rJ right ht on the tho face race faceIn In turn J met with wih two to c rights under n time tho h heart Ho lie b k J to the l' l ropes es and drove both gloves Klo cs pp into the bod body Hound Round 9 They 9 They went into a 0 clinch and Ketchel drummed with hits his right righton on 01 face Palce got ot In left leCt and right on tho the face and Ketchel rammed both gloves glo Into tho the stomach They clinched and Ketchel got In a 0 left let up- up Ketchel sent sant to the rop ropes and punched him in the bo bohen body When hen thc they drew clear brought a stream tream of or blood lood from tho the nose with wih a ahara ahard hard hara harl right Ketchel came back with a swinging Ing right on thu the Jaw and w while trying to recover tripped an and lolL folL I Round Pound 10 10 They They drew In close coso Ket- Ket met with wih left lert on the face tace that brou brought ht blood Tho They clinched an and Ketchel worked a left leH uppercut uppercut Welsh broke them thEm an and Pale tried rl rightS right ht Ketchel S wings swings without landing landed a right swing Ketchel Hetchel led lcd with witha a left leU to the tho stomach and went to to the tho ropes rope ropes The They clinched and Ketchel Ret Ket chel poked pelted at nt the bod body with the left let Tho They both fought at ot the bod body for an ope opening ala Counted Out One Round round 11 They il-They Thoy l-Thoy They went ent to a 0 clinch and were separated Another noth r clinch re reI resulted re- re I suIted null and each struggled le to gain ni nn anI I arm When rhen they broko both oth mci fumbled as they broke got a aloft aloft 0 I him hirn the loft lel on un tho the jaw which sent to foor flour floor Ho lie lc took tho the full ful count and when ho he arose frose Ketchel smashed him with both hand e backEll backed to the ropes and covered d up hammered him himon himon himon on the stomach 1 and nil head aud aul when dropped his guard brought him to the floor again got on his hands hauts and knees and apparently took no note of the count count- count The timekeeper to malts make suro sure that there was no m mistake counted eleven before lie he counted count d out out |