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Show FIGHT FANS SHOCKED, There May Be No ContestYesterday's Con-testYesterday's Fake Fight San Francisco, May 20. Tho Papke-Thomas Papke-Thomas mill last night and the general gen-eral disappointment It brought tho fight fans Is the main topic of pugilistic pug-ilistic discussion here today, distracting distract-ing for the moment attention from i the Jefi'ries-John6on battle status. Bitter comment from the sporting fraternity and caustic criticism from the newspaper experts has been aroused arous-ed by the mlddlewelghts' contest, the procedure of which was punctunted with cries of "fake, fight"; "frame up" and with "boos" from all sides. In view of the storm of censure. Papke's Is regarded as a hollow victory, vic-tory, and the "Illinois Tdunderbolt" has made nevcral statements to account ac-count for his showing "I couldn't get warmed up." he says. "I wanted to knock Thomas out and I hnd my money bet that 1 would beat him Inside of 15 rounds. What the matter was I don't know, and I am as much disappointed as anyone else." Today was expected-to bring deel-opments deel-opments In the big fight situation, District Attorney Fipkert having told a committee representing the local Church Federation that he would be prepared to give a decisive opinion on the city Jaw covering prize fighting. fight-ing. The whilom hellof of the fans that Flckert considered the law favorable to the holding of the fight hero, was given a rude shock by a rumor in circulation last night. According to that report, the district attorney was quoted as saying be did not think there was much chanco of Jeffries and Johnson getting together In Snn Francisco. Fran-cisco. Attempts to confirm the rumor rum-or proved futile. Aside from his usual roadwork, Jack Johnson's training operations are not expected to develop any interesting interest-ing features until Saturday and Sunday, Sun-day, when ho Is scheduled to box. |