Front:
Billy Papke
SPRING VALLEY, ILL.
Back:
So
BILLY PAPKE
Post Cari
Spring Valley (111.) boy who won the mid-
dleweight championship from Stanley
Ketchel and lost it to him within a few
months' time. Papke th n went to Aus-
tralia and while there Ketchel was killed.
Papke again claimed the title, but was
beaten while there
there by Cyclone Johnny
Tompson of Sycamore, Ill. Papke was born
September 17, 1886, at Spring Valley, Ill.
His record the last two yrars of his career
follows:
-1912
Result
Rounds
Feb. 22-Frank Mantell .....L Sacramento
20
May 2-Billy Leitch ....K New York
2.
June 29-Marcel Moreau ...W Paris
16
Sept. 25-Jack Denning ..No de New York
10
S pt. 27-Leo Houck....No dc Philadelphia
Oct. 23-Georges Carpentier. W Paris
17
Dec 4-George Bernard ...K raris
1913.
Mar. 5-Frank Klaus .....L-F Paris
.... 15
Oct. 14-Marty Rowan ...No de St. Louis. Mo..... 8
CC Dr. 1921. Ex. Sup Co, Chơn
