The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-14
-R1rrEN soR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.

ayf1TTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
The twenty-round bout between Abe At
tell and Kid Abel at the West End Club
last Thursday evening was the pugilistic
.0zErre OF the week. and. while the bout
hfgsalted IN an interesting exhibition. the
1shoring made by Abel a distinct dis
-nspoinIment- AT no stage Of the game Gid
ahsshow any ability 10 land whatever. and
eyssswork failed TO come up 10 what
4 sexsscted OF him.
Euogyhfle his failure TO land on his opponent
scss a tribute to AttelTs cleverne5s. II must
5skt confessed that the work OF Abel was
Sebta below that displayed daily by him IN
nsszsynnasium practice Abel has u ter
orifss punch, although no one who saw him
sgsnt last Thursday would ever guess II.
.Fs seems, from his exhibition on that oc-
>sasion. that unless ne can set himself with
al dne elaboration. he is as helpless in the
.>1ns as man who knows nothing OF Tight
.ysvhen boxing with ST Louis Tommy Sui
iysn, Abel showed f3rn which would en-
tftle him to be clsssed high Up IN the ranks
-sfqthe feather weights He could land on
Tommy in manner illustrative OF the
,farce N reserve behind his punches hnI
pNhen lined Up against the shifty Attell he
bsczs as wild and helpless as an amateur
rs h. as Kid Broad. shows thai he is pos
eSessed OF considerable ability and hard
zsaneh. Il was Atteil's extreme speed that
of Abers gsmeness. but this gameness was
1ahogexhe- misdfrecte6 in his night of Thurs
1dass Abel simply took terrific beating
-rt,fout getting IN return when he might
have paid much OF !t back by change Of
policy
Atteii Ki6 Broad tried 10 do this in both
his fights here, and should have lost them
Ssm hem kfen 81 surSasd Broad as " % be,er
just much as he outclassed Abel. but
ne does not compare with either man r.
Nar 3. n Arfeli himself like
fash. and he delivered many solid blows
10 Abers face in the course OF the nght-
with Abel trying TO block these blows. All
tell feared no returns and simply butchered
hts oppoDsnr-
and slugsed with either hand regardless OF
what AttsH might do. the night would nave
wouid moi have been a rank outsider. either.
II was a certainty that Abel was gong 10
get punched in tie face whenever Atteit 1dt
pleased. but instead OF realizing TINS fact
and devottng his energies TO landing haTu
ws.[Abei took an the effect from be-
hind his own punches by his Jerking around
in an effort TO slip Attelrs 9abs-
Abei bored In steadily enough; there
could be no complaint ON maj score, s, out
he put no weight behind his blows after
reaching or getting near AttelL ne ,ia Mouia
r1,sh frartically AT his OpnCs.ent aIo Nou!c
then bring himself up short before swinging
or punching; The result was o"e-sboeu
As Eated before. II was a sure thing that
Measure. AFTER the nrSI lew Touucr
had1 been fought. IL was equally clear that
nrt one OF his blows had power enough 20
u,Jh Abel out AbeTs friends all noticed
his and expected results. They looked 10
see Sf1eir man drop his efforts to block tnd
conffne himself TO rushing in and siashins
ont with both hands. Not only would he
= have stood chance thereby but he would
aisp have escaped much punishment At
Teu would have been kept skipping aboul
SO rapidly that his Jabs would have Iosi
rwo-thirds of their force -,
Il will take wonder 10 outbOx Attell
s,,sa vii Al
-Ier.ty of speed can make trouble for TIE
san Francfsco boxer at any stage kic
Rroad tried to box with him, and onli
rushed at stages of the hght: Abel traec
10 box with him. and also failed 10 max
connections: Yanger tried 10 box with hin
for Twelve round, and the result was tha
atteH should have had the decision at III
end Of The fifteenth round in their go. hu
Yanger then rushed in with both hands. dis
Regarded Attelrs jabs 10 the face and wo
Ihe-fir,hi. -
YaaEerss face the day after the fsh
looked worse than did Abels when u
latter lcfr the ring Thursday evening Br
ntre-tenthS of this punishment was re
cited In tire first twelve rounds OF III
bcrt II will be remembered that his ey
wsS closed and his cheeks pulled. his ea
swollen and his mouth 'cauiinowered
1henhrst ten rounds Attelfs jabs. light a
they were. came in with sufficient frequen
cy 70 cut his face to pieces In trying t