The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-26
S|MMS SEEKS BOUT
WITH FITZGERALD
Akron Man Sole Fighter W no
Expresses Desire 10 Battle
With Him.
TRENNELL AFTER ATTELL.
" Kerry Patch" Scrappcr Would
Like TO Take Oh Younger San
Franciscan at III Pounds
PugiIistic Gossip.

Whg- much trouble has been e~u".!-
er,ad IN arranging match fJr Vile
Frtygere!! n the Wet F.rd Glib. o. aC-
count ot th.. persistent refusal o. men of
his own weight 20 meet him. there ! a
chance that an opponent m1r r" ,oInd
for Elm in tEe p-i-on IL Art S:mms 81
Akron. o.
In Ie't-ts Slmms announces fhat h."
would like 70 ia ~, any good ren @; Us
own weight ana 'hs; r'.iGEe-.id looks Ike
anybody else 10 him lie j. ror rrts.
the maaasef1~at os w. =. Ah---h ~
Akron and j. said to be in Gr<.-slor-
sllapc.
S!rrs Ea- waia-krowu re-ord a'.t IL -
good man 81 his own cl-s-. TaeE. is q
possibility that a ia may be arranged
between Fitzgerald and h,:nse.s l1cary.
More trouble las been experienced in
attempting 70 get an opponent for F!tz-
gerald than las ever before been on
cOun;ered in ratchma tirg at the West
End Cluo. Nam after man has eide
stepped tie Eastern fighter and II seems
imrossih!" for MIN to secur" bout. In
spite of tn" TACT 'hst fighting is Iow
quiet throughout I'll" courtrE.
Even Jack McCi.ils nd. who has been ac-
rUstomcd tu 'acklI0c ren Of all Weights
in IN" mining ram2~. insists upon a
N"isht ~ ilo' H,' re- ttan IL pounds. ms
il Impossible for Fitzgerald to make.
Willie IS at his best only WREN l23 or
above ard 10 cannot got down 20 tie
mark set by McCleIlard.
Benny lsngsr seems 10 T." looking for
easy game and positively refuses TO meet
any man in his city il tn" opponent ap-
pears at ali abl" 70 Civ" trouble t" him.
II s the first tim" an rnccrd in a d"artii
Of pugiiism. wI"Tc fighters dp not seem
auxicr;s ~ battle
Fitzzerali wants to ct ~ wit1 some Of
th" tDp1Ct Ch"rs in hi lass aud points to
his own 60 with. Jimmy Britt as proof
Nelson. Young ,'orhst: and Britt are IN
bI-iIy engaged in their own matches that
he is being passed up n the matter OF
JOHN Reid who handles Fitzgerald. mas
somc time hut without srIcl css.
TRENNELL-ATTELL BOUT.
Another match 10 excite interest To-
caIly would bc 20 between Harry Trcn-
nell and Monte Att"il at III pounds This
| weight i= about tho host that Trcnae!
can do and still show his host form. and A
short contest at this figure should prove
a rattling 90.
Tranueil has terrific rallop and is :
husky yoTES fellow. He seems the mos;
! likely candidate fpr i match with Monte
inssmuch ~ Nick Santora wishes to re-
cup"rate somewhat before entering .llo
AeAl
DAY at Now orleans. but Has not ia his
hest trirn. and only got draw with T.ri,h
W orthinEtoH. Ili= Wcrt!,irgto;, VA III
TO he the original fighter Of the rarr1e al
though an ,th"r CaHiIIt" with the sar,,e
ii;I' hattlSd at the West t.nd club last
IhursG.ay
~ an illustration Of how different NAV
oe views taken on the same battle bv men
IN advantageous positions a, tho rir-<i.'e
II II Interesting to note that J0o Ty.I~r
who was in Regar's corner iae, ThUrs-
day. and carl York who sat behind Monte
AtteIi. diff"r entirely in their views II
"hat caused Johnny to collapse toward
the close.
l.ydon believes that Hncan was undrtl--
anxious TO mix thirgs for the first ton
Iou'fS ana that he wore himself down
GS wrestling with Monte. Joe states that
Johnny was repeatedly cautioned about
TINS and that he would fight couserva :
lively for the early part Of each round.
Then. upon Atteii Seeming in d;e-ress he
would Z" in and fight desper=t"Iy. wear
ing himself down and giving Atts!i abun-
Gan; openings
Iork: on the other hand. states that
from hiS viewpoint j, was a sbOr: riyf-
jolt 10 tho Jaw n the fourteenth rounC,
which settled matters
Monte managed 10 send over ono hard
but short wai!op in the fourteenth. and I
could soc .Tohnny's head rock" ne said.
Abe also noticed it and yelled 70 Monte
TO 60 In. Monte didn't know n. had hrIrt
his man. but followed advice and wcnf IN
to rush things from that time Re-an
had no chance to recover and finally went
out. II VAS that on" punch in the four
t"enth that started him downfall"
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