The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-12-23
Rruoklyn Fighter Went Down tu
Defeat i'll Seventeenth Round
Before Monte.
BLOW WAS SWING ON JAW.
Fightin" Was Fast To the Time
Of the Final Puurh-Tren-
nell Defeated by Worth
ington.

Knocked on: Co. the arst time in his
ring career. JOHNNY Rcsan went down to
defeat before Monte AttelI At the West
End Club last evening. a right wins on
the jaw putting tho Eastern fighter away
in the seventeenth round.
firing and weakening IN the last three
u striving gamoly to land 4 decisive
wallnp on Att.Il's face when it was cl"ar
that the margin would be in Monies ia
vor unless the current OF the battle could
he changed. johnny ran squlrcly into a
terrific right wing which sent him
sprawling to the floor directly under the
ropes.
Dazed and practically unconscious.
Johnny struggled 10 rise while Referee
Al Sphinx tolled off second after second.
AT the count OF eight he rolled desper-
ately over. catching at the ropes. Then
he collapsed to the floor and the count of
ten gave the verdict to Atte!l.
Regain w-s borne To mis- corner, his victor
helping 10 carry the helpless fighter. After
a few moments OF work Regain recovered
ana was n good shape when seen in his
utesSiils,roGm a short tim= later. lie ad-
hl,ttd that Atell was TOO strong for him
ana said that he could make no excuses IN
For the first ten rounds Regain and At
ieiI split honors in the matter Of leading,
eact- lighting desperately and mixing at
ctoSe range. Each maintained a more
however, and Regan commenced To slow
up Paipahiy toward the twelfth round.
GOT STIFF JOLTS.
That Johnny was merely trying to rest
was evident, however. when he cut loose
on AttelI at several junctures and sent
the %latter's head back with 81 If jolts to
right and left.
TWtce IN the early rounds the boys fell
TO the fioor while mixing at close range.
rolling over zach other through the vio-
lence Of their fall. Regain fiOored Att.ll
oice With Il hard punch TO the mouth and
Attell returned the compliment by landing
savage right and left hooks IN the four
tenth round. which made johnny reel
back to the ropes.
Though slower in the early stages than
their last battel. the pace soon warmed
up; and the tenth round saw the men
nshtlng at a fast clip. II was soon appar-
ent that, while Regain was the quicker on
his feet that Attell was the strong and
that ne was the better man at close work.
As in his last battle, Regain aggressive
ness ieft him open repeatedly to blows in
the race ana stomach, and the constant
pounding told on him more than on Attell.
In the fifteenth Johnny showed clearly
the effect OF the g~ruelirig pace. and the
sixteenth saw him slowing Il D While At
ten was pushing his advantage strongly.
i"lce IN the sixteenth Johnny made raj
lies which brought wild cheers from the
crowd. but in each case he was beaten
back by the storm OF punches Attell sent
TO his Jaw and stomach. In the seven
teentn. after 4 desperate effort to reach
trife.
PUNCH TO STOMACH.
Instantly Attell whipped a left hand
nIInch m tho crnr-ach ary - T.l,r.
bent a trile forward swung with his right
on Regan's jaw, sending the Brooklyn
man down with a crash.
Regain tried to struggle to his feet, but
collapsed, and Referee Sphinx tolled off the
count of ten. thus giving the third VIC
tory to Attell.
In The affair between Kid Trennell and
Ralph Worthinston. Trennell easily dis
posed of his man. Three knockouts oc-
erred in the nine bouts Of the night
Worthington being the victim in this sle-
ctfc case. RuIno!s that W~orthingtOn was
Eot the Chicago fighter of tina name came
10 the ears OF President Haugnton, but
after an Investigation he stated that the
identity OF the rape had been estab
lished
Good sport was furnished in the preIim-
iraries. In the go between Carroll Cain
OF St. Louis and Marty Sullivan Of New
York City the local lad sustained n broken
rib IN the Drst round. He not only came
Ai' b.uNhiAS. bAL "' ilt .tEAt, Sllil-
vans seconds throwing up the sponge in
the fifth round.
What proved to be tho most surprising
fight took place between Trenneil. the
local lad. and Ralph Worthinston of Chi
Trennell proved his ability to hit by
knocking out the Chicago boxer in less
than half j round. While the pair were
In a miX-up Trennelrs right hand shot
out like a piston rod. Thu blow landed
.squarely on W~orthington's jaw and sent
him rolling through the ring.
81 Brooks got the decision over Joe
MoWka in the curtain raiser. The bows
put Up a lively bout. but Brooks appeared
to be the best hitter and the more sci
entitic boxer.
Joe Talavo put a stop TO the onward
rush Of Kid McIivane's pugiIistic hopes
by knocking him out in the second round.
Solly Morris and Kid Carroll. two 13s-
pound boys, fought 4 draw. Pete Stur-
holdt Won from Dick Pickett in three
rounds. Kid Stlverburg beat Zen Upton.
Jack Dunleavy returned to pugilistic sx-
istence. using Jules Klein, whom he beat
in six rounds. Dunleavy had the better of