The Washington times., 1905-05-23
NELSON GOT HIS
FROM ABE ATTELL
Little Fellow Too Clever for
Fighting Dane.
DECISION PLEASED CROWD
Featherweight Seemed to Land on
Westerner Whenever and Where
He Pleased.

PHILADELPHIA, May 23-Abe At.
tell. the recognized featherweight cham
pion of America. completely outpointe6
Battling Nelson IN a six-round contest
at the National Athletic Club last night
In only two rounds, the fourth and
fifth, did Nelson make any showing
which entities him to the great pugilistic
reputation which preceded him In the
East.
Attell Was There.
To the surprise of the spectators
when the bell rang for the sixth round
Atteil not only gave as good as he re.
ceiVed, but kept jabbing the batting
Dane with straight left-hand punches
and staggered him frequently with right.
hand upDercuts.
At the end of the contest the Dane
Went to his corner with his nose and
lnoath bleeding and the blood trickline
rom rom a wound On his left ear. On IrIe
t, S0tn,tkdFy, AtIelI came out Of the contest
ehda,.s Tita sonly a slight bruise on his left
II was a clever. scientific haxer
AGAINST q Whirlwind fighter. and the
etr ooAsr won AttelI seemed to be able ia
~. nelson when and where he pleased,
fo.1rtb au bus 5 d9r & ms waning vitality IN the
@ tSdt ta ana NTH rounds the bout might
nave resulted differently
Bewildered Nelson.
The featherweight's side-stepplng
shifting were not only a revelation IN
the crowd, but beWildered Nelson. who
eVldently was not accustomed TO the
Eastern style of boxing.
me Dane kept boring In and an
peaFeo 20 be glutton for punishment.
Out as boxer he was an all-rourld dis
appointment TO the Eastern sportsnen.
me crowd went wild with delight ever
Atteifs showing AT the finish. However
tSsison was almost as strong as at the
start, while Abe was tiring fast. DartIy
II from nelson's blows and partly from
ms own last work in the early rounds.
Opponent Uncertain.
Until within a few minutes of the
time when the men entered th, ring
II was not known who Nelson's oppo-
nent would be- Yesterday morning At
tell appeared at the Hotel Scott and
weighed in with his clothes on with
out lowering the beam, which was set
at lS0 pounds. Atteu then demanded
that Nelson should also weigh In. This
Nelson, whose usual fighting weight is
i50 pounds. refused to do. -Atten then
declared the match off, and Kid Her
man, Of Chicago, was substituted. While
me crowd, which only about two-thirds
filed the hall at prices Of from 81 to S.
was witnessing the preiiminarfes Nelson
ana Attell and their managers met in
the dressing-room AtteiI was willing
20 meet Nelson, and after a great deal
Of haggling between the managers Nell
son ended discussion by remarI<ing:
Put Attell or anyone else on. They
all look alike to me-
That settled it, and Atten prepared
for the ring No sooner had the men
climbed through the ropes than the
ring was filed with men who are eager
to meet Nelson. When lined up by
Referee ROcap the rollcall was:
Harry Lewis, Willie Fitzgerald 'sKid''
Herman, Adam Ryan, Willie Lewis,
Young Erne, ard Aurelia Herrera.
Nelson Refused.
It was announced that Nelson would
meet Kid Sullivan at Baltimore on
June ?.
When Referee Recap announced that
Nelson and AtteIl would box straight
Queensberry rules, which meant to pro-
tect themselves at all times, the crowd
yelled with delight. When the boxers
and their seconds met in the center of
the ring Nelson refused to shake At
tells hand. At the beginning of the
sixth round Nelson repeated this action,