Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-05

BoL I'D tney CllnChed. Attell ianded an
other light left to Neil's face, to which
portion OF Neils body he directed all
his attention. The blood was respond
ing, and soon the fighters gloves were
rights and AttelI started upper cutting
tactics, although his blows seemed to
no attention to them. Eeii continually
Straight for for Atteirs chest S@f As they
clinched he would rest his head against
Abe and drive short-arm iolts to the
body. A herse mix-up in the center
feet, the men standing up straight for
the moment and pegglng away as
though both were expecting to finish
vicious left to the head Attell broke
ground, and an instant later when Neil
aimed blow at the same spot he
missed and slipped to the floor. Attell
grabbed his arm and assisted him to
his feet. Neil landed left and right on
Attells head, but missed vicious left
swing which looked like the goods"
ping ten blows with his head every
time he landed one on Attell, but up
to that time they worried him little.
Round Four
Attell sent a left uppercut to the jaw
as they met Attell followed this UP by
his famous ia abbing tactics, playing a
tattoo on. Neil's face which by this
went down from a vicious left swing
but was up quickly and 1t was all over
within such n short space of time that
many were of the opinion that he had
slipped at the instant the blow landed.
Attel kept up the jabbing game and
Neil replied with left swings, chan ging
to uppercuts s they came close enough
| together and during the clinches. Nell
followed clinch with left to the
stomach and right uppercut which
was partially blocked. AS Attell sent
the floor slipping, burt the force of the
blow was hardly sufficient to send
him down, and in this instance also q
clean knockout was not recorded, Nell
continuous jabbing evened things up, as
,he scarlet was running from Neirs nose
during the whole round
Round Five
Neil ducked a left swing and they
clinched For an instant they eased up
a trihe, but it was only for an instant
Attell attempted to force, things, but
with a display of cleverness Neil sent
in a hard left to the face. Attel missed
a right to the head They fought like
demons in the center of the ring, giving
and taking blow for blow. 1t was the
hardest mix-up of the fight, and the
crowd cheered as the gong sounded.
Round Six
Neil forced the fighting from the tar. of
the bell. He sent a hard right to the
Jaw forcing .Attell to clinch. But still
Attell kept jabbing away. No sooner
Attell stepped in and started another
! perfect tattoo of iabs to the bleeding
nose. Neil came back with rights and
blocked. Neil cornered Attel and drove
several swings at his head but by step
ping first to one side and then to the
other, Attell escaped injury and event.
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exhibitions of quick work ever witnessed
in a ring An instant later they clinched
to the center of the ring, and for the
first time the referee was GO compelled lo ,of3 to
hook to the jaw before the round ended,
but Attel evened things up again by
tapping his opponents nose hard enough
to start the 'claret."
Round Seven
The men lost no time. It was a case
of .Attell ia bbing away at the sore nose
and Neil landing an occasional right
his head into Attell's chest in the clinches
he. was warned by. the referee. Both
fighters replied to the warning, talking
as they fought. Neil sent a hard left to
Attell's head. the latter breaking ground
and dancing around the ring. with the
sturdy little Neil after him every instant.
| This was Neils round but Attell was
| fighting strong at the gong.
Round Eight
They spared for an instant. Suddenly
Neil sent a hard left to the head and a
right to the wind. Attell missed right
uppercut and again resorted to the. jab-
| bing game, in which he was successful at
| all times. Neil got in several left swings
and right upperSeutts, pdS put following wing
blood and his right eye began to show
the effects of the continuous jabs. Attell
was sent against the, ropes in a clinch
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Neil was still forcing the lighting.
Round Nine
GO ahead!" was the taunting remark
of Attell, as Neil missed several swings
and was made the target for more jabs.
Go ahead" he repeated. Neil swung
ahead, all right. but when he swung
Attell was somewhere else and his blows
counted for nothing Fin Finally Neil get g9tt
break ground. Neil sent a vicious left
uppercut to Attells head an instant
later, and the latter broke ground once
more but always dancing away as
though he was unharmed. Suddenly,
as though to even lrp things a tri1e.
Atte shot in a hard right and left
swing, one on the wind and the, other on
Neils bloody nose, forcing Neil against
the ropes and bringing about an exchange
of short-arm jabs that brought the
crowd to their feet thousands yelling for
Neil and still other thousands straining
their voices for Attell.
Round Ten
They exchanged left iabs. Neil sent
in a hard swing to Attell's face. Attell
missed right to head and Neil sent in
two short-arm blows to the jaw. Neil
started uppercutting again, but the
clever Attell either moved his head out
of harms way or blocked perfectly.
Neil began to bleed from the mouth and
nose, and for the rest of the round Attel
forced things. evidently looking for the
accepted time to put in ''Sleep pro-
ducer" Attell was doing the fighting at
the gong.
Round Eleven
1t would certainly have kept a picture
machine busy to record the blows of the
eleventh round Attel jabbed with his
left and danced away as Neil rushed him
He was on all sides of Neil.,dancing,
crouching, side-stepping. Attell seemed
to be in every conceivable position and
in every part of the ring within a space
of a few seconds. Finally. as though by
agreement, both met in the center of the
ring and stood up and fought 1t was
bang! biff, bang! Attell forgot his clev-
erness for a few seconds and mixed ii up
with the sturdy little Neil. Neil ducked
two hard ones for the chin, but a moment
later Attell shot one over which landed
in the desired spot. Neil broke ground
and the bell sounded.
Round Twelve
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