Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-12
LITTLE MEN ENGAGE IN GREAT
CONTEST
AtteIrs Marvellous Foot Work Feature
Of Fast Battle - Kid Herman
Forces Fighting From Be-
ginning to End


Kid Herman stepped apart with the
gong at the close of the twentieth round
There was no dissenting cry mingled
with the roar of approval as the little
boxers climbed from the ring after as
fast a battle as has been witnessed in
Los Angeles.
Abe Attell had stayed twenty rounds
with man acknowledged as one of the
toughest boxers in the ring and one who
outweighed him at least eight pounds.
Herman had gone the limit with the
cleverest boy I'm the world and both re-
celved the enconiums coming to them for
the remarkable display of cleVerness
and the mixing spirit which marked the
battle from the opening round.
Attel electrified the onlookers with
q marvellous exhibition of footwork that
ct times had Herman appearing as an
amateur. Like n shadow, the feather
weight would glide away from his husky
opponent and stand sadly chewing away
at mouthful of gum in a further cor
ner as Herman swung wildly where
Attel had a second before been dancing,
AS for Herman, he evinced a willing
ness to carry the fight to Attell and had
small difficulty in rushing the liths
feather to the ropes. That was about
as far as the Kid got, however, for he
was away and waiting behind his back
or In another corner while Herman re-
covered and tried again.
Herman the Aggressor
Herman was the aggressor through
out the battle and there were those
who held that the Ghetto boy should
have received the decision because of
his willingness TO mix at all stages of
the game.
The wonderful foot work of Attel
however, stood him in good stead. and
clever as he is, Herman's best efforts
made but small impression upon the
feather. Time and again Herman
would lead off with rush only to find
Attell missing or iabbing him from
the side. In the nineteenth round Abe
drove terrific left to the face that
caused the Kid to hang on, and when
theysparted from the clinch Attell sent
another left that also Jared the Kids
head
Herman was not guilty of all the wild
swings during the battle and the clever
ducking which distinguished his battle
with Herrera caused Attell to hit above
the Kids head time and again during
the contest.
Attell was the first in the ring after
Herman followed, and both occupied
the background for a moment as Bat
ting Nelson and Aurelio Herrera were
called to the fore, shook hands and re-
ceived a general ovation.
Bat was obliged to address the house
and did so in the following expressive
terms:
Gentlemen. I amt much of a speak
er; I'm fighter and if you're here two
There was considerable discussion re-
garding the bandages on Attell's hands,
Herman claiming that too much tape
had been bound about the champions
wrist. Referee Eyton was called upon
and Herman at last gave in.
Before the gong sounded Herman de-
manded that no hair line decision be
given and that the usual order of things
prevail in the event of the battle
reaching the limit. Attell agreed and
the bell rang.
AtteII Clever
Attelrs cleverness was evidenced in
the opening round when Herman missed
a terrific right with the objective point
as Attell's jaw. The kid appeared as
though expecting something. though he
was anxious to get at Abe. AS he
rushed the feather to the ropes in the
ghost as Herman swfhng at the air.
Herman went after AttelPs body from
the start and in the clinches ham
mered away at the lighter mans ribs.
The first hard blow of the fight came
in the fourth round when Herman sent
a right to the neck. Abe was willing
to clinch and received another left to
the jaw after the breakaway.
In the fifth a burst of acclaim greet
ID fEnII I, est1 -NA, a.
rush of Herman's and drove in a ter
rife series of rights and lefts. The
sixth was another marvellous exhibi-
tion by Attell and in this round he
made the Ghetto boy appear much to
the bad.
Laughing, he avoided one Of the
Kids widest rushes, and then COM
ing to a clinch brought across the
overland wallop that made Young
Corbett famous, raining repeatedly
upon the Kids head.
The battle was a constant repetition
of rushes by Herman, after the tan
talizing Attell had edged him on, only
to meet pecking lefts and rights.
An incident occurred in the fifteenth
which brought the crowd to it's feet.
Herman had encountered several lefts
which did not add to his temper He
threw bad left to Abe's ribs, which
sent the iatter against the ropes. Like
q rubber ball Attell bounded away
from the swinging limits of the circle
and. turning completely around in the
maneuver, eluded the follow tactics of
the Kid.
The decision of Referee Eyton APP
peared satisfactory to the crowd At
tell had evidenced the fact that he
was by far the cleverer of the two.
while Herman by forcing the fighting
from the start earned at least a draw.
The only knockout of the evening oc-
CURED in the first preliminary when
Kid Dalton put Joe Kelley away. in the
second round OF their scheduled six
round affair. Kelley was clever but A
hard right under the heart sent him to
the floor just before the gong i'm the Sec
ond round. 1t was seen that he was all
In and the sponge went into the ring.
Announcer Cook gave out the word
that Terry Davis, who had been
matched with Mike Barley, was suffer-
ing from injuries received in an auto
mobile accident during the afternoon.
Monte Attell, brother of Abe, went on
with BARLEY and easily earned de-
cision at the end OF the sixth round
Mike was willing but windmill usage
Of his arms was much to the liking OF
the clever Monte, who fought much
after the manner OF his famous brother