Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-04
WOULD NOT FIGHT
Frank carssy Quits in Third
Round of Go With Abe
AttelI.
WAS WARNED FOR F0ULING
Big Crowd Disappointed in Feather
Weight Championship Ring Con-
test at Davenport.

| Two thousand fight fans from the
tri-cities and surrounding centers left
the ringside at the Burtis opera house
in Davenport last night feeling that
they had received little for their mon
ey The Attell-Carsey featherweight
championship contest, which had been
heralded as the biggest fistic event
ever pulled off here, was fiascO. Car
sey quit in the third round after being
warned by Referee Abe Pollock for
striking low, and after being repeated
| ly ordered to fight was counted out
while standing sullling in his corner.
While Carsey claimed he was fight
| ing fair and Pollock had started out to
give him the worst of it, the crowd had
| little patience with him, and expressed
| itself in no uncertain way. Up to the
| time he quit he had the sympathy of
| the audience
Attell was clearly the better fighter,
especially in the open. and landed the
only punches that really counted. Ii
was only in the infghting that the
italian had any show, and it was then
that Attell repeatedly asserted he had
been fouled. While the men were at
arms length Carsey scarcely ever sue
ceeded in getting a punch over. The
only way he could touch his opponent
was by swipes and slaps that carried
no steam. He repeatedly hit wild and
was wearing himself out Attell. on
the other hand, adopted a most tantal-
ling style, showing out his phyZ within
easy reach without any guard in order
TO draw fire. Invariably when Carsey
hit he got warm one or two for his
pains.
In the second round Attell started
the claret from the Italians nose and
thereafter just to keep it going he frCm
time TO time showed his fist into Car
sey's face and pushed his head back
without attempting to strike q Earring
blow.
Fight ny Rounds.
The men fought at 124 pounds and
were TO go Is rounds. Prior to the
match challenges were read from Sig
Hart on behalf Of Kid Taylor and from
Brooklyn Tommy Sullivan. The fight
by rounds follows:
ROUND ONE-Both went at it fierce
~ at the tap of the bell and each land
ed to face. finally working into a cIinch
in which the hammering was kept upl
with more or less effect When they
separated both SPARED for wind They
took il easy and felt each other out till
the bell called thcol to their corners,
ROUND TWO-They started in rough
ed straight one ON the Italians nose
that started the blood. In the clinchcS
Attell became hberalIy smcared win
1t. and the crowd supposed at the time
he had been damaged. CarseY fought
wildly and his best aimed blows Were
blocked or duclIed. Attell kept
playing for the proboscis and clearly |
had the best of it at the bell.
ROUND THREE-Again the men be
taee. Each sustained several hard
Carsey's corner and began driving for
the wind with all their might. Here |
Attell protested. as he had done in
nearly every clinch. during the fight. |
that he was being hit low. and Pollock |
took hold of the men and separated |
them, warning Carsey that he would
have to change his tactics. Instead of |
going back at his man, the Italian
turned his back upon the referee and
he refused to bulge till counted out.
One Good Preliminary.
The preliminaries had but one re-
deeming feature. and that was the
work Of Johnnie Coulon of New York,
II
Banny Goodman of Chicago in the sec
ond preliminary. Coulon, though out
weighed, was quick as creased light
ming and nearly had his man out on
several occasions. Goodman appeared
10 be toying at first, but when he tried
20 land later in the game. his blows
either missed the mark altogether or
Jailed to produce any appreciate eff
'ect Coulon. however, was able to
and a haymaker or two from time to
line, though he did not quite have the
steam to put his opponent down.
In the semi-windup Thomas Cody
won in the sixth from Mike Munger.
Both are Chicago lads weighing about
lbs pounds. They are well built and
seemed evenly matched till Cody land
ID on the stomach in the fourth round
md nearly put his man out then and
here Munger was in distress in the
round and was hardly able
o stand In the sixth he had not re-
covered and was foored twice, being
absolutely incapable of defending him.
self. While down the second time Pol
ock. without waiting to count 10, gave
he match to Cody.
walker WAS Yellow.
Bobbie Walker of Detroit wass to
ave met Tom Mcnamara of Daven
,ort in the first preliminary, but Nc
Namara, it was announced, had not re-
covered from injuries received in a re-
cent battle and could not appear.
frank zimmerman was substituted.
Walker it developed had a pronounced
streak of yellow and made the lamest
lind of a fight. Two or three times he
vent down and took the count when he
lad RECEIVED nothing worse than tap
N the Stats When this happened in
he fourth round Pollock declared Am
herman the winner