The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-16
W. W. NAUGHTON WRITES
OF ATTELL-MORAN DRAW
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and had allowed another rider to come
with rush and run him to dead heat.
Attel Still Loafng.
"After the tenth round AtteIl seem,
ed to think that the decision had al
ready been recorded in his favor and
his loafng spells were of longer dura,
ton. Moran pushed him half way
through the ropes in the fourteenth and
kept striking at him over the top rope
until Welsh went to Attell s relief.
Although, as already stated, Attelf
generally had the better of the grand
stand rally toward the fag end Of each
round, there was one round in which
the Englishman out-boxed the Califor.
nian. This was the sixteenth, and the
best punch placed by Moran was full
right swing on the point of Che chin.
'In the seventeenth round Moran
was Teeling in one mix-up, and in the
eighteenth Attell started earlier and
fought later than he did in any of the
other three-minute spells of fighting. He
did good execution at the holy with
a left underswing and had Moran herd.
ing down to avoid the punishment.
Moran was as persistent IS ever,
but Attell took things easy in most of
the rounds after the twentieth. He cut
loose at a good fast clip in the twenty
second, however. Moran started the
trouble and Ahey kept his two gloves
inside Moran s forearms and hammered
away at the stomach, Moran meanwhile
using both hands on the sides of the
head. Attell IS head was rocking, but it
was of his own voIition, and the only
Furnishing blows on tap just then were
those that Moran took in the midriff
''When they stood forth for theI
twentythird round Attell was as fresh
looking and alert as at the beginning.
He was snappy-eyed, and barring
few red. scrapes around the left side,
where Moran had dubbed him in the
clinches, there was nothing to show
that he had been through twenty two
of fairly fast milling.
"Abe evidently thought that little
remained but to have the award made
in his favor for after throwing a left
into Moran s stomach he
stood away and said, No draw today,
Owen
8" I've Won Mile. Said Owen.
q Certainly not; I've won mile,
said Moran, and then they went at
each other. Attell was as cool as ever
and he did not make an ungainly mo-
ton, while Moran fioundered consider
ably. Moran was the aggressor right
up to the very finish, a fact which in
fuenced Referee Welsh in declaring the
affair draw.
Moran said after the contest that |
ne had broken his right hand in the
second round and that he would like |
nothing better than to sign up with /
Attel1 for a forty fve-round bout. 1t |
nay be that the injury complained of
vas responsible for the lack of ginger
n the Englishman's punches, but be-
ween Moran 3 ineffective hitting and
Attell's partiality for Sailing
through nearly two-thirds of every
ound the contest could hardly be call
d an interesting one. Compared with
he first bout between the men it was
tame affair.
"A big crowd gathered at Corbett IS,
n Ellis street, at 1890 a. M to watch
he weighing of the featherweight
hampions. Each man was below the
oteh called for by the articles-name
y 122 pounds, and according to pri-
ate tests made before the official
yeighing each of the contestants
reighed exactly 1919 pounds.
"There was a pressure of Moran
loney after the weighing, but the odds
id not alter The opening price in
he morning was 10 to 8, with Attell
avorite, and at the ringside commits
toner's were moving around looking for
be Attell end.
" Moran put in an appearance at the
rena early, and he appeared to be in
etter condition and in better spirits (
han he was Just prior to his last af-
air with Attell Charley Harvey and
'iv Kreling took the little Britisher
OF an automobile ride before bringing
i'm to the arena, and as showing how {
he was. they told how he
lid back in his seat and slept while
ney were speeding along the drive
avs bordering the beach. II
AtteIl took things easy after weigh
10 in. He went to his home in the
tv and rested for a couple of hours.
hen he rode to the arena in an auto
obi1e, reaching his dressing-room at :
80 p. N.
ssShortlv after 2 O'Clock the arena ]