The San Francisco call., 1908-05-01
Sullivan Makes No Stand in Bout
Which Merits Investigation
BY r. a. Srr1ytf1

with fighters. In the case of Sullivan
he came here thinking there was big
money for any kind of d fighter, and
he wound up by going into the ring
practically TO get enough money to take
him to his home in the east.
a fighter who has been out of the
ring as long as he has been should
never have been able to impose upon
the promoters of city like this where
lighting has attained its highest de-
velopment. 1t is a sorry recommends
ton for the combined match making
talents of the new fight trust which
promised so much when it was given
monopoly of the fight game and has
performed so poorly. From the re-
marks of the spectators at the ring
side last might when Boer Unholz was
introduced it would appear. as though
they thought that the coming match
between the latter and Joe Cans would
be a repetition of last nights miserable
affair.
KELLY FIGHT SIMILAR
The February fight between Atten and
Kelly which was handled by Promoter
Jack Gleason was Of the same caliber as
last nights affair. Kelly did not have
q chance to cope with Attell. and even
had he the ability he would not have
been allowed to make u better show
ing. Attell has been most con-
-servatiye, match maker in all his re-
cent fights here.
Even in his bout with Battling Nell
son he tried to tie the hands of the
latter but without avail. AS a result
he received. more punishment than in
all bis fights in. number of years
For a man who has served as a box
ing instructor for several years, Sulli-
van made a woeful showing last night
He had no style and could not Judge
distance. He swung wildly a number
of times in the hope of landing a
chance blow, but Atten was never
within range of his gloves He did
not even put up as good showing as
Kelly, and his work was considered
worse. than amateurish.
When the fight started last night. At
tell seemed in doubt as to Sullivan's
ability and he started at once to fight
him. When he found that he had
nothing to fear, he changed his style
at once and acted on the defensive
Sullivan tried several times with
swings and hooks, but none of them
were effective. The spectators saw
what little chance Sullivan had Of con-
meeting with his opponent. and they
commenced to jeer the men in the ring
sAttell commenced to jab Sullivan in the
third round and soon drew blood. Civ
lag his face as brilliant a color as
his hair. Toward the end Of the round
Attell was landing at will
Early in the fourth round Sullivan
commenced to complain to the referee
that Attell was fouling him, but no no.
tice was taken of his protest When
they had completed about half the
round Sullivan went down in dramatic
fashion and stayed down about FIVE
seconds. He then struggled to his feet
and was half showed and half fell down
the second time. He went down again
tsach time going through a lot of aero.
battle work which is never seen where
there is genuine knockout. Referee
King then stopped the affair and Sui
Ivan became as brave as a lion He
wanted to whip everybody IN the house.
including the police, but he was led
gently away by his seconds. There
was no time during the simulated
Knockout that Sullivan was any way
near being unconscious.
PRELIMINARY INTERESTING
The preliminary between Johnny
Frayne and Fred Landers relieved the
situation, as it was an interesting bout
Frayne outpointed his opponent from
the start and nearly scored knock
out on several occasions. Landers
showed none of his old time form, while
Frayne had improved materially. He
hits cleanly with both hands, and if
he can develop better guard he
stands a good chance with the lesser
lights of his division. Landers put no