Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-12

1t admittedly is true that Attell did
not fight up to his best form. He sim
ply ga1loped aIl,the way, but he did not
extend himself. At no time during the
fight was he In the slightest danger Of
being put away, and although Wolgast
succeeded in getting over many sum
waliops to the head and jaw, he found
it extremely difficult to land on Attell
squarely and with dangerous effect.
Abe was there with all his old-tlme
speed, cleverness and generalship, and
the only criticism that can be offered
IL justice to him is that he did not put.
the steam behind his blows that he
could have done.
Truly it must be said that Abe hit
Wolgast on the jaw a sufficient NUM-
Der of times to have ended the fight
without the necessity of a newspaper
decision had he put the steam into MS
yallops He showed everything he had
in stock in the way of left jabs, upper
cuts, right crosses, blocking, footWork,
ducking, side-stepping, and everything
else except in his punches. His right
swings to the wind smashed home ac-
curately, carrying power behind them
that was lacking in his accurate and
regular right swings ana hooks to the
jaw. He cleverly blocked the majority
of Wolgast's leads for the head and
jaw, sountered whenever and wherever
he chose, and stood close in when VOL
CAST wanted to mix it. But he did not
try 20 win by the knockout route-thar
much is certafn-and he drew the TIN
3sh close enough to permit WolgGst to
make a good showing.
To the credit of the Milwaukee boy
1t must be said that he was a willing
mixer, never showed the slightest in
dication of fear at any time, gamely
stood up and took whatever punish
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the best of his ability to stop the
champion. He was wild, but only be-
cause of the superior speed and gen.
eralship of Attell, who made him miss
many well meant and most vicious
leads. He got home many good ones,
but was going away when they landed,
as a rule, and the terrific steam that
Wolgast usually puts into his blows
was lacking for this reason.
Wolgast made a much better show
ing than he figured to do. He had
the sympathy Of the fans and many
rooters encouraged him to go in and
do something that they have rooted for
in vain for many years-g1Ve Atteu
good beating. Wolgast proved his class
and his position in the ear-champion-
ship ranks of the featherweight d.
vision has been materially emphasized.
After the fight all the sports met
down at Jeffries, and of course the
good showing of the Milwaukee boy
was the subject under discussion. Ev-
erybody, with no exceptions, had moth
ing but praise to offer for Wolgast, ana
it seemed to be a most agreeable sur
prise that he had made such an excel
lent showing. But when it was ru-
mored that two of the morning papers
had called it a draw, such experts as
Jeffries, San Berger, Baron Long, De
Witt c. Van Court, Jack Ripper Fred
die Maier, Bob Smith, Harry Burt and
dozens of others expressed the opinion
that Attell had won easily, yet they
were disappointed In his showing. They
believe that he could have done better.
Tommy Walsh was the only man who
thought that Wolgast had won.
Austin Knocks Out Mack
The show began with a scheduled six
round bout between Jimmy Austin and
Willie O'Keefe at catchweights. A
good crowd was in the house when this
bout started, with a steady stream
pouring through the doors. They evil
IDENTIFY had warmed up before the fight,
as they flew into each other without de-
lay and hammered each other all over
the ring, to the intense delight of the
crowd. Austin scored the oftenest and
most effectively, although Mack caught
Jimmy off his guard and had the news
boy fighter in bad way for moment.
Jimmy ended the ROUND as ne ndQ De-
gun IT and had a good lead.
The end came in the second, before
the round was half over. They met
in the center Of the ring and Austin
slipped over a left that put Mack down
for eight When he arose they began
to mix it furiously and Mack floored
Austin with a right swing, but Austin
was on his feet in an instant. Five
seconds later he caught Mack with a
right swing to the jaw and Mack
went down for the full count. Mack
sat on the floor until Referee George
Blake finished the count and then went
to his corner.
The event OF the evening that rivaled
the world championship battle was
the battle royal between five negroes
from Arcadia, which was second on
the card. This event proved quite a
drawing card In ITSELF and when Han
dicapper Hancock tossed the five sets
OF gloves into the ring the fans gave
him an ovation in evidence Of their
keen delight at the approach Of the
moment for the novel card. Monk, the
negro horse trainer, matched up the
black quintet and announced that any
lighter who quit would lose his share
of the purse. The flve blacks. some big,
some little, took corners, and Frank
IIolbrook, the short but very heavy
Arcadia blacksmith, occupied the cen
ter of the ring.
Announcer Leslie introduced the