The Washington herald., 1908-01-06
ATTELL UNDER CLOUD
Action in Bout with Moran
DiSguStS Followers.
BILLY PAPKE HAS A NERVE
Western Boxer Has Put i'm Claim for
WeIter-weight Championship - He
Got Only Draw with Hugo Kelly.
Jimmy Gardner's Inconsistency in
Refusing to Meet Jack Blackburn.

Hardly any pugilistIc event comes of
nowadays without some little aftermath
of scandal being attached to It. The At
tell-Moran fight was no exception to the
general rule.
The American was the favorite in the
betting before the contest, and those who
do not bet, but who like to figure out
the possible, result Of ring battles. had
doped Abe out as being the likely win
ner Moran was not overlooked in the
figuring, but the best that anyone could
give him was second place. The battle
went the twenty-five rounds and the Off
cial result was a draw At times ii look
ed as if Moran was the better man. but
Attell boxed just good enough all through
so the referee had to recognize him when
he came 10 making a decision, and could
not see any difference in the two little
fighters says r. II. Kain, In the Philadel-
phia Record
After the contest however. those who
were present began to recall incidents
during the twenty-five rounds that seem
ed to them to be peculiar, and they con-
cluded that all was not right In the affair
They appeared TO remember times when
Attell did not seem 10 be extending him
self to the limit and the more tney
thought it over the more it appeared as
if this view OF the contest was correct.
Now il is openly charged and not de-
MED, that Attell was pulling and making
the contest appear as close as possible
IN order to arouse public interest and get
another match with the little English
hghter. Such things have been charged
against Attell in other contests. and they
are not unknown in connection with Other
pugilists. But from the latest reports tht
scheme may not work out as smoothly
as Attell desired. The climate Of the Pa
cidc Coast has fattening effect on No
ran, and he cannot reduce himself as low
| ia weight as Attei insists he shall with
out greatly reducing his strength. Attel
wants the weight at l20 pounds, which
he being acclimated, can readily make
/ They are now discussing the matter, bu
as neither Of them wants 20 give way
any, the chances are that they will no
meet in the ring, and Moran viii proba
/ bly, start East with the idea OF seeing
what he can pick uo in the way OF eas!
money in limited-round bouts.
PaPke Has Lots of Nerve.
/ The old year passed out and the new
year came in with the question Of su
periority between four wel-known boxers
unsettled. The Hugo Kelly-Bnly Papk'
/ fight at Milwaukee was the closing even
Of the year. Papke has been cominl
/ along at a fast pace for several month.
/ and there were many boxing criticss VIII,
/ began TO call him a coming champion an,
/ prospective world -beater and TO say mani
eXtravagant things about the Illinois
\ boxer. who had so far never Beaten any
good man and failed most miserably t,
/ stop Pat O'keefe IN six rounds. the so
/ called Irish champion, VINO was suDSe
! quently knocked out in one round by
/ fourth-rater. Willie Lewis.
| Those who had studied Papkes caree
closely, and who had seen him box, wer,
not impressed particularly with his style
/ He is right-hand swinger, a man VIII,
Wades right into his opponent, carin.
nothing for the consequences and reckon
/ ing not on what is coming his way. HI
/ has little or no defense. and his hitting
/ is like that of 'longshoreman or a Goa
miner rather than that Of a trained fight
er There was every reason 10 think tha
/ a clever boxer would have no. grea
/ trouble in evading his rushes and with
man who, in addition 20 being clever
could punch a bit, Papke would not fig
ure In the betting.
! Kelly has never been rated better thar
/ q secOnd-TatcT, and the fact that Papkt
| could not put him away in a ten-rOunC
/ bout follows out the idea of his abilitl
/ that had been formed here. II is trul
| that many of the Western papers gave
/ Papke the best Of the contest in thei
reports ,Of the bout, but the Chicag,
/ Italian was so weakened by reducing
| himself to the weight he had agreed OF
/ that he was not at his best. Papke Wa
evidently disappointed by the result o
/ the bout. but he did not lose his nerve
| in the excitement as he announced TIT
next day that he had been robbed Of the
| decision by the referee and that, there
/ fore, he would claim the welterweigh
! championship. which is a very amusing
suggestion, even from a disappointed
pugilist.