The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-02

pounds, and at II o'clock yesterday morn-
ing was compelled to do two miles vigor-
Gus road work.
While interesting, the contest was not
particularly exciting and did not come
up to the standard of a championship
battle. Between 1000 and 5000 persons
Witnessed the contest. Jeffries said that
the fight was so close that he found II
impossible to give a decision in favor OF
either man. He thought tina Attell had
slightly the better of 1t on points, but not
sufficiently to justify a decision in his
favor. The betting was 2 to in favor of
Attell.
Ring Pitched Under Tent.
Although the sun shone brightly, the
manager, James Coffroth, altered his plans
and had the arena covered with canvas. At
2 o'clock the huge tent was entirely spread
over the arena, thoroughly protecting the
spectators from the sun and cool air.
Both fought carefully in the first round.
Attell having a slight advantage. The sec
ond was SO fast near the close that neither
heard the bell and Jeffries had to separate
them. Moran. although the aggressor, had
his nose bleeding at the close. Attell gave
a clever exhibition of 'tducklng.o
In the third round Moran sent Attell Ia
the ropes with a left hook to the stomach
and they wrestled to the centre of the
ring. Moran sent Atteu's head hack a
foot, with a straight left to the jaw and
the latter looked a bit worried. Attell be-
gan talking to Moran and the men ex-
changed a bit of sharp talk as they fought
to a clinch. Moran drove his right to the
chin in a clinch. Attell planted two short
arm left jolts to the face. Moran swung
his left to the head aud the men seemed
unable to break from n clinch. Moran had
a slight lead in this round. Both men dis
played marked cleverness.
In the fourth round Moran devoted most
of his attacks to the stomach, but Attel
covered up with great cleverness. Betting
was 10 to 6 on Attell. The fifth'was Attell's
round. In the sixth Moran rushed Atte1l
outside the ropes, but Attell's elusive abll-
ity enabled him to wiggle bach to the ring
unframed. 1t was an yer round.
Each continued TO fight cleverly, but no
harm was done until Inc twelfth round,
when Moran landed a right swing to the
jaw hat was the best blow so far of the
fight. The fourteenth was exciting. At
tell struck Moran several times after the
gong rang and was repeatedly Kissed by
the crowd. He was reprinanded by The
referee as he took his seat. Both mon
displayed some clever ducking and foot
work in the fifteenth, although Moran's
left eye was swollen as he went to his
corner.
Moran shows Up Strong.
In the sixteenth round Moran sent At
tell against the ropes with a straight left
to the jaw, and In the seventeenth round,
which was replete with severe lighting at
close range, Moran had the better of At
tell.
Attell had a good lead~in the eighteenth
round and landed some damaging face and
body blows, particularly a right jolt over
the heart early in the round. Moran had
the better Of the nineteenth round. Attell,
with o singing left to Moran's nose,
started the blood afresh in the latter part
of the twentieth round.
Round twenty-one closed in Attell's ia
vor. In round twenty-five Moran fought
Attell to The ropes, landing n left to the
body and pushing Attell about the ring.
Breaking from a clineh, Attell uninten-
tionally struck J~effries, which provoked
considerable merriment.
Again the monotonous cllnching occurred
in the twenty-third round, with the usual
prying apart and no damage. The pace
slowed up considerable also in the twenty
fourth round, although neither looked
tired.
In the twenty-fifth round the men shook
hands and rushed to close quarters. Moran
rocking Attell's' head with n short-arm
right jolt to the jaw. They wrestled
again, and then Moran whipped in. push
ing his right to the body. They fought
viciously at close range. both landing tell
ing rights TO the head. The referee parted
the men with difficulty. Attell then shot
a hard left to the face and they mixed
it, wrestling and punching wildly. Moran
forced his mar to cover in a last desperate
rally, but could not put Attell out. The
referee pulled the men apart and declared
the. fight a draw.