Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-02
NO DECISION REACHED
ATTELL AND MORAN SHOW
SKILL IN sIDEsTEPPING.

SAN FRANCISCO, January ABE At
tell. Americas champion featherweight,
and Owen Moran, the best feather
weight of England. fought twenty-five
rounds to a draw at Colma yesterday
afternoon. The little men are the fastest
boxers of their size in the world and
the contest was a long series of feints,
rushes and blows that were at times so
quickly executed that the spectators at
the rings.de could not follow them. Both
men were skillfui at the game they
were indulging in that at the end neither
had sustained any serious damage, and
the decision rendered by James ]. JEFF
fries was popular one.
Moran had some little difficulty in max
ing the weight. and when he stepped on
the scales at II 30 am. he weighed about
an ounce more than 40 pounds, the
weight that the articles called for. Attell
claimed forfeit of s1,J00. and threatened
to call the fight off if he was not allowed
his point. He finally agreed to accept
$3.50
Interesting, Not Exciting.
While interesting. the contest was not
particularly exciting, and did not come
up to the standard of a championship bat
tie. Between 1000 and 5000 spectators
witnessed the contest.
Referee Jeffries said that the fight was
so close that lie found 1t impossible to
give decision in favor of either man.
He thought that Attell had slightly the
better of 1t on points, but not sufficiently
to Justify a decision in his favor.
At times during the contest 1t looked
to the spectators as If one or the other
of the fighters would succeed In landing
a knockout. but in every instance the tide
l,np
In the first round the fighters felt each
other out and there was little real fight
ing. Each showed remarkable footwork
and ability in blocking punches. In the
second round both men missed many
blows. not because the punches were not
well aimed, but because of the cleverness
of the target at which they were sent.
Not One Touchdown.
In all the long period of fighting not
one knockdown was scored. Once Moran
slipped to his knees, but he was up in
flash and fighting hard. In the twelfth
round the Englishman landed a heavy
swing to Attell's jaw, and the American
fighter staggered. 1t looked for an in
slant as If he were beaten. But when the
little Briton stepped swiftly in to finish
his work he was brought UP suddenly
with jolt In the face that Jared him
from the top of his head to the soles of
his feet. Several times the giant referee
had to pull the little fighters apart at the
end of some particularly fast round.
when they either didn't hear the bell, or.
hearing, did not heed it.
In the sixteenth round Moran sent At
tell against the ropes with straight left
to the Jaw. and in the seventeenth round,
which was replete with severe fighting
at close range, Moran had the better of
Attell.
In round twenty-five Moran fought At
tell to the ropes, landing left to the
body and pushing .Attell about the ring.
Breaking from a cinch, Attell Gninten-
tionaily struck Referee Jeffries, which
provoked considerable merriment.
Again the monotonous clinching of the
twenty-third round and the usual prying
apart with no damage. The pace slowed
up considerably also in the twenty-fourth
round, although neither looked tired.