Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-02
MORAN AND ATTELL
BATTLE rs FIERCE
ROUNDS TO 4 ORA w
JEFFRIES UNABLE TO CHOOSE MAN
Fight Not Up to Championship Standard, AL
though Interesting to Thousands of Spec
tators-English Boy Proves to Be
Strong, Aggressive Boxer

/ Moran missed right and left for the
| body as the bell rang
1t was an even round.
Round Seven
Attell was cheered as he came up for
| his wonderful work He opened the
round with right swing to the jaw
and then jabbed his left 20 the face.
Attell eluded several vicious onslaughts
by Moran and stabbed Moran with a
/ left on the face. Moran slipped to his
knees, but was up in a twinkling and
missed a right swing for The body.
Moran shot his left to the face and
| then forced Attell to clinch with right
and left swings to the jaw. Attell Gov
cred up and worked to close quarters,
saying Let go, owen" The referee
broke the fighters. They Immediately
| went to close quarters and fought with
out effect. The men were locked in an
embrace as the gong rang. The round
was characterized by constant clinch-
| ing
Round Eight
Atteil shot a left high in body and
the usual clinch followed. Moran
missed left for the face and after
| clinch swung left to the head and then
put straight left to the Hebrews face
Again they clinched. Moran drove his
left to the stomach. Moran wasted his
strength at mitigating.
| Moran shot a stiff left to the stom-
ach and Attell met him with straight
left to the face and then hacked his
| left to the stomach. Attell sent left
straight to the face as they rushed to
a clinch. Moran landed a left upper
cut lightly to the jaw but Attell only
smiled as the bell terminated the round
II was a tame round with honors about
even.
Round Nine
They came up slowly and AttaIl
swung right to the head. They ex-
changed straight lefts to the face and
Moran forced Attell to the ropes. but
failed to land. Another clinch with in
effectual lighting at close range fol-
| lowed. Moran sent Attell's head back
with straight left on the forehead. but
| Attell more than evened It with left to
| the jaw. Attell fought his man to the
ropes and then wrestled him to the CEN
ter of the ring. The round ended in a
clinch.
Moran drove a stiff left to the face
as the bell rang.
| Attell had slight advantage in this
round, during which little harm was
done.
Round Ten
After a minutes sparring Moran swung
| left to the kidneys and they clinched
weakly. The referee pulled them apart
and they exchanged left stabs to the face
| Attell, by clever foot work managed to
avoid the Britons rather ill-timed swings
Attell poked a stiff left to the face and
Moran swung his left to the head. Atteu
| rushed Moran to the ropes without land
ing, and Moran then swung left and right
| to the body. Don't waste your strength
| in the clinches." came the command from
! the Englishman's corner. As Attell took
! his seat his seconds leisurely combed the
! Hebrews hair No harm done in this
round. The fight. up to this stage, was
practically even,
Round Eleven
Attell rushed in with left to the jaw,
| and in clinch Moran swung two rights
to the kidneys. Attell jabbed straight left
to the face, and the men broke from a
clinch. Attell sent two lefts TO the Jaw
| in double quick order. and missed a
vicious right for the head. Attell stag
gered his man with vicious right to the
jaw, and a right cross found Moran's
nose a resting place. Moran swung a
hard right to the jaw. Atten swung a
g.ancing right to the nose. Moran shot
a hard right to the face and the men
clinched. Moran was pounding on At
tells kidneys with rights when the gong
| ended an even round.
Round Twelve
/ They spared slowly. and Attell missed
/ left for the jaw. Moran nearly shot
through the ropes from a mis- -directed
/ left swing and quickly covered up as At
tell waded in looking for an opening.
Both missed several vicious swings and
each displayed great cleverness. They
wrestled to the ropes, and Moran sent
out the banner punch of the fight. a
vicious right swing flush to the jaw At
tell came back with a stiff left to the
face and they clinched, Attel appearing
a trihe worried. Another clever exhibit
ton of ducking followed and the bell
ended round in Morans favor.
His right swing to the Jaw was the best
blow Of the fight.
Round Thirteen
| Attell jabbed lightly with left to face
ard some desultory sparring followed
! Then came another clinch, and Attell
missed two fearful long right and left
swings that might have ended matters
| had either one been landed. Moran bled
slightly at the mouth as they fought
and wrested against the ropes. Moran
swung vicious left flush to the jaw, and
Abe fought carefully, and his face lost
Its smile. The men continued to con-
verse a. they fought, but their remarks
We're uninteligible. Moran missed left
swing for the jaw, and they clinched as
the bell rang, Moran had a shade the
| best of It.
Round Fourteen
Attell opened with a right cross to the
| head, and clinch followed They wres-
| tied to the ropes and were pulled apart
/ by the referee. Moran swung a hard
right over the kidneys and missed a left
for the body. Attell warned Moran for
holding while Jeffries prled the fighters
apart. Attell then svr a right to the
jaw, countered with a straight left to the
| face.
Moran sent a straight left to the face,
and the latter smothered a trio of lefts
| for the stomach. Again Jeffries broke
them from clinch and a moment later
repeated 1t.
Attell landed a glancing left to the
nose as the bell rang. Attell struck at
Moran several times after the gong rang
and was roundly Kissed by the specta-
| tors.
| He was reprimanded by the referee as
he took his seat
Round Fifteen
They c.ashed together in an embrace.
| and AffaU o1aVarIy dappad auyax,