Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-08
MORAN AND ATTELLi DRAW
Fight Ends I'm Twenty-tbird Round
with Honors Even.


SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. T.-owen Moran
and Abe Attell fight declared a draw at the
end of the twenty-third round.
In round one the men SPARED cautiously
for a few moments and then fought
Viciously for two minutes without a stop.
Moran drove Attell to the center OF the
ring. and outfought him in a hard rally
just as the round ended. Attell had a
slight lead.
In the second round they fought evenly
until the last minute, when Moran put In
q hard, wicked straight right to the jaw
and then put his left to the body. Attell
looked serious, and this look was acoentu-
ated when Moran smashed. him on the face
with a hard right. Morsns round.
The third was even, both landing freely
and fighting fast and cleverly.
The fourth was Attells round, by a slight
margin. He used his left to advantage in
jabbing the Englishman.
Honors were even in the fifth, Attell's
cleverress offsetting Moranis aggressive
in the sixth the little fellows slugged
fiercely, and at this Moran seemed TO have
the better of II.
Attell brought first blood in the seventh,
cutting Moran's left eye with a right that
Immediately caused that organ to swell al
most tight. Moran went on the defensive
and fought carefully. 1t was Attells
Again in the eighth AtteIl showed 10 bet
ter advantage, battering MoraTfS damaged
eye, though the Englishman was by no
means idle. using his right to the head eff
fectively. Moran's face was bleeding con-
siderably as he took his seat.
The ninth was hard fought and ended in
AtteIrs favor. Considerable. ill-feeling has
been exhibited throughout the fight.
Moran fought viciously in the tenth
round and had a snght has aIer than N AZ
tells, and the seconds had to part them
after the bell sounded.
1t was a case Of see-saw now, Attell
coming back and taking the lead In the
eleventh. Moran rushed and Attell stopped
him with a straight left; They finally
threw science to the winds, n slugsea
and refused to stop when the gong rang
and were parted.
Moran bled freely from cut lips As t1 ne
head. Attell went smiling to his corner;
He was unmarked, while blood flowed
freely from Moran's face.
The thirteenth and fourteenth were
slower, with no advantage to either man.
Moran did most of the leading but MS
hardest blows were eyaded. ,u vra
in Moran's favor. His blows, while not
so frequent. carried more force, Atteh used
Seventeenth was Attells. He used his left
Effectively on Moran's face and slowed
the Englishman up in his rushes.
'and the contest could fairly have been
called a draw at this point but Attell In
the nineteenth took a slight lead, Clinching
the nineteenth. Finally Moran shot a
hard left uppercut to the jaw. Closing IN,
Attell peppered the Englishman's stomacn
with short arm rights and lefts. The bell
rang with Attell having the advantage.
In the twentieth Attell had the advan-
tage. He fought Moran with a hard LETT
to the Jaw and sent his right to the
stomach. Moran started Attell's right eye
bleeding in the twenty-first round with
a hard left hand blow. Moran then put
two lefts to the jaw, shaking Atteil up a
bit. The men were fighting hard when
the round closed, Moran having the lead
In the twenty-secord AtteIT shot a hard
left to the Jaw hat nearly floored the
Britisher. Moran drove a stiff right to the
Jaw and In a furious rally pelted Attell
viciously with left and right swings TO the
body. II was a hard and even round.
Round twenty-three and last: Moran ana
Attell went at it fast from The start and
battled evenly until the gong ended the
light. Welsh quickly called the contest a
drawn battle.