Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
DECLARES THAT
ABE WAS TRICKY
TRIED TO ESCAPE DEFEAT BY
CRY OF FOUL
PHYSICIANS COULD FIND NO EVIL
DENcE OF BLOW
AS Last Resort of Beaten Man, Attell
Jumped Into SuIliVan's Wallop
and Contended 1t Was
Unfair

Because they have been matched to
meet in Frisco soon and there have
been so many inquiries concerning the
Sullivan -Attell fight, which was held
in ST. Louis in 1904, where Sullivan
won in five rounds on knockout, The
Herald deems it advisable to publish
in full the article written by j. w.
McConaughy, one of the most promi-
nent sporting writer's of st. Louis
This will give the local fans good
idea of how the men shaped up on that
occasion.
1 saw the fight between Abe Attell
and Brooklyn Tommy Sullivan from
the press box at the West End club
last night. The left shift to Attelfs
| body which ended the battle in the
fifth round, was a fair blow.
1t was an unexpected, and in some
respects, an unsatisfactory finish Oh
lone of - greatest fights for four
rounds in local ring history. When
the two men glided out of their cor
ners at the opening of the fifth round
the great crowd that packed the big
West End club coliseum was somewhat
relaxed from the strain of watching the
| two white bantams in the opening
rounds They saw that Brooklyn
| Tommy was holding his own and a
| little more that Attell was the old
marvel of speed that made him great,
and they settled back to see the fastest
fight ever fought in st. Louis.
| There was a moment of silence as
the men came together and spared
warily. Each had seen and expected
the others prowess and they tented
| in and out in quick flashes for several
seconds. Attell was again short with
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countered to the body as they closed.
| He punched Attell in the kidneys in
the clinch and they broke at the word.
| The crowd was now yelling for Sulll-
van again and once more Attelrs Ia
nous left flashed out with all its old.
wonderful speed This time it was well
| judged, but quick as it came Sullivan
was faster. With movement so fast
| that the eye could hardly follow 1t he
shifted to the right and brought his
own left hand under in a terrific up
percut for the stomach.
Yid Is Tricky
AttelI was caught. He could neither
block nor dodge AS a desperate chance
| to deaden the force of the blow he
leaped into the air with his abdomen
drawn in and his body bent forward.
But Sullivan was too close and his left
! fist sank into the relaxed muscles with
killing force. There was sharp cry
| of pain from the Californian and then
he sank to the floor. his face contorted
and his body writhing in seeming
agony.
1t was so apparent that he had no
intention of getting up that Referee
Sharp did not trouble to give him the
count. Attell was crying that he had
been fouled and Referee Sharp called
Drs Marks and Parrish into the ring
| to make an examination. 1t was
agreed before the fight that if either
man claimed foul he would submit to
an examination and abide by the de-
cision of the doctors.
When the two physicians climbed
into the arena the ringside was howl
ing bedlam. Sullivan was walking
nervously about the ring and assuring
his friends that he had not fouled his
man and that Attell was taking the
pain. The Missouri Athletic club con-
tingent was roaring for Sullivan. Sui
| livan."
After several examinations the two
doctors agreed that there was no evil
dence of foul, but said they would
like to have third physician make an
examination. DIR. Leland Boogher,
specialist, was called into the ring and
in less than a minute stood up and
announced that the beaten man had
not been struck foul.