The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-16
ALAMEDA CRICKET ELEvEl


a great many ring battles, and there
are some who have written about them,
but there is one man whom everybody
confesses to be the king of all ring
writer's. and that is .'Bill' Naughton
of the San Francisco Examiner. Mr..
Naughton has witnessed every fight of
any Importance during the last twenty
years, and his accounts of the battles
have always been recognized as
standard.
He takes no chances when he re-
ports fight. With him at the ring
side is stenographer and he leans
over and details the fight blow by blow
as it goes on. This appears in the
paper the next day as 'Fthe fight by
rounds,' and there is also personal
story signed by Mr.. Naughton, giving
his general impressions of the fight
The following is a reprint of Mr..
Naughton s story of the AttelI- Moran
battle in San Francisco on Labor Day.
It is deeply interesting to all follow
ers of the game, as it shows clearly
and suecinetly just what happened and
how TIE decision came to be a draw:
"Abe Attell is such consummate
ring general that if ism It easy to tell
how the pace affects him or what mo-
tives impel him to do certain things.
To man up tree, however, it looked
as though Attell deliberately jeopar-
died his chances of winning from
Owen Moran by loaing and just fight
ing in spots.
" Referee Jack Welsh declared the con-
test a draw, and Attell was mad as a
wet hen Tt looked for second as
though he would not allow the referee
to take hold of his hand and hoist it
aIoft with Moran s, but he finally did
so; the while his face was wrinkled
with anger.
GIN the writer's opinion Attell earn
ed the decision. 1t may be that Moran
scored as often as the San Franciscan
the Englishman certainly was the
more consistently aggressive of the
pair-but Attell S blows had more
steam. Abey gashed his opponent s
cheek with swapping right cross IN
the seventh round. and in many of the
rounds which followed he hurt Moran
with left body punches Attell S
left and hooks bulged the
bridge of Moran S nose, pulled Moran 8
lips and kept blood dripping from
Moran s face. Attell himself came |
out of the melee without scratch.
stWhatever may be said as to how the |
men compare in cleverness and all
round fighting qualifications, it must |
be said that Attell knows better how
TO minimize the effects of punch. As
the fight wore on Moran reached Abe 8
cheek and chin many times with right /
crosses. left iabs, hooks and swings
When struck Attell would allow his
aead to roll loosely with the punch and
would suffer no more consequences than
# merely slapped with the open hand.
Moran on the other hand, stood up
,tif4v against the American champion
,mashes, and as a result his face was
yell marked at the finish.
.tTide Turns in Seventh.
aessTbe turn of the tide came in the
eventb round when Attell waited for
he Moran lead and then sent his right |
traicht and true against the British
RS cheek. A trickle of blood told the
ale Moran IS confidence must have
,eeR impaired by this and other |
mashes. for he plunged at Atteli and
,ntted him in the face with his head.
there was some hooting and warn
no from the referee and the Engllsn'
nan did not offend again.
stAtteIl was a little further IN the
lad in the eighth round. By this time
@ was as steady as rock and MS race
airlv beamed with confidence. He be-
an 10 loaf. He would back away from
Toran's PUSHES, saving his body and
he lower part of his face with en-
wined forearms and rolling his head
5 Moran used high hooks and Joits. !
hen when the end of the round was .
ut 6, half minute distant Attell would
,ose1 up and cause the blood to how :
fresh from Moran S nose and mouth !
18th Furnishing left jabs and tearing !
1T hooks. i
ssThere WASH t one round in which |
tell was extended from start to +
nish. II there had been he would =
ave been in better standing with the
-owd. and there would have been less !
difference over the fact that Moran c
adj been permitted to share the honors I
: a draw. The crowd felt toward Il
bey as it would toward jockey who i
ad been caught mapping in the stretch