The sun., 1909-02-21
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
ECHOES OF THE DRISCOLL-
uTELL GLOVE BATTLE.
Onl! preJud'ood Persons Could Give
american Boxer . shal;o-welshma
Goes Home, but viii Return Soon
4 and May Fight With AtteIi Again.

and May Fight with Atten Again.
All New York talked yesterday Of the
sensational ten round battle between Jim
Dr,'oll and Abe Attell which took place
Al tHr National Athletic Club Friday night.
Probably no glove contest in years caused
sn'h VIDE dinerenoe OF opinion among
sporting men. 10 an unprejudiced OBJ
server competent to Judge the respectiys
merits of The boxers there was nothing 10 IL
bW pri7con In point of quickness. head
WORK, accuracy and Eeneralship the Welsh
man had Attel clearly beaten, yet along
Broad"ay Yesterday many persons could
BE- found VINO were insistent In declarine
thai Atell won by a mile" In aImost
rer, case. however, these persona vsra
eitho- influenced by the bets they made
ssaiu-' Driscoll. whlch they were anxious
to save, or we're In direct sympathy with
the American champion,
Tom ORoorke, who was In Attells COR
ner for instance. declared that Abe won In
NaIS' " hourkes opinion as rule Ia
worthy OF passing notice because of his
long experience with pugilists, but in this
case he was governed solely by a personal
grievance. Before Driscoll came to Amer
Tea ORourke tried to obtain the manage
nent of the clever Briton, but Charley
Harvey got ahead OF Sir Thomas Than
when Driscoll arrived here O'Rourke de-
clsred that he was not q hi gh class feather.
and TO prove this assertion Sir Thomas be-
came Attells chief adviser in the big bout
il was natural therefore for O'Rourke In
claim victory. but absolutely fair minded
observers. and there were hundreds Of
then1. were positive that Driscoll had a
formidable lead on points when the bout
ended But the fact that there was no
MI a
The question OF which II the world's feather
weight champion still In doubt.
In fight TO finish or In a bout OF forty-
Grounds 1t might be possible to determine
the championship. but nobody who knows
anything about pugilism would attempt
10 hand so important title to either man
simply because In q ten round bout, with
nodecision. Driscoll scored greater number
Of scientific points than Attell. While
Disco prsc9h was She the master In this respect II
dangerous at the end OF the bout as he was
,,d The 4 AHsiiqsn 9EI s champion proved con-
harder puncher. while Driscoll excelied
% the power OF his straight jabs for the
Itce. MtelIs inability to reach the point
Than one occasion caused him to shift later
IN ne hight 70 the left hand with which he |
,ried several times for a knockout. Once |
10 front Of the ear. The blow had plenty SU Of
steam behind II and Driscoll was Jared, |
Ss. Ss.dY me as,s ,stter's wonderful footwofk and
tel to follow up this advantage.
There was no doubt. however, that Attell
i had me punch which. Il it had landed on
away, so that in a fisht to a I'm finish htteil
would probably be regarded with much
more favor because OF his superior hitting
sDliity, it must not be understood. how
he shook Attell from head to heel with
several accurate smashes on the neck and
@ stypeee eftnf sas wh9 Mb he 'eR Ss
eyes and throat.
But in spite Of these clever points scored
olow in the whole battle. Not n drop OF
oiood was shed. and the. only marks oi the
conflict were sinner" which Attel re-
TOOK away with him.
Driscoll had the greater speed and the
more wonderful defence. That was shown
gradually worked the Welshman into a cor
ner and was In the act Of swinging a hard
,ne for the jaw when, Driscoll suddenly
Attell,s left, slipped out into the middle OF
The ring with rapid foot work, and mean
Sh,Is rosr Attsi n completely beyildered and
all fours near the ropes. When the Ameri-
can boxer got up he looked sheepishly
oSGd sTowd rssles les aiossIns bB9n While ihs
frst time in his career had met a cleverer ,
man.
i is doubtful il Attell was ever so badly
was merely an incident. 1t was this same
elusive ducking and lodging by Driscoll !
bat made Attell waste countless blows on
Attell didn't try his best to hit the Welsh {
man. Those who had seen the American in $
many previous encounters said that he never )
nd nd kA1 a
Tor that matter. Attell before the night told
ns closest fr1end that he would win easily.
In fact. he had 81 idea that ne would win by !
gould not give any excuses, But Attell and
Drscoll had won. They said that II a de-
sson had been rendered draw would have
Attell did not relish the practically unani- G
nous nous newspaper verdict that he had been U
DrisColi returned to this country he would c
,orce the Brton into finish fight for the
sorid's title. !,
yesterday morning for his home In Cardif. Z,
Wales. For seven years he has boxed for b
.hsrty at his home on the first OF March. :
md When he left there last fall he said he p
sould keep his promise to be on hand for
he benefit Of an orphan asylum;
! wouldn't disappoint the little 'uns." =
va wa Driscoll as he boarded the st Gamer, :.
'ould feel bad II didn't come. That was a "
oily good go, know, last night. want to "a
ompllment Mr., Attell on his extreme clev- =,
rness and sportmanship. He fought me
'ith great fairness and put up a splendid G
70. VIII | fight him again? Why, GER -
AMY. Why not2 / like TO box such a -
lever 'un as he and when get back will 'e
nake match, you can he sure" L
\ large crowd OF sporting men said fare M
'el 10 Drscoll as he sailed away. While IS
n ne other side he may box Owen Moran fe
the National Sporting Club. but many WI
mg followers would like TO see the bout as
cen boxing under the same management Re
)rlscoll has made nearly $40. 900 while here "a
ma when he comes back his services will WI
Z 10 great demand.
IL be Is matched with Attell Il will not n,
Y before the American champion has made 81
hard fight for t22 pounds ringside. The
~ that Driscoll was able to scale under Sc
y on Friday night has convinced Attell fe'
hat the Briton can do i22 without trouble.
lriscoll evidently fooled everybody as TO ~
" best weight. for he insist ed that he could
OF make less than l26 ringside and be ID,
Nong Yet he actually weighed 1881 at
O'Clock, although he did not overexert
lmself 20 the matter OF reducing,
Drlscolls friends said yesterday that
was lust a bit stale" when he entered WI
oe ing and that his performance conse- Ar
uehtlH was all the more remarkable. They DIT
ave beaten Attell even more decisively. W.
IN" National Athletic Club incidentally I'M
a. established itself so firmly In the popu- he
Y esteem that many big battles will prob on
oy DE decided there. just 40 long as the a..
outs are pulled of In accordance with the 70