The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
DRISCOLL GETS
 BEST OF ATTEL
Ten-Round Bout Is Marked By
 Some Lively Fighting
NO DECISION IS ALLOWED
National Athletic Club of New York Is Packed To See the Contest for Points Between Champions in
 Featherweight Class.

New York, February 19-Jem Driscon, the English featherweight champion, and Abe Attel of San Francisco, holder of the worlds championship in that class met in ten-round bout tonight at the National Athletic club, and Driscoll had shade the better of the contest. They weighed in at o'clock, neither turning the scale at the stipulated weight, 125 pounds
 No decision was given by Referee Charlie White, as the laws of this state do not permit decisions to be rendered on boxing bouts. The championship title was not involved in the articles govern ing the match.
 At the conclusion of the contest both men were in good condition and could probably have gone for many more rounds. The experts who watched their every move were unit in saying that nothing short of 20 or 25-round go would be sufficient to determine decisive superiority of either man.
 Club Rooms Packed.
 The confines of the National Athletic club were packed with an expectant and excited throng of followers of hst1c sport tonight to witness the bout. Long before the little boxers clambered through the ropes every seat was taken and the back aisles were jammed Driscoll ruled fa- yorite in the betting at 10 to and there were many wagers laid that the English man would carry off the championship honors.
 The fighters weighed in at o'clock and both tipped the beam at l24 pounds. After long wrangle Charlie Whlte was selected as referee. The betting went to it1sf hafO fighters ring.
 Attel was the first to enter and was cordially greeted He wore light bandages on his hands,. He was followed shortly afterward by Driscoll, whose hands were also bandaged.
 The gong then rang for the battle.
 Fight By Rounds. Round 1-Driscoll was short with his left and Attel ripped left and right to the wind Driscols left went to the face three times and Attel sent left to wind and crowded Jem to the ropes At tel missed two swings as Driscoll side stepped and the American fell against the ropes He bounded back laughing. He hit Jem with a left to the stomach. Jem's lightning left found Attels mouth. It was DriscolIs round.
 Round 2-Atters left went to the stom- ach and Driscoll jabbed left on the mouth. The AIQeT1Cdn IlppSu hiShl bO stomach and sent his left to the Eng lishman's jaw. Driscoll put two lefts on the nose and mouth. Jem jabbed three lefts to the eye and the last one on the mouth which rocked AttePs head. They swapped lefts to head DriscolPs block ing was marvellous and Att not shade behind Attel got to the wind with good left Atters round by a shade. Round S-Atters right reached the ear and Jem jabbed nose and mouth. Attel sent three lefts to mouth and Driscoll 1 jabbed a left on nose and mouth.
 Jem hooked left to the eye and bat 1 tered the stomach with right. Attel blocked two lefts but Driscolfs right hook l landed solidly on the jaw. A swap of lefts on the face was followed by Dris coils right to the jaw. This staggered the American and Driscoll was in like lightning with three lefts on head. Dris- coils round.
 AtteI Staggered.
 Round 4-Jem staggered Attel with solid right on the jaw. Attel rushed but the Englishman tucked out of harms way. Driscoll put two lefts to Attels face and shook him up with a solid right on the ear. Attel reached the stomach with both hands. Jem cut AttePs eye with a left and then put the left to the wind. After a break they exchanged lefts on the mouth. DriscolIs left went to At tels nose and to the mouth. Driscolfs round.
 Round 5-Attel jabbed left to the nose !, and Jem put Attel to the ropes with left on the ear Driscoll hit Attel on the ear with a right swing. They swapped 1 lefts on the head and when Attel tucked 1 swing Driscoll sent oue to the kid | neys. Jems left shot to the face and
 then Attel jared Jem with stiff left to the jaw. Both landed short arm lefts I ,1f -,zl, IOf%
 to the bad eye and nose. Driscoll smashed
 the Americans eye three times with his 1 left. Driscoll's round.
 Attel Gets Best of 1t.
 Round 6-Driscoll blocked left and
 hooked left to Attel's bad eye. Attel | jabbed nose with left and Driscoll came | back with two lefts to head. Attel hoped two lefts to jaw. Jem slowed up a mo- ment then came back with two sharp
 1efts on the face. Attels left went to
 the stomach and Driscoll planted a good 1 left on Attel's wind. Driscoll landed left | twice on the eye. Attel hooked a left
 on the ear then put two light lefts on the ] face Jem smashed Attels eye at the l bell. Attels round.
 Round 7-Attels left was blocked but his right went solid on Jem's ear. Dris- l coll came back with left on the nose, 1 Attel then put left to jaw staggering l DrlScOll. Allel Iue ana 1 Jem jabbed left to mouth. Attel sent right to the heart. Driscoll walloped the 1 kidneys then sent lefts to the eye, nose and mouth. Attels round.
 1 Round S.-AtteIs left was blocked and | Jem blocked with a left Attel landed | left and right on the head then a swap 1 of lefts on face was followed by Jem with left to Atters chin and a right l on the ear Attel put left to jaw and 1 crossed a good right to ear Driscoll darted two lefts to face, Attel replied | with a left and right. Jem was short
 with left, but after Attel got to the | eye with a left Driscoll landed two lefts | lightly on the face. Atte put two to | the stomach with both hands and they
 were locked at the bell. Honors even.
 Round 9-Driscoll rocked Attels head
 with a left on the mouth and Attel stag
 gered Jem with two left hooks on the
 jaw. Jem sent left to nose lightly and l then to the mouth with left and Jem answered in a similar way. Driscoll sent
 left and right to jaw. Driscoll put left
 to the stomach and Attel ripped left to | the wind. The Englshman put a wicked
 right on the chin and followed it with a
 swing to jaw. Attel clinched and they l were hammering the stomach at the bell. | Driscolls round.
 | Round 10-Both men were strong Jem put light left on the mouth and after 1 a clinch Drscoll sent a left on Attel's l bad eye. This was another clinch and | Driscoll landed on chest and Driscoll | hooked a solid left the nose and fol- l lowed it with a right on the ear At 1 tells face was checked and Driscoll ham, 1 mered stomach. Driscoll ducked a wicked l swing and they clinched After the l break Jem put lefts to the face and Attel clinched. Attel retaliated with left f