The San Francisco call., 1909-02-23

legitimate challenger of Johnny Coul-
ton. the bantam weight champion OF
the world.
REAGAN FLOORS HIS MAN
In many instances Reagan was a bit
ter disappointment All he showed yes
terday- was his ability TO assimilate
punishment and his bursts of speed at
1imes. These. however. We're handily
Offset by Attelrs cleverness and ring
generalship The latter met most of
his opponents rushes fairly and square
- and did all Of the fine work in the
close. places. ,
Reagan's lack of knowledge of the
sfghtThg game was apparent on many
occasions. lie knocked Monte stiff and
cold with a great right hook 10 the jaw
rust as the bell sounded the close OF
tke. sixth round. Attell came back
weak. and grOggy and apparently
Through, but Reagan could not put IN
.tle punch that would have won him
the BATTLE then and there. He was too
-anxieMs and too careless, and ne al
leSV ed 'AtteI TO weather the storm and
eome back strong enough to outpoint
d. There were many who thought that
3SeaEan' deliberately planted the dow
ELS opponent : Jaw dAAEL A-AN IN-- "a
- lIleeo ana tnat Waiton AouL -, :
heeR. committed. but those who watched
.iEe- incident closely ali agreed tnat AZ
tell fell just as the bell rang be TINS
as IL may. The clang Of the gong was an
1glat saved the life Of the little Hebrew
ATT;EIL TURNS TABLES
-. sE,eagan tore at his man like tiger
I'm the seventh and soon put Monte down
gain. for the count Of nine. AItell man
eeed.-IQ rest IN the meantime ana tlNS
tgsf5ied q little strength He stalled and
.lseill on and fought back near the END OF
the round, while Reagan tried desper-
, at6lE TO put in the blow that Hgured &c
win him the night rlgnt mere
- Reagan .came just as fast in the
eighth but here AttelFs cleVerness and
ring genera lship began TO assert itself
lae. watched his man s every move az. an q
he: felt him out carefully Sud0eniy
'sAtteH shot out a pretty right To Rea-
>Gafs point, and little Jimmy MT Tue
aOfr. with thud. When he arose Attelt
kept right on top OF his man, raining
8. shower Of rights and lefts TO his jaw.
Ii looked as though the fight belonged
10 aftelT beyond the question OF doubt.
.buf T2eagan's wonderful gameness stood
him in his moment Of need and he got
.4hfo7iEh the round, though he was all IN.
II was here that Reagan was counted
.o7t p5- Harting.
Reagan. nothing daunted, came right
i'm ia the ninth and again tore at his
fslan.-- Attell used cleverness and sktI
once more and toward the END OF ne
j "a
right. 10 the Jaw. But in the eleventh
Reagan set the pace and had All the
better Of the milling, putting A1elL
rest door to the land Of nod with sue
CesSLeH Of right and ieIL SWINGS 10 lie
faee and body.
REAGAN LOSES SPEED
..During the thirteenth, fourteenth and
ffteenth rounds Reagan lost most or
his speed, and IL appeared as thoush
Atte3l would put the crusher on alS man
Elrrr Nn a
good cautious fight and ne TOOK no
ci,srrces. realizing full well that Reagan
was. vet dangerous and likely 10 come
right 10 the front with a telling punch.
TP.9a ON would pull himself together al
various times during these ROUNDS an
force Atteu around the ring, Dut ms
blows had little or no effect.
:. The last FIVE rounds Of the battle De
.loreed 10 Attell beyond the question or
"A. foilbt. He seemed to have each and
-rye~sr move Of his opponent figured out
about right. and he used his tetL 70 tne
head and his right 10 the booA Win
1r~eat effect. But meanwhile Reagan
was as game and as courageous as ever;
Sge bored right in upon MS man si.a
lied Ills best TO smother him with vol
ley after volley Of rights and iells. &c &c
-fasfonalIv he landed. bur Atte-Ls DloWs
ol,fnsinbered those so percepnbly tnat
: re was but little chance 1or an afsU-
nienf as to which was winning
FAILS TO HEAR COUNT
=. in the final rounds. Reagan mustered
All: s,is strength and all his courage
nd: tried desperately TO wing over the
punch that would seolle w 80 - siis3s..
bi1Y Atfell was too clever and TOO shlIty
<or him and all these mad daShes went
Tor practically nothing. Both men
were very weak and very tired AZ the
finish. though Atteh was IN better
:: Time Keeper George Harting says
that he counted Reagan out IN the
eighth round. but Referee Tlv kreling
seconds tolIed or To those around
tie. ringside IL appeared as though
Harting was right. but they All iof-
got the incident IN the tense tnriil
And excitement which the next few
ci'ogTrrds furnished
- SI,hough a perfect day dawned and the
zseather improved hourly lnere was
bit. r. small crowd at the ngnt-one OF
the smallest, in fact. that the MISSION
street arena ever held. Had the 1ans
f,e.TYeved that such an exhibition was in
store FOR them, il is safe TO predict
that the place would not have helo the
.Tbe fights were ali reeled off like
clockgrork and there was no delay OF
arv sort The various challengers
who generally climb into the ring be-
fore every important event were con-
spicuous by their absence. The crowd
seemed to be with Reagan ali the time,
h11f when Kreling announced his de-
cision. there was scarcely murmur or
protest.
DECISION Is KISSED
Eddie Hanlon. who refereed the
nlxfe Edwards Dick Cullen fight
"a lied ii a draw at the end OF the tenth
r0-4nd. There were mingled Kisses and
cheers from the spectators when he
rendered his decision. and many Of the
SDertators thought that Edwards was
ontftled to the verdict
; T-he men were announced as l33
,iounders. but Cullen looked 70 have
sse,~eral pounds advantage over his op
ronert notwithstanding this handi
ean Edwards demonstrated his superb
6@tf,- over Cullen and outboxed him all
the way. - - 4.s..-a.,,.
- his man swinging and missing
and Cullen landed but few blows
I,irine this period. Edwards showed
in to advantage with his boxing skill
Ia would draw his opponents lead
- .llan nenper him with left CUTS on