The San Francisco call., 1909-03-27
POWELL IS GIVEN
CLOSE VERDICT
OVER SAVERS
Homie AffeH Bs-.fs175rS Harry
Dell All Over the Ring for
Fifteen Rounds
By William J. Sfaftery
THE WINNERS


Woods, 10 rounds.
Monte AueH outpoints Harry Dell,
10 rounds.
Lew Powell outpoints Maurice say
ers. I5 rounds.
Lew Powell was handed the verdict
over Maurice savers at the end Of their
10 round battle at Dreamland last
night amid the migled Kisses and
cheers Of the multitude. Referee Toby
Irwin might have made himself more
popular by tossing both hands in the
air and calling it a draw. but figured
closely and Systematically. Powell won
out by narrow margin.
While his work was neither so showy
nor classy as that of the finished boxer
from the beer city. Powell was steady
throughout and on tie job at the op-
portune moments. Many Of the neat
lefts which Sayers shot Tor the lace
Were neatly blocked by the red
haired local lad and he also snapped IN
MANY wicked body blow that did
Ssyers no good
Sensation and excitement were lack
ing throughout. both men pegglng
away in their customary matter OF
fact way and doing the best they could
70 Win by decision without the sllght-
est thought Of q knockout There was
nothing that even looked ike q blood
curdling punch struck throughout the
IS rounds. II was q careful man hgnt
on both sides
Sayers did not put up the wonder
fully clever exhibition that he di1
against Johnny Murphy last month.
and while he might have been entitled
10 a draw last night, he did not nave
any thing else coming 10 him PoWell
was forcing the fighting all the time
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smack iu the face, he aid plenty OF
landing himself. and his blows had far
more steam behind them than Sayers'
did.
SAVERS REEVES
Both men tired and came back sew
eral times throughout the mill Powell
had good lead up TO the tenth round,
but I'm This period. Sayers Same on with
p new lease Of life and gave the local
boy quite Z lscing about the head. The
next round was also Sayers. but ia the
twelfth and thirteenth Powell held his
own. and perhaps had a shade for him.
self
II was the great grandstand finish
that Sayers made which won so many
over 10 his side. He started OF that
fifteenth round like a quarter horse.
and simply peppered Powell all over
the ring Lew was unable TO get in a
lead and everybody forgot the good
work le had been doing earlier in the
evening.
DELL STICKS LIMIT
Monte Atteu, the crack bantam, ad-
ministered TO Harry Dell, the North
beach pride. about as severe a drubbing
as any boxer hereabouts has received in
many a day. and. though badly bat
tered. the North beach chap held his
feet until the end Of the fifteenth round,
when Referee Frank Schuler properly
awarded the decision TO Attell.
As far as the battle was concerned,
THa11 - > ~
pletely outclassed from the first round
until the end and for 2 little fellow
he took a world Of beating without
ever fiinching- His only chance in the
fight lav in his success in landing "A
right swing Oh Attells Jaw. but Monte
looked after this member in a clever
manner and. save the sixth round,
when Dell connected with his right
on Attell's jaw and sat him on his
launches. there was never a moment
that Attell was in danger.
The battle was a CORY one and at
times the spectators called upon the
referee TO stop the melee and save
Dell from further punishment. He was
bleeding prOfusely from the nose and
mouth, and his left eye. after half the
fght had been Waged was closed as
tight as a miser's pocketboOk. Schuler
looked for the towel from DelIs cor
ner. but the little boxer pleaded that
he was not hurt as bad as he looked.
and that he was strong and believed
he had a chance TO knock out his Op-
ponent with his right hand. II is true
he had plenty Of steam in his right. and
1t was always dangerous. but he lacked
the skill TO land II on his clever op
ponenL
ATTELL SUPERIOR
Atteu fought his usual clever and
heady battle. Right from the jump
he showed his superiority as a ringman.
and the battle had progressed but a
short distance when he had Dell look
ing like q beaten pugilist.
IN the fifteenth round Dell had q
tough time weatheriug the round out.
Attell was after him all the time, cuff
fng him about the head and body and
during the latter part of the round he
swung a right over that put Dell on
his back for the count Of eight. The
North beach chap got up and backed
around the ring until the bell rang
and saved himself from a knockout
The curtain raiser. a Is round affair
was awarded by Referee Gus Roster TO
frankie Edwards on points over Tom
Woods. another lightweight. Edwards
showed up with more cleverness and
he peppered Woods with lefts 10 the
face throughout the Is rounds.
There was plenty OF scrapping and
the mill furnished good sport. Ed
WARDS had a good lead and the verdict
was a just one. Neither boxer dis
pla yed much Of a punch, but in the
last round Edwards put his man down
with left to the jaw In this round
the winner opened up. and If he had
used 4 little more speed IN q few
rounds before he might have scored a
knockout.