The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-20

not Prevail Against the Dazzling Display of Sci
 ence by His Rival-Rec-
 ord Crowd Sees Little Gamecocks Struggle for
 the Mastery in Ring of the
 National A. c.
 | In a slashing battle between the two 1 cleverest men of their weight that ever
 donned fve-ounce gloves Jim Drisco1l, | featherweight champion of England | outpointed Abe Attell, holder of the 1 American featherweight title before l the largest crowd that has witnessed a bout in this city since the old Hor- l ton law days. at the National A. C. 1 last night. The wonderful speed and l cleverness of the master ringster from 1 over the sea would have earned the l verdict for him in seven of the ten rounds, while there was one round in | which the honors were even. The Californian was outboxed and out 1 fought almost all the way by the doughty little man who was defending 1 the Union Jack.
 i The men put up a battle such as | seldom is seen in the squared circle. l At times it was veritable dance of | ghosts, with both men high up on their | toes and Hitting like will-o' -the-wisps about the ring, shooting in jabs with | the speed of striking serpents. At l such times even Attell's masterly tac- 1 tics could not prevail against the be- l wildering speed and wonderful foot | work of the Briton. Again, the men | stood toe to toe and battled like game cocks, sending in smashes that mashed and mangled as the leather crushed flesh and bone. Lightning 1unges at long range, masterly blocking and clever ducking, bulldog battling in close quarters-all the condiments that get away epicures-were furnished in the great battle.
 The American put up game fight and never gave an inch of ground. With head down like a cayuse bucking a snow storm, always he battled with
 face to the front, striving to get in and land the punch that would have sent
 the Briton to Dreamland. But gen.
 orally the Englishman kept just out of
 his reach, circling his adversary and leaping in and out, striking as fiercely and bitterly as gaunt gray timber
 wolf snaps when at bay. It was At tell who did most of the forcing, but Driscolls game was to get his man coming and that was how he slashed and tore at the Californian.
 Attell, whose ring generalship and cleverness has made almost all the
 men in his class in America take to the tall timber, could not fathom the dazzling cleverness of the man from the land of John Bull. While Abe did not qualify for the monkey house along with Matty Baldwin, Johnny Marto, Leach Cross and the other boys who were grubstaked to Driscolls wonderful speed and c1everness, Dris- Abe had to dip his colors to the crafty strategy and lightning speed of the ring wizard who opposed him.
 Scarcely had the battling begun than the Californian got taste of the will o'-the-wisp elusiveness of the marvel ous Briton. Abe shot a left to the wind and rushing Driscoll to the ropes. swung another vicious right at the heart. Driscoll wasn't there, however, and the impetus of the blow carried Able off his feet and against tie ropes. Able sent in many punches in the ten round session, but few of the wallops landed clean and went home. Many were blocked, others were slipped and many more reached the mark when Driscoll was going away, and conse- quently the force of the blows was lessened.
 3 Much of Driscolrs clever work was not caught by some of the spectators Many of Attell's punches were spoil ed by the Briton when to many it look ed as if they had reached the mark. Jim's cleverest defensive work was in slipping tie punches. He used his wonderfully supple and sinewy body like an expert fencer uses foil. Just foi1c ,iS 1ndo that of his adversary, so did Jim slide his head and body around many of Abe's leads. A duck of the head or turn of the body and Abe's jabs and swings would slide by. ss
 While Jim was sidestepping and ducking many of his opponents leads he was sending in jab after jab at va rious parts of Attelrs anatomy. Throughout the encounter Jim scored with his double left, shooting in his punch with a lightning lunge and re- beating the trick before the Califor- nian could block or counter. Jim's marvellous speed beat Attell to many a punch Abe would lead only to have his head snapped back or his body jared by Driscoll getting inside the | lead
 First Round-DriscoH was short with his left and Attell ripped a left and 1 right to the wind. Driscolps left went 1
  a left to the wind and he crowded Jim l to the ropes. Attell missed two swings as Driscoll sidestepped and the Amer ican fell against the ropes He bound ed back, laughing. He hit Jim with 1 left to the stomach. Jim's lightning left foun Attelps mouth. It was Dris- | coils round.
 Second Round-Attelps left went to the stomach and Driscoll jabbed left on the mouth. The American ripped his right to stomach and sent hls left to the Englishman'S jaw. Driscol put two lefts on the nose and mouth. Jim | ,jabbed three 1efts to the eye and the last one on the mouth, which rocked Attells head. They swapped lefts to the head. Driscoll's blocking was marvellous and Attell's not shade be- hind Attell got to the wind with a good left. Attells round by shade.
 Third Round-Attelrs right reached the ear and Driscoll jabbed Abe's nose