The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
Kenosha Fighter Knocks Out
Attel in the And Round at
Los Angeles Tuesday
FIGHT WINS WORLD HONOR
Kenosha Fighter Had the Best of the
Contest From Start to Finish and
Danced to His Corner at End of the
Long Battle.

Kenosha today has it's first pugilistic
champion as Tuesday evening frankie
Conley, the Kenosha boy, battled him
self to world championship honors when
he knocked out Monte Attel in the
Vernon arena at Los Angeles after
forty-two rounds of the fastest fight
ing seen for years in fight in the
United States. 1t was great day
for Wisconsin fighters for while Con-
ley, the Kenosha boy was pummeling
all championship aspirations out of At
tel at Los Angeles AID Wolgast was
boring his way to the lightweight
championship by defeating Battling
Nelson, the durable Dane at San Fran
cisco. At that the fight between Con-
ley and Attel was the best of the two
and as great honor is due to the Ke
nosha boy as to the heavier champion
from Milwaukee.
Conley made good his promise to his
friends. When he went to "Frisco'
FIVE months ago he declared that all
he wanted was chance to show his
fighting ability and he got the chance
and made good. Conley came out of
the fight without scratch and with a
clear title to the diamond belt and the
bantamweight championship.
The news Of the Conley fight was
awaited with keenest interest in Ke-
nosha and when the flash came Just
after eight O'Clock declaring Conley
winner at the end of the 42nd round
there was red light burning in the
Italian districts of the city and there
was great rejoicing among all the Ke-
nosha sports At the home Of Con
ley 8 few of his relatives waited for
the returns from the great fight and
when the news of victory came the
relatives of the fighter danced for joy.
Con1ey put up one of the best fights
ever seen among contestants for the
bantam weight championship and he is
the idol of the ten thousand fight fans
who were able to get into the arena to
watch the contest. Conley never fall
tered in his fight with Attel and there
was only once during the hard fought
battle that he showed any signs of
weakening and that was only for a
minute. When the next gong sound
ed he came up as strong as ever and
began his great fight which ended in
the final knockout of Attel. It was
the first time that Conley had gone
for more than fifteen rounds in fight
and for this reason his showing is re-
garded as the more remarkable.
The contest from start to finish was
one of the fastest and cleanest events
ever witnessed in this country. In
the early rounds Attel showed up well
with clever boxing but with all his
cleverness could not keep away from
the Kenosha bulldog.
! Conley was aggressive at all stages
of tie contest, his marvellous defense
being well-night perfect. At the end
of the twelfth round Attel's right eye
was completely closed. In the twenty
seventh round Conley was so weak he
backed up for the first time in the
battle, but after few rounds of eau
tious fighting he gradually grew strong
er while Attel weakened.
The bell in the last six rounds saved
the San Francisco fighter from knock
out. In many of the rounds towards
the end both boys threw caution to
the wind, stood toe to toe, and whaled
each other numerically.
The forty-second round found Attel
in badly weakened condition. Con-
| ley forcing him all over the ring try
ing for knockout. Near the end of
the round Attel slipped from exhaus-
ton and was being counted out when
Harry Foley, his manager, threw up the
sponge.
Conley emerged from the encounted
without scratch, while Attel lay on
the floor for two minutes after receiv-
ing Conley's finishing blow on the jaw,
7o9t al ho1
ly disfgured his mouth and nose bleed
ing and his lips swollen and bruised.
Conley danced to his corner.
Attel weakened perceptibly in the
thirty-third round, when Conley land
ed heart blow and he was going
down hill from that point until the
finish.
The career of Conley as a fighter
has been remarkable struggle against
heavy odds. He went into the fight
ing game in Kenosha less than ten
years ago and since that time he has
kept eternally at it. He has repeated
| " gone ont of his class to get fights
and his record is a clean one. Conley
was never knocked out by any man.
He fought lot of minor battles in
Kenosha and other places, but the only
real fighter that he met before going
to the coast was Ad Wolgasy who is
the new light weight champion These
sfghters met on three occasions. On