The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-21
EngIishman Shows to Advantage
in Contest With Abe Attell.
Featherweight Fights Gamely
Against Heavier, Clever Boxer.
BEST NEW YORK GO
Observation-Disclosures Of Norris
Flynn Match Are Missing.
Wells Clever as Abe in Fast,
Clean Ring Match.

Madison Square Garden. N. Y. Sept
2l-Abe Atteil the featherweight
champion. tried the impossible by con
ceding about 13 pounds in weight to
the English lightweight champion,
Matt Wells, at Madison Square Gar
oen.
Wells being as clever as the Ameri-
can in every ring move, had the call
almost from the start and won handi-
ly. 1t was a fast, clean and clever
exhibition of boxing with none Of the
bloody features of the Fiynn-Morris
contest in the same ring here last week.
The fight was q handicap match and
Attell is given credit for the game
stand he made against his heavier and
At 1923 O'Clock Atten and Wells en-
tered the ring. Wells leading seconds
were George Macdonald and BoyO BrlS-
coll and Attell was attended by Jim
Flynn and Kid Broad. His weight was
said to be 122 pounds while the Eng
lishman weignedin at o'clock, not
turning the beam at the stipulated 135
pounds Judging from the appearance
of the boys when they stripped there
was about 13 pounds difference, in ia
vor OF Wells.
Referee White got the men together
at 1913.
Fight by Rounds.
Round one-Wens led first with a
light straight left and repeated twice
with light return. After two clinches,
Wells again got straight left TO the
face. Both missed lefts at long dis
tance and also were unsuccessful with
hard right swings. They were spar
ring at the bell. Wells round.
Round two-Wells was first to lead,
landing light left on head. Attell
was short in two attempts and took
two lefts on face but retahated with
a right on face. Atten swung left hard
on ear and was countered with
straight left on chin. Both fought
roughly Atten missing two wicked
right left hooks at close quarters. They
were sparring at the bell Honors
even.
Round three-Wells led with
straight left to face and Abe coun-
tered with a left hook. Wells sent
right and left to face and Attell miss
ed a hard right swing for the jaw.
In a rush Wells forced Attell to the
ropes with five successive left hooks to
the jaw and they mixed it at close
quarters, both fighting hard at the
gong. Wells round.
Round four-Sparring for an open
ing, both missed several lefts ana
rights. Then Wells landed two straight
lefts on face. Both were cautioned for
holding in niixup and then Atteu
cleverly blocked right and left swing.
Wells was the better of the two IN
sparring. Wells round.
Round five-Clever boxing and coun-
tering on each side marked the early
part of this round until Wells sent
Attels head back with hard IeIt on
the nose drawing first blood Abe tried
hard to land but Wells blocked cleverIy
and sent in a few light blows with
left and right again. Wells round.
Round six-Abe was short on left
lead. Wells drove him back with a
straight left over the heart. Attell
was short on a right swing and they
went to a clinch. Wells forced the
blood again with a straight left but
Abe came back with several hard
rights and the round ended in a fierce
such rapid succession that neither one
had any advantage at the bell
Round seven-W ellis hooked left to
nose and Abe sent back four straight
lefts to face, without a return. Both
were cautioned for holding on the
ropes. Inhghting followed, with Wells
the aggressor. While Abe had the ad-
vantage in the early part, Wells made
matters even at the end of the round.
Round eight-Wells led off with
left hook to the head and at close
quarters sent three similar blows with
out a return. They exchanged straight
Iefts and then Wells sent four left
hooks to the jaw. Abe went back
gamely with a straight left to the chin
and held his own at infighting to the
bell. Wells round.
Round nIne-Both were cautioned for
holding and Wells had the better of
all the exchanges at close quarters.
Abe tried his right half a dozen times
but failed and Wells had the better of
many lively rallies. Wells round.
Round ten-They opened up as eau
tiously as when they began operations.
Wells was the aggressor and in a
breakaway after landing two lefts, sent
a hard right swing to the head He
repeated the same a moment later and
then outfought the little fellow, get
ting far the better of rapid rallies, in
all of which Atten was right up to
-
bout, but the Englishmar won cleverly