Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-21
BRITISHER WINS
over ABE ATTEL
Featherweight Champion Is De-
feated in Clever Battle in
New York.
is FAST GO ALL THE WAY
Although Outporked by Many Pounds
Little Hebrew Puts Up PIucky
Performance.


last night defeated Abe Attell, the
featherweight champion, after ten
rounds of the cleverest fighting seen
in. New York for a long time. 1t
was a fast exhibition from start to
finish, but Wells advantage in
weight was too much for the little
Jew to overcome. The bout was held
in Madison Square garden before
big crowd.
At 1928 Attel and Wells entered
the ring attended by a big corps of
handlers. Wells leading seconds
were George Macdonald and Boyo
Driscon and Attell was attended by
Jim Flynn and kid" Broad. Attell
was smiling while the gloves were
being adjusted. His weight was said
to be 122 pounds, while the Eng
Iishman weighed in at o'clock not
turning the beam at the stipulated
135 pounds Judging from the ap-
pearance of the boys when they
stripped there was about IS pounds
difference in favor of Wells.
FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
First round-Wells led first with
a light straight left and repeated
twice with light return. Both were
careful. but after two clinches Wells
again got straight left to Attels
face. They were sparring at the bell.
Wells had the round.
Second round-Wells landed
light left on the head. Wells put
two lefts to the face, but Abe retail
lated with a right on the face. Attel
swung a left hard on the ear and
was countered with a straight left
on the chin. Both fought roughly.
Attel missing two wicked right left
hooks at close quarters. Honors
were even.
Third round-Wells led with
straight left to the face and Abe
countered with a left hook. Wells
sent right and left TO the face and
Attel missed with hard right swing
for the jaws. In a rush Wells forced
Attel to the ropes with five success
sive left hooks TO the jaw. Then they
mixed it in lively fashion at close
quarters. both fighting hard when the
gong separated them. Wells round.
Fourth round-WeIls landed two
straight lefts on the face. Both were
cautioned for holding in a mixup. At
tel cleverly blocked a right and left
swing. Wells was the better of the
two in sparring and had the round.
Fifth round-Clever boxing and
countering on each side marked the
early part of this round until Wells
sent Attel's head back with a hard
left on the nose, drawing first blood
Abe tried hard to land, but Wells
blocked cIeverly and sent in a few
light blows with left and right again,
getting the honors.
IN A FIERCE MIxUP.
Sixth round drove Attel
back with a straight left over the
heart Abe was short on a right
swing and they went to a clinch.
Wells brought the blood again with
straight left, but Abe came back
with several hard rights and the
round ended in a fierce mixup with
hooks and uppercuts in such rapid
succession that neither had any adj
vantage at the bell.
Seventh round-Wells hooked a
left to the nose and Abe sent back
four straight lefts TO the face with
out a return. Both were cautioned
for holding on the ropes. Infghting
followed, with Wells the aggressor,
but while Abe had the advantage in
the early part, Wells made matters
even at the end of the round.
Eighth round-Wells led of with
2 left hook TO the head, and az close
without 6 return. They exchanged
straight lefts and then Wells sent
four IeTt hooks to the Jaw. Abe went
back gamely with straight left to
the chin and held his own at might
ing to the bell Wells round.
Ninth round-Both were caution
ed for holding and Wells had the bet
ter of all the exchanges at close
quarters. Abe tried his right half
dozen times, but failed, and Wells