The evening world., 1911-09-21
Matt Wells Must Have Reduced
Abe AtteIr's Conceit by the
Easy Manner in Which He
Handled Him. anna.
Copyright. 1911. by The Pvss Publishing 90.
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Copyright. 1911. by The Pr.. Publishing Co.
THE New YORK World.
RATT WELLS and Able Atteil
INI didn't set n rivers on FIRE last
Ss3 night. but they boxed a very
pretty and scientific ten rounds In the
Garden. Wells was master from the
start. He handled Able in a manner
that must have reduced the feather
weight champions bump OF conceit TO
about the size OF a mosquito bite.
Abe came In with the notion that he'd
use Wells for n punching bag. lie didn't
care II there was = difference IN weight.
lie was accustomed to rave u lot OF
fun with slower pig fellows. 1t was
announced that Wells inc Attell had
weighed in under 1S at 8 O'clock"
whereupon Abe had another
ment made 10 the effect mat mis- weight
was l2lh. No affidavit went with that.
however, and Attell looked q little
heavier than usual.
The moment the fight began Wells
showed swift footwork and n clever
ness in feinting and Judging distance
that made Attell miss. Abe moved
about sluggishly. showing an apparent
confidence In his superiority. This
didn't buffalo" Wells as It has others.
however. L q very business-like way
Wells began tabbing and hooking at
Abie's chin. lie was as as q
rineman. He missed very few punches.
and Able, 70 his own surprise. was I'M
able to block the swift little Engiish-
mans blows. Almost at will Wells shot
them through Abe's guard. While the
punches were snappy they didn't have
much gunpowder behind them. There
vas nothing In the k%nockdown line de-
livered during the entire ten rounds
Attell. finding that he couldn't hold
his own with Wells at long range, tried
inhghting. He scored a little. but Wells
quickly found a way TO offset that.
Breaking away he pulled back a little,
and then. just as Abe set himself, whip
ped In a hard left. varying now and then
by stepping in with an uppercut. lie
was much faster than Attell.
II was a fairly even thing until ths
beginning Of the third. when Wells cut
loose and drove Able back on his heels
with hard punches delivered as fast as
he could drive his hands In. Abe's eyes.
nose and mouth began to show distress
signals. He reared a little under the at
tack. but rallied. and the crowd cheered
~uproariously when Abe. foatherweight
champion. scored a few blows. Abe aid
not have h accuracy hat Wells
showed. Wells developed a trick OF
dancing and feinting and drawing Abe's
lead, and then beating him to the punch.
He did 1t handi,y.
In the sixth round Attell rallied and
rushing In mixed II all over the ring,
Wells outlasted and o%utfought him and
at the end OF the round held an un.
diminished lead. In the seventh Attel1
started out In his old time form. fab
bling fast and landing clearly. For q full
minute he had all the best OF II, and
the crowd whooped and yelled encour
agement. But again Wells came bacl,
with a furry that forced Abts to block
ana stall. Wells was forcing the ARht.
ing. while Attell. by backing awsy
blocking and crouching. managed &c
save himself from any heavy punish.
ment.
In the eighth. ninth and tenth round,
the pace fell on. Wells seemed content,
ed with his big lead. II he didn't tr,
10 add TO II or TO score a Knockout, TIL,
ninth was slow. and in the tenth All,
didn't start his usual finishing rally until
within the last ten seconds. Even the,
Wells put on a little more steam an,
held him easily.
Aside from his weight advantage Well
was faster. more accurate and eve,
tr!ckier than Attell. lie had no troubl
In winning.