Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-10
.COSTER'S VICTORY
Brooklyn Youngster Has AtteII
lettering in Last Round.
ROPE SAVES CHAMPION
Abe Fails to Display 0ld.Time Clev.
erness and Opponent Proves
Surprise.

NEW 1OfSh, january 1O.--ln one Oh
the cleverest exhibitions Of boxing ever
seen in this city, with a rushing. smash
ing. banging finish in the tenth round.
Joe Coster fairly smothered Abe Attell.
the featherweight champion, in a ten
round bout in the Vanderbilt Athletic
Club. in Brooklyn. last night. Coster
was a surprise party, one Of the dis
agreeable kind. to Attell.
Abe, much to the surprise Of every
body, lacked his old cleverness. Whether
he was pulling only the foxy Abe can
say. Be that as it may, Coster had all
the best of the bout in the matter of
fine boxing. He jabbed Attelrs face al
most at will. finding his defense open
and broken. On the contrary Attelfs
punches, the few he landed, were Of the
waflop class.
Coster made a great finish. His work
in the tenth carried Attell off his feet.
He hit Abe left-hand swing that sent
Abe, doubled up like the blades q
jackknife. through the ropes. The Sec
ond strand proved Abe's friend. 1t held
him in the ring. With body bent back,
half out of the ring and half in 1t, At
tell was at Coster's mercy. Joe hit the
champion on the face just as Abe's feet
were lifting from the floor. The referee
rushed between the men and pushed
saved Abe from topping to the floor.
Big Crowd Present.
The Attell-Coster bout had the draw
ing power of twenty-mule team with
the boxing enthusiasts Of Greater New
York, and as a result the Clermont
Avyap ri rod fn dn0rS
The big structure was taxed as it never
was before to accommodate the crowd.
Every seat was occupied. and the
standees were damned together. Attell
weighed in at 124 pounds, while Coster
tipped the scales at 122.
The boxing in the first round was light.
Both men were wary and cleverly block
land. with a left to the face. Abe tried
TO cross over left, but Joe caught IT
on his glove. in the clnches Abe work
ed his uppercut Attell sent in left to
two lefts in one-two order to the face.
1t was Coster's round.
The second session was fast: Joe began
rapidly with two left jabs to the face.
They stung Abe and he started a fusil-
lade of right and left swings to the face.
He worked Coster to the ropes and sent
a rat-a-tat of many punches to the stOm-
ach before Coster squirmed out OF the bad
place. Attell blocked several OF Coster.s
hard swings to the face. Abe's round.
Abe Wakes Up.
Abe's lightninglike jabs to the face
found Joe three times in quick sue
cession in the third. A sudden left to the
body followed by q fast right chop to the
jaw staggered Coster. In the clinch which
followed. Abe, while holding on with his
left, used his right for. two hard upper
cuts to Coster's face. Coster fought hard
and fast In the fourth. After missing two
swings he solved Abe's defense and made
Abes head swing back and forth like a
loose gate with two left and right chops
to the head. Abe's best blow was light
left to the stomach.
Coster sent Abe to the ropes with left
and right jolts to the jaw in the fifth.
While Abe was doubled up Coster ripped
in left to the stomach. The blow made
Abe cover up. He stalled for time, then
tried a left swing from the hip which
looked low in Joe's stomach. Joe came
back hard with jolts in the face.
Abe found Costers nose in the sixth
and made 1t look like an overripe straw
berry, crushing the tip and starting the
claret. Coster hit Abe twice in the face
but the blows lacked steam.
Attell hit Coster in the stomach with
q right, but Joe countered hard to the
the seventh. He hit Attell reepa eddy
on the lips, nose and jaw In the eighth.
but the blows were light. Abe hit Co.'S
ter hard on the right eye just before
the bell.
Attell started the ninth with hard
left to the body. Coster fought back
strong and hit Attell several clean jabs
i'm the face In the clinches he fought
Attell to the stomach. forcing Abe to
stop mixing.
Coster jabbed Attells face so many
times in the tenth that 1t was .impossi-
BILE to count the blows. He made q
whirlwfnd rally near the end OF the
round and sent Attell nearly Trough the
ropes. The second rope alone saved At
tell from falling to the floor. While in
that position he jabbed Abe until Abe
was dazed.