El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-02

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nj baDe. in a chat here. areed
= with me that his own story OF
his winning Of the worlds feather
weight title might be somewhat In
teresting-
But L don't know that there was
anything very startling about it. he
added. Il expected TO beat Attel.
though did think he'd give me a
harder fight. 1t was one OF the easiest
fights 1 ever had.
You see. 1 did a lot of fighting out
there i'm the elimination bouts. and 1
felt pretty sure that could win After
knocked Rivers out in the 18th round
knew 1 could beat AttelL Rivers is
q real Mexican. and so some OF the
people out in Los Angeles don't cara
much for him. But he's a great fight
er. He gave me a fierce fight until /
vas lucky enough TO get him He
weighed l22 pounds then, TOO In Ine
eIimiuations i beat Patsy Allne, zoe
Rovers. frankie Conley and CnarIls
after that the trouble was in get
ting Attell clinChed for a fight Attell
wanted 10 fix il. He talked with
Just listened and looked vlse- i didn
see Attell When we both started
training at Los Angeles we gave him
TO understand that there vas absolute
" nothing doing and tnat he nave 20
fight me on the level He had plenty
OF time to train and he worked nara
and got into good shape
Family Was With Johnny.
Il worked nard. too / always get
into the best sort of shape for my
fights I had my wife and my little
girl with me i'm Los Angeles. so was
riGnt al nome while 1 was training
hats the pest way 10 be-
i went out TO fight as cool as II
there wasn't championship at stake.
No. 7 didn't have any plan OF naIJle,
1 never plan a fight before hand IL
yOu make up your mind 20 fight in
certain way. and the other fellow gen
orally has better plan and is oet-
ter fighter. you're going to be whipped.
In the first round we must have
SPARED and danced for a minute and
a half without hitting a blow ] was
sizing Artell mp. and he WOuiun start.
he tried 10 kid me, turned his race
toward the crowd and shook his head
10 make people think ] was TO blame
because there wasn't any fighting YET.
And then he said 20 the referee WY
Cont YOU make him fight2
We'll. we started I thought Attel
would be fast and clever. but 10 sur
prised me a little TO find that I was
so much faster that could nit MIN
withopt return whenever ] wanted
to. He'd have his right pulled back
10 start a punch. and Ia iab him
a couple OF times ard get in and out
Sc fast that his arm was tied TO his
SIDE.
AttelI Tries for Knockout
Ply this time we'd reached the
fourth round Attell found that he was
being OUtboXed. and he got wild and
began swinging 1 never saw him
swinging that way before He tried
to get my scat by talking to me. He
didn't say anything very pleasant. Al
ter a few rounds he began using every
fCul trick be knew. 1t was the foulest
fighting 1 ever saw. He butted, and
tried to wrench my arms, and hit low
deliberately. Once when ne hit low
1 laughed at him and said. Try ii
again. YOU can't hurt me-
"Atteu kept buttinE all the time. At
last he caught me and cut my eye
wide open. See the scar Ga thin white
line an inch long that followed the line
OF the eyebrow I saw that he was
going TO go along butting. so I made
Up my mind to bet him at his own
game. and for a round I butted him I
took good care not TO let him cut my
ether eye This was about the 18th
round.
When he came out Of his corner
covered with grease. and the referee