The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10
ABE ATTELL GIVEN
 SEVERE DRUbB|NG THE SECOND TIME

Arena, Daly City. Cal, March 9.--Abe Attell, erstwhile featherweight champion, lost the decision to Lightweight ''Harlem Tommy" Murphy in 20 round fight this afternoon at the Daly City open air arena. It was a bloody fight throughout and At tell presented sorry figure as he tottered 10 his dressing room after the contest. Murphy had clear lead in the ma jority of the rounds, but his best blow was a right cross with which he time and again sent Atters head back. Referee Welshs decision was cheered by the spectators. Murphy outweighed Attell by at least Il pounds.
 In the first round Attell landed frequent ly on the body and forced Murphy to seek protection against the ropes, but did no damage. Attell bled from the mouth. as the round ended with the honors shade in his favor.
 Murphy was reprimanded several times in the second round for holding. Attell went to his seat at the end of the round unsteadily with a swollen eye and bleed- ing freely.
 Ill round three Murphy had Attell groggy,
 landing a fusade of short arm punches to the face, but at the close Attell stag gered the other with a right hook to the jaw.
 | It was honors even in round l. Attell now appeared to gain strength. and well. directed volley of snappy jolts caused the New York boy to spit blod.
 Murphy rushed Abe to the ropes in the. | fifth. The crowd yelled that Murphy was holding and jeered him. Murphy used his right uppereut and pushed Attell through the ropes. Both bled as they took their corners.
 SparrIlg started in the sixth, both fight CTS slowing up appreciably. Attell early outboxed Murphy, who clinched to avoid punishment.
 Murphy forced his opponent into cor ner in the seventh, landing right and left heavily. The blood fairly spurted from Abes nose. Attell worked to the cor ner of the ring, where hard rally en- sued, Murphy doing the greater execu- tion.
 h the eighth round Murphy landed several short arm lefts to the face but was again cautioned not to hold. Abe sent in several punches and the round closed with the crowd yelling Good boy, Abe"
 Attell gave his first exhibition of | his much vaunted cleverness in the ninth and had Murphy hammering the air. Attell landed right and left to the stomach. Murphy looked worried and AttelPs steady fire of body punches did great execution. It was Attell's best round.
 In the tenth Murphy hammered at the face with left and right. At long range they exchanged rights to tho face and Murphy started the blood afresh. It was an even thing at this point with the fight half over. Murphy took the fight to Attell in l the eleventh. He landed twice on the sore nose but ran into a trio of body punches. For 30 seconds it was ham mer and tongs at close quarters
 The twelfth round witnessed a lull, not a blow being struck for two min utes. Then Murphy outslugged At a corner head to head. Attell fought with great desperation, but showed weakness.
 Attell maddened Murphy in the thlr- teenth with right over the heart Close quarter fighting followed. Mur- | phy holding on. Abe forced him back with a succession of stomach drives Between the rounds Attells seconds worked hard patching up his face Attell in the fourteenth sent his left to the stomach and face with clock like regularity. Referee Welch warned Murphy several times to cease hold ing They fought in close quarters un- til the bell ended an even session
 Murphy stole up considerably in the fifteenth under trio of stomach punches but willing at all times to mix it. Both fighters landed with grea frequency to the body and face. Murphy forced his opponent into cor ner in the sixteenth and landed short arm punches to the face at will. Attell opened q gash in Murphy's lips with several welted left hooks. Another mix up fol- lowed with Attell forcing and doing all the landing, Murphy backing against the ropes. In the seventeenth Murphy shunted At l tell about the ring and landed twice with l great force, sending Attelrs head back each time. One of the fiercest rallies of | the fight followed with Attell doing the | greater execution. Murphy lambasted At tell about the face and jaw until Attel l was covered with blood to his waist line. | Murphy bed from the mouth
 The eighteenth opened with Murphy | rushing with great ferceness and landing telling punches on the sore face. Murphy | shook Attel with hard right to the | jaw and brought him to a clinch. .Mur- | phy sent his man through the ropes with a straight left to the jaw. Murphy landed | right and left at will, forcing his en- tagonist to the ropes. Murphy went at 1t like a winner when the nineteenth round opened and time 1 and again sent Abes head bobbing. with short rights and efts. Attel retaliateJ with body punches that carried a sting with them. Desperate fighting at close range wound up the round with Attell very tired. They fought like tigers at close guar ters iii the twentieth round, each trying for a decisive advantage. Murphy sent Attel's head back thrice and then they cllnched