Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08
WHITNEY BEATS
ABEL, BUT GETS
ONLY 4 DRAW
By w. s. Farnsworth.

r. RANK WHITNEY was robbed
OF a ten-round decision in his
battle with Jake Abel at the
Dixie A. c. last night when Referee
Mike Saul declared the mill a draw.
II was Whitney's bout all the way,
except in the last two spasms.
Whitney did all the forcing did
all the infighting. landed the most
and hardest blows, and even out
boxed Abel. The first eight rounds
belonged to Frank The ninth was
even. and the tenth was Abers by a
narrow margin.
But Abers rooters made the most
noise. and this probably ratified
Saul to such an extent that he de-
clared the bout an even thing Mike
is honest and no one can question
that, but he was way off color
when he rendered his award
Frank Sends Rights TO Head.
There was little fighting in the
first round. although Whitney man
aged to hook two hard rights to the
face. Those two blows gave Frank
the round.
In the second round Abel jabbcd
twice with his left. but he had felt
the sting of Whituey's right, and
he did not throw himself forward
enough with his southpaw leads to
even sting his man. Clinch fol
lowed clinch. and Whitney worked
both hands to the body, Just be
fore the bell rang, Frank slipped
two lefts and a right to the head
Whitney began TO realize in the
third round that he could even out
box his opponent, and time and
again he beat Abel to the punch
with his left hand. Whitney jam
med right TO the body, and as IL
landed Abel half way slipped to the
floor. Abel finally managed TO con-
meet withfa left that sent Whitney's
head back, but Frank got in close
and made a punching bag out of
Abers stomach. a right hook 10
the nose earned first blood for
Whitney
The fourth round was the slow
est Of the ten, but what little work
was done belonged to Whitney, and
all that was while the men were
wrestling around the ring.
Abel started off the NTH by shoot
ing home a hard right hook to the
face, but in return Whitney sent
two light Iefts and a wicked right
TO the face. The right was the
hardest blow of the fight, and 1t
made Abel hang on. Frank got in
close and at the bell was pounding
the body. In all of these clinches
Abel didn't try TO hit back once.
Whitney Earned Sixth Easily.
The sixth round was Whitney $
by a mile. Abel didn't land clean
blow in this session, while Whit
ney ouJboxing his clever opponent
kept shifting his attack from the
head TO the body and back TO the
head
Abel worked home two pretty
labs i'm the seventh. but too.iSnN
tried to exchange wallops ut close
quarters, and as result Whitney.
always heating Jake To- the punch.
earned the round
Whitney had a shade tbo hest ut
the eighth, but neither boy tried Co
do much. The only real punch i'm
this session was a right that Whit
ney worked up TO the jaw in "A
clinCh.
The ninth round was a bear And
il was even. Whitney worked I'M
close with lowered head and pound
cd the body hard during the early
part Of the round Finally Abel
brought up a hard right uppercut
that drove Whitney back Jake tol-
lowed this up with two swell lctts
| 10 the face. During the last min
ute OF the round the boys eNvhang-
ed hot and heavy, with houors even.
The tenth was Abers He rea e.
lied that he was beaten. and that
his only chance was TO stop Whit
ney He fought with AN the fury
Of his race, landing both hands 20
the face time and again without "a
return during the FIRST half OF the
round Whitney. however kept
plugging away at the body. hut his
blows were not us clean as Jake'-.
A clinch followed hot cNchauge.
and Abel butted Frank under the
left eye. opening q cash tina, cow
cred him with blood u WAS give
and take from then until thc boz.
with Abel ia the lead for the first
time during the entire mIl