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Show THE MEXICAN MAKES GOOD AT CHICAGO Windy City Eight Man Says Herrera. Should Have Had a Draw . With Abo Attell.- The following account of Ihe recent battle bat-tle between Abe Attell and Aurella Hor-rera Hor-rera nt Chicago will probably help dispel tho Illusion that some persons in this city havo that tho "Mcx" Is a "dead one:" Abo Attell was awarded tlm decision over Aurella Herrera, tho Mexican feather-weight, at tho conclusion of their six-round six-round bout at tho American Athletic club tonicht. The local fistic critics gloated, for things had come about as they predicted, pre-dicted, but many of tho spectators howled in disapproval, for they figured that Herrera Her-rera should have received at least us good as a draw on the strcneth of his forcing tho fighting nil tho way. And force the fighting the Mexican certainly cer-tainly did. With the exception of the first round, when ho seemed to bc taking things easy with a view of gauging hl.s slippery opponent's style. Herrera w:w after his man viciously, rushing him from ropo to ropo and trying his best to "put It right over" for a quick finish. Thanks to Attell'3 elusive tactics, he did not succeed In accomplishing his design. de-sign. Several times during tho combat Horrcra's deadly hook flashed ncrosa At-tell's At-tell's guard, but In each Instance It landed land-ed loo high to tak proper effect. It was noticeable that whenever ono of these punches connected with Attell's head Abo broke ground as swiftly as ho know how and showed a decided preference for long ran go boxing. Twice Attell clipped to the ground during dur-ing the mlxup, but always regained his foot at a bound. His in and out work was perfection from a scientific ntand- ?olnt His feints were dazzling and kept Icrrcrn guessing most of the time. Yet when all was said and done, the contest was on unsatisfactory one. Tho sympathy of tho crowd was clearly with Herrera. and It voiced Its approval of his earnest forcing tactics by repeated yells at Attoll to "stop dancing around and fight." |