Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-13 | Page 9 | Azevedo Wins Fat Bout with Attwood

SjpEOO MS FAST BOUT WITH ATTWOOD Six-round Battle Pleases Fans; Johnson Knocks Out Kid Dutch. After six whirlwind rounds in the wind-np wind-np affair at the ilanhattun club last nighty Young Azevedo, the clever Oakland boy who has been sending them all to the box-office box-office fur the small end of the purse recently, re-cently, added another victory to his string when he outfought, out maneuvered and outclassed Hairy Attwood, the speedy featherweight from Los Angeles. It was a battle of cleverness;, speed and heavy hitting from the tap of the opening gong until Referee Downing held up Azevedo's hand, proclaiming him The winner. Much credit Is due Attwood for the manner he I withstood the heavy bombardment of the Portuguese, which would have sent many men in his class to i he mat for keeps. The verdict was popular with the fans. Battling Johnson shoved Kid Hutch into! a corner during the fourth round of their j if tiled six-round go and with a smash- I jig right to the jaw sent Dutch to dream- I -" land. 1 Kid Mack hung on to Swede Johnson for six rounds, while the fans yelled for action. Swede seemed eager to fight, but Mack barred his every attempt until the scrap became tame. Swede should have heen awarded the decision for the reason that he tried to get some action, but the verdict was a draw. In six rounds of fast going, Willie Gee and Deaty Taylor created much excitement among the fans. Deafv had it on Gee for weight, but Willie led by a mile as to cleverness, which evened things up. Fighting Joe was given the decision over Kid Jim in the curtain-raiser.