Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-11-26 | Page 6 | Welsh is Too Much for Feather Weight Champion, Attell

WELSH IS TOO MUCH FOR fEATHER WEIGHT I II I CHAMPION A HEll ATTELL i Attell Easily Outclassed by Englishman Who Shows Form LOS GELES Nov o 26 Abe Abo Abe Attell the fast tast and undefeated ted featherweight champion of ot the tho world met moro more than his match last night In Freddie Welsh the English lightweight champion and ono one of ot tho the greatest lightweight fighters that ever appeared In a ring in this city Welsh showed himself to be bf u. u clever man His boxing footwork generalship and ind defensive tactics were wore superb Attell had hod never ne a chance from the be beginning be- be ginning of ot tho the fight to the finish The doughty little champion champlon seemingly lacked confidence hi his blows lacked vigor and his II generalship was not what It has haa b boon n. n So seemingly outclassed was Attell by bytho trio tho English champion that ho hI appeared to be bc ablo able to show chow hut but little of ot his old old- i time fight While ho he fought bravely on the defensive and rallied raffled frequently a against the lead of ot his opponent he was not able ablo to make a 0 sufficient at any time to place tho the rj result of ot thein tho the fight In doubt S Welsh led with t both bolh hands bands with unerring unerring uner uner- ring rim precIsion There was much Infighting and in this alono alone did Attell show chow ho hoto to advantage In Inthe Inthe Inthe the long range exchanges s Welsh was his master both in and defense Attell said after the fi fight ht that he ho had given away too much Wel weight ht to his hi op op- op- op He also claimed an injury to his hand received in training which In Interfered In- In with his work The Tho betting was 10 to S 8 on Attell