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Show ATTELL A HARD .: KPT TO CltACK ' PHILADELPHIA," May .i;Ba"tUln Nelson f Chicago, made his first appearaaee In the rise iins: kere last algnfr aad, proved ;a rather easy ; proposlrtoa for , Abei Atteli ef $aa Francisco. . " ; ... ., s . ' ' It was the old story, of the flnfshed boxer against - a flsKter; ; Attell's elevermess iiroved toe much for Kelson, and 'In the first four of the sis rounds, of the fight, the California jabbed the other mas at -Will- ' la the futk round Attell's strength began to wane, but he araeble te fcold Kelson east be . . It wsa a stxxj, fast beut from .'start te f!a-Ish. f!a-Ish. - The way AtteU started In It looked as though Nelson would aot teat ths six .rounds, buf. what b sacked m cleeemees be aaade up In sameness and ability to take punishment. All through the first four rounds Attel) jabbed Kelson In .the face and In . ths stomach d got away ' without receiving a' blow. la the second and third roands, however;-wheta Nelson Nel-son led he eausht AtteU several times bard on the Jaw-witboot doing any damaae. -. In the latter prt of the fourth Nelson sent AtteU to the floor, but he was on his feet In an Instant. The fifth rmmd was ellehtly la favor of Nelson, as was also part of the sixth. ii the latter part of the aizth, however, -AtteU 'recover himself tM was hammering Nelson with, rights and lefts whea the. bell Sounded. ' ' ...- V to the time the men stepped hrto the ring It looked as though they would rot meet. There- was a bitch: over weighing In. AtteU weighed In at 12. but Nelson refused to set on Jhe scales, claiming that his oontraet did not rail for It. AtteU refused to. go oa. and the management decided te put on Kid Herman Her-man of Chicaso. AtteU finally consented ta fight. Nelson looked to weigh about p to IM peunds. --1 . . a. ..- . . |