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Show i I STANDARD SPORTING PAGE ATTELL DEPARTS FROM FIGHT GAME I The St. Louis Times, In comment ing on Abe Attell's bout in that city last week, when he gave up the bat-tlo bat-tlo with OIHe Kirk, admitting that his ring days are over, has the following fol-lowing to say: "I'm all in as a fighter, boys. It ain't no use, it ain't no use." i That little sentence ended the mar- f .velous ring career of Abe Atteil, holder hold-er of the featherweight championship for 11 years. Outhoxed for six rounds by Ollie Kirk at the Business Men's A. C. Wednesday night, Attcll walk-- walk-- cd to the edge of the ring, held up both hands and delivered a short talk, i , announcing that he had fought his j last battle. The 3,000 members wore dumfound-ed. dumfound-ed. To have Atteil announce that "it ! ain't no use, boys, it ain't no use," came like a bolt from the sky. In the first two rounds Abe boxed like the days when he was the king, and looked to bo just as spry as when he fought here eight years ago. In ' j the third round, though, he did not j make a lead and Kirk kept peck ing away with left jabs to the jaw and rights to the stomach. It was the same In the fourth. The Kirk admirers were excited to see Ollie score one point after another. But Attell's friends, those who saw j him in his prime, were laughing up their sleeves. They believed the llt- I tie fellow was up to his old tricks. Everybody thought Atteil was "stal- ling." No doubt he was waiting for the fifth when he would flash ahead, j swing and punch, and maybe knock j out the frail Kirk. But Atteil did not I rally. It was the same in the sixth round. Then came the shock. When the bell ended tho sixth round Abe stood in the middle of the ring. The spectators spec-tators looked aghast, wondering what was to happen Finally Atteil walked to the edge of the ring and announced his departure de-parture from the fight game forever. He walked to his corner and to the flock of fans who stood around him he repeated the same. |