Frank Mantel by Rob Snell

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Nevada State Journal

29 November 1913

Frank Mantel! Lets Out Howl of

Anguish

Reno fight fans who saw the go between Frank Mantell and Roy Taylor at the Belle Isle pavilion Thursday night will be interested in the echo that comes from Sacramento where the mighty Mantel relieved himself of a few opinions. Apparently he was displeased to the utmost in being

robbed of an easy win. To be charitable to Mantell it might be said that he has gone just as far back mentally as physically and that the only victories he will win in the future will be those conversational triumphs around the post office stove where the best single-handed talker is always returned a winner.

Mr. Mantell put the newspaper boys of Sacramento up against it when he suggested to a reporter on the Bee that he was robbed out of an easy win by a bum decision. If there’s a fight fan in this city today even though he bet on Mantell, believes that Mantell made any sort of a showing whatever, he has not been discovered. Even Mantell's friends admit that he made a poor showing and never had a chance save one or two rounds.

All admit that the fight was a tame one and that little damage was done on either hand The fact that It was a slow fight and that Mantell did nothing but hang on for the last three rounds makes his statement all the more ridiculous.

This is the second time that he has delivered himself of these few cutting remarks against the Reno fight community but it is a cinch that he will never have the opportunity of a third declaration because no one here wants to see him fight again. He hollered after the first fight and he hollered after the second but in both events he received absolutely a square deal according to the consensus of opinion among those who saw him go.

Accepting all criticism that may be offered as to the class of the go that have been held here, there is no one that can successful get away with an imputation of unfairness in the fights that have been held in the city during the past year Mantell was willing- to come here to fatten

his meal ticket but when he weeps copious tears in his home town he will find no one in Reno to extend the hand of sympathy.

This is what Mantell had to say after reaching home: "Frank Mantell arrived this morning from Reno where he fought Roy Taylor yesterday and lost a ten-round decision. Mantell is a pretty sore fighter today, not physically, but mentally. He claims he was robbed of an easy win and that six of the ten rounds belonged to him. He admits Taylor had the shade in two, and says the other two were even. "Reno dispatches say the fight was a tame affair. Both men indulged in much hugging. Taylor had the better of the close fighting in clinches in the last two rounds. In the second and third Mantell showed to good advantage landing some hard blowsto Taylor's chin."

It may be said in passing that Kid George, who had the pleasure of beating Mantell and who afterwards fought two draws with Taylor in Reno has never had a word to say about the decisions. In fact George has admitted on many occasions that Taylor was one of the toughest

propositions he ever went against Walter Coffey fought Taylor here and said that he believed Taylor was a coming man in the middleweight division.

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The Letherbridge Daily Herald

29 September 1916

Weeks Successfully Defends Title

Puts Mantell Out For Count In Third

It took Billy Weeks two rounds, two minutes and fifty seconds to successfully defend his title against Frank Mantell of Butte in the ten round scheduled contest last night at the Majestic theatre. A haymaker right to Mantell’s body ear the close to the third round put the challenger down for the count and Weeks was declared the winner.

Cries of "'foul, foul†greeted the decision. Many in the audience claimed that Weeks' last blow was low. Mantell's seconds putting forward the same opinion. The referee, H. F- Brooks, sporting editor of the Calgary Herald, stoutly maintained that the blow was fair and there were few in the ringside seats to disagree with him.

It was just a case of too much Weeks. The middleweight champion is too experienced a fighter and with the advantage of five pounds in weight, he made life miserable for the contender. At that Mantell shaped up fairly well as a boxer. The opinion of the fans is that Mantell against

man of his own weight who is a boxer instead of a tear in fighter, would put up a pretty exhibition. But Weeks went into the fray with the evident intention of doing the job with as little waste of time as possible and he did it.

The blow that put Mantell out wasn't the only one delivered by the champion that put Mantell in difficulties. Twice in the second round Mantell went to the floor. The first time Weeks put him through the ropes with a body blow and Mantell stayed down while the referee counted eight on him when the bell saved the day. The last time, in the third round, Mantell went down. He was inevident agony and though he couldn’t raise himself in time he made every effort to do so.

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