The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31

| are Offering TO bet largely on McGovern. it
seems remarkable that so few bets are
supporters of Young Corbett TO take all
these bets. but the McGovern party only
appears on deck when there is none of the
Corbett money around.
! Summing UP the chances of both men on
the fight, 1t looks as though Young Cor
last year. He has now the added confidence
in himself gained from defeating Mccoy
ern for the championship. and 1t looks as
though he should be able to turn the trick
again.
Abe Attell and Kid Abel should furnish a
really interesting match when they meet
before the West End Club one week from
Thursday. as their STYLES of fighting are so
entirely different as 70 afford a strong con-
trast in the ring. Abel is a fighter of the
! hard-hitting and smuggling order. while At
tell is one Of the cleverest men in the ring,
with great capacity for worrying an op-
| poneut down and cutting him TO pieces by
long-range jabbing.
Abel had many supporters when the men
met in Chicago last Monday. but the length
of the contest. six rounds. was too short
TO afford Abel a single opportunity to land
a telling blow. Attell simply played with
him. 10 judge from telegraph accounts. and
, probably judged the length of the bout and
modelled his campaign accordingly. For
eighteen minutes he was easily able to keep
away from Abel.
Whether he will be able to do this for a
solid hour remains TO be seen. Tommy Sui
Ivan played with Abel for fourteen rounds
and seemed to have victory in his grasp
when he fought the Kid in this city. He
had Abel cut and bleeding and apparently
beaten when the latter suddenly landed the
one punch which won him the fight. Abel's
capacity. for punishment was proved de-
cisively in that contest.
Attell will be given his first opportunity
of going twenty rounds when he meets
Abel In his fight with Yanger here he
had planned. or. rather. Jack. McKenna
had planned for him; a style Of campaign
which provided for his going in and rum
ming up such a score of points over Yam
ger in the first fifteen rounds that there
would be no occasion for the additional
five rounds stipulated in the articles as be-
ing at the referees discretion.
Attell ran up this score of points. and;
while in the opinion of most unprecedented
observers he clearly had the better of Yam
ger in the fifteen rounds. he fought himself
out while doing so. He was plainly weak
rounds. and Siler practically gave Yanger
the verdict by ordering the continuation of
that Attell should have had the decision in
that bout at the end of fifteen rounds.
In the coming fight both men will know
definitely the length Of the contest from
the start. Attell can map out his plan of
campaign and Abel can also make arrange
ments based on the time of the bout. More
ate this time, in the person of Harry
Sharpe. Taken altogether, the bout should
afford a good contest.
Kid Carter and Tommy Ryan are
matched to fight at Fort Erie September
IS. and considerable interest attaches to the
East for some time. Tommy has been.
fighting second raters in Kansas City for
the last year; and eis aPPearamee IN me
test of Importance.
He will have to work harder TO meet Car
ter than he has had to do for some time
| past. as the latter is a strong and vigorous
young fellow, who has a reputation to
make and who is generally regarded as a