The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-22

GENERAL EXODUS OF
PUGILISTS LAST NIGHT.
Fighters Who Have Appeared Local.
ly Departed for Chicago. Abe
AttelI Heading the Number.

Last evening witnessed general exodus
of pugilists and their managers from thi.
city, Abe Atte!l Nick Sanford, Gus
Bezenah. Abe Pollock and Johnny Reid ali
| departing over the 11:so train for the city
! by the lake.
According to Abe Attell he has an I'm.
derstanding with Haughton that the
Forbes fight is to be held about January
I. Attell believes that the fight may be
allowed 20 go on at that timepsand states
that he will remain around Chicago until
that date.
I'VE don't want to take any chances OF
appearing before the Police Board" said
Attell. land will wait over until that time.
/ understand that the rule against fighting
may be lifted somewhere around that date.
If it is. we will come back and take on
this bout
Abe Pollock. once manager Of Attell and
later manager of Young Corbett. accom-
nanied the little boxer to Chicago. He
looked after Attell's interests while here,
TO. some extent. representing Ike Bloom
who did not get down until the day set
for the battle.
Nick Sanford is to fight Kid Taylor in
Chicago. John Reid is looking after his
interests and is also handling Gus Beze-
nah Reid states that he will remain In
Chicago and that he hardly expects to re-
turn here unless the game takes a de-
cided boost.
1.-The fighting game seems to be picking
up around Chicago" he said. land while
it is not so on Its sof former scale believe
He is a tough little customer in the ban
tam class and is always ready and will
ing. l think he can hold his own with
pretty nearly any of them. and am sorry
that he did not have his chance to go on
with Tommy FeltZ.
IT think he could have opened Feltz's
eyes in one sense and closed them in an
other He is certainly cieverer than
Tommy and I was in hopes that one of
their two matches would result in bat
tie. The fight seemed 'hoodooed' some
way or other however.
Reid will get hold of quite stable while
in Chicago. as several of the lighter men
in that city have already offered to come
the fights are said to be small. the game
is at least alive. which affords the boxers
a chance to make something.
Gus Bezenah and Nick Santora, two Of
the local pugilistic colony which departed
for Chicago, will fight before the c. A. C.
Sanford fights Kid Taylor for a bout an
nounced as the 1l0-pound championship.
while Bezenah is to battle Tommy Scully
at lis pounds.
Taylor recently received a verdict over
Dusty" Miller and is said to be a good
little man at his weight Inasmuch as
there are no men with particular claim
on the 1lO-pound title, the club manage
ment intends to have the fight take place
with that championships az an attraction.
John Reid. who handles Bezenah, accom-
panied tho pair to Chicago and will re-
main at their training quarters. The boys
will work together for this battle and will
secure headquarters near the Chicago city
limits.
Sanford has been working at the Chain
of Rocks ever since last summer and the
exercise is said to have done him much
good. He is stronger than he was last
year and his victories at the Missouri
Athletic Club Indicate that he has de-
velopeG a strong punch
Lou Houseman grows facetious in the
Chicago Inter-Ocean Of last Sunday In re-
ferring TO Sandy Feguson's excuse for not
winning over Jack johnson in their battle
at Los Angeles. Ferguson announced that
he would have won all right, but that
johnson would not stay still long enough
for him-Ferguson-to land an effective
blow.
The naivete of this response is mirth-
producing, and it has called forth satirical
comments in the pugilistic columns of the
Chicago writer. His description OF some
stock excuses offered after a battle by
fighters who have had the hot end Of the
bort follows:
mo condition" is good old stock ex-
c.lSe. although there never yet was a fight
er who didn't tell the reporters that he
felt fine enough to whip an elephant-be-
fore the battle. Any time a man is
knocked still with a resembling clout un-