Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-19
CHAMPIONS ARE
READY FOR GONG
ATTELL AND NEIL DOWN TO
CONDITION
FeatherweIght Championship Battle Is
to Be Decided Before Maud
junction Audience Tomorr-
row Night
ny JAY DAVIDSON

Tomorrow night Is the night ant
when the streaks Of the gray dawn o1
the morning after appear on the hort'
zon the featherweight championship o.
the world will have been arbitrated ir
the ring and adjusted to the satisfac.
tion of the fight fans the world over.
If 1t is possible for him to do so
Frankie Neil will arrive some time to-
day and the battle tomorrow night will
be assured. 1t is assured that the bat.
tie will be held as originally scheduled
inasmuch as the trains are expected tC
be running on time today and Mel
should have left Oakland last night
Both boys have ceased training ant
are reported to be in the best of condi-
tion. Every fan who has attended At
tells workouts at the Lewis gym knows
that the little champion is as fit as he
could be and ready for the battle Of his
life.
The muscles on AttelIs legs and
across his body stand out like huge
whipcords and he is as hard as Harvey
ized steel. He is not muscle-bound, as
would appear from q mere examination
but 1t is quick as a cat and if any
body thinks he has no punch 1t might
be well to consult Kid Barry before
passing judgment in this regard.
The few days of hard workouts IN
dulged by Able have answered the pur-
pose and he is now in as good condi-
tion as it would be possible for him to
acquire. If he does not win tomor-
row night it will be because Frankie
Neil is too good for him and Is entitled
to the laurels of the championship.
Monte Attell has been with his broth
er for several days and the Junior men,
ber of the Attell fighting brigade is no
slouch by any means, as is evidenced
by the earnestly driven punches which
he put on his champion brother in their
workouts of the last week.
Abe Works Hard
Kid Berry has also stopped some of
the we'll directed and forcibly-driven
blows which Able has been trying out
in his sparring program each day and
the kid says that if frankie wins he is
indeed a marvel.
Abe has shown the local fans a new
blow which promises wonders and is a
Jim dandy all by itself. 1t is no cork
screw affair, but it Is about the most
devilish concoction imaginable and If
iS ever lands, as it surely will, there
will be plenty doing from that time on.
This new affair is indescribable, but
some mention of it may be had in the
following language, or words to that
effect: 1t doubles up about the time
the other fellow lands one of any i'm
mensity and when it uncoils it comes
from every direction and lands almost
anywhere.
This thing is an overland affair and
sails through the air from almost amy
direction, usually tapping the other
fellow about the ear or the back end
of the jaw.
When this thing comes to taw, Able
usually counters with q left hand jab
to the jaw and it is a question Of how
long the referee will require to say 10
according to the Interpretation of Mr..
Queensbury's ideas.
Abe has worked as hard as is pos
sible for any battler to work in train
ing for a scrap of the dimensions Of the
one in which he is to engage tomorrow
night. He has left nothing undone
which might conduce to his welfare and
prosperity and truly the battle will be
one OF little giants, with the best man
winning.
Neil Is Also Ready
frankie Neil is also fit and ready to
fight in championship form and If the
bluster that usually precedes a storm
is to be taken as any indication there
may be something doing of lively
disposition when he shakes hands with
Able tomorrow night.
Neil is in tiptop condition, never was
better in his life, and says that he
is ready and capable of stepping some.
Although he expects to engage in a
fast mill when he hooks up with At
tell, ne says he is ready for anything
that happens and is trained so that he
can stand heap of punishment.
The fight will be fast and furious
throughout. AttelPs cleverness will be
pitted against the hard-hitting and
constant boring-in of Neil and as both
are accredited with the sleep potion 1t
is hoss-and-hoss as to who will win.
II Neil can withstand Attell's clever
ness and get on the inside, he may
he able to turn the championship trick,
but Attell says this will be impossible.
frankie is a hard fighter at all
stages of the game and can stand for
as much of the gaff as any of thom.
His campaign will be on the lines of a
real fight and if he can batter down
lAe clever stands of Attell he will win,
but on his ability to do this will de-
pend the issue of the battle.
At any rate, the affair promises
to be one of the greatest battles ever
pulled off and the fact that the ad-
vance sale of seats, which began yes
terday, has so far out-distanced all
other local affairs of this nature makes
1t an assured fact that the house will
be filed when the gong taps.
Charlie Eyton will referee and the
battlers will have a retinue of seconds
behind them as follows: Attell has
named Kid Herman, Monte Attell and
Prof. F. S. Lewis; Neil will have Spi-
der Kelly, Johnny Frayne and his
father, Jim Neil.
The main event will be preceded by
two of the liveliest six-round prelim-
inaries ever offered as curtain raisers
in Los Angeles. These affairs will be
between Monte Attell and Terry Davis
and Kid Dalton and Kid Barry.
Monte has fought some top-notchers
in his career and has disposed of most
of them, but Harry Tenny put the
kibosh ON him in twenty-five rounds
at Goldgeld and scored the first knock
out ever given to the Junior Attell
boxer.
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