Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-07
ATTEL AND WALSH
READY FOR THE BELL

'Abe Attell is on the inside looking out
and Jimmy Walsh is on the outside looking
in" That eptomizes the situation on the
next featherweight championship bout &c
be held at Los Angeles tonight. The bout
will take place at Tom McCarey's Pacific
A. c. in the same arena where Philadelphia
Jack OBrien and Tommy Burns fought
Attell is now the champion and bids fair to
remain so for few months more, and al
least through this engagement.
Walsh is a clever boy, but, judging by
their contest on last Washington's birth
day at Chelsea, it will be a walkaway fol-
Attell. This will be Walshs first bout
since that battle over nine months ago
Then Attell won, hands down. Walsh made
only a fair showing, and the conservative
judges who scored the points made by each
man during the contest gave only two OF
the fifteen rounds to the Boston lad
At any time after the tenth round Attel
could have won decisively. But it will be re.
membered that Walsh limped uuring the
middle of the contest and when Attel
asked him what was the matter he replied
that he had been seized with a cramp In
the left leg. Attell thereupon very mag
unanimously informed Jimmy that he would
take no mean advantage Of him and did not
try to knock him out.
or course, Attel may be careless and no,
enter the ring in perfect condition, but such
an emergency Is not looked for, as only q
few weeks ago he beat Harry Baker, who
showed his quality by winning over
frankie Neil Attell, since the bout with
Walsh last February, has been busy. and
since he went to the coast he has beaten
Neil, Baker and Decourcey, and boxed a
draw with Kid Hermann, who is matched
with Joe Cans.
Eastern sports regard Attell as a most
wonderfully clever boxer. Attell Is not
only remarkably scientific, but also good
puncher and strong, and with more than
average endurance and recuperatiYe DOW
ers. He is a crafty ring general, the most
cunning, probably, in the world.
Since the bout with Attell it is possible
that Walsh has improved, but 1t is highly
improbable Walsh mas been idle since
the sights and to stay out late at nights
and indulge in Irregularities which derange
a mans stomach and training ideas. The
chances are that Walsh will not be a whit
faster than he was for the bout when he
was beaten so badly by Attell.
1t will be remembered that in that bout
Attell was obliged to weigh in fully &C.
coutered with shoes, gloves and tights al
100 pounds in the ring only a few seconds
before the beginning of the bout. Walsh's
manager was "hoist with his own petard, "
for the conditions only made Attell work
more earnestly in his conditioning, and in
consequence he was in f1awless shape.
Nothing definite has been heard from
California on this matter, but 1t is fair to
assume that the same conditions will pre-.
vail Walsh's manager is a great admirer
of Billy Nolan, who insisted that Cans and
Nelson weigh in under almost similar con-
ditions. and 1t looks as if he will request
that Attell and Walsh weigh in at the ring
side fully equipped for the fray.
Attell knows his man and knows how to
fight him, and as 1t Is twenty round con-
test there is a chance that Attell will be
there with the Knockout punch. Their
other bout went only fifteen rounds. After
1t was over Attell told his chief adviser
that he was confident that he could have
sent across the sleep-producing wallop had
he not been held In check.