Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01
FIGHTERS READY
| FOR BIC BATTLE
SEATS WILL GO ON SALE
TOMORROW
Montana Kid and Billy Walsh Are
In Fine conditlon--second Pre-
Ilmlnary Is Not Yet
Arranged

with the contestants all ready and
the big battle but three days away,
Uncle Thomas McCarey has decided
that the time is ripe to begin the sale
Of reserved seats for the Neil-Attel
fight of next wednesday afternoon, SO
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning the
choice cushions will be peddled at
Greenwald's cigar store on Spring
street. That there will be a rush for the
front rows is not to be doubted, for
already McCarey has been beseiged
with applications from all sides. AS
both Neil and Attel are anxious to get
at each other there Is no chance In
the world for recurrence of the hap
penings of the Fiesta fight and the fans
hereabouts know It.
Attel will put the final miles Of road
under his sandals today, when he has
decided to wind UP on the heavy work
and devote the few remaining days be-
fore the fight to light exercise alone.
The little featherweight claims that he
was never in better shape and is tell
ing his friends that he is the best bet
of the day at any old odds.
"The fights have had in Los An
geles have all been with men who
outweighed me-" said Abe yesterday,
"and / had to put up a defensive bat
tie most of the time. The people have
begun to think that's the only kind of
milling I know. But wait until Wednes-
day. This time l will have little the
best of the weights and there is no
reason I'm the world why I shouldn't
stand up and fight Neil at his own
game. can hit Just as hard as he can
n not harder. and I know that he can't
give me any beating l won't take"
Means What He Says
doing Attel means what ne says. In
stead of sparring and quick ring action,
which he usually develops in training,
he has been spending his last few
weeks at Baldwin's ranch roughing it
with his Sparring partners every time
he got in the ring with them. With
brothers Caesar and Monte he has been
kept busy. for the battles put up in
the training quarters are worth going
a long ways to see.
From today until Wednesday Abe
will take things easy with gymnasium
work, doing just enough to keep him
down to weight. The reports which
have been sent in to Manager McCarey
of the club in regard to where Abe
tipped the beam have been satisfactory
TO Uncle Tom, and no uneasiness is felt
by the managers of the affair so far as
weight is concerned.
frankie Nell VIII also cut out the
heavy work either today or tomorrow.
The bantam champion has INDUCED in
but little boxing or bag punching since
he started work at Santa Monica, but
has devoted most of his daylight hours
toward putting himself in rugged con-
dition. This means that frankie will
60 into the ring as hard as nails and
ready to put up one of his usual slam
bang battles.
Could Not Make Weight
For a few minutes yesterday Uncle
Thomas thought he would have to &C
on a hunt for his entire set of prelim-
inaries. Early in the morning Montana
Kid Informed Tom that he could not
get down to the weight, 131 pounds, at
which he had agreed to fight Billy
Walsh.
1t looked as though the affair be-
tween the two was all off, but after
while Walsh was resurrected from
out of the weeds and agreed to fight
the Kid at 1873 pounds. This figure was
all right for Montana and the pair will
meet for centainty.
The second preliminary has not been
definitely arranged yet, but McCarey
thinks that it will be pulled off with
a boy named Rico and one of the at
taches of the Attel camp in the ring to-
gether. However, Mac is not worrying,
as there is an endless amount of ma
terial which can be gathered together
and sent onto the mat to furnish the
fans a little amusement while wait
iOp for the main aUant