Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-28
ABE ATTELL AND
HERMAN MATCHED.
CLEVER BOYS WILL BOX AT
CATCH WEIGHTS
Britt Wires That Bout With Herman
Is off-Franke Neil Flees to
the East and His Match
Is Called of

From the hazy situation which has
lowered about local boxing circles, a
ray of light broke through yesterday
afternoon when Abe Attell and Kid
Herman were matched to box twenty
rounds at catch weights before the Pa
ciflc club May IL.
The match was made by Manager Nc
Carey upon receipt of telegram from
Jimmy Britt calling off the bout with
Herman because of his sisters DEATH
and wire from Oakland to the effect
that Frankie Neil had flown to the
i east.
Both Herman and Attell were down
cast at the sudden termination of their
prospects and after n short consul
tation decided to make the best of the
situation and match themselves.
Manager McCarey offered the boys a
purse of $3500, or fifty per cent Of the
gate receipts. Atteii liked the purse
proposition while Herman favored the
gate. AS result, an agreement was
affected whereby Attell will be en-
titled to the winners end of the purse
at division of sixty and forty per
cent should he win, while Herman will
annex half of the gate receipts in the
event of a victory.
The agreement Is In the nature OF
a gamble fq both boys and one of
the two wit. aubtedly have the
laugh on the ~. when 1t comes to
a division of the money.
Remarkable Match
The match is one of the most re-
markable made in many a day, and
but a short while back would have
been considered improbable because OF
the disparity In weight which must ex-
ist when the men come together Attell
man will weigh in the neighborhood
of 1913 or 129.
Vast interest will be attached to the
meeting of the little men, Attell is
admitted by the severest critics to be
the cleverest boxer in the ring today,
and Herman has proved general of
the classiest sort in the battles in
which he has participated before the
local club.
Despite Attells ability, the go should
prove one of his hardest struggles. as
Herman has exhibited an ability to
mix it, and with his weight should be
able to make the shifty Attell do his
best Logging to keep from harms way.
Abe is not worried concerning the
outcome and is already planning an
eteer to meet Neil, winner take all.
There is only one chance in the
world for the Kid to get me-" he said
to tire me out. I don't see where he
is going to do that"
Advise Training
Both boys advised each other to COM
mence training at once when the match
was made yesterday afternoon. There
was some spicy repartee and as Her.
man left for his training camp he
warned Abe to do Just little work. y
Never mind about me-" said Abe,
you'll find out there's one Jew in town
that's>n not afraid to take a chance"
The card as it now stands calls for
two battles in place of three, as was
originally planned. The only slip in
the cog of fistic events is the loss of
the Neil-Attell bout, but the match
made yesterday in manner over
shadows the former arrangement. The
battle will not be for the champion
ship nor for a belt, but the spectacle
of the cleverest man in the world CIV
ing six or seven pounds to one of the
fastest lightweights in the business
should prove one of the strongest at
fractions in the history of the ring.