Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-16

Abe Attell has made the first move | toward retirement. He has married Word came from Los Angeles that | the champion featherweight had | taken unto himself a wife in the per son of Miss Elizabeth Egan. It was foxy move on the part of the clever | little fighter, and so successfully did he keep under cover that it was all over before his friends knew what was contemplated. The little fighter went to the races, but slipped away early. and with his l bride took q fast electric to Santa Ana, the Gretna Green of Los An geles, and was married by Justice Ed Smithwick in the county clerk s office.
 "I thought this would be worse than going twenty fast rounds, but it's not so bad" said Abe. when the ceremony was finished The couple returned to Los Angeles immediate ly after tho ceremony.
 It is possible that Attell will not follow in the footsteps of Kid Her ! man, Kid Mccoy, Jim Jeffries and a | host of others. but the chances are that it will not be long before the missus will object to his fighting and | there will be another retired cham | pion.
 Box Fitzsimmons was one of the most remarkable of married fighters. Bob was we'll married when he came over from Australia and he brought the missus and the kids over to America. Of course, marrying was habit with F'itz and he has been at 1t ever since. It did not cut any fig ure with his fighting, at that. and Abe. after all, might follow in his footsteps. There is many a good fight lefti in the little champion. He is only 24 years old, but he has been very busy boy in the ring for somc- thing over seven years.
 There is no immediate prospect of his retirement, unless he changes his mind radically on becoming bene- dict. He is due to meet Spike Rob- son and Tommy O'Toole in Philadel- phia and should be already on his way east to keep those engagements
 Unless his visits to Ascot Park made difference the little fellow must be pretty we'll fixed by his stay in the west. He has been going along taking down all the money he went after in the ring. His one weakness always has been the race track, and like many others he was sl af hnn h.n rt.N I hs own game.
 If it is his desire to keep busy in the ring he is making the trip east just when the market is good As soon as he is through with Robson and O'Toole there are score of oth- CTS who would give him battle. and he may have just as strenuous a hon eymoon as he desires.
 Harry Harris has come back. and he will be eager for chance. From his recent showing, in his try-out with Jack Goodman, there is reason for believing that he would he a good card with the champion. Tom my Murphy has been fighting along all the time, and Abe might fix up q match with him at catch weights. Matty Baldwin has not been dodging any chances, and there are no end of others capable of making a weight that should bring the champion into the ring
 With most of the little fellows in the cast Abe would surely have 10 give away some weight, but he has done that before and brought home the money. and he will doubtless do it again.
 Philadelphia lack O'Brien was a visitor in New York yesterday. He was accompanied by party of liar ward students and will leave with them for Boston and later Harvard. It is flying trip and Jack will be back in New York Monday.
 O'Brien had another reason than the chaperoning of the students for his visit to New York. X year ago last December. while coming to New York from Philadelphia. he lost s2.- 500 and $500 diamond pin. He was informed that the pin had been loscted in New York and recovered