The Washington herald., 1907-12-30
ATTELL is FAVORITE
American Fighter Picked to.
Beat Owen Moran.
FOR FEATHER-wEIGHT TITLE
Battle for Worlds Championship
at COlmR on Wednesday Afternoon.
EngIishman Surprises Fight Fol-
lowers by Announcing that He
Weighs Only 12I Pounds.

San Francisco. Dec. 2S.--Abe Atten and
owen Moran. the two feather weights who
are to meet at Colma on New Years
afternoon. are both at the required
weight. 1zO pounds, and the next few
days VIII be spent in Hgh. gymnasium
work and a short run on the road in the
morning.
Moran announced his weight yesterday
as l2l pounds. which was a surprise TO
those who thought the little Briton
would find trouble in getting 10 the 100
pound mark II was Moran who held
out for the weighing-in time TO be three
hours before the fight, and many Of the
close followers Of the game took il for
granted that the climate acted on him
as it has done with other newcomers,
making II hard for them to do weight
Moran seemed to be stalling on the
weight question when he signed the ar
ticles, as he has made the weight with
out an effort and yesterday he told the
writer he would be stronger than Attell
when the bell called them 10 the center
of the ring. Yesterday Moran wound up
the hard work and will now only engage
In an hours stunt in the gym, shadow
sparring and using the vario IS machines
to keep his muscles timber.
Likes Road Work.
In the morning Moran will take a ten
mile jaunt on the road with Trainer
Wicks 10 keep his wind in perfect condl-
ton. and there viii be little sparring
INDUCED in from now on. Moran is much
opposed TO boxing IN the gym. as he
says there is little for him to learn in
that line. and he prefers TO spend most
of the time on the road. and tossing the
medicine ban in the open air.
Charley Harvey the Eastern sporting
man. who brought Moran 10 America
four months ago. left New York Thurs
day night, and is due to arrive here
Monday. Dir. Harvey thinks Moran the
best man Of his weight IN the fighting
game, and has already sent Promoter
CoffrOth a large commission to bet on
the Englishman's chances against Al
tell. Harvey viii be in Moran's corner.
besides Joe Thomas, All Wicks, and VII
lie Jones.
Atten experienced little trouble in get
ting down 20 weight. and for the past
few days has been weighing in at l20
pounds. Attell is = natural feather
weight, and il requires no hard effort for
him 10 keep at the feather-weight limit
At that. Abe is not taking the slightest
chances with his condition, as he figures
Moran viii be the toughest proposition
he has met so far. Abe takes on his
brother Monte and Kid Farmer for three
rounds each In the afternoon. and then
punches the bag for half an hour.
Tip from AtteII.
The real rough work mas been cut out
of the daily grind and the little Hebrew
Is ready 70 jump into he ring at a mo-
me1t's notice. Several Of AttelTs admirers
visited the training camp yesterday. and
have a nice bet down on him New Years
Day.
There was little change IN the betting
yesterday, several small wagers being
made at 10 10 :. with Atteu stiu the
choice. One wager was made at Tom
Corbett's poolroom Of 500 even that the
fight would go the limit. and it was COB
bled UP as soon as it was placed. good
many OF the local sports think the twen-
ty-flve rounds a triile too far for the
feathers and figure one of them viii go
down 10 defeat before the limit IS reached.
Moran and Atten viii set fast pace
from the start. with the Englishman on
the aggressive. Attell Will most likely
stall the early part Of the fight and LEI
Moran do the work. thinking ne will
wear him down the lass ten rounds and
score a Knockout Jimmy Coffroth has
everything in readiness for the battle.
and the Mission street arena has been
overhauled and put in tStop shape for
the go.
Coffroth expects 10 have a $4,000 house.
but other conservative judges figure the
fight viii draw $4,000. and may 90 higher
than that if the weather conditions are
good