Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24
MAY LAND
MORAN AND
ABE At TELL
.f,CAREY TRYING TO MATCH
LITTLE FELLOWS
CARD WOULD BREAK RECORDS
FOR ATTENDANCE
AtteII May Slide Out of Promise to
Local Promoter by Delaying Pro-
ceedings-Farmer' Best
Chance

If he offers the purse which such a
match should call for Manager McCarey
of the Pacific Athletic club is in line to
present one of the best cards ever thought
of as a finale to the twenty-round shows
in this city. Abe Attell and Owen Moran
are the boys Mac is trying to get to-
gether, and since the English boxer dis
posed of Neil he is looked upon as a
formidable adversary for the clever Abe.
When he left here last week Attell an
nounced that If he and Moran got on and
agreed to fight the match would surely
come to Los Angeles. This all had d
nice listen to 1t, and Able drew all kinds
or space for his talk. The featherweight
champion said he owed it to McCarey to
battle with Moran here, for Mac had
helped him to many purses when business
was slack.
Now Attell will have to make good on
his talk, and the chances are that he
Will find way out of it unless the local
club offers purse as large as that which
other promoters are sure to hang up
One way in which Able can glide by and
at the same time appear to be doing the
right thing would be to dicker along until
1t was too late to put the fight on before
the 18th of next month, for after that
date there will be nothing doing in any
thing but limited engagements.
UP to last night McCarey was in hopes
of getting the mill, although he had
nothing tangible to go on. He is banking
on AttelPs promise to pull off the fight
this way. and until the negotiations are
all closed will still consider the affair
as the last one of his twenty-round bouts.
Moran and Attell would undoubtedly at
tract as large crowd, and with the gate
as high, as any card that is in prospect.
All who remember the battle between
Neil and Attell would be sure to make a
run Tor the ticket window, for since Mo-
ran outfought the California boy he is
considered worthy foe for Able.
| The English lad must be some of a
tighter, no matter whether Neil has gone
back or Is still as good as ever Ex-
perts have pronounced the newcomer as a
replica of George Dixon and one who
knows what to do with his two powerful
| hands.
In the fight with Neil, Moran showed
extreme cleverness, as well as an ability
TO take what punishment was offered
without backing up. He was Frankie's
master at all points of The game. and
made most favorable impression on all
who saw him.
Since he last met and defeated Neil
AtteH has developed a punch which is
hard enough to put any of them out of
business and in a mix with the British
champion he would undoubtedly try to
land 1t for knockout. The two little
Fellows in slugging match with all
science thrown to the winds as was the
case in the Neil-Attell battle. would be
something to think about in after years.
and McCarey will be lucky indeed in
securing the bout
Attell is always there with an eve to
the main chance, and it is not to be ex-
pected that he will sign with McCarey
unless the latter offers a big guarantee
or purse. Mac usually fights shy of such
an arrangement, and unless he feels that
the meeting would be a record breaker so
far as attendance is concerned, he will
not be there when the big bids begin to
pour in.
Mike Twin Sullivan and Kid Farmer are
still busy preparing for their battle next
Wednesday, and all the dope is still in
favor of the bald-headed one. Interest
in the fight is not intense, and neither
training camp is the subject of much
inspection so the fighters can work in
comparative quiet.
While he is not conceded much of a
chance, Farmer feels that he has every
thing to gain and but little to lose in his
battle with Sullivan The Kid, should he
win, will be in position to get on in
some big bouts and with men of class
while should he receive the verdict that
is expected he would be nothing out He
has no reputation as a welterweight to
speak of, and the beating which seems
to be in store for him will not detract
from his present worth as a drawing
card.
Sullivan, on the other hand must win
this battle in order to stay with the live
ones in his class. A defeat by a man
of Farmers questioned caliber would hurt
the Twin beyond measure. and he will
leave no stone unturned to whip his little
thought of foe.