The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-01
ATTEL WOULD FIND
WORTHY OPPONENT
IN ENGLISEt! BOXER
Proposed Papke : Kelly
Bout Attracts Wide
Attention.

NEW YORK. Nov. 3O.-when owen
Moran, the little English fighter. put
Frankie Nell to sleep in sixteen rounds.
he stamped himself a worthy candidate
for championship honors in the feather
weight class.
The man who can knock Frankie Neil
out is a fighter; there Is no stake
about that Whether he IS a good
enough man to administer the same
dose to Abe Attel is another story
We are liable 70 have IL told us before
long. for Attel has significd his desire
10 meet the winner, and that a match
viii be arranged between tie Ghetto
champion and the little Britisher is as
certain as anything can be IN the pugi-
Istic world.
Many think that Moran will stop short
OF the champion ship. Attel is in pretty
much the same class as Cans and JEFF
fries, and It would be surprising II
Moran is able 70 win from him
The fighters who are now here from
the other side of the water have fur
nished a refreshing change from those
who have been coming over Tor the past
few years.
As matter Of fact, up to the time OF
Moran we have not seen a hrst-class
fighting man from Great Bvitain since
the days OF Charley Mitchell II there
has been the same Improvement IN the
heavyweight class that Is apparent IN
the lighter divisions. there may be
surprise IN store fer Tommy Burns,
after al.
Every time a fight - the heavyweight
a. e he Lat n~n
Va lis from the back srs Of Jchn Arthur
Johnson, the coIore, heavyweigh- cham
piln. TO the effect hat the Sghite fight
ers pass ND the negro because they are
afraid OF him. As a matter OF fact.
thsre is no particular reason why either
Burns, JeffrIes or ldOlr should have any
fear of Johnson.
While there is no particular reason
WHY they should meet him, many would
welcome the news that some first-class
fighters had taken on the dinge and
given him a good lacing. In The mean
time, he might have another try at Joe
Jeannette. II these TWO would fight on
the square, II is no long odds that jean
ne-te would not win the long end Of the
purse,
Bob Fftzsimmons still claims that he
is the middleweight champion Of the
WtLAAs anu tNLAalAANeAA4E HlIdhA4ks ~
haps he is right. for 10 one has de-
feEted him for that title at the weight
lfs declares he IS ready TO defend the
title, but IL is question whether he
ever VIII have an opportunity TO do
So Youth must be served in the ring
and there are men now fighting at the
TIliddleweight INIT who never would
has had a look In with F4tzsimmons
fifteen years aFO. but who now would
In al probability have an easy time
with the old man.
Fttzsimmons has been fighting for
thirty years ana has engaged IN 3SS
battles; Il is doubtful II tIs record
ever has been equaled in the history OF
the ring
-Four men now sta-d above all the
others IN the middleweight division.
They are Billy Papke, Mike lTwin) Sui
Ivan. Hugo Kelly. and Pat O'Keefe.
Within the year 10 come the question
OF superiority between these four
doubtless viii have been fought out.
Papke and Kelly will probably be
matched to fight In San Francisco in
January, and the winner Of this bout
viii certainly have TO take on either
O'keefe OF Sullivan
Papke recently knocked out two fair
" good men the same night and with
In twenty mtnuSes OF fighting. and he
has scored six knockout fights within
as many minutes. and Ore men that he
Knocked out, II may be said. were r1r4-t-
" reasonably good men. at that