The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-31
LITTLE FELLOWS READY.
Attell and Moran Meet for Feather
weight Title Tomorrow.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 31.-Young Cor
bett, Jim Corbett. Bob Fitzsimmons and
Terry McGoVern are among the prize ring
experts who think that Attell will win
from the English boy without turning a
hair on New Years Day. They have de-
cided that Abe possesses too much class
for Moran, although it is more than
probable that the superiority of American
pugilistic methods generally over the lat
ter-day British and Australian ideas OF
fighting have had as much to do with the
selection of Attell to win as his individual
talents as a fighter.
Moran becomes quite p~ctulant over the
claim that Attell outclasses him. What
do they call class?" said owen yesterday.
You see two men boxing four rounds
with blackened gloves and one fellow is
snowy and shifty and gets the decision,
He is the class I suppose, Ell? Then you
send the same men together for twenty
or twenty-five rounds and the slower man
wins with a Knockout. Who has the class
then? Class is whatever helps you to win,
and until 1 beat Attell or he beats ms
it's too early to begin saying who Of us
has the class
When all is said, it is a fact that Attell
is making the weight easier than Moran
for toniorrow's contest that is keeping
Abe in favor with the sports. Moran can
and will do 100 pounds two and a half
hours before the battle. but it isn't catch
weights for him by any means. Attell
is already down to weight.
James J.. J~effrles, who is to referee the
fight, arrived here yesterday morning
shortly after 8 o'clock on the train from
Los Angeles He will visit the camps OF
the two fighters today in order to sec
and have a complete understanding with
both men.
On the same train with jeff were Tom
McCarey and AL Greenwald, of the Pa
ciic Athletic Club, and Mike CTwin) Sui
Ivan, of Boston.
Both training camps of Moran and Attel
were thronged with visitors yesterday, and
from the present outlook of things, a
pleasant day will be about all that will b,
necessary to make the international mattel
a success both pugilistically and financially
Frankie Nell brought a large delegation
over to San Rafael from the race track
but owing to the immense crowd thai
filled the gymnasium, the Briton wa,
forced to cut his work, and, after indulg
ing in a little shadow sparring and bag
punching, the crowd was dismissed to tn,
outgrounds, where Moran played ball witt
his trsiners.
If Moran loses, frankie Neil will be il
hook for life, as the ex-bantamweighi
champion has stuked his cash on the Eng.
lishman's chances. Neil has fought boil
of the principals, and should have a gooC
line on them. When he fought Moran i
will be remembered hat the first thins
Neil said after he staggered to his chat
was, II want to be in this fellows corne,
when he fights Attell. Moran will lick
him sure
Even in defeat frankie membere hi.
feud with Attell.
This is Over Moran's thought of tn,
outcome:
Il expect a hard fight, but, to show how
confident / am of winning, let me sa,
that l have bet just one-haif of my share
of the purse that l win. l hope to knocl
Attell out. but would not bet on this un
less l got pretty easy odds. / figure L
get the decision by fighting at such a fas
clip in the early rounds that AtteI vii
be all tired out by the fifteenth round
and will hen go In and win as 1 please
Abe Attell naturally thinks this Way:
y want all my friends to get i be
down ON me. ! know that / can bea-
Moran, and honestly think that I will b.
able to drop him by the tenth round.
watched him closely in his fight witt
Frankie Neil, and am sure that ] know
his style from A to u. / shall wager Z
good part of my share of the purse OF
the result at whatever odds ] can gel
and am willing 10 bet $500 at even none,
that / will win by a Knockout