Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-09
WOLGAST FINDS
MANY ADMIRERS
PLENTY OF MONEY IN SIGHT
TO BACK HIM
FANS GIVE HIM ROYAL CHANCE
WITH ATTELL
Both Boys in Hard Training and Com
fident of Knockout Victory Fri-
day Night-Great Interest
Aroused in Match

Abe Attell in defending his title OF
featherWeight champion next Friday
evening at McCarey's pavilion will not
be caught mapping by AID WolgaSt, the
nerVy little challenger, for he realizes
the danger to his position in the pugil-
istic world, and he has worked harder
than in any preparation for battle for
the past year. Abe has done wonders
in the few days of his training at the
Eastside quarters. With Dick Hyland
and Fred Corbett as sparring partners.
Abe has found plenty of opportunity
to rough it, and he has had just such
exercise as will fit him to go against
the tough little fighter from Milwau-
kee.
Yesterday Attell went on the road
in the forenoon, and later in the day
he took up his regular ring work, and
did not stop until an hour had been
devoted to his workout. He boxed six
rounds with Hyland and two with Cor
bett. He looked to be in fine trim af-
ter his exercise, and the color which
he lacked when he fought Welsh had
come back to his skin, and he seemed
fit to defend the title which he has held
so long against all challengers.
Wolgast put in the busiest day of
his training period yesterday, his
morning run on the highway whetting
his appetite for his afternoon work.
In the ring he punched the bag, skipped
the rope, did shadow work and boxed
six rounds with Dougherty. Wolgast
was full of ginger all through his work,
and he has taken kindly to his train
ing for this fight, something he has not
done before since he arrived in Cali
fornia. The kid realizes that the whole
world of pugilism opens up before him
as the result of this battle, If he can
wrest the title from Attell, and he will
put forth every energy to gain the COW
eted title.
Interest in the scrap is increasing
daily, and the sentiment is divided be-
tween the two fighters. Although the
patrons of the game gave Wolgast a
slim look in when he first came to Los
Angeles and paraded himself as the
challenger of Attell, his recent showing
in the ring has more than justified his
assertions that he has a claim for the
champions ear, and many give him
royal chance to get first money in the
ring Friday evening. The betting yes
terday was 10 to 8, with quite bunch
of Wolgast coin in sight.
The wise ones figure that Abe is not
showing as well of late as he did when
he met such boys as Harry Baker and
Freddie Weeks, and at the same time
Wolgast has forged to the front with
amazing rapidity and is there with the
RNAAOSN
defense, generally, if he can keep his
opponent at a distance, Wolgast has a
way of forcing himself through his en-
emy's guard and administering a blow
that stings, and Attell may not be able
to keep up his cleverness if he gets hit
too often with the force which Wolgast
puts behind his efforts.
The full card for Friday evening is
as follows:
Abe Attel VS.. Ad Wolgast, ten
rounds, 122 at 6 p. M, for the feather
weight championship title.
Young McGovern VS.. frankie Sull1-
van, ten rounds.
Jimmy Austin VS.. Willie O'Keefe, six
rounds.
Battle royal between five negro en-
ployes of the race track.
Young McGovern and Sullivan are
training hard for their bout, and much
interest is manifested in the result,
the boys hackers putting up a side bet
of 5000 each and several hundred dol
lars besides has been wagered.
The reservation of seats has been the
largest since the hard times struck the
town, and indications point to record
house to see the feathers settle their
argument.