Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-07
ATTELL STARTS
TO WORK TODAY
DOES NOT NEED MUCH HARD
PREPARATION
HAS NO FEAR OF LOSING TITLE
TO WoLcAsT
Milwaukee Boy Begins Training, and
Fans Enthuse as They Watch Him
in His Boxing Stunts at Doyle's
Camp at Vernon

No boxing contest which the Pacific
Athletic club has arranged for the past
year has excited so much favorable
comment as the featherweight cham
pionship bout between Abe Attlell and
Ad Wolgast, which is scheduled to be
staged at McCarey's pavilion next Fri
day night. Attell has had such an
easy time of it for the past four years
in disposing of all corners at the 122
figure that the fans have become weary
of his repeated victories and they have
longed for some youngster to come for
ward and thrash the champion, but so
far he has held all aspirants at his
mercy and still remains undefeatedy ex-
cept by Freddie Welsh and when fight
ing at the lightweight figure.
Now, however, Ad Wolgast has come
into the limelight and he is not to be
ignored as a challenger for the feather
title, and since his great Showing
against Young Kid Mccoy last Friday
night, when he cracked the youngster
on the jaw and won over the knockout
route, the fans give him almost an
equal chance with Attell, especially as
the champion has not shown the snap
in his movements of late which former
ly characterized every action.
Wolgast is supremacy confident of
making a great showing with AttelI
and while he does mot predict the out
come he said yesterday at his training
camp that he would enter the ring Fri
day evening ready to do battle along
the lines which he has mapped out, and
he either would go down to defeat in
jig time or he would get to Attell for
he count.
Attell started his preparatory work
yesterday at East Side by doing a high
way stunt, and this afternoon he will
begin boxing with Dick Hyland, who
will help out Abe as a sparring part
ner. Abe Is not far from the feather
weight figure now, and he will merely
train for his wind, as he needs very
little further preparation.
Wolgast began his work at Doyle's
camp at Vernon yesterday afternoon
and the crowd-Went wild with the
showing he made against Jack Sulli-
van, the middleweight, who also is
sparring with Hugo Kelly. Wolgast
boxed three rounds with Sullivan and
rushed him around the ring as though
he had been a bantam, and repeatedly
got to him with blows which seemed to
start from nowhere in particular, but
which landed just where Wolsast
wished. He had entirely recovered
from the soreness in his back occa-
stoned by the tumble he and Young
Kid Mccoy took over the ropes Friday
night, and he said he would have no
trouble in making the required weight
at o'clock, Friday evening. After VOL
CAST had finished with Sullivan he
played handball with Young Dougherty,
which ended his hours work.
The card for Friday evening was
completed yesterday by the addition
Of three bouts, and is as follows:
Abe Attell VS.. AID Wolgast, ten
rounds, for the featherweight cham
pionship, 122 at p. m.
Young McGovern VS.. frankie Sulli-
Van ten rounds.
Jimmy Austin VS.. Willie O'Keefe, six
rounds.
Battle royal between five duskies
from the race track
Young McGovern accepted the chal-
lenge of frankie Sullivan for a scrap
with a 5000 side bet, and Manager Nc
Carey decided to stage the contest.
Willie O'Keefe has made quite a record
in the middle west at 105 pounds, and
Austin and he should put up a good
contest over the short route.