Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-17
THE PUCILISTS
Best in New England and Besi inI America Are to Meet
 Soon.

Abe Attell and Jim Driscoll will fight twenty-five rounds on New Years Day In San Francisco for the feath. erweigbt championship of the world Driscoll, who Is believed to be the best featherweight England has pro, duced in many years. made his first appearance in this country last Fri. day night, when he met Matty Bald win of Boston in a six round bout at local club. Baldwin was over, weight and not at his best, but Dris- coll was so easily the master that It was apparent to unprejudiced judges that the little Briton was an exceptionally clever pugilist.
 Several chronic fault finders who never knew fighter from a fiddle declared that Driscoll was not much and did not deserve any praise, be. cause Baldwin was piece of punk but the fact that Driscoll showed speed, cleverness and brains. togeth- CT with pluck and hitting ability, convinced persons who had no axes to grind that he did not come here with an inflated reputation. Dris- coll is under the protecting wing of l Charles J. Harvey, who also mana ges the affairs of Owen Moran, the English featherweight, who has held his own already in two battles, one of twenty-five and another of twenty three rounds, with Attell
 Moran insists that he and not Driscoll is the English featherweight champion, although he admits that he and Driscoll never have met. Moran was defeated by Joe Bowker. who was the recognized champion in England at the time. and later Dris- coll put it all over Bowker twice in succession, thereby winning the title | Moran says he will fight Driscoll in | this, country to; settle this question of supremacy, but he probably will have to wait, as Driscoll came here | for the express purpose of making a match with Attell, the American | champion. l.
 Attell, one of the best boxers in ! the world, is easily the best man at his weight in this country, but the | fact that he could not make much headway in his two battles with Mo- | ran would make it appear that Dris- coll is entitled to a match. It all depends upon how much money is offered by the Frisco promoters and how much there is in 1t for Attell. If Attell does not haggle over the weight question, which is his custom match can be quickly made, but 1t is believed that Attell will not sign articles until he has secured a number of conditions of his own making. Driseoll says he will fight Attell twenty-five rounds or to a finish at any weight from 122 to 130. That looks like a real business proposition, and. sporting men say Attell will have to fight or show the white feather. If the match Is made it goes without saying that Moran will be hot foot after the winner.
 It has been definitely settled that the finish fight between Tommy Burns and Jack Johnson for the heavyweight championship of the world will take place at Sydney, N. S. w., on December 26. The men will enter the ring at II o'clock in the morning so that they can have plenty of time in which to settle their differences. AS Burns will re ceive $30,000 in cold cash whether he wins or loses it is just possible that he may show some indifference as to the result. Burns is pretty clever. chap when it comes to get ting the money. Suppose he should lose this fight on foul? Would another mill to be decided at Frisco be worth big purse? Ring experts in various parts of the United States as they discuss this Burns-Johnson affair are now inclined to believe that there may be something do- ing" Time will tell, also the Aus tralian fight critics. who already have received a tip to watch for de- velopments.
 For two years pugilism has been craze in Paris. Frenchmen have come to regard ring contests as New Workers look upon the horse show The glove fights in the French capital are attracting im- mense crowds which include many persons we'll known in political and business circles. Sam McVey,. a col ored heavyweight from California, this country. is the star in Paris. He has been beating all kinds of mixed ale and back number fighters until he wears heavy crown of laurel. Last Saturday night McVey in the presence of probably 5000 spectators tackled an alleged pugilist named Herbert Synott of Austra- lia. The fight was scheduled to go twenty rounds, but in the fifth McVey scored clean knockout Bill Papke. the American middleweight champion could not stop this fellow McVey in few punches. It must be easy money in Paris. the opportunity before long of Wit messing Young Shea, the fast Water bury boxer, in mix-up before one of the West Haven clubs. Shea has many admirers in New Haven gained by his clever work in several prelim- mary bouts there within the past couple of years He is one of the fastest in the state at his weight and always furnishes good show Shea will be matched later with one of New Haven's fast boys as a prelimi- nary bout for six rounds. He is in good condition and ready any time to get into the ring.