The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29
MEAsER REMENrs
By r. A. SrI1ytE1

The discussion over the relative sbil-
ities Of Abe AtteT ard Battling Nelson
IS stn raging and there is no chance
OF its being stilled until after the
meeting OF the men in the ring at the
Coliseum OF Tuesday night. The ad-
herents OF each man find IL easy to
argue why their man should win, but
neither side can convince the other
The Ataell followers base their claims
10 his superiority on his skill as a
boxer, coupled with the fact that in his
recent fights he has shown the ability
90 deliver a Furnishing blow.
II he scores a decisive victory over
Nelson ne viii have accomplished some
thing which long line of illustrious
lightweights have failed to accomplish
He must dc something which Joe Cans.
Jimmy Britt Aurelio Herrera, Eddie
Hanlou, Martin Canole and others have
found it impossible 10 Go. Atten has
boxed consid crab with Nelson and he
believes he has solved the secret of the
Danes success and win defeat him.
Joe Cans has told AtteH to keep
Nelson or his balance, as il is then
aimcst impossible for him to land an
effective bloA. Whether he can do.
this is a question the night alone will.
decide. Nelson shows better IN his
training at the present time than he
has for several years. He has slight
attack OF skin disease. but it has not
interfered with his work, which is of
the heroic order. He seems tireless
IN boxing or whatever he does and is
apparently trying 10 develop speed.
He surprised the people at the ring
SIDE in Los Angeles with the speed
he showed against Britt. The latter
tried to keep away from him, but
found il impossible to do so: How At
tell can 90 so is hard to figure out
when the disparity in the size of the
men is considered. Nelson admits that
he expects Attel TO oetpoint him for
g few rounds. but after that he pro-
fesses to believe that he will have
everything his own way. Nelson is
q better hitter and blocker tlan he
Is given credit with being. He uses
g straight left effectively and in Los
Angeles did considerable execution
with q right 20 the body.
The fight gives promise OF being
q wonderful exhibition, as a great
boxer will be pitted against great
AEhter. There Is no question as TO
the tactics Nelson will pursue, and II
Atteu carries out his program of
standing up and fighting Nelson at
his own game there viii be merry
night OF gloves.
II the bettors are divided over the
merits OF Attell and Nelson, they are, il
anything. more so over Britt and Nc
Farland. Like that on the Tuesday
night fight. the betting is at even
money, and the aoherents OF each man
are satisfied TO place their wagers at
that price.
Mcfarland shows IN training that he
has two goods hands. hitting with
power and accuracy with each. He does
not show the finished style of such box
ers as Atten and Cans. but if he does
rot meet with any serious setbacks he
viii improve steadily in this respect.
he is youthful in his ways and looks
upon his future ring career as though
he felt assured of q successful outcome.
he is better boxer than Britt. but the
latter expects TO offset this by his
wider experience in the ring.
Mcfarland is Just settling down to
his work. and the next two weeks un-
doubtedly will work a marked change
IN his condition and possibly his style
The training quarters Of all four
boxers VIII attract many followers of
the ring today. All Of them will keep
open house In the cases of AtteIl and
Nelson this will be their last serious
work before they enter the ring at the
Coliseum Tuesday night.
Attell is at Joe Mnlett's near coln,a
while Nelson is doing his work at the
baseball park in Valencia street. The
Dane viii work in the open air so
there IS unlimited room in the grand
stand for all who want to see hin, u,orlx
A number of women were among the
spectators last week. and a larger nun
Der are expected this afternoon. when
the work commences at o'clock.
II was Decessary 70 run the tape measure
over Abe AtteH ana Battling Nelson to find
how closely matched they are in size. The
greatest discrepancy is in their height Mel
sou being three aud quarter inches taller