Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-26

Despite that he was defeated, Abe
loses nothing and picks up nice little
fortune He undertook to box fifteen
rounds with the cleverest lightweight
boxer in the world, in the knowledge
that he was conceding weight and put
ting himself under almost an impossi-
BILE handicap He very wisely said in
his ante-fght statement that he pre-
ferred to fight the best there was in the
game, because defeat would not be
costly in such circumstances and he
would get some real credit if he should
win. On the contrary, should he fight
and defeatsa dub lightweight he would
get no credit and the match would not
draw. He is so classy and so good that
he cannot get matches in his own di-
vision except in rare cases, and he is
forged to go out of his class to keep
busy.
For Freddie, it must be admitted that
he demonstrated beyond all question
that he is the cleverest, speediest and
best ring general in his division, and
none, not even Battling Nelson, can
turn him down on the score that he has
failed to prove his class and his right
to trial at the championship. He is
the only lightweight in the world out
of the many who have fought Attell
who has carried off the decision. Bat
Ting Nelson, only q few monts ago,
was able only to get a draw with At
tell. When the news of his victory be-
comes general down east Freddie will
get all proper credit for his perform
ance, and the victory last night, not
counting the actual financial value of
it at the Vernon box office, will be
worth many thousand dollars to him
in the way of added prestige and in
creased drawing powers.
Welsh and Attell fought as cleverly
and speedy as they knew how and
from the first tap of the gong until it
rang out the end of the battle neither
declined the issue and both always
stood up and fought in manner that
excited and enthused the fans who sat
about the rang as spectators. Before
the fight had gone half the distance
the shortender began to look very
much like winner. He was pumping
straight lefts into Abe's face with
startling regularity and effect and at
at long range he clearly outslugged the
little champion. Abe surely had met
his match, was the unanimous opinion
of all inside the pavilion.
Abe was as clever as usual, but he
was boxing the classiest, cleverest and
speediest opponent of his career and
giving away a big chunk of weight in
the bargain. 1t was too big task for
him to beat an opponent who was his
equal in all the fine points of the game
and yet had height, weight and reach
added to make the handicap almost
impossible. He could not jab his left
to the face without return, as he had
done with other opponents. He could
not cross that right to the jaw and get
his man to going into a wobbly state
as he is wont to do with lighter and
less clever fighters. 1t was a rare ex-
perience for him, even to be defeated,
and he was at a loss how to battle with
his own shadow.
Abe is a game little fighter and never
wavered or wobbled once during the
battle. even though he was stopping
some terrific drives with his jaw
throughout. He got his chin in the
way of numerous fierce uppercuts in
the clinches and yet smiled while 1t ali
was going on. Whenever Freddie
wanted to fight at long range and sling
in those rights and lefts Abe always
was there and usually stopped them
with his head, face, jaw or body, but
mix it up with Welsh. 1t was case
of two of the greatest and gamest little
fighters in the world meeting on an
equality despite their inequality Of
weight, and it was a battle that Will
live long in the momory of the thou
sands who sat in the pavilion during
the fifteen rounds. 1t was the prettlest
exhibition of boxing ever rought IN any
ring anywhere.
The preliminaries were of exceptional
merit The curtain-raiser was ten
round affair between Hobo DouSherty
and Kid Arcy and was in the nature of
a return match, as they had fought 10
draw a few weeks previously. They
again fought to draw and their in
dividual supremacy argument must be
settled later on. The second prelim-
mary, the seni-windup of the card, was
a 15-round battle between Monte Attell
and Mike Kutchos for the bantam
weight championship of the coast. At
tell won after a hard fight