Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
HARD FOR MONTE
TO MAKE WEIGHT
ATTELL WORKING HARD FOR
WEBSTER BOUT
DANNY WILL EASILY MAKE
REQUIRED FIGURE
Little Men Who viii Battle Tuesday
for Worlo's BantamWeight Title
Are Training Earnestly
for Contest

Those fans who have favored Monte
Attell in the coming bout with Danny
Webster at Maud Junction Tuesday
for the worlds bantamweight cham
pionship, on the score that Monte
would find it easier to make the weight
than would Danny, have received a
surprise. Though. Danny has for three
years fought at 122 and over that fig
ure, and has even met men weighing
close to 1870, he finds that he will be
able to make the bantam weight fig
ure without any difficulty. In fact,
strange as it may seem, it appears
that Attell will have much more diff
Guilty in reducing to the poundage than
will Webster. The weight agreed on
by the little men is 115 pounds. They
will weigh in at o'clock, the after
noon of the battle.
After a hard workout at both camps
it was found that the men were near
ly on a par, Danny weighing just
trife under III and Monte just bear
ing the scales down at that figure.
This means that the lads have four
days in which to take off the extra two
pounds.
In a battle of big fellows a half
dozen or even ten pounds sometimes
weighs not at all in the final result.
But the lighter the fighters, the more
closely they watch the weight prob
lem, the more each man haggles over
an extra ounce. In this case, the
squabble that came near keeping them
apart entirely was over half pound.
Danny wanted a little more, ana
Monte wouldn't agree.
Danny Will Be Strong
But now it appears that Danny, If
anything, will have a little the better
of It. He has found that he VIII be
strong and rugged at the weight. At
ter the scaling has been done, and the
officials of the Pacific Athletic club
have approved of the poundage in or
der to settle any possible disputes
about the forfeit money, Webster and
Attell will then have at least seven
hours in which to rest up and take on
weight.
But the weight question is being left
to their trainers, and Danny and the
champion are earnestly pursuing train
ing at their respective camps. Web
ster is not at all disturbed over the
fact that Monte will be slight ring
side favorite over him. About ten to
eight seems to bet the accteped price,
and Danny is ready to place modest
little wager on himself at these odds.
Webster Is no shy pursuer after the
! losers end. Whenever Danny fights
he Is always ready to-and generally
ing every precaution to be in the best
condition when he faces Monte, for, ac-
| cordfng to the agreement, victory for
him means the possession of the one
aim of his ring career, the champion
ship in his class
Monte Hard Worker
Monte went on the road bright and
early yesterday morning, spinning off
seven miles on the roads near Vernon,
returning to his camp fresh. and ready
| for big dinner He took a short rest
and then waded into his gymnasium
efforts, and Harry Foley had to call
| him off before Monte would quit. In
| this, Attell demonstrates another
characteristic noticeably lacking in
his brothers workouts, for Abe was
never an unwilling trainer. Three
rounds with Jim Hall and three with
Freddie Corbett wound up his after
noon.
At the Eastside. Webster tore off sew
eral miles in the dust in the morning,
and then went through the regular
gymnasium stunts in the afternoon. He
| boxed six fast rounds with Harry
Baker as a windup to the days effo<ts.
The preliminary lads are diligently
| trudgfne away, several of them work.
| ing at Maud Junction. Preparations
are being made for big house, for
| Danny has a large following in Los
| Angeles, and the fact that the men
are lighting for the worlds bantam
weight championship and a gold belt
hung up by Manager McCarey, has
added great interest to the scrap. A
fast and wonderfully clever battle Is
looked for, since both men are noted
for their speed and stiffness, and one
of the old-time jammed houses VIII
face the main eventers from all pres
ent indications.