The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-07

i ducements. There are few fighters in the business who would care to take chance against the acknowledged
 leader Of heavier class. But this Is not the first time that Attell has made flight into the next grade and on only one occasion had he
 much cause to repent his daring lhat was when he tackled Freddy
 Welsh. the 1.-the. elusive British lightweight Attell and Welsh col
 lided at Los Angeles in 1908, and the boxer from across the seas won decision over Abe in fifteen rounds Attell's feather weight title was not involved. SO that the loss of the verdict did not hurt his reputation to any extent, but 1t touched his pride on the raw bit. for Abe ranks an ong the classiest of classy box CTS, and to be out-jabbed by the Britisher was an unwelcome sur prise. Eight months before meet. ing Welsh Attell had held Battling Nelson to a l5-round draw in San Francisco. He knew the Dane like a book, for Attell Is one of those brainy ring artists who study pros pective opponents to some advant- age. and he had watched the Battler perform on more than one occasion. Also he had boxed a Ground no de- cision bout with him three years prior to the Frisco event To draw or outpoint Nelson was therefore Q cinch for the heet-footed, clever Abe in a l5-round affair and for the matter of that he could probably have covered another Ave rounds without suffering any serious dam- age. Nelson always was a slow be- ginner and never shone brightly in contests where he was slated for short distance.
 As matter of fact the men who have given Attell the most trouble in the ring during his long and bril- liant fighting career have been the clever chaps, not the sluggers who bore in and try to sweep an antag- onist off his feet by dint of furious attacking methods. Owen Moran and Jem Driscoll have come the closest to whipping Attell of any men he has faced since he became feather weight champion, outside of Welsh Neither Moran nor Driscoll gained a decision over Abe, but each gave him every bi' as much, some critics say more. punishment as he admins tered, and the feather weight mon- arch earned every cent he got for his seances with Moran. Driscoll x O.
 Wolgast Is cleverer than Nelson. but a big shade behind Attel in point of scientific knowledge Like Nelson he bores in all the time, carrying the fight doggedly to his man and forcing matters continually Attell probably had this in mind when he went after the Michigan crack for a match. In twenty rounds he figures that Wolgast cannot pene- trate his defense, and he feels sure that he can outbo1 him sufficiently to earn decision over the light weight leader The advantages of the match certainly lie with Attell It is by no means unconceivable that he an event he would lay claim to the lightweight as we'll as the feather weight title. Wolgast would have his troubles trying to land Attell for battle over a longer distance If this should happen. But if Attell should lose. he can retire placldly into his own proper class, and de- clare that he lost to bigger man.
 Wolgast has couple of minor matches on. he having arranged to box Frankie White In Milwaukee and Tommy Gary In Fond du Lac in the near future. Neither of these men should be hard for Wolgast to whip. barring accidents, such as happened during the champions last appearance in fight. On that oc- casion he fractured a bone in his arm. but luckily for him his then opponent. Jack Redmond, was not aware of the injury and the cham pion finished the bout as scheduled. Just before Wolgast signed up with Attell he was subjected to a good deal of unfavorable criticism for making matches with boxers of such mediocre caliber as White and Gary. Why he should be thus criticised Is mystery. It is taken for grant ed that pugilist is In the business not for love of 1t, but for the hard dollars. and Wolgast would have been several different kinds of fool had he sidestepped any sort of financial proposition which promised we'll. But because he refused to concede a ton of weight to that