Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-10
ATTELL ENGAGES
TRAINING CAMP
Wires That He win Arrive This
Morning to Arrange for
Bout with Moran
WILL DO HIS WORK AT D0YLE'S
Prospects Unusually Good for an
Agreement Between Feathers
for a Ten-Round Battle
WILL DO HIS WORK AT DOYLE'S
By JAY DAVIDSON

by JA1 DANADSVN
Abraham Attell, once familiar on the
local Rialto, will arrive in Los Angeles
this morning on the Lark, and 1T is
very probable that before noon he ana
Owen Moran will be matched up for
a ten-round scrap at Maud Junction
the night of June "a. Abe has been
out of fighting job for long time,
and is a much disappointed Hebrew at
the loss of the match with Jem Dris-
coll, Moran's stablemate in the Charlie
Harvey barn, which was to have been
staged July 2 at Frisco. He has been
fighting more or less in the two years
he has been away from Los Angeles
but has not been grabbing off any or
those big purses that he became ac-
customed to out here His last local
appearance, as the fans will recall,
! was with Freddie Welsh, when he was
the loser in the prettiest boxing ex-
hibition ever staged anywhere.
Abe has held on to the title of feath-
e.weight champion for so long that 1t
looks it might remain there for several
years to come, but Moran is the
toughest customer he ever tackletS and
their two long-distance draws, so un-
satisfactory to the Frisco fans because
they thought Abe was Icing" owen
all the time, are still fresh in the
memory of the fans. 1t is a remark
able fact that Abe is very popular in
Los Angeles, yet the fans generally
want to see him get trimming. life
sized one, at that. He has. been so
invncible that despite his popularity
the fans usually go to see him fight
solely because they want to be In at
the death and see him get genuine
good thrashing. Moran figures to be
the only one who can even come close,
and for this reason Manager McCarey
will turn q nice trick If he gets the
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There Is only one chance that the
match will fail of consummation. At
tell and Moran have been squabbling
over the weight question for a long
time and when they almost agreed on
the weight to be made they usually
fell out over the distance they were
to travel Weight and distance will
form the basis of the discussion this
= morning, and 1t looks possible now
that they will agree upon ten rounds
and about 124 pounds. If they only
can agree at all, the fans will pack
the old fight shed at Maud when they
meet because Moran made such a great
impression last Tuesday night that
local fans generally believe he is a
good match for Abe, and If they only
can see him get a licking they will
pay any old price for the pleasure.
1t looks very favorable for an agree
ment, as Abe has wired ahead for
training quarters at Jack Doyle's
South Side club, and asked for Kid
Dalton to help him in his training.
Moran Is anxious to get the match
because it will be a very profitable one
for him even If he is defeated. AS no
title can pass under no-declsion rule,
Attell will not be as stubborn regard
ing terms as he ordinarily is, but the
natural diplomacy for which he and
Charlie Harvey are famed makes the
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prospects of an agreement. Abe and
owen have fought two draws, and
each should know about all that the
other has in stock to be overcome. AS
Moran is to leave the feather division
after this fight, he really cares moth
ing for the championship feature, but
in settling feud of the intensity OF
this one both fighters will be sure to
,hagg1e for the Shylock portion of the
returns at the gate.
McCarey intends to stage only two
fights this month and expects to have
this one as his real leader. He yes
terday closed with Jim Barry and
Sandy Ferguson for a ten-round scrap
June II and If Attell and Moran will
agree today they will furnish the
windup of the season June "a, as no
other scraps will be staged locally
until after the Jeffries- johnson argu-
ment July 4.
Secretary Hancock has hit upon a
scheme for giving a lot of newcomers
a chance to show themselves and at
the same time show a few new faces
to the fans for a change. He has ar
ranged the preliminary card for the
Barry-Ferguson scrap, with one bout
still missing, and has five four-round
affairs already signed up. The names
of the ten scrappers who have signed
up to furnish the preliminary amuse-
ment are new to the fans and their
faces undoubtedly will Is just as re-
freshing. They are as follows:
Gene Jourdan VS.. George Russell,
welterweights.
Dick Wilson VS.. Fred Barrett, well
terweights.
Steve Harbin VS.. Charlie Boesen,
138-pounders.
Young Chico VS.. Kid Love. bantam
weights
Harry Doll VS.. Kid Persey. bantam
weights.
One other four-round bout is to be
added, making six in all and a grand
total of thirty-four rounds of boxing
that night. Most of these boys will
train at the Maud pavilion, but some
will train with Barry at Venice and
others will be with Ferguson at
Doyles club. Ferguson says that his
injured thumb has improved enough
to justify him in going INTO training
and he expects to be in fine condition
when he tackles Barry.
Young Rivers has made a big hit
with the fans since King Hogan aban-
doned the occupation of training fight
ers for living and assumed the role
of manager-trainerf for the crack little
featherweight. The scrap he put up
Tuesday night against Martin Leahy
rounded out a dandy ring record and
made quite an impression upon the
fans. He is a fighter from the first
gong and yet knows enough about the
scientific end of the gaem to make a
fast and exciting bout with cleverer
scrappers If Rivers only keeps his
head at its regular size. listen to the
old head that is managing and train
ing him and attends to his own affairs
instead of gazing too longihgly upon
the electric lights, he will be heard
from real soon Hogan knows his bus
mess and will send him on up the
ladder.
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