Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-12

esting fight, instead of insisting that
AtteH cut off both arms and agree not
to hit hard before he signs articles.
wyatt carp. one of the old-timCrs in
California and pioneer among west
ern sporting men, was along the ltialto
yesterday greeting Old-tme friends for
few hours. Although he lives here
and has done so for the last ten years,
he is not to be seen around sporting
headquarters as in other days, as he is
a business man now and has passed up
the game for the more reliable and
steady profits of legitimate business.
He is interested very heavily In mines
near Yuma and is very well fixed
thank you. Time was when carp was
one of the most famous fight refer
ees in the business and he has figured
in many fights where he had to keep
his gun strapped to his hip to pro
tect himself He makes no bones about
his experience as gambler in the good
old days around Frisco, Los Angeles:
San Diego. Reno and Goldfeld and
there probably never lived gamer
gambler or a squarer referee.
It seems that Moran is always hang
ing around for the best of everything
and acts as if he is afraid to take an
even break or anything that would
give an opponent q chance to make
showing with hi~' Attell is no fool.
He has a championship to protect as
well as the prestige that is his, and
he is a big dub to sit around and allow
fighter who never owned a tue 70
dictate terms to him. This is match
that would be profitable to all con-
cerned if it could be settled right away,
but if this continual haggling over the
Merchant of Venice stuff is to be
kent up. Moran will cease to be an
attraction here, because he will so dis
! gust the fans that they will not patron
ize a show where he figures as one of
the principals. He has all the best OF
it at either proposition that Attell has
offered him, and if he is a game fighter
he will accept or call off negotiations
and go somewhere else to earn his
daily bread.
Fight fans in Los Angeles have
wanted to see Abe Attell whipped for
a long time, not only out of enmity but
because he is SO confOunded inVincible
that they want somebody to come along
and thrash him. Abe is as popular here
as any fighter in the world because he
always has delivered the goods and
been on the level. But he has been
such a classy fighter that his victories
| have become mOnOtOnOuS and the fans
want to see him whipped just for the
Moran would become something Of a
popular idol While training for the
fight with Attell because he is the only
| fighter who ever worried Attell to any
extent and because he figures to be the
only one who can give Abe much of an
| argument. Moran is overlooking bet
in holding out for the penny ANTE con-
| cessfon that he is asking for in the
matter of the hour for weighing in,
and ii behoOVes him, if he wants to do
| any business in this neighbOrhOod, to
| dicker fairly in negotiations for q
match. A one-sided affair would not
fill a street car, much less than a fight
! pavilion.
Phil Brook received a telegram yes
terday from Cleveland, o.. promoters,
asking him to accept a match with Kid
Koehler, who recently whipped Ray
| Rronson and Matty Baldwin. The
match is intended to be staged in Lo-
rain. O.. July 4, and Phil is offered
$1,000 guarantee and expenses to return
to the Buckeye jurisdiction. Phil is
! here and wants to stay, and as he all
Wavs has been a good card here it is
/ difficult to figure why he cannot get a
/ match. OF course, those who know the
/ fight situation here are aware of the
/ fact that certain influences are being
/ brought to bear against Phil that are
unfair and unspOrtsmanlike, and it al
ready has broken up one match for him
! and may break up others-nit. Nutf
sed.
Fred Rickert has become so desprr-
ate because his coursing scheme mas
not panned out as fast as he expected