Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-23
BOXING RIVALS
READY FOR GONG
AtteII and Moran Practically Fin
ish Training for Their
Fourth Meeting
BOTH IN SPLENDID CONDITION
Greatest Exponents of Queens
berry Art Feature Offering
Tomorrow Night
BY JAY DAVIDSON


While the fans up in Frisco are gnashing
their teeth because the avaricious promoters
have placed the dollar so far ahead OF the
snort that they overran themselves and got
ruled off for life (of Governor Gilletb, the
fans here in Los Angeles are making plans
for witnessing a high class boxing contest TO-
morrow night that will be conducted strictly
within the requirements Of the most exactins
statute against prize fighting. as always has
been the case at Maud Junction, and Wlll see
the two cleverest boxers in the world ABE
Attell and owen Moran, box for the fourth
time The fact that no decision Is 10 De
rendered does not mar the interest IN the
least. because local fans have become ac-
customed to making these decisions in their
own minds. They want to see these premier
boxers line up against each other and they will
have that privilege.
BY no stretch of imagination could bout
between Abe Attell and owen Moran be MADE
a prize fight No cleverer boxers ever stepped
into ring and no greater ring generals ever
met What they do not know about these hhe
points of the scientific end of the boxing game
is not to be taught in boxing schools be-
cause each is a past master in the art.
Thorough experience and a long career of vic
torious engagements qualities them TO boX
with anybody within ten pounds Of their
weight and make good showing. Attell mas
whipped several lightweights and Moran mas
done likewise, winning their laurels solely
upon their superior knowledge OF the sport
and their generalship While there is little
chance of a knockout victory for either, be-
cause they have mixed It so often and at lon
ger distances without harming each ether, the
bout is bound to be one of the most eXcit-
ing exhibitions of boxing that ever was staged
here.
Both fighters know what tough game they
are going up against, as past experience mas
taught them we'll Each is training as hard
for this ten-round no-decision bout as they
would if they were matched to scrap for the
worlds championship over finish route. Mo
ran got quite a nice little start on Abe in the
matter of training, as he recently had scrap
in the local ring and has been training resu-
larly ever since he came here. But whether
he will have anything on the champion In
the matter of condition when they step into
the ring is another question.
Abe worked out yesterday afternoon for
full hour and there is quite difference in
his appearance now and when he arrived
from the north All superluous flesh has been
comber off and ne is hard as STEEL In
his boxing wlndup to the daily training pro-
gram he showed all the speed and cleVerness
he ever had and his workout was quite sat
isfactory He mauled through four hard
rounds with Kid Dalton, swapping punches
trying to box ceverly with him. In the two
rounds he went with Jimmy Austin he eX-
bibited his cleverness and tried out his speed
Moran cut out the hard work yesterday and
confined his efforts 10 road work to improve
his wind and harden himself for a tough
scrap He has been working hard and faith
fully for the last fortnight with such clever
bows as Sam Keller Jeff Parry and Hal Bald
win and has been matching his punches with
them. Moran assuredly is in as near perfect
condition as it is possible for hi INTO get with
a long period of careful work and he will
be fit and ready for tomorrow night. The old
feud between himself and Attell appeals moro
strongly to him than any other one thing and
he has not taken any chances of going into
the ring with the slightest defect In training
that might contribute TO his defeat.
When one considers the remarkable showings
Attel has made against lightweights and his
absolute kingship in the featherweight division
and at the same time realizes that Moran IS
the only real rival Abe ever had for his
championship crown. backed up by his fine
record against heavier fighters, 1t is not dlth-
cult to figure out that this bout Is to be
one Of the greatest boxing matches ever staged
here The fans have not ceased to talk OF
the scraps between Attell and Frankie Neil
and Harry Baker, but when it is considered
that Moran thoroughly outclasses both these
bovs. and has fought Abe to three draws it
is necessary to say much more in argu-
1nentative proof that the Friday night scrap
is to be hummer all the way.
Secretary Matchmaker George Hancock has
performed we'll in making up the preliminary
card, and has arranged three bouts that look
like main events anywhere else except in
conjunction with a scrap of the class of the
Attell-Noran affair. Young McGovern, who
once was touted as a sure-thing for the
bantam championship, comes back to life and
meets Berry, Hatton, the great little amateur
who has been doing nicely since he
whipped everything in the amateur line and
had to get into the professional class. They
Will 20 six rounds Paul Sikora and jeff
O'Connell will travel the same distance, and
although O'Connell has been considered some
thing Of d bear in his division. the last two
scraps in which Sikora has figured have been
hair-raisng affairs, and If he does not put a
sinker on the Irishman he will furnish the
fans with lot of excitement Jimmy Austin
and Battling Chico, both popular scrappers be-
cause of their cleverness and clouting ability
will furnish the opening overture and it
should prove hum-dinger at every jump.
1t looks like most attractive card, and II
the governor has a representative at ringside
he is apt to forget the dignity of the occa-
sion and get somewhat excited himself while
these bouts are being decided. Every boy
who figures as principal in the bouts that
make up the card is Of proved class and a
boxer above the ordinary, and it should be
more than ordinarily interesting.