The evening world., 1911-02-04

a match Corbet. bea. McGovern all
right, Blu he never gave me a chance"
As Aoe said this he looked as IL he
had missed something great-the chance
OF a life time.
Despite the throw down by McGoyern's
~conqueror. Attell kept plugging Along.
winning night after night. lie has had
Almost one hundred and fifty up to date
and the only decisive knockout regis.
.ered against him is that scored BY
Tommy Sullivan OF Brooklyn I'm 1904
Most OF Abe's winnings up to the time
he was married Ave years age to Eliza
beth Margaret Egan, q San FranctSco
slfl' went home to his mother. To-day
MS mother owns three houses In Frisco;
mis- brothers are In the loan business
and doing well. In addition Abe him.
self owns a slouse and lot In Los
Angeles, which he paid 10000 for nye
years ago. after he beat frankie Neil.
The property liz worth $4,000 now and
the house rents for $50 a month. His
wife has two pieces Of valuable prop.
erty In Frisco and Abe has s4s. 900 o,
the $4,000 he has earned With his nst.
slowed away
All the Children Living.
There hasn't been a single death In
the family since the father died. All are
alive and happy. Abe's mother is SIX.
ty-fve years old to-day, but has al
the life and activity OF a woman Of
thirty-fve. according to the little cham
pion.
Abe gives a lot OF credi1 for his success
during the last five years to his little
Irish wife. She has kept me on tn,
straight and narrow path. and | rave
had no time for dissipation. have
known her twelve years. She went tc
school with my sisters out home"
When Attell talks about dissipation hf
doesn't include drinking or smoking. lie
never did either. and about his only bat
habit was gambling, lie used to love
20 play the races, and up to a year and
a half ago he had won and lost fortunes
on the rae tracks. lie says he hasn't
made a bet on the ponies since 1905 a.
Saratoga. Now he plays cards. Just so
cial games. now and then. but no biz
stakes ever figure in the play.
Talking OF his fights, Attell says hi:
hardest was with Battling Nelson a
Frisco in 1908. 1t was a h~fteen-rount
draw and Nelson was In his prime then
and although he outwe!ghed Attell Tho
little featherweight stood toe to toe
with him and exchanged wallops from
start to finish.
Doesn't Pick Lemons.
Attell dlsllkes criticism and he say
that for years too much has been ex
perted of him as the champion. IL
doesn't like 10 be regarded as a pickle
OF lemons III | fight a so-calle'
lemon and fail to knock him OUT h,
says, II am accused of pulling. TIL
other fellow gets no credit for being
good man. If ! knock out a man /,
two rounds. the papers say. 'Attell PICK
another lemon It's awful hard on
champion"
Attell explains the rarity OF knockout
these days by saying the present da,
fighter employs a style vastly dlfferen
from the old timers. They cover u,
nowadays and a man risks his hand
trying to open them up. II you Sian
away at the other fellows arms an
elbows you break your hands. the
what good are you7" he asks, Nova
days you can't keep punching; you hav
to wait for the spot and then let
go. | know / have been accused o
stallinS, but / keep on winning JUS
the same"
Attell realizes he can't go on for
ever, and II was for that reason h
had decided to retire and go into som
business at the end OF the year. Jus
now he Is dicker!ng for the sale OF
piece OF property in the vicinity O
the new American League ball park.