The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-10
Is AtteII. Quitting Ring Forever,
Says Training Slapped All His
Energy.

4 BE ATTEL has been telling me
"a all about how IL feels to be-
- come q has-been. Abe has
given up the ring He says he'll never
fight again. He'll not 90 along. like
Battling Nelson and some others who
were once among the champions.
taking hard beatinss and giving back
their abated best. .1
There's . note of regret In Abis's
voice. He talks like man who used
TO have a million dollars. and now
has only the memory. There's some
consolation even IN the memory.
Abis dwelis fondiy on the way the
crowd out In 81. Louis chsered for
Abe Attell when Abe tossed up his
lands . couple Of weeks ago and
iesigned In the sixth round. ANNOUNCE
ns that he had fought his last night
from this time on Abe will let some
nody else do the hgftingg He has .
stable" OF one already. A few nights
Ego he saw Special Delivery Hirsoh
oox In . preliminary ut the Garden.
Il liked the way the boy handled him
SELF" Abe explained. $50 went to the
dressing room afterward and saw him
who's your manAacrr l asked
Haven't any manager said hs. Would
!. you like 20 have me manage yOur Ho
would. sure. He weighs rs and he's
been nshting hghtwsights and weitcrs.
10 took the boy on and I'm going to
teach him 4 lot and make him . top
notcher.'' Nn5J fsrs
Tut to return 10 the story. Abe
!, X has an Interesting tale Of the
gradual decline Of his nghting
: powers 'iisf 'siH
You ses." said he. i've bssn In the
,ams for fourteen years. and I'm only
:. twsaty-nine now. You wouldn't expect
la boxer to slip bsck At twsnty.nine.
especially . fellow like myself. with
cisvsrness enough t6,Aesp' The others
missing and save his taw.
The whole trouble II IN the training.
Making ic ringside has always been
easy for me. I've often fought a. low
L es III. But years Of hard trsinins. box
~ lag all the time and runnins pm the
icsd. uses up your energy. kuess u
man has about no much action In him.
snd when no burns that up he begins
TO grow slew. IAnI l0H
That was my trouble. For three or
sour years I've fslt my Apesd and
strength slipping away. wouldn't
acknowledge II even cto'I myself. but
down In my heart l knew that I was
.n loins back. When I fslt Il nrst I be-
e-gaa 10 think OF the Thousands Of dol
;ars I'd tossed AWAY over the green
cloth. and I started sskins us,sad ngur-
ing on doing something else when the
ring wasn't for me any more.
a. The hrst time really fell back 10
Ear that the public couldn't help seeing
II was when fought K. o. Brown
The Boxing Commission suspended me
for six months for that. bat It was =
mistake. ! really couldn't do any bet.
ter. and people who had seen mo night
for years gave me credit for bsing .
letter man than ! was. They said-ani
they believed II. too--that ] was stall.
ing. and that could have knocked
Brown out II ! wanted to. Why. that
niSht couldn't nave knocked any
20 bely out. Ny arms we're dead.
When l fought Kiibans I had some
n sway back. and I knew g. I looked
Il aust ~ good as ever. was just AS
muscular. I trained q long time out
in tho sun and looked the picture of
. . health. But there was soassthang lack.
iaS. could feel II. someway I felt
|. tired when l ought not 10 have felt
tired. NY muscles didn't respond 10
the nerves. tried my best. and XII.
lane got the decision. l haa held the
championship for a long time. sup
lose ! ought 20 be sausnsd. But !
can't help thinking that Y ! bad only
ioxed kilbane year OF two earlier
there would have been . Hnerent
'"rS' Z
x<1% ILBANE was lucky. When l
- fought him had been slid
% - ing baoi, for couple OF years
and struggling against II. They cay it's
foolish for champion who feels hirn-
self slipping to 80 on lighting. But
with me II wasn't the money. There
60 YES the JOY of fighting. ! don't know
any greater Joy on earth than that
watch comes to . man when he stands
I IA front OF another fellow In the ring
end when he knows that he can step
IN and out ana move his head q few
inches and make the other fellow miss
and FOUNDER and look foolish. That's
f, the fascination OF boxing. There's
nothing else like II. matching both
. Train and body. and watching the re-
suit
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