The evening world., 1912-01-23
Abe AtteI Has Always Been Re.
garded a Business Man. In
Certain Quarters.
coynsst. 1912 y, Tn' rr,. rgs' Ndns Co.

The N~r lpfk Nohl.
- I'D Ado Attell fake II with X. y.
Brown. was he dopcd b. having
his hand cocalnizcj. or has he
gon, back7 The Boxing Commission
will have tho time o; It's youns HE
answering these questions. and even
then may not arrive NJ n satisfact~y>
dsoasion. II Attell honestly believes he
was doped. no 10 entitled TO cons!dcra-
ton; II he IL lying about tho whole
business he should he banished. II he IL
on the toboRgan. whore time usually
lands all champion. he merits sym
patty. At,oii hss been under a cloud
for years. He has always gone into
nshts under suspicion. II he lot an
ordinary man stay with him, he was
sccuscd OF pulling: n he knocked him
out his opponent Vas regarded As n
lemon" and so on. Foxy Abe al
ways had knockers.
Among those who profess to have an
Inside knowledse OF thu boxing
worid's doinas Attell has always beon
REGARDED a. q "burinrs. n For In
stance, h q usually looked far enough
Into the future 20 make his boxing cS-
tremsiy profitable 90 Abe Attell II was
common gossip that he had Jem Dr!s-
coll doped out In advance for three
fights. He figured on fighting him even
enough the hrst time to create a de-
mand for 4 second meeting Of ten
rounds. and hen getting him on the
Coast for . longer route. where ne ns-
ursd he would settle the question OF
rupariority with . knockout. Abe's
-e..A A-.-..~. 49,. ~-s u.u..
soe Drisooli again after the Enxlish-
man o~vtpointsd him the nrst time ct the
old National A. c.
Some fouks might decide Attsii's
future. ana perhaps riGhtcously. on this
foregoing. and wish him barred forever
In New York. They might very prop
sriy hEurs that such ''~business' prop
ositions aren't conducive to tho health
OF say mort. However. is all up TO
the Boxing Commission. and It's 60 h.
regrstted that Mesers. Dixon and
O'Non should ind themselves In such
q p~rsdioament at this time. Ths popu-
lar sport N hanging by shreds. n such
discus1ons ~ started by AttSu will nn4
d. II IN good.
~ ne statement Of DR.. sahan 10 in
tsresting. He injected the CO.
cains Into Atteli's hands At AoisS
own request. Altar the n9ht, through
which Attsil saAd no laborod siEhtless.
befomsd and With an utter lapse q
memory. Attsii. according 70 the doctor.
said he didn't get enough OF the cocaine.
that his thuanb still hurs him. Odd. In
deed. that Atteil should remember that
much of tho nisht's proceedings and
fall to rsoousct how he oAussd Brown
10 90 hssdiong through the ropes by .
dsft ssdsstsp.
Joe HUMPHREYS fao~tousiy say n an
infection Of cocaine made Atteii step
around a. lively ~ he DID. with Brown
diving aver ham continuously for ten
rounds, he wants some u the same stun
for his rheumatic knss. Joe 10 Of the
opinion tina the hAndcun king. now
allowing u . local theatre. did the bust
nsoo for Attsil. ana not the cocaine
-OM O'ROURKp'e side OF the Ques
ton u O important Suppos'
he did have . wager on Brown
that was his own personal busAncas. II,
says he noticed two years aso that Al
teal wasn't nearly - good ~ he use'
W ", 9Wu 0VCooh ~ Wes -" 49,
ton of Inn who's some good boy WON,
take his measure. Several other goo
Judges have voicsd the same opinion
o'Rourke's enfnity has nothing TO d
with the case. iio says he thought b
was doing Atteli u favor by ruseestin
an Injection II cocaine into q pa,nf,
thumb. Hs had had the same thin
dom by the 0ms doctor to Al PalzeI
In pAissrs oAss u made him tho NIX,
Hest Of Ill white hopes. Funny that
shouid defeat Attell.
vr0 q good bet there VIII b y
dope stories cling,nE TO to-nigl,
= tsn-round bout between Mike Gil
bons and Jack Denning up NJ ne Fat
mont A. @. in the Bronx. Manan'
Billy Gibson has been Hngularly fort
nate In having things conducted IN
clean way at his club. Gibbons ~
Denning mould put Up q rattlins CO
,est, one that shou.d he particular
pleasing 70 the majority OF hoxiny far
those Who like 20 Gee 4 contest whsr
In science. skfi1 and punching pow
are well mixed. Gibbons himself 10
treat In action. He has everything
nehter shouM possess. n right nc
10 the best attraction IN New York.
blew INTO Town uHhnv"h v H'"h''
40 before the holidays, and In less tn
three weeks all the boxing experts we
unanimously singing his praises.
ray he hasn't shown New Workers
his goods at that, Denning Is a NJ
York boy. a graduate OF the good
West side A. c., that nursery OF ,
glIism thnt Nas given many a cha
MO, 10 the game. As a boxer, ia
mpa with the cleverest. lie D
n head and uses II every minute he
IN the ring. lie has a real good !
hand and a right that carries the NJ
csssry power to put anybody down a
out. He Is about the best nan Gibbs
could have picked out for the SEM
tionai ST. Paul welterweight. and WI
us improbable. II IL just possible Il
he may prove the proverbial IA
this case. From any angle. II looks
bout that should draw out most OF
nnna