The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-18
LOVE OF THE CARD TABLE
CAUSED DOWNFALL Of AT1ELL
49, E'sHE

sion with his favorite pastime the
night before he boxed Tommy Muir
phy in San Francisco. In other res
gects he was not as .ndiscreet as he
was at Los Angeles. He kept under
cover there when following his bent
but in this city he was not only seen
around the gambling resorts but out
along the Texas Tommy" places OF
the beach boulevard in the small
hours of the night.
1t is the old story. You can't eat
your cake and have it. You can't
neglect all the rules of training and
remain world power in pugilism.
In the opinion of many there Is
doubt as to whether Attel is the has
been his recent showing would indi-
cate. 1t is believed that even now, if
Attell could be got to mind his P's
and Q's he would soon rehabilitate
himself with the fighting public.
1t is admitted that his affair with
Kilbane was mighty close. Well,
knowing what is known Of the way
he has criminally neglected his pre-
ptration for that event, what might
he not have accomplished if he had
been anything near as well trained as
the other fellow?
It might be truthfully said that he
ola not do a lick of training for Muir
ply. He explained his dilatoriness II
getting down to the grind by saying
that he was in good condition after
the spell of work he did for the Xii
tane battle.
1t was very good stall" as tht
sports up here were not wise to the
fact that he had made no move at al
toward fitting himself for Kilbane. =,
Lad to fight Murphy on Saturday, ant
it was not until Tuesday preceding
that he put in an appearance at nj
quarters. And the little he did dur
ing the day was Offset by his noctur
hal habits.
In the face of all this, .Attel
fought twenty blistering rounds wit
man probably fifteen pounds heay
Ter than himself. 1t was not unit
the last two rounds that he shove
symptoms of WEAKNESS.
Where is there another feathe
weight in the world who could equs
the performance? What might nav
r been the result of the Murphy-Attc
: bout if Attell had prepared for it col
= scientiously and in accordance wit
E the rules laid down.
I There is good, sound logic in tn
t argument that Attell, with a prope
n course of training, could show a san
pie of fisticuffs that would astonis
l. us all But is there any assuranC
: that the foolish young man could pl
g his mind to such a course?
II 1t seems as though nothing acts {
e a warning to him. He was under
# cloud when he came here from Ne
l. York after his fizzle with KnockoI
1t Brown. and it was thought he won
e. strive his hardest to set himself rig
W with the public. Further, he mu
have known that his championship
n his only asset for years and years
d would be in jeopardy when he foug
lie Kilbane. And yet he preferred Il
d. poker table to the punching bag.
~ In addition to the slump of pre-
Of tige he experienced, he came he
es from Los Angeles in bad odor, o
& ing to some trickery about tie
ne gram. But even then, instead of II
ne ing to redeem himself by traini
Us consaientiously for Murphy, he st
INDUCED his passion for poker, al
&c if jim Buckley tells the truth, tri
he to arrange a fake fight.
vi There are many who would Ii
~ to see Attell take a tumble to hi
nu self and ascertain what a season
rigid training would do. But the
' are very few who expect to see h
~ change his ways. He seems to
- incorrigible.