The chronicle=news., 1913-06-26
JEWISH RACE FAST DIMINISHING FROM RANKS
Of PazEFI6HTERS; ABEATTEl ONLY ONE LEFT


cat In pusiiism since the glove sam'
came into existence during the re-
Kiinc OF the famous John l.. sullivan
n iit;ic more than three decades ago
yet u careful pcrusnl OF the dope oI
t0slay shows there are fewer class,
lighters of this rae. in tho game nov
than at any time In the last .,
years. says Ray T.. Pearson.
In seeking solution Tor the pau
city Of Jewish fighters one IL con
nOnicd by u bunch of arguments
none Of which satisfactorily answer,
the question. Tn" most logical ex-
GrcSsion Of The sport. due TO n MIN
her of reasons. principally That
which has had to d, with making
BOXING unlawful In many sections al
til. country. hut iha; explanation
applies to fighters Of all races ~ well
ns to til. Jew. 30 I, really explains
nothing.
What tho Jewish race has con-
'rihutcd to boxing In the past has
been u plenty. Where n few years
ago Joe Choynski shonc as one OF the
Krcat.xt hcayywriEhis In the world.
there is today not u Jewish heavy
weight In the game. II In true that
big Jewish fighters always have been
rarity In the sport. but Choyniski
Was mn exception and his record
shows that h. possrssscd class akin
to that Of the creates, fighters Of
his time.
Undoubtedly the greatest Jewish
fighter that ever donnct the spansics
was that marvel Of the ring. Abe At
tel. For years Attcl ruled the fcaih-
crwci:ht division. meeting and de-
f-ating the boys of all other nation
niiticr-and that. too. by such u
wide margin that M doubt was i.f,
as to his superiority. Attcl not only
trouncci the fighters who could
notch the same weight as hlmself.
but he WAS so good that he had to
do more than that. Aticl was forced
to Ko out Of the fcathcrwciIht class
to find opponents In order to make
boxing u profitable business. AS u
result ifc stacked up against light
weights. mud In these battles he held
his own. showing what u remarkable
fighter he really was.
Attci still considers himself II
member of the boxing fraternity. al
though he cannot be placed In the po.
sit,on OF contender for championship y
honors. AttcI was the eighth won
der Of tho world. for no greater per-
former ever Eraccd any class.
Those who follow the sport closely
ccnccdc the truth of all that can hc
said for Attcl. After being n
worlds title holder for years he fin.
ally succumbcd to the prowcss OF
Johnny kiibanc. the Cleveland boy
who at present wears the champion
ship crown. No credit should be tax
en- away from Kilbanc FOR his tri-
umph over Atci. hut st the same
time those who know ABBEY" will
tell you that the little Jew was
through" as n championship II ;ht-
cr nearly three years before the big
blow" came that dcposcd him an title
holder.
Az showing what II really great
fighter Attcl was II Is necessary 70
explain some OF the ring happenings
OF Abey in the last couple OF years
that he held the title. Attcl In that
time never lodged any opponent that
sought battle, and, although he
wasn't the Abcy OF old by Il long
ways, none of them wns able to put
him away. One OF his toughest
fights was that against Il youngster
named Joe Coster of Brooklyn. Cos.
ter was II "hnrd nut" for any of them
to crack at that time. and after ten
rounds of hard milling the popular
verdict belonged to the BroOklynitc.
There was really only one thing
that Attel possessed that permitted
him to stay the limit of ten rounds
against Coster. and that was ring