The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-03-31
HAVE ALIsrS READY.
BY II. NJ. WALKER

HAVE ALisrS READY.
BY II. NJ WALKER
Los ANGELES. Feb. 22-It's a
rare bird that plucks its own plum
age.
Frank picato. Cal fornia bred. lost
a .o-round decision to Jack Read
in the sydney Stadium.
Next morning the swarthy slug
ger carefully collected the Australian.
papers and mailed them by first boat
to the American critics. No alb.
was offered. On the margin of a
paper Pieato penciled the words
w II try to do better next time. =
Frank has fractured all records .
kicked the losers privilege into the
middle of March.
But few boxers recognize whip.
ping even though the introduction
results in an ambulance haul
Al Palzer headed for home after
souIlS MN'ditS nau Iothtu HlIl an
over the Vernon ring. told a Pull
man porter that the referee had
wronged him. At Albuquerque A.
allowed that the battle could have
been called a good draw, but by the
time it reached Chicago the Big hos
was confident he had been rob3 d
OF an earned victory
Look at the way Able Attell acte&
after Johnny Kilbane mad jabbed al
flavor OF championship out of his
system
.Axed by the referee." shouted
Able and even his handlers had tie
grin Over the wires clicked doz
Ell kilograms OF protest against ar
honest decision. Able even knocked
a cork out of Jim Jeffries' hand
slipped the big fellow pen ana
showed him where to sign one of the
wire walls.
Attell had reached the end Of his
rope and was dragging the stake
post after him. The little feather
weight was all in" EVERYBODY real
lied this fact but Able himself
To this day old Battling Nelson
claims that Referee Sler erred in
awarding Joe Cans the Goldfeld fight
on foul
Also the Dane has never ceased
10 rant against the Official act tina,
stopped the Point Richmond aifai:
and gave AID Wolgast the lightweight
title In each instance Bat had Deen
battered to point where the cor
oner lay with his ear to the ground
Wolgast, in turn raves at the men
ton of Referee Jim Griffins name
and sneers at Willie Ritchie's "fluke'
win. They all play the same game
of gnaw and growl.
Picato Is safe in Sydney. In this
country he would be ordered up for
examination by the sanity squad
Johnny kilbane has been credited
with statement to the effect that
his last fight will be his best. why
should | sink to the level of a slug
ger when | can whip my men with
science?" is the way the feather
weight champion has been quoted
When my last fight comes; when
Pm actually cornered by the man
that is to lick me then you'll see
real fight I'll throw all clever
ness aside and fight like fiend.
The fellow that drops me is going
| to have his troubles before he gets
| through"
kilbane's talk Is interesting only
because it recalls the flowery words
and withered finish OF the man who
held the 122-pound title before him
| Abe Attell,
When I'm down it will be in a
fight that will go down into history
as the most desperate featherweight
battle evr fought" said Abe some
four years ago.
THE crowds keep coming to the
ringside to see me beaten, hut listen,
I'll never be outpointed. knocked out
or stopped When my last fight
comes I'll stand up until the police
will break into the ring and stop
the thing. When I'm finally carried
out you fellows will say that ! died
game"
Abe liked the sound of his talk
so well that he repeated 1t time
after time. 1t was repeated all
over the country and Attell shook
hands with himself for having fran
ed the speech.
But little Able forgot his lines
when the last act came.
Outpointed, outgeneraled. Kissed
for the mean trick of oiiing his
Drowned body, and punched unit
his brain was dazed, Attell lost the
championship to Kilbane. yielded the
title to the Ohio boy after making
one of the weakest fights Of his car