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stacked that seneraiship against hard
punching aud rough boring In tao.
ties, and. although ouipointed. Abey
never WAS In danger of bcinc 6
knocked out. In HIS fights that fol-
lowed IL was necessary for Attel Il
play his sencraiship Ar his top card.
That was the only thing he had left
and h. played II "a well that he huns
Cnto his title for nearly two years.
when Kilbanc came along to de-
throne him.
The Jewish fighters have been
NOR. prominent by far In tn. lighter
classes than In the. heavier divisions.
Aside from tAtci. probably the best
was KID Herman. the Chicago
'iishi~clsht. Herman. who IL pror-
pcrinr In the floral business In Seat
tie. Washinsion. made great head
way toward the championship. but
his one great chance was u failure.
Herman did not possc-s the class OF
Attei. bu; he was rough and ready
sort of baitlcr. with u fair amoun; of
clcvcrucr~. His record shows man,
victories. but he Just fell shor, Of be-
inE n champion. That he w.s no, of
cha mplonship ,aiibcr WAS shown
when he worked his way up To u bat
tie for the title with 10. Cans. II
took that wonderful negro fighter
JuA eight rounds To end the bout
with Knockout.
One Of the most remarkable fights
that Herman ever engaged In WAS
staged In n Chicago ring. His oppon-
cnt was another jewish fighter by
the name oi "kid'' Abel. Abe, ut
that time had been going great guns.
md indications pointed to rosy tut.
urc for him. His hattie with Herman
WIS staged rs u contest for the chan.
p,onshIp Of the Chicago Ghetto. and
:ot s!A-round tit Il was "a battle
worth .;cinx miles to SEQ. II,
when the final son. rang both
boys were on their feet. bu, the dam
age that had been done in that short
period was enough to stop amy ordin-
lry lighters. Herman left the ring
with u broken Jaw. while Abel was
nursinI u broken wrist. In addition
to considerable other facial damage
which both Incurred. The broken
Jaw was received In the second round
while the wrist wns fractured In the
third session.
Abel never really got beyond bcips
a Chicago six-round fighter. and
proved an In and outer. never fight
ing consistently.
Monte Attcl. II younger brother OF
Abcy. made great strides early as "
boxer. but never got far. Monte did
not possess the hcadwork that made
his brother famous.
kid Goodman OF Boston u few
years ago was just about ns tough u
bcttilcr as ever entered n ring. hut
like Herman. he was lacking In the
class to make him champion.
When Harry Lewis. whose correct
name is Harry Bcstcrman, fought in
the lightweight ranks. II was predict
cd that he had u great chance to be-
come champion. Lewis WAS knock.
cut punchcr OF the first water. and
his record shows several good mills
But he soon outgrcw the lightweight
rank and now is milling with tho
middlcwcights across the big pond
but AZ n middle he lacks the STUFF
he showed as n lightweight.
There are only two Jewish fight
ers OF the present time who possess
class and these are Charlie White
the Chicago lightweight. and Leach
Cross of New York. There are thoss
who believe that Charlie White will
before long become champion, and
those of his race are pulling for him
for IL the Jewish race is to be kept
in the front rank OF pusilism. 1t |,
up to White. But Cross also is for.
middblc and to be rerkoned with.
Printing that plesses-the kint
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