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THE BIG FIGHT IS ONS\ FRANCISCO IS TIIE SCENE OFOF BATTLE.ABE IIIEIL VS. OWEN MORANAmerican and Enrich Fighters areBattling Today for the Feather, weight Championship.By Associated Pres*.SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Jan. 1.—The pugilistic world is agog with excitement to day s they wait in breath less anticipation the message which will announce who is the featherweight champion pugilist of the world, Abe AtteJl the American wizard and young Owen Moran, the English challenger.The sun went down yesterday on the eve of the “greatest battle of the century” (so say Frisco promoters! withall preparations complete Coffroth’s Arena, scene of many a championship bout, is the place selected for the contest. and all day yesterday woramen were hard at work adding tiers of seats to accommodate the crowds. In the fighters camps all was serene. Eoth finished a light day's work in splendid form, and lx 111 have made the necessary weight. Moran looks a little ; * more rugged than the Yiddish eham- |? pion, but seems a trifle druwn. Attell 1 is in the pink of condition. Betting j( favors the native son at about 2 to 1, * even money being offered and taken than Moran stays the limit. Attell is thought to be a sure winner on points, but the British boy is tough and possesses the haymaker to a painful de- 1 gree, to say nothing of his gameness.James J. Jeffries, retired heavyweight champion, will referee the contest. which will be governed by Marquis of Queensbury rule*. The sale of seats has been very heavy, heaviest since the Britt-Nelson bout two years S.gt, and popular price® are being charged. Challengers from all partsof the country will be at the ringside.,including the defeated Frankie Neill, who it is said, has come strictly back to his ownCcccccc00cccca0ia1r
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Abilene Daily Reporter
Abilene, Texas, US
Wed, Jan 01, 1908
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