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The Featherweight Champion Earns a High Place In History of Roped Arena,HE MET THE BEST OF THEMLittle Hebrew Never Drew a Line on Any and DefeatedAll the Top-Notchers,When it comes time for some otherscribe to write a book of the marvels of the prize ring there’s one name that he will not be able to overlook, and that to the little Hebrew champion, Abe Attell. Under Abe’s name will have to be written. “Champs may come and chumps may go, but I goon forever.**Attell had his little roastings, his little puffs and his losing battles, but figuring him, A to Z, he’s one of the most remarkable men that ever pulled on a glove. ✓ iThis bird started when he was 16 ; years old. He was l|rn on Washington’s birthday, 1884, in Frisco, and just as soon as he was big enough to enter a ring he did.He just eased along, winning here, winning there, drawing with this fellow, shading that fellow a bit, and finally we hunted for a boy of his weight to beat him, There were non«.He took on lightweights, fought thechampion at that time (Nelson) a fifteen-round draw, came to Philadelphia and fought Eddie Hanlon, then to New York, where he found them softer,such as Tommy Murphy and the like,who were considered near-champs in tl^l^^pWind class. ■He toured the country again, fighting both featherweights and lightweights, and still kept in the lead.Now, every time we hear of his starting we think he has a Joe to box. They all look soft for Abraham, and yet he has been boxing for ten years, still retaining his laurels.He has ben a topnoteher longer than any other boxer in the ring today. He has sen a champion in every class go, and he is still undefeated for the title of America's best122-pounder.He has seen Frankie Neil, a bantam champ, come and go. Joe Gans, the lightweight champ, come and go. Battling Nelson, Young Corbett, Terry McGovern, George Dixon. Hob Fitzsimmons, Jim Jeffries and TommyBurn*Abe has led his league all this time, and still there’s no one in the world at his weight who has turned the trick. Quite a remarkable little man, don’tyou think?
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San Antonio Light and Gazette
San Antonio, Texas, US
Sat, Nov 19, 1910
Page 10
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