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Show IATTELL ID KHJHE HIGIHONFINT Los Angeles Public Picks Abe as Favorite in Battle of February 22. I THINKS RATH LOGICAL Champion Doesn't See Anything Any-thing Mysterious in Expression Expres-sion of Fans' Opinion. BY H. M. WALKER. By International News Service LOS ANGELES. Feb. 1-'. No matter what New Vork may think of Able At-te.ll. At-te.ll. the little featherweight champion continues to be a Quccnslwrry Idol no far ak the Los Angolcs public is concerned. con-cerned. This !.- well Illustrated by the fact that while Attell is -walking about with a bad-looklng bad-looklng rtit over bin lift eye nnd a pair of none too Crrtnin hands, he Is being backed Into strong favoritism over Johnny Kilbane. the young and dangerous danger-ous challenger, whom he meets before the j Pacific Athletic club at Vernon one week 1 from next Thurfday afternoon for the world's 122-pound championship. Attcll Confident. "I se nothing m slerious In the betting." bet-ting." snld Attell tonight. "Why shouldn't I be lh favorit? KllbMie worked through twenty rounds to take decisions over such mon as Kline and Conlcy. Ills knockout victory over Rivera waa a fluke and ho rouldn't duplicate it to save bia very life. Throw In my former victory vic-tory over Kllbanc. bent the fart. all no In a lump and sec If the answer don't how that I should rule a heavy favorite ovr Johnny." Kilbane smiles every time the subject of the tight Is broached. "I'll he th featherweight champion before mo February 22 pnjcr has. been torn from the calendar.'' remarked the Cleveland lnd today. "All champions arc. confident and the more confident they nro when thev enter the ring the binder thtv fall when the right man comes alone Says He's Improved. "Able? on g:at mistake this time is that h thinks 'n is to box the same green youngster he took on In Kan pax lty October 2. 1510. A tt ell used to kep protty close tnb on all the feather-nits feather-nits that he was likely to meet, but I'm afraid the veteran hasn't been watch-Inp watch-Inp rnv work durlnc the- past year. ' have had a sood lone rest. I am boxlnic the champion at a weight tnat In natural for tn. I beaji tralnlntr with a ?ound body and mlpd. I have no title to loxe. consequently 1 have no worries. 1 have the hiche.it honors In my class to fljcrtt for. and I'm ambitious. Doesn't thxt tell my side of tho storvT While It Is not Generally known. It Ik x f..t that movinc pictures are to be mude of the Attell-Kllbane champIonVnin lash. I'romot!- Tom McCnrey announced his deternilnullon on this point tonlsht. |