Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-23
THE PUGILlSTS
BLACK AND
 THE WHITE
colored Langford Whipped One Engli.hman But Al Demont
 Lost to Another.


 London, April 23.-The announce ment of two big international con- tests attracted great crowd to the National Sporting club last night. The first fight was between Owen Moran of Birmingham. and Albert Belmont of Boston, 20 rounds, for the bantam championship of the world and a purse of $2,000. Moran was a warm favorite in the betting and proved to be a winner on points, but only after the fight had gone full 20 rounds. The second contest was between Sam Langford, an American and Tiger" Smith, a Welsh fighter. at 20 rounds for the middleweight championship of the world and a purse of $2,000. Langford was vic torious in the fourth round.
 Tex Rickard, the Goldfield. Nev, fight promoter, is still anxious to have Joe Cans, the lightweight cham pion, and Battling Nelson settle their difficulty in the ring, and has offered them a purse of s40,O00 to battle to finish on July or September 3 Labor Day). Rickard Las posted $20,000 with the Fiist National bank of Ely, Nev, to show his good faith in asking for the return match between the light weights. and he states that the citi- zens of Ely can be depended upon to furnish the other $2O,000 in the event of the men signing articles for a fight. Cans will no doubt accept the offer, but will demand that the money be cut 75 per cent to the win ner and 25 per cent to the loser If the Dane wants a look-in at the chance of meeting him again.
 Billy (Honey) Melody, the well terweight champion, and Mike CTwin) Sullivan. of Cambridge Mass, will exchange hooks and jabs for 20 rounds at 145 pounds, weigh in at 6 D. m.,s before the Pacific A. C., of Los Angeles, Cal. While both of these two fighters come from New England. they have never faced each other in the ring and the respective ability of each has long been felt. Melody will have handicap in to- nights fight, he outweighing Sulli- van by six or seven pounds at least. While Melody is the favorite in the betting, he will have to show better against Sullivan than he did in his last fight with Joe Thomas, of Phila- delphia, sor go down to defeat.
 Johnny Carroll, the light welter- weight has been matched to meet Billy Papke, the western crack well terweight, for ten rounds at catch weights before the Peoria A. C. of Peoria, III, on Thursday night next. Papke has won his last seven fights with knockout punches, and if Car roll can defeat him he can be busy for the next six months to some. Car roll holds knockout over Sailor Burke. and is noted for his right hand.
 
 weight champion. has finally decided to go to work, and his manager, Joe Humphreys, has clincned two matches for him, to take place within two weeks time. The first will be with Young Erne, of Philadelphia. next Saturday night before the Nationei A. c. of Philadelphia. while on the following Tuesday night he will meet Kid Sullivan. of Washington. for Is rounds before the Eureka A. c. of Baltimore at catchweights. Corbett started in to train yesterday at Johnson's roadhouse on upper Jerome avenue. and he will have hard task getting right for these events. as both men are fast fighters.
 Fred Bradley. the Boston light heavyweight. who has been making good over in Philadelphia for the past three weeks. has been matched to meet Jim Jeffords, the heavy weight of California. for six rounds at catch weights on thursday night, April 25. before the Broadway A. c. of Philadelphia. This will be their second meeting. Bradley havinJ knocked out Jeifords in four rounds on the last occasion. Jeffords claims it was an accident more than the punch and that he will reverse 1t this time.
 Matchmaker Tom McCarey. of the Pacific A. C. of Los. Angeles. Cal. has decided on May 10 as the date for the twenty-round meeting be- tween Jack tTwinl Sullivan and Hugo Kelly of Chicago. This will be the second show of the fistic car nival that McCarey is pulling off. and promises to be one of the best fights of the year between middle weights. The men will box for so per cent of the house. which will be