The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-12-26
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Chicago, December 2..-sam
Langford g, decisive trimming of Jim
& Barry at Los, Angeles on, Tuesday
!, ! night entities the colored man to an
extfa$f piece of, the middle-weight
championship pie. One large cut was
hana4d Stanley Kitchell after he beat
,loe2E omas, the winner of the COM
inE4Hugo-Kelly-Bill Papke fight at
+ MdA4Wtaukea on December 80 will de-
2mand: huge piece, and whatever is
ieft over, IT, there be any,, will be
handed ITO Langford. When the dis
tr1bptten has been made them, pre-
sHraably. Tommy Ryan will prefer
charges against the men named for
Bnlfotntng his property, Our old
friend Tommy has not defended his
title foE seFeral years and repeatedly
mas stated he never again would de-
( fend 1t. -. 4. :.,ls~t., .... -,
* That, however, was when he was IN
iHShealth and when he thought his
Gays were numbered With the re-
coyery OF his health came the old
feeling ofNwishihg: to. demonstrate
AGAIN to- the sporting world that he
'1H'1he only simon pure middle-weight
champion in the business Tommy
candidly admits he Ia slipping down
grade a bit, but that the men who are
moving toward the, summit which he
occupied for years are not the sturdy
lot tnat beset the path when he was
battling hiK way to the top. There
fore, with supreme confidence In his
abilities to beat the best of the pres
ent, crop of 'middles, Ryan has began
a Hghtlcourse oftraining in anticipa7
tiontiong of!'securing match with
the n1af who demonstrates his SUI
pertority oyer those who are now.
clamoring for the middle-weight
titles 9yt<' ;ISta:' -. IS. E. IrI, i
- While Kstchell, Kelly and Papka
are Bging It ?sopt between them, ana
Rsan appings into battle the, best.
&o9 that trio, whore will Langford get
1aiEs s.ils! nf has 5eyonGIs eayily
he ., i Is enffkseR to- battle.
for the tt Siitte NghtersI
may not care to Invite him to their
fistic partieS Not becanse of his
color as Ipuch as because he might be
a bit too formidable. The sporting
fraternity, and the fistic writer's In
particular, always have decried the
matching of%hrst4class whites against
first-class blacks, but the recent
sand they ..all have, taken against
Tommy Burns because he did not re-
turn to this country Immediately af-
ter his victory over Gunner" Moir
and match with Jack Johnson leads
one to believe they are becoming per-
meated with the square deal" spirit.
Therefore II Burns Is being harassed
because he Is side-stepping Johnson
Sfor the time being, why should not
the white middle weights be grihed
should they refuse to match with
Langford. The latter never has been
accused OF taking part in a contest
that was not'thoroughly on the level,
and as Johnson and Joe Cans, favor
ed blacks, have been mixed up in
shady deals, he should be given a
chance. Pending Sans right to
~mingle with the crack middle
weights, we will await the settlement
Of the championship question between
THE white fighters. <. ...'.' II
Barry's defeat by Langfor9 was
equal to setback; as Jims friends
we're touting him as the coming
heavyweight champion. Not that he
had accomplished anything that seri-
ously entitled him to the "tout," but
simply because he Is nice young
fellow, a willing fighter, and because
he has received John L. Sullivan's
stamp Of approval. An outline Of the
man whom %.he would be matched
with, after he had slowed Langford
away, had already been formulated,
and, after disposing Of those prac-
tically aside for him, he was to take
on Tommy Burns and deprive the
latter Of his hofors. 1t looked we'll
in print, gave him good boost, but
it added a louder crash to his fall.
Barry undoubtedly Is made of the
right kind Of fghsing stuff which he
demonstrated in, the East, but failed
to show in the far West. Tom Nc
Carey, under whose management he
fought Langford, might give him
change with Jack Twin" Sullivan,
and then match the winner against
Sam. The latter has offered to fight
Jack, and agreed to have his brother
Mike referee, but the big twin passed
him up. -