Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-17
FANS WILL
WITNESS A
GOODCARD
BARRY AND LANGFORD DOWN
AS MAIN EVENT
FOUR FAST GOES BILLED FOR
ToNIeHT's SHOW
Japs VIII MlnaIe in Opening Number,
Two Other PreIiminaries to Big
Fellows Making Up
Program


chance to size each other up at the races
yesterday. and if the expressions of con-
fidence each man voiced when he looked
at his opponent count for anything to-
nights ten-round fight at Maud Junction
pavilion should be one of the busiest
staged by Manager McCarey in a long
while
Barry was sitting up back of the So
called press box at Santa Anita when
Sam Langford and Manager Woodman
drifted into the stand and nailed a couple
of chairs. Just look at that big smoke =
said Barry. "He certainly is in fine shape
See how his skin sets on his face and
how his muscles play under his coat
But he'll have to be good, for I'm going
TO beat him sure
Just then Langford looked UP and saw
Barry. Hello, Barry he called out, and
then turned to Woodman for a consulta-
tion as to Barry's condition. The result
was that Langford figured himself in for
a real battle tonight. but his confidence
was not shaken In the least
While he might have taken little more
time on the job and bettered his condition
materially Barry is in fairly good shape,
and does not see how he can lose. He
contends that Langford could not put him
out before, and does not see how things
win be changed tonight. Barry claims to
have improved wonderfully since the last
meeting with the dinge and thinks he will
gain Charlie Eyton's decision at the end
of the tenth round.
Manager Joe Woodman is just as GER
tain that his man will cop the coin. Sam
has 1t on any heavyweight in the world
now fighting" he says. And you'll see
tonight that, despite his light poundage,
he will prove better than Barry, who out
weighs him thirty pounds. Sam is in the
best of condition, and will put his man
OUT
When it comes to comparing the meh
physically Barry has all the best of it in
every way. In height, reach and weight
he is in higher division of the game,
but when it comes to question of science
Langford has the call. The negro demon
strated what he could do In his fight with
Jackson. for, although he had but slight
chance to show his cleverness and none at
all to prove his gameness he showed that
he has lots Of class.
The betting favors Langford at odds of
10 to and 10 to s. This Is due more to
lack of local dope on Barry than to any
thing else, although his desire to cut the
fight from twenty to ten rounds helped
many of the sports in making up their
minds.
Plenty of Action
Enough action has been provided for
the evening to give the sports a fair line
on the class of entertainment they will
be treated to all winter, for in addition
to the main event two ten-round and a
six period show have been billed. The
prelimjnaries would do as top liners in
case Of emergency. for the best of the
local pork and bean brigade will mingle
before the big fellows take possession of
the ring
The show will open with a six-round
fest between two Jap boxers whom Man
ager McCarey scared up more as an in
novation than anything else. Kid Togo
and Young Oyama are the way they are
billed, and unless they put up a nice
battle McCarey says they win be barred
from the meal ticket division when paying
time comes around.
After the Japs Eddie Menney and Harry
Dunn will get together over the ten-round
route and one of the best fights ever
staged in Los Angeles is expected. Dunn
stuck around with Young Terry McGovern
for ten rounds on his first appearance
here, and the way he stood the gaff
stamps him as a game boy. Menney is
clever and willing, and it should be bot
shooting all the way.
Dannie Webster's friends are trying to
figure out what he will do to Kid Dolbert
in the number previous to the Barry
I4angford mill. Dolbert has been clamor-
ing for match for several months and
among the things not known about him Is
where he is from. Websters friends are
looking for a ringer, and the result is
that Dannie win go into the ring lightly
hacked
The Japs who will open the show are
slated to don the mitts at Sis, and as
soon as their six rounds are over, or as
soon as one or the other quits Menney
and Dunn will be brought on. Then comes
the Webster -Dolbert affair, and for
windup the big fellows. Barry and Lang
ford. will go on for the main event of
the evening.
Regardless of the no-decision phase of
the new ordinance Manager McCarey
should play to crowded houses while the
ten-round shows are in force If he always
presents an attraction like that billed for
tonight. With the exception of the laps
The card is about as good as could be
framed up, and the sports are expected
to turn out in large numbers to witness
the last decision affair Los Angeles will
see for many long days.