Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-13
SHADY MEN
GIVE FASCO
YELLOW PETER REFUSES TO
STAND UP AND SLUG
SAM RUNS BLACK BALTIMORE
JACK RABBIT A RACE
Boston Negro Gets Decision After
Twenty Rounds of clInching
That DIseusts Enor-
nous House
BY J. G. GRIFFIN


MO tragedy, lots of comedy and still
more farce marked the initial pro-
~ duction' of the Jackson-Langford
continuous performance company in Los
Angeles.
One Of the actors, Mistah Langford, is
pretty fair. and gained the plaudlts of
the crowd-as we'll as Referee Eyton' s
decision-but as for Mistah Jackson
vhew! To the incinerator with such!
Contrary to all expectations a large
crowd turned out at Uncle Toms cabin
to see what proved to be one of the rot
tenest cards, at least SO far as the main
event went, that has ever been puAed
off, even there. The preliminaries, both
of them good, saved the day, for the
windup was not worth watching.
Peter Holds On
To begin with, Jackson Grabbed it for
the entire distance. Out of the sixty
minutes of action In the ring It's cinch
bet that Young Peter dogged 1t for fifty
eight of them, and tried with wild and
Intellectual swings for the other two.
Langford would stand off at long range
and pepper away at Peters head and
body, usually landing. The blows did not
hurt Jackson such an awful lot, and he
kept in close. endeavoring to wear Sam
down with body blows delivered in the
clinches.
From beginning to end Pete stalled
along and only in the clinches, did he
make any endeavor to use his arms. A
few times he shot out with wild swings
which Langford easily evaded, and the
half dozen real clean punches of the
battle (O were for the most part shot
in by Samuel.
Just to show how fight hungry the
town is, a crowd that packed the big
no fo t1tr ont
the time during the main event in hoot-
ing the boxers and yelling for Langford.
Peters several attempts to claim foul
were greeted with more than groans, and
all Eyton had to do at the end of the
twentieth round was to grab Langford's
mitt in token of victory.
Both Preliminaries Hot
To drop the frosty part of the program
for while, the preliminaries should be
mentioned, as both of them were all to
the tobasco Jimmy Royle and Roy
Rogers fought fast six-round go to
draw and Young Terry McGovern upheld
Tom McCarey's opinion of his ability by
making Harry Dunn stop in the tenth
and last round.
The McGov-Dunn contest was one real
affair, with honors resting slightly with
McGov nearly all the way. Dunn is a
good enough boy with perfect build
and a machine-lilSe mouth that chewed
gum even up to the time McGov landed
him helpless on the ropes. His seconds
slipped over a piece of lemon in lieu of
| a sponge and the show ended right near
| the close.
Dunn WhlrIwlnd
Dunn started out like a whirlwind and
nearly pushed McGov through the ropes
in the second spasm. The newcomers s
infighting was all the candy, and he had
McGov guessing little until the latter
warmed up toward the end of the second.
The third was something fierce, both
boys going their fastest. Dunn was tired,
but awfully willing, and together with
McGov he provided the best round of
fighting that has been seen here in a
long time. Young Terry ripped his glove
at the wrist and every time he sent
one over, the ring was strewn with a
deluge of hair.
Things began to slow up a little In the
fourth, and McGov slipped one over
to the beak that opened the member up
bit. The fifth was also a little tame,
and in the sixth McGov stalled until al
most the end, all Of which got him moth
ing.
Young Terry tincanned a bit in the
seventh, but opened up in the spasm
following and floored Dunn with a series
VI " Tic hurry was Dc-
wildered, but game, and stalled off the
inevitable until the bell sent the lads
to the corners.
The ninth was fast enough to suit any
of them, and Terry shot one over on the
jaw that loosened up the gum chewing
molars. In the tenth he tore in like
little cyclone, and had Dunn groggy
| almost at the start.
Asleep on the Ropes
The new boy leaned over on the ropes
and din't know whether he was asleep
or on horseback, and his seconds had
sense enough to throw in a piece of lem
on, which did for a sponge.
| Jimmy Royle and Joe Rogers opened
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