The San Francisco call., 1908-12-14
LANGFORD DISPLAYS
GREAT BOXING
ABILITY
Boston Black Makes 1t Lively
for SparriHg Partners in
Ten FaSf Rounds

sam Langford regaled the fight fans
who visited Mlletrs in Colma yester-
day afternoon with 10 Of the fastest
rounds OF boxing seen in gymnasium
here in many a moon. The Boston
black took on five opponents, and he
made every one look like a soiled deuce
in a dilapidated deck OF cards. During
the bouts sam showed that as a fencer
with The gloves he had no superior in
the game. Old timers compared the
Lanetord style with that employed by
The famous Australian. Young Griffo.
when HE latter was at his best.
As an opener the Boston fighter took
on Jimmy Walsh. bantam. There sis
"a deal OF friendship between Langford
and Walsh. and sam handled the little
Fellow with great dellcacy and rare
good humor LangfOrd's method of get
ting away from Walsh's best aimed
punches astounded the large crowd in
The e. mnasium.
After he finished with Walsh. Lang
lord took on Jack Gardner. lanky
4SQ from New Orleans for two rounds.
Tie showed just how dangerous a fellow
he was against a tail man. In the bout
with The New Orleans man Sam put on
Zap an entirely new sort Of uppercut.
When Gardner had earned his daily
stipend, a cOlOre0 welter weight, Felix
George. was brought forth. Felix tried
10 box fast, but the Boston black
showed him that II was game at
which he had much 10 learn.
Although Langfcrd tried to be care
ful with a bulky nam fat boxer named
slim Gilmore. he landed more than
one tap on that pork and beaners
point that made him groggy.
Dave Mills, a copper tinted negro Of
West Oakland. wound up the show with
LsngfOrd Langford put a couple of
hooks into Mills middleriffs, and on
more .than one occasion II looked as
though the aid Of a surgeon would be
required 10 saw Langford's arm out OF
Dawes ribs.
In an the bouts Langford displayed
great boxing ability. he is marvel
Gus Judge of distance. The spectators
expressed their sympathy for Jim
Flynn and seemed satisfied that Lang
ford already had the battle won, IL
merely being a question of how many
rounds Flynn would last.
FLYNN entertained an unusually large
crOw1 Of ring followers over at Shan
mons in San Rafael yesterday, and
boxed eight brisk rounds, having as his
opponents Charley Miller and Ollie Cor
nett The Fighting Fireman" went
ION with Miller first and tore in ruth
lessly in each Of the periods. slamming
Miller all round the gymnasium.
The Pueblo mans four round setto
with Cornet was a very spirited affair
Ollie seems 70 be a rising sort Of chap
and the work with the big fighters is
doing him much good. Flynn tore at
him viciously. and Cornett replied in
kind. The four rounds was more like
q fight than a sparring bout.
After the bout Tim McGrath. who is
managing Flynn. said he had adopted a
new training stunt for his man which
he believed would capture Langford's
goat.
you see" said the Ioquacious Tim.
II have basket Of cocoanuts and
make Flynn throw them around every
morning. I'm going to have a couple
OF these in the bucket the night we
fight LanRford and before we put on
the gloves I'm going to make Jim show
them TO the ourang-outanR. This viii
get Langfcrd's goat. for Sammy's liable
TO mistake FLYNN for a new species of
white ourang -outang and when he sees
him with the cocoanuts the black boy
IS liable 10 climb up on the electric
lights and refuse to fight"