The San Francisco call., 1908-12-02
IANGFORD on THE Way

Sam Langford. the big Boston smoke
whom every fight fan IN town is wait
ing 10 size up. will arrive some time
Friday He wired promoter Sam Ber-
ger from: Chicago last night that he
was on his way and feeling fine Ber-
ger has secured A1lletts 5 training quar-
lers for Eangford and he viii go TO
work the day after his arrival
With. LangfOrd comes little Jimmy.
u ASH who put the. rollers under the
cl6rer jimmy Carroll at the Coliseum
last summer; Berger has promised
At agslf q match, but, as yet he has not
Sc 6cted his opponent He has three
liisn in view. Monte AttelI. little
JoinHrr Reagan; who fought Monte to
Z Standstill on Monday evening, . and
. J ilarns~ Webster. all lively boys.
walsh is a. great little fighter and
VIII prove "a big card. The majoVity
Of :tlfe followers of the game would
Ike TO see him pitted against Reagan.
This lad Won them all with his hurri-
cane style. OF milling against Attell.
He fights very much like the only Bat
Nelson. and anybody who can give even
a COED Initiation OF the Dane is sure to
As. tiie Langford- FLYNN fight will be
decided on December IL both men VIII
be: compelled to train lively in order to
already tearing into his work at Shan
1loIlss. under the direction of the versa
tile Tim Nc15rath. so Langford must
i p with. his hurricane opponent.
kfter he made the Langford- Flynn
match Berger was also figuring on one
10 fall back upon should his card get
away from him by any hook or crook.
Accordingly he wired Billy Delaney in
Oakland on Monday night asking him
n Al Kaufman would consent to a
meeting with ketchel. In a twinlxling
the. following answer was Mashed back.
'.'Yes. yes. yes. Any time. any place
and O'Connor' csn he the referee
EASY FOR BLACKSMITH
or-fTorf1u acrrrvo- q
middle weight champion would be 3
very soft one for his big blacksmith
fg wade into. However. there seems no
possible chance for anything like this
10 happen, though. It would make a
good cardrfor the boys to gioat over
0s-onnor says he VIII commence suit
p zzinst John T. Clark today for the
recovery of his 81 600 forfeit, which
Clark turned over to- Gleason on the
grounds that O'Connor's fighter did not
live UP to his contract. O'Connor has
Instructed bis attorneys. Burke and
Hetnessy. 10 get busy at once, and
he believes that: he VIII get his money
But the majority seems to. be against
him and. the decision rendered by Clark
evidently meets with the unanimous
approval Of. fhe sporting fraternity
0'ConDor called on Clark last night to
talk the matter over and the stake
holder offered TO wager him any amount
o that any fair minded committee would
sustain the verdict The bet was not
taken Up.
GIeason's three 10 round starless
boutss at Dreamlsnd pavilion on Monday
es,ening drew the tidy sum Of So 500
on the deal. as the card did not cost
him much. Figuring in the 81 goo for
felt money posted BY Eetchel and
Tapke which is also his. Gleason fared
very well on this months enterprise
even II ne was denied the honor OF
promoting worid's championship
battle
Big Chief Jack Grace Bat Nelson's
former trainer. who is now handling
Kid Dalton. IS back from Aiarysvilie ie
with his charge. Jack attributes Dali
toms recent defeat TO the fact THAT his
opponent, Thompson, was TOO heavy for
the lad Grace viii send Dalton to Los
Angeles. where he hopes To- get him q
match.