The San Francisco call., 1909-02-17
BOSTONIANS LEAVE
TN SEARCH OF
EInRE ACTION
> Landlord and Walsh Hope TO
Pick Up More Money in
the East
By William J. SIatfery

Disguised at the prospects which this
city offers for them in the fighting line,
sam Langford. the husky Boston smoke,
and Jimmy Walsh the fast little ban
tam from the hub city. left suddenly
last night, accompanied by their man
ayers. Joe Woodman and Ed Keevan.
Their next stopping place viii be Den
Yer. and II the game is not looking up
well in the Colorado city the quartet
viii continue right on its way 10 New
York. where each member of the part,
has hopes Of doing some good for hlm-
self
Since Ketchel decided 10 pass him up
for Philadelphia Jack O'Brien Langford
took little interest In this city ana MS
frame Of mind. Up to the very last
minute both hoped that they would
eventually land the middle weight
champion. but now they know that
rhe~e is no chance. Woodman SAYS
that he has several offers TO fight ebony
sam in the limited round bouts around
New York and Philadelphia and he
probably viii keep the black man busy
for a little while.
Langford intends to start for Lon
don in a month or so TO get ready for
his meeting with Johnson before the
-,gLiOnal club on the evening or May
q. Johnson. in his Australian inter
view. went on record as saying that
this is the next match he viii sign for.
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TO his agreement Langford need not
fear but that he viii be accommodated.
. This is the match that both he and his
;: manager are banking on.
-: Walsh and keevan Wiil accompany
Langford and his manager to the Brit
> ash metropolis, where the little fellow
from Boston has been promised an
other try at Digger Stanley, the lis
pound champion on the other side of
The water. The boys met twice before,
STANLEY getting the decision in t>se first
nHIaHn al ngaHn NNeaI q
draw after Is rounds in action.
Walsh could have done a lot more
. fighting around this city had ne been
more reasonable in his terms, but, ac-
-cording TO the promoters, he wanted so
much money for his end that none Of
d. them could see their way clear to sign
Eim up and break even. Walsh un-
doubtedly lost a lot OF his prestige
Svhen Jimmy Reagan outpointed him
= last month.
=. Jim Conroth and a party Of friends
made a trip down TO AIillet's yester-
day afternoon TO take peek at
Reagan. who is matched to go 20
rounds with Monte Atteu at the Mis-
sion street arena on Monday after
moon. COhrOth had never seen the
litzle fellow in action before, and now
he is glad that he braved the rain and
the muddy roads.
II think this lad is the makings of
champion, said COhroth last night.
Really, he is the only real live
ll@ lLLtA LtlGL san + EalElECO mas UeAel-
-oped since Britt, Neil. Abe Attell and
HanlOn all sprung up In a bunch. If
p he beats Arteil deciSively he viii be
right in line for more important
matches, and ] believe that he will
more than make good
Reagan and Sayers make a great
boxing team. The little fellow is the
aggressor throughout while the Mil
waukee lightweight has the class and
the cleTerness at his command. They
stepped more than lively for the bene-
nt OF the Mission street promoter yes
terday, and the further they went the
better he liked the going and the style
Of the little boxer.
Both look 10 grand shape and
should go fast enough TO suit the most
critical Of the fans. Savers realizes
that he must beat Murphy in order to
gain recognition here in his first start,
and with his cleverness and expert
ence he figures TO have a grand chance
Of gaining a decision in Is rounds,
provided that he can 60 the route
Manager Willis Britt is spouting
from Albuquerque, New Mexico where
he blew into last night on his way
east TO join Ketchel. In an interview
IN the desert city Willis boldly an
nOunced that ketchel would be on the
JOB 10 challenge Johnson as soon as
the big black champion stepped off
the steamer. Britt further intimated
that his man meant business.
Britt probably has had his talk with
Battling Nelson by this time The
lightweight champion is due here on
Saturday afternoon from Los Angeles,
where he viii stop over for a day or
two enroute from New Mexico. 1t will
be up TO Bat TO decide who he will
fight next, but outside of Welsh and
Hyland there seems TO be no other
opponents in sight for him
The West Oakland club viii hold its
monthly boxing show in its clubrooms
IN West Oakland this evening, when
six bouts between the best boxers in
this vicinity viii be staged. The in
terest attaches TO the windup between
Montana Jack Sullivan and Red"
Burgess, middle wei glts who have been
forging ahead very rapidly of late
p This viii be Sullivan's initial appear
ance about the bay Burgess is a tough.
willing fghtet with a punch and should
make the northwestern boxer extend
.. himself The rest Of the card is as fol-
lows:
Antoine la Grave VS.. Willie Purtell.
lightweights; Willie O'NeiI VS. Kid
Burns. lightweights; Tommy Mccarthy
VS.. Kid Molep, feather weights: Fred
die Couture vs.. Tony Earl feather
weights. and Fighting Dick" Richards
vs.. Al Holman, heavy weights
Promoter Simpson states that the
bouts viii be put on promptly and
that the initial go viii be started early
sn order to enable the fans from San
Francisco TO get back to the city at a
20 SeaSOnsble hour.