The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-27
Johnson Has Fought Three
Times as Many Battles, but
Lacks Sleep Punch.
LANGF1RD IS TRAINING
HARD FOR FLYNN FIGHT
Harry Forbes Comes Back and
Bids Fair to Win Cham
piOnship.
BY JEFF THOMPSON.
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BY Leased Wire TO Inc lfiouhe'
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-James }.
.Jeffries has apparently quit the stage
for good-until after the big fght-and
now that q more decisive outlook has
been put up in pugilistic affairs we shall
deIve into the dope to ascertain how
the men measure up according TO sta
tistics. Johnson has fought more than
three times as often as Jeffries but not
withstanding that the figures give the
white man the better of 1T. JeI has
fought twenty times and landed fifteen
clean knockouts, while Johnson has
fought seventy-one times and knocked
out thirty-ope opponents. The dope
shows Jeffries to be the more danger
Gus man of the two for he apparently
carries a deadly wallop, while johnson
has won through endurance and pure
skill.
In all his fohting Jim has fought Isl
rounds while johnson has fought 622
rounds. Even considering the greater
number of fights INDUCED in by the
black the figures show that Jeffries
ended his battles as early as possible
by clean sleep punches. ,'effries has only
won one fight in the first round, while
won three fights on decisions and Jack
has won fifteen in that manner. JET
fries has won four battles in the second
round while johnson has won only three,
Jcffries has fought two draws and John
son six. Figuring after the manner OF
horsemen it looks as though the white
man had the better OF the argument,
but we must allow for the lapse of time |
Gracious alive, but | fear to chronicle
what must necessarily happen at Tom
Carey's boxing arena in Los Angeles on
the night of ST. Patrick s day when Sam
Langford goes up against Jim Flynn
again for revenge. Langford Is train |
ing harder than he ever has before in
his life. Sam has declared that he was
beaten out of the decision in his last
fight with Flynn, but am told by men
who saw that battle that the negro was
not in condition. He had beaten Flynn |
on a previous occasion and thought he |
could do it again.
Must Show Form.
Stanley Ketchel and Frank Klaus of |
Pittsburg Will meet before the Ma |
tional Athletic club in Smoke Town
for six rounds, March 10. The men will |
weigh in at 100 pounds at CLOCK p.
m; on the day of the battle and Will |
submit to physical examination in the
afternoon. That police rule in Pitts
burg compelling fighters TO show form
is good one that might be extended |
to other cities with good results.
1t prevents official complications
through accidents to undertrained fight
ers and assures the spectators better
show.
Pittsburg will get a chance to see |
Sam LangfoTd before he meets Jim |
Flynn, Sam is scheduled to 90 six !
rounds with Tony Ross. the Newcastle, |
Pa, mIddleweight. on March 8, before |
the National Athletic club. This will |
break into Sam s training, but it won t |
lnterTerc with his arrangements 70 meet |
Flynn. Immediately after the Ross |
fight Sam will hurry westward and put |
In the remaining time getting into his |
best form to meet the Pueblo heavy
weight.
Jimmy Clabby, the Milwaukee vel |
terweigbt, who has been doing some |
classy work will fight three battles be-
fore the Wonderland Athletic club in |
London and show the Britishers the |
kind of article old Milwaukee can turn
out. Pilsner may be all to the merry, |
but Jimmy thinks he has Joint claim |
in this proposition of making Milwau- |
kee famous. At any rate he received |
a corking good offer from Frank Mul- |
hearn to go to England and accepted |
it.
1t certainly looks like old times to
see Harry Forbes in the ring again. |
Forbes is one who "came back, I" and
he has demonstrated his new found
ability by knocking out Kid Coster
and getting decision over Jimmy
Walsh Forbes has been out of the ring
for several years, and, although he al
ways took good care Of himself. the
wise ones predicted that his fighting
days were over. At one time Forbes
was bantam weight champion of the
world, and he fought Terry McGovern
when Terry was lust coming to the