Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-08
Surround FlCHTSCHEDULEl
LangfOrd and Kaufman 70 Nest in the
Quaker City.
BIG OUTDOOR EVENT OF SEASON
Bat Masterson Talks of the PnnT
and says Little Considers Jack
johnson a Bis Bone-
head, 81
BIG OUTDOOR EVENT OF SEASON
nY RAT MAsrERsoN.

NEW YORK, Aug. l'-(Special Tele.
gram 1.-THE six-round contest between
Langford and Al Kaufman. scheduled for
Wednesday afternoon, August 10. In Phf-
adelphia, promises to be the biggest thins
in tho nature OF an outdoor event ever
seen in the Quaker city.
Langford's manager, Joe woodman. says
he will send his man right after Kauf-
mann, with instruction TO finish him as
quickly as possible.
II want Langford to Beat Kaufman as
quickly and as decisively as he can, said
Manager Woodman for the reason that
In so doing Jack johnson win be forced
by public sentiment, II nothing else. to con-
slider our demand for a match. ,gt,
johnson and Kaufmann II will be re-
called" said Woodman, boxed ten rounds
In San Francisco and at the end Kauf-
mann appeared to be the stronger, even
though he lost the decision And that is
chiefly the reason for waiting I.angford
to do better than Johnson did" Il
To he a Real Fight. lj
When Woodman's attention was called
to the fact that there We're. many who
doubted the genuinenessdef the johnson
Kaufman bout, his rep;y was that ~
knew nothing about. that But OF one
thing he was certain. and that was that
no one would question the mefats Of the
contest between Langford ana Raufmann
when II was over. IN ~ e$
you can bet" said woodman 'fhat
Langford will make Kaufmann take the
count IL he can. and no doubt the big Cali
fornian intends to treat my man in like
manner" JEa.5Ja. +r}ir
Tom O'Rourke is negotiating with
Packey Mcfarland for match with Jack
Goodman for the latter part OF the month.
Mcfarland is asking for pretty stiff terms
and 1t may be that O'Rourle will not be
able to sign chiefly because he IL averse
to giving guarantees. e5 ft
II Packey can be induced to consider
Is as good as made. forSthe latter isfnaeye
than anxious for a mixup with the stock
yards favorite ~. ~ ,Nt
Sammy Kelly. who is directing Goodman's
business affairs, says that Packey oan
name his own terms, providing he Is will
ing to take a chance on a winner and
losers end.
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Many Goodman AdIuirers.
"Packey is no doubt a good boy" said
Kelly, but 1 believe l am handling bet
ter one. II Mcfarland thinks otherwise.
all he has to do is to say how the purse
shall be divided. Goodman has a strong
following in this city and the attendance
would be largely mads-up of Goodman ad-
mirers." ,to.s-., 10 ts,2- 10 o.
George Little who was unfortunate
enough some time ago to be the manager
OF Jack Johnson, is in the city.
Mr.. Little lis not Dragging about
his association with the black cham
pion. On the contrary, he seems inclined to
want to forget 1t. asked George the other
day when l met him on the street IL lie
had fixed up his affairs with johnson, and
IL so. how he came out. a,'rs
Continuing. MIR. Little said lie had won a
nice bet on the fight and had II not been
for the splitup between the champion and
himself he would have cleaned up a snug
sum on the battle il he might be allowed
to call it such. He does not appear to hold
any grudge against the negro.