The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-02
VARIED REPORTS
ON RECENT fight


les concerning the outcome of tn
Ketchel-Langford hght at PhiIadel
phia. The Associated Press report a
published in The Forum gave Lang
ford shade the best of the fight.
In a report sent out by Harry L
4 eastman he gives Ketchel the best O
the encounter. The Philadelphia reg
ulation precludes any decision. Her
is the way eastman sums UP the bout
: With one of those ripping, slashine
throw caution to the winds finishe
that have made him famous, Stanle,
Ketchel earned a clean victory owe
Sam Langford tonight. Up to TIN
sixth round 1t was anybodys fight
Langford had nice advantage to tn
fourth, Ketchel earned all the laurel
In the third; these balances were even
But in that never to- be forgotten
sixth Ketchel sprang from his corne,
with the ferocity of lion. Before the
negro could steady himself STANLEY
whipped both right and left to the
body Both hands landed clean ant
hard. Sam was hurt and showed It
For the next three minutes he was
buster than bird dog trying to es-
cape more In the same place. II Phil
| adelphia Jack O'Brien was in the
house he learned a new lesson in tin
canning and holding. The agile "Air
Bro seemed at, times to be after the
100 yard record. But fast as he
backed and ran away Ketchel was al
ways on top of him. When all else
failed, Sam rushed into a. clinch and
hung on like grim death until Referee
| McGuigan literally tore them apart.
only when cornered, Sam ripped an
uppercut through KetchePs guard but
1t passed harmlessly within an inch
! of the chin
Lansford Stepped Lively.
That was the sum total Of Mr.. Lang
ford's offensive operations in the clos
Ing period. The ape-like grin had
| faded from his face. He was being
carried at faster pace than he ever
stepped before and had the s. o. &
signal sounded. Ketchel was ALWAYS
the aggressor from the first bell and
Sam willingly allowed him whatever
honors he could gain from forcing the
milling. In fact, Stanley's style SEEM
ed made to order + the speedy negro
AS the white man bored in, Sam al
ways had his crushing hooks and
counters in waiting with the famous
uppercut to add spice and variety.
BUT ketchel boxed better than he ever
ala oerore. He blocked dozens of
knockout swings and got inside of as
many more. A few found their mark
put not solidly and the 1.-the sWayjng
white lad, whose clean skin showed in
sharp contrast against the deep brown
or Langford's body, kept boring in
Tor more, even while his seconds
shouted frantically for him to slow up
a moment.
No Good Punch Lsnded.
The first round was slow. There
was not good punch landed during
the first three minutes. Both missed
frequently and the many clinches were
as mild as a June day. The crowd
and it was a crowd, filing every inch
of space in the big auditorium-shoU-
ed Its keen displeasure But there
was no more cause for dissatisfaction
AS II to make up for the inaction of
the opener, they got as rough as a
pair OF grizzlies in the second.
sam found he could shoot a straight
left into Ketchels face and a brace
or them to the mouth awakened the
white boys fighting spirit. Ketchel
repeated lightly and taking a good
facing about the head in return. When
they clinched. the pair mauled and
hauled one another all over the ring |
each struggling to free an arm for
short range work. Neither had an
apparent advantage at the close
In the third Stanley began to follow
the line of action that finally won for
him, that of paying strict attention
to Sans stomach. He drove both
hands to the intersection. and soon had
sam dancing away. But as he danced |
Langford was ever dangerous with his
short choppy blows. Ketchel, however. |
landed three clean blows to one in this |
round and had nice margin at the |
nnlsn' Then came Sans star period |
the fourth. 1t began with a wonderful |
rally in which Langford reached |
ketchePs nose with pile driving left |
which started stream of claret. STAN |
ley went on the defensive for the first |
time and his admirers began to grow
anxious as the shower of crimson |
turned into steady flow of red. For
fully half minute they swapped |
punches ana at one time it looked as
though Ketchel would go down and
out. His head rocked and his knees
SHOOK from an avalanche of blows. but
he steadied himself and carried the
fighting to the negro before the close.
They were in such frenzy mix-up
at the bell that neither heard It's tinkle
above the uproar and McGuigan was
forced to rush between the flying arms
to send them to their corners.
Slowed Up a TrifIe.
They slowed up just trifie in the
fifth, which was even. KetcheI tried
his shift for the first time and caught
Sam unawares in Is corner. He soI-
lowed this up with a series of one.
two leads, swung from the hip and
Sam became cautious. Just at the
close Langford telegraphed a long
light swing and KetcheI stepped out
Of range. There was so much force
behind the punch that the negro made
4 complete turn from his own eyer
ion and went to his knees, Ketchel
over him as he rushed to
AXE advantage of the miss. Then a
minutes hush OF expectancy and
Ketchel started out to clinch the
1onors of the bout