The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28
Veteran. Instructor Has Been
Engaged to Teach the Art
of SeIf-Defense.
OUTLOOK IS GLOOMY
FOR NEW YORK FIGHTS
Champion Jack Johnson Is Be.
coming Involved in Warm
Domestic Troubles.
BY JEFF THOMPSON.
ire TO The Tribune.


NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-BoXins will
play a very important part in tho athletic
curriculum at Annapolis next season. The
middies at the Naval academy will be
taught by Joe Murray who was in
structor at Columbia university last year
Murray has already accepted n position
on the Gymnastic stan at Annapolis and
of the school year
The regular term at the Naval academy
win open on October ] and by that time
Murray will have everything In ship
shape condition To show the embryo sea
fighters how To battle with their fists
For some time there has been much
discussion ,ii 2T, over e. sports for both Annapo-
iiccrs contend that the students need
games that arc rugged and hard. Foot
ball has particularly filed the bill and 1t
Point but Uncle Sam objected to buying
ponies. Boxing is growing In favor al
both institutions and some pretty severe
bouts Will be held after things get goins
riht
Murray IS big. muscular chap, and
even the huskiest of tho mlddics will
not he able, TO complain. Of easy going
within the ring when he Is there.
Having succeeded In killing racing in
the east the state authorities have now
succeeded In putting the quietus on fight
ing. Bouts of limited rounds were held
in New York under law which allowed
them before members OF sporting clubs
The first blow to the game came year
stopped by order OF the governor, The
stopping OF the Lang Kaufman bout is
the sad but cllnching evidence that the
worse OF than Philadelphia. The Lang
ford Kaufman fight was stopped there
which is taken 10 indicate that fighting in
the future is tabooed In the Quaker town
All eyes In the east are now turned
towards Boston.
II has been announced that Joe Jean
netto, the Hobokcn fighter of ebony hue
and Sam LanGford the Boston tar baby
have been matched TO fight for twelve
rounds at the Armory Athletic club IN
Boston on September H.. Jcannettc has
also been signed TO take Morris Harris q
Philadelphia negro. on for ten rounds al
the National Sporting Club OF America
this city, on August &c. Jeannctte has
been fghilng In Paris for a long time and
against Johnson but he lacks class for a
mill with the champion. Much interest
Is centered In the coming mill with Lang
ford,
Lang Looks Coed
Bill Lang. the heavyweight champion
of Australia. Is st!ll engaging cur atten-
iion predict that We may look for erenI
quits The ring. Australia has given the
world some great lighters.
Bill Lang is a much better fighter than
often and easily in Australia. He also
fought twenty rounds with Tommy Burns
a few months ago. and lost u very close
| decision Recently | asked Burns what
he thought of Lang. Hes a very fall
| heavyweight" said Tommy
| Bob F'itzslmmons, asked the same ques-
| tion. said that Lang is Conner" Boil
WIS more enthusiastic, having taken the
count at the hands Of Lang in his last
| ring battle. note respectfully here the
| fact that Bob was AZ years OF age when
| he fought Lang, and had Just rounded
| out thirty yeara OF fighting However
| Lang says he was gentle" with Fitz-
simmons.
Lang fought Johnson three wears ago
| in Australia, and lost In ten rounds. Tho
fight was .stopred because he wes being
| uad'y punished
Tha Australian Is 27 years of age