El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

| of England, will be paired off in the
| middleweight division Mr. Mcintosh is
| negotiating with Mcfarland, WOlgast
and Jem DriscoI to go to Australia this
| fall, and if the deal goes through there
will be quite an exodus of boxers from
J the states to other parts of the world
| 1t takes a bunch of money t0s swing
such a project successfully. But the
| Australian promoter has the coin, and
| will no doubt put it through, if he has
| half a chance.
The stopping of the Lang Kaufman
| bout in New York the other night was
unlocked for by the thousands of pa
| irons of the sport who turned out to
/ witness the contest and by fans
| throughout the east, as other bouts of
| a similar nature were given under the
| no decision rule and were permitted.
It seems that the moment heavyw Fights
appear there is a howl from the reform
ers and the authorities always bow to
! them, but for what reason is not know H.
! for the thousands of people who attend
the exhibitions surely have some right
| in the country. Nothing was said about
stopping the bout until the men were i'll
| the ring and ready to proceed. The
| smaller bouts were permitted.
The club has gone TO considerable ex-
pense, and as a result will be out any
where from $1,000 to $500. The officials
knew before hand what was coming
and they chould have notified the club,
and saved it from the unnecessary eX-
pense, ard loss. Lang and Kaufmen
were in far better shape for 10 round
contest than some of the boxers would
be for four They were we'll trained and
in perfect condition and there was moth
ing to intimate that 1t would border on
prize fight. For they were using big
gloves and boxing only 10 rounds. with
no decision given and no purse or prize
TO contest for. They were paid so much
for their services and that was all
When the reformers get started they
usually go to extremes, and they are now
going to extremes in trying TO prevent
boxing matches when the courts have
lations of the law.
The English courts in England have
also ruled that boxing bouts are legiti-
mate And now several judges in cities
about the middle west have decided that
the authorities have no right in pre-
venting the showing of the Jeffries
Johnson pictures. It will take time,
but by and by the wave will pass and
the agitators will get down TO their
proper senses
1t is generally expected that the pro-
posed Lang-LangfOrd bout would give
the fans line on the two men and
serve TO push one or the other to the
front as a probable candidate for
Johnson's action. The chances are that
the men will be matched at some other
point possibly New Orleans, but should
there be anything 10 prevent it then
Mcintosh, the Australian promoter, will
no doubt try and pull off the contest in
London the coming fall following ii
with other big bouts. Mr.. Mcintosh
was very confident that Lang would
make a good enough showing to gain
his hackers for a future bout with
the champion.
Cana. the East Indian wrestler
seems TO be the latest sensation in
England in the mat game The big man
from the orient had a hard time get
ting a match until DR.. B. f. Roller, the
American, happened along As a result
of his easy victory, Cana has been in
demand and now Jack Gurley. who
manages Roller, talks about bringing
him TO this country TO meet the best
of the heavyweights here, also Frank
Gotch Zybszko was brought over for
the express purpose of meeting Gotch,
and he was toured about the country
for keeps. only to be easy prey to
Gotch when they finally met.
match on the other side between
Cana and the Pole would be the proper
thing, so as to get better line on Cana,
If he can defeat Zybszko in as fast time
az he defeated Roller. then there would
be no doubt about his real ability as
wrestler, and worthy opponent for Gotch.
But the people here do not want any
looms any more than they do in Eng
land, and for that reason it would be
good business Judgment for Cana to
demonstrate 10 the people here, before
leaving Europe, that he is the real
goods. A match that would attract the
greatest interest would be one be-
ween Gotch and George Hackenschmidt.
the Russian Lion
The latter was defeated by Gotch at
Chicago two years ago. but only after
two hours Of wrestling, and then with
out fall Hackenschmidt giving up
the contest owing to his knee giving out.
How ever. it seems a most difficult mat
ter to get the two men together In an
other championship match.