The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-10-01

gang Of roughnecks in the back Of the
hall yelling their heads OF during q
test. but you would hardly expect this
sort Of conduct from q man whose out
ward appearance, at least, would in
dictate that he had some claim to be-
ing q gentleman. 1t is common
thing to hear one and perhaps dozen
Of those box seat pests all hollering
foul" at the same time. They don't
know the difference between an up
percut and kick in the stomach, but
they yell with all their might. II the
referee should stop the bout and al
low the foul the pests would instantly
be up on their hind legs yelling like
Indians and denouncing the contest
as a fake. The fact is this particular
brand of pests don't know what they
want. The only thing they seem to
care about Is making a noise and it
matters not to them whom they an
noy BY their boisterous conduct, they
go right ahead as II the show was
given for their especial benefit. 1t
will. perhaps. do no harm to remind
them of their boorishness. They are
built that way and they can't help It.
D4NAOA6VM WUV6OOV 1G84S0
e. w. Dickerson, for number Of
Mountain News, is now writing COL
umn Of sporting matter for Grand
Rapids paper. Mr.. Dfckerson was q
strong supporter of Jack johnson
against Jeffries. He had better line
on that fight than any sporting writer
in the country. With Dickerson there
"a
1t was johnson first, last and all the
time, and the result showed that he
was right. In general review Of the
boxing situation in this country Mr..
Dickerson had this to say about Sam
Langford in recent article:
"Sam Langford stands alone among
the light heavyweights. He has beat
en- every man Of any pretensions in
the class with the exception of Stan
ley Ketchel, and Ketchel has just en-
tered that class. Langford, in my
opinion, can beat Ketchel at any
weight most advantageous to each. If
Tommy Burns Is to be figured as a
light heavyweight then Langford has
rival. Taking both men at their
best Burns would be my choice over
Ketchel, and furthermore, l regard
Burns as the only fighter now promi-
nently before the public, with the bare
exception Of Johnson, capable of CIV
ing Langford q hard fight over any
one.
I'm about forty-flve rounds or to a
finish, AL kaufman would be my
choice over either Langford or Burns,
but either would outpoint him In any
thing from six rounds up to twenty.
cannot figure a match of such great
promise in any Of the weight divisions
as one between Burns and Langford.
Burns would be my choice IL they
were to fight tomorrow.
Burns Was Weak Champion.
CAS- compared to Johnson, Fitzsim-
mons or Jeffries, each in his prime,
Burns was a poor heavyweight cham
pion. Yet regard him as great
fighter and capable of beating any
man in the world today, except Jack
johnson, and as standing an almost
even chance against Kaufman, despite
the many natural advantages such as
height and weight in the latter's
favor. Unless some man develops
whom the public does not know of,
the heavyweight championship will
remain Johnson's securely for years
to come. If he uses anything like
the calm judgment outside the ring
that he has shown In roped arena ac-
ton he will remain invincible.'S
Sammy Kelly, manager of Jack
Johnson, states that while Goodman
had injured his hand severely in his
bout with Hyland, no bones were
broken and that in three weeks he
would be ready for Mcfarland. Sam
my stated that at first he thought
Goodman's hand was broken, but an
examination by the X-ray showed that
the injury was slight and that he
would soon be in shape for battle.
Goodman and Mcfarland are booked
for q 10-round contest at the Fair
mont some time during October. This
bout should be worth seeing.