The sun., 1910-08-13
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
LANGFORDS MANAGER TELLS
WHY mr. DIDN'T FIGHT.
says Negro Was Ready to Dex IN the
Rain Rather ThAn DisapPOlnt visitors
To QuakerN ille NiiIlaE 60 Bet n. SEQ
Ile Gan stop Kaufman On Ten Rounds.

/ Rain Rather ThAn DtsappOlnt Visitor,
! to QuakerN iIle NilllaG 20 net N. S0G
I ne Can stop kaufman in Ten Rounds
sporting men are severely censurinR sam
Lang ford for his failure 20 box Al Kaufman
At Philadelphia on Thursday night They say
there was no excuse for the nsgro'- back
down and hat his demand for a bat'ls
with Jack Johnson has lost color. BEFORE
the Philadelphia hyZl" lanyford and ms
manager .loe Noodman. made u GEAR
thar by defeating kaufman they would h,'
in po~itton - post s.rI. .W8 for a light with
JohnsosI. bar a. l.angford j. now accused
Of dv,lginx kaufman n j. sad thai johnson
cannot b' -"or-d for ignoring further
challenges from the Bn-ton lar Baby
MoodmHn WaS IA town Yesterday ami he
attempted TO captain Lang gfoTds surprising
action
We were ready 10 hight on "Wednesday
nigh ~ah Moodman. and a. " wasn't
raining hard enough TO prevent the bout
we protested against the postponement OF
the bout Many persons had come TO
Philadelphia from Baltimore. Washington.
New York. pi'tsburz. Harrisburg and
other nsighborinK cities and could not re-
main over until Thur~daY. Promoter Ed
wards had taken in o., 900 ia advance for
tickets aud MAS handing the money back
before We were consulted. Langford was
willing to nght "wednesday night IN q cloud
burst II necessary. and when Edwards told
us that he had postponed the bout until
Thursday night We were disagreeAbly sur
prised A. we had no guarantee that there'd
he a big crowd on Thursday and didn't
care to run the risk OF another post ponement
on account OF the weather we naturally
wanted 10 make sure Of our money. We
suggested that weeks ostponement
would b. a better move from . business
standpoint. bat Edwards los, his head and
b'Ca diCtatoria
langford tried 10 reason with him. but
Edwards spoiled everything by saving
: hat he had found II hard 10 put on Niger
against a white man in view of he feeling
aroused over the Jefrie-- Johnson AFFAIR
l.angtord = ."ns,tiyei and when Edward.
hat h" would make " easy for him 10 call
I he whole hing on Edwards sad that
Ia Philad"lphla again. hut sam replied thar
he could get along very well In other cities.
u Ed~ards had been ht more polite
I her" would have b..-n no fzYl~. Tor Lang
ford wanted to get a crack a Kaufman.
but naturally didn't care To fight Delansy's
big man for nothing
M"odman held a long confab with Tom
O'kourk" of IN" National Sport ing club
Yesterday. and % was rumored that -. Rourkc
man tor a ten round bout In this city. Rut
when asked n hey" was any truth in the
r"p"r Nnnd'nan de- glnHd 70 Iaik Wool
l.angiori can stop kaufman inside of ten
rounds anywhere
few NOR" smith Ross encounters will
K ~ N" interest ~ rho local boxing game.
ring ioll"N"rS ~ald Nasierdav. The match
turned out 10 b" = poor one Neither man
showed an rv"rahundance OF hotinR
snowi",lg" ana many ut tn" club members
believed that a fax. was IA progress Hut
~ a matter of TACT Ross and Smith dld the
best t4cy could. Witch ~as . trAves'y ON
Tor" smith nr Ross will figure a. a head !
liner at any nf III" local clubs again
several Indications are apparent that !
"a inS viii b" resumed on the N"n YORK /
tracks n"Nt wear hs Saratoga Racing
'u'ri"- Tor several important stakes 20 be /
an "a l'li Anh lHI: Nill close "n august J
arb ?" N" a'rmrn IN October ,ontain- a
laU-" that the track must D." re-tor-t 10
= present condition 10 View ~ the deter
.prlnS FuTthsrm0rp the Jo,kev club has
ie' Jared that owners. trainers and 1o"keV- b
'hT msE ,as" HSar' IN he rroI%s.-d p""i'hps
IA rlh"r" rack haS not asked for a Io"keV /
luh ~ancilon II Will b" operated Ia de-
Ta,k II j. argued. therefore. that II th" [
o'key club had any idsa that racing in
here would ~ me- Use IN cla~-ing Marlboro 4
mh'- ettuud- toward Marlboro II is be,
un 'hano"- Rut N. Marlboro promoters
r- guing ahead with their plans and sav
h-V viii open on time They have secured
10" sanction Of the -O-'ulls~i southern
a., key thl which Is composed of the
jacksonville and Tampa tracks
" OlsmbalA ant Naushon continue 80
ather IN valuable stakes " ! Wilson. 7
r may soon taH" nT-i place away from
4 Htldrsth IN the ~ 81 y inning owners
~ ia, luding Yesterdays races the figures
TODD e. Hildreth. tSs ssn II l VIII
On. Jr tj"~o James h--ne. t45.OOo
'an Olamhala beat Fiiy Herbert A
laJOritv ~ turfm"n a. Saratoga a ~ an
Nsr this query IN 'hs Affirmative The
~ that FI'y irerb.rt has ds-rhned the
sue on several occasions - taken 70 mean
Iat hildreth does not care 10 try con |
u~ion- with Nr wilson great hor-~ :
lAmhNiA'S winnings this year are t2o.Tai
. has be"n vi 'oriouS in fNe ConE@C utIve
i"e- IN" suburban. commonwealth.
righton. Saratoga and Champlatn handI- I
apS In the Brooklvn Handicap hr ran ,
Sund with iI6 pounds. fitI Herbert. with
b. heating hlm = Length IN a hard drive '
IN" then Mr. Wilson's horse has shown !
lSt Improvement The fArt that carry . !
10 - bounds no won the SarAtOga linndi-
~ IN u gallop from Mr hsene's Ballot
rsnst thened the belief that he - ne equal
not the superior nf titI Herbert Diam q
Ma remaining stake engagements 81
10 spa AZ. the Mrr hantS and CiiIens :
andtCap and the - .o-sp saratoga CUP for j
Dth of Whrh tty Herhert - eligible VIII Y
tdr~th consent io SubJe't either fitI !
erh~rt or DalnatIAn to a test that would a
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