The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-25
LANeFoRo is DESPAIR
IF MATCHMAKER RS
"Begear Sam Is Being Avoided by
All White Opponents,
lRy " " Nanghton.l }.

Los Angeles, March 25.-Sam Lang
ford. who defeated Jim Flynn go sig
nally at Los Angeles on st Patrick 8
Day. IL not likely to find the time
hanging heavily on his hands.
Manager Woodman Is receiving tele'
grams from promoters all over the
country, and II is very evident that
l.angford Is regarded as IN excellent
card It almost seems as II Sam for
Il while might do his own picking and
choosing In regards 10 his opponents,
although. Of course, there is high class
pusilIstlc company whero Sam VIII
receive very little welcome
Langford has already signed TO
meet two men within the next SIX
weeks. He VIII box Jim Barry twen-
ty-flve rounds At McCareys Vernon
arena in Los Angeles on April 9, and
on April 81 he will meet Stanley
ketchel in a six.Iound flutter In Phil
adelphia. The latter event, by the
way, bears about tho same relation
To a regulation prize fight that an
oyster cocktail does to an aldermapic
banquet. but that's another story. and
will be dealt with at another time.
Lenient with ketehel,
Woo1man, for obvious reasons, Is
not roasting middleweisht champion
Ketchel at present He Is pleased to
think that Ketchel is willing TO meet
I1angford in any kind OF contest,
and he argues that short bout is
better than none at all
OF the prospects of fight between
Jack Johnson aud Langford, Woodman
is never done talking, He thinks the
pair will be seen In ring somewhere
about next Labor Day.
This is the way Woodman reasons
the thing out: "Jeff will surely whip
Johnson, and then We expect Johnson
will be easy to approach on the sub.
ject Of match with Langford. Our
reason for thinking that Jeffries Will
defeat Johnson is that | believe Lang
ford Is better man than Johnson.
and /. do not dream for moment
that Lapgford as fighter could hold
a candle TO Jeff. 600 pY'ne''
VIII Keep After Johnson.
of course. IL Johnson should hap
pen to down Jeffries 1t Will not deter
us from camping on Johnsop's trail,
No matter who Johnson defeats ] VIII
still be of the opinion that Langfcrd
is Johnson's master. | simply think
IL isn't on the card for Johnson to
defeat JeffrieSs, and as ! figure that
Johnson will be ready to talk fight
with somebody couple OF months
after the Fourth Of July affair I In
cline to the opinion that Lansford-
Johnson match will be one OF the star
events OF next September"
Woodman makes no bones about
saying that Johnson is afraid oi
Langford.
You will notice. said Woodman,
that whenever Johnson was asked
why lie did not fight Langford he re-
pIied I've licked him once and don't
want anything moro to do with him.
To begin with. that's not true, John
son gained a decision over Sam on
nolnts once In ffteen-round bout at
Chelsea. but there was no licking at
tached to it That's not where the
Joke is. however. Anyone who knows
anything about Johnson's record
knows that he has been boxing the
same men over and over again 1t
would be hard to keep track of the
times he has fought Sandy Ferguson,
Sam McYey. Joe jeanette and few
others. Such being the case, why
should he refuse to meet Langford
second time7 There IS only one an
swer TO the question. and that is John
son doesn't relish the idea of running
against my coming worlds cham-
pion."