The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-31
TWO FIGHTERS
WANT A CHANCE

a championship fight. Is strangely SINH
lar to that OF Johnson. Johnson started
life as roustabout on the Galveston
docks and bummed his way into arenas
to fistic struggles In the old days,
Five years ago Langford was hunting |
place TO sleep In Boston. At that time |
Joe Woodman was running fight club |
ford, Woodman allowed him TO sleep on
the plank flooring under the ring with
the watch dog for bed fellow. Sam
house and did other odd chores He
gradually drifted into the graces of Wood |
man until he was the Janitor OF the
CLUB, but he never forgot the yellow dog
which was. by the way. his first recon-
mendation TO Woodman.
One night there was disappointment
at the club and the janitor asked the
absent boxer. He made his plea TO
Woodman, but Joe disliked the idea OF
a good janitor being bum tighter, so
he waived him away and told him TO
go down TO the amateur tourney and
get fair start there where the game
would not be so tough.
On the next Monday morning Joe Wood
man nearly keeled over when he saw the
janitor OF his club wearing a gold watch.
the first prize In the tourney Woodman
had stalSed HIS ianitor TO quarter as
loaned him fighting togs TO wear. think
Ing he would return 10 the club a sad
der boxer but a sllcker janitor:,
The janitor staked himself to the next
tourney fee and asked Woodman to be
present and watch him knock the nov
Ices spinning. A series OF successes iol-
him his first professional fight which he
won. Seveteen dollars and fifty cents
was the share OF this fight. For two
days after the fight. the janitor OF Joe
and when he did appear he was logged
out in raiment which would have made
Bert Williams stage front look as ST.
lent as the catacombs OF Rome.
The "Great Unknown"
Everybody who is anybody in fight
niae nnearthed On behalf Of the mysterious
stranger Mcintosh has issued a def to
all the heavywelghts In the world. john
son Included. and is willing to back up
his offer with $1,000.
Jim. corbett tells me that he has con-
II don't know who the fellow is" salo
Corbett. Mcintosh came to me In great
excitement one day and asked me II
fight. 1 replied who is he?' Mcintosh
said, I must ask you TO have no Curl
osity about this Identity / came upon
him by chance and / believe he can
Whip Johnson That is all know about
him."
Fighting may be resumed at coney
Island on small h shf aeae cener m lhe aod od seb any
big fellows as Corbett. Sharkey. JefTries
and Fitzsimmons fought there. However.
the New York state laws prohibit long
fights there.
Tom O'Rourke of the National Sporting
club OF this city has been dlckering for
place at Coney Island with view to
opening up fight club.
am tipped off from the west that
Victor McLaglen. the new Australian
! fighter. is showing championship mettle,
| The Australian has been doing little
| fighting in California. but he has not yet
| had the proper opportunity to show all he
can accomplish.
Johnny Mooney. who brought Honey
Melody to this country, believes that
Boston may take the position which
Frisco used to hold in the, fight world.
Arn1ory A. c. In Boston. During the
summer vacation Mooney has been trav-
| cling through California. Oregon. Wash
| ington and other western states. accom-
panied by Johnny Lynch. Boston feath-
| erweight. and Joe Livins.
| Abe Attell Is spelling for a good fight.
| IT Is time that some clever featherweight
lot Of second raters and dazzled the
| fans by his speed and cleverness. but he
has not met an equal In over a year.
There Is talk that Attell and Lew
| Powell may be hitched UP In California
soon. II is doubtful whether Lew can
take Attelrs measure. but even that
doesn't make Abraham's title any more
secure
Despite rumors and reports out Of
eye to the fight game, predict that bv
the middle Of the autumn. there will be
IN Interesting announcement from the
Gotch farm near Fort Dodge.