El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-30

Milwaukee, Wis, April Set is prac-
tically settled now that Tommy Burns,
the former heavyweight champion. and
Sam Langford, the negro aspirant,
will come together In a long battle
| about September 3, in the vicinity OF
San Francisco. Sid Hester, who pro-
NOTED the Nelson WOlgast bout, will be
the man to handle the Burns-Langford
contest. Tommy held out for big
slice Of coin at first, demanding $4,000
for his end, but since then has agreed
TO a $4,000 purse. split $4,000 10 the
winner and $4,000 to the loser. Burns
expects TO get bonus OF $4,000. This
is contest that viii create more in
terest than any fight that could be
arranged outside of the Jeffries-J Johnson
battle, and if the conditions are right il
will not be surprising if the receipts
run beyond $4,000.
1t was suggested in these columns a
year ago that Burns and LangfOrd
would be the one big card but it re-
manned for Hester to finally get next
10 tire fact Hugh Mcintosh, the Aus
tralian promoter, had been endeavoring
to match the men. but fell at little
shy on his price. The contest should
be a good one, and Mr. Langford will
find a more worthy foe in Burns than
, in the men he has been meeting of
late II is possible that Burns has gone
back since his defeat at the hands of
Johnson. but his showing in the fight
with Bill Lang a few weeks ago was
such as to encourage his friends 10 be-
lieve that he will be able to hold his
own with the negro There is
no doubt as to Lapgfords' ability, both
as a boxer and fighter. but at the same
linz H.
than the men Lsngford has been ac-
customed TO meet
Previous to his meeting with Burns.
Langford expects to have a couple of
hard contests; the first one with Stan
ley Ketchel al Philadelphia. on April
p. II the stories are true about Ke+ch-
el going at pretty fast pace. il is A
cinch that he viii be defeated by Lang
ford. But vtry often these reports are
exaggerated and Ketchel NAV get into
the ring IN better condition than ex-
pected. TIE distance will be only six
rounds, bit even at this short route
they can do a lot of damage if they
go in to make ii a battle to further /
their owl interests. A win over Ketch- j
eI woul5mean lot for Langford. while I
a victor for Stanley would bring him |
once mFe TO the fore as a heavyweight 1
possibility. Then again Langford NAV
be Looking for a longer contest. and I
go though the six rounds with KetcheI /
withodt any decisive result 1t looked !
very much that way when he met Jim |
Flynn at Los Angeles. a few months !
age the Colorado man making good /
showing for ten rounds. only TO be put
to sleep in their next encounter. in |
siort order.
Jim Coffroth. the we'll known San
francisco promoter. has struck popu-
ar chord in going after a match be-
tween Ad WOlgast, the lightweieht
champion. and Freddy Welsh. the Brit
sh champion. This is the best match
IN the boards in the lightweight d.
vision and would no doubt draw more
money than a return match between
NoIgast and Nelson. The negotia tions
rave progressed so far that Welsh has
bout accepted COffrOths proposition.
and the chances are that Wolgast will
fail in line. Tt was reported ethat
Welsh was ready to call off his match
n England with Packy Mcfarland in
,rder to get on with Wolgast- If Welsh
should do anything OF that kind he
you'd make himself unpopular at home !
After having kept Mcfarland over
here and permitting him 10 go into
raining for the match scheduled for