Arizona republican., 1910-04-15
Against Sam Langford the
 Human Fighting Machine THE DEFEAT OF JIM BARRY
In a Fierce Fight in Which He Had no Chance A gainst the Negro's Skill and Generalship Ali the the Sixth Round.

which demonstrated anew the near perfection of sam Langford, as a fighting machine and added to the !reputation Of Jim Barry of Chicago.
 only a .tribute to his gamcness and ability to withstand punishment the Boston tdemon beat his white sntag- unist tp the mat for the final count in the sixteenth round at Vernon to- day
 It was d vicious go from start to finish with the negro well in the lead after the first six rounds. From the
 tenth, in which Barry had been twice
 knocked down for a, count of nine, un- Itil the sixteenth. when a straight left
 to the chin ended the combat. it was little more than slaughter. Lang
 ford landed almost at will. and vic
 tory for him by the knockout route
 appeared to be only matter of time.
 Barry surprised the crowd with the strength displayed. despite the terrific
 bombardment and rally in the fif .teenth round inspired his packers with a hope that he would yet out-la.t the black I.angford had tried hard for a knockout iii the tenth. and again in the fifteenth. to win the money wagered on these rounds. but he failed.
 While the men did not weight in be- fore entering the ring it was said that 3 difference in weight of thirty pounds favored the white fighter. Barry's weight was given at i9s; Langfords. 1Se. Tn the ciinches the white man showed to be far the stronger and he had to be cautioned by the referee sev- eral times for nearly throwing Lang ford put of the ring. In hitting pow CT. the advantage, if any. was with the "Cav{ Man and his blows generally found a mark while he proved to be an elusive target for Barry to land on.
 The two s,adiators went at one am other viciously at the sound Of the gong calling them to the center in the first Near the finish of this period Lang1ord almost dropped Barry with a right upper-cut
 There was vicious fighting at close range in the second. both bleeding at the lnouth. when they went to their corners. Thereafter Barry trieG ire quently for Langford's injured lips. andf throughout the balance Of the figlit a stream of claret was constant ly rickling down the Demons" chin.
 I'd a clinch near the end of the third, Ba Try almost threw Langford through thc ropes. The black pretended grog- giricss and hung to the ropes. but Bar ry refused to be lured into rushing and walked to his corner.
 From then until the eighth the mill ing was mixture of terrific slugging nd .li -i,,o the negro around roughly. but under soins severe punishment whenever he fought at long range. Several times during the eighth and succeeding round the white man was hooted for Langford showed the ut most lgood nature. Stop your tick ling,:i he admonishcd during one Of the clinches. ''yo' can't win that away"
 Laugford cut loose after the eighth. trying for knockout Whether in clinchcs or at long range his nntts were constantly i'm action as though they were moving pistons. He pounded Barry's kidneys at close range and {aricd uppcr-cuts with straight rights and lefts. when they stood apart. Barry fought gamely and at timess rushcd his lighter opponent to the ropes.
 In the tenth the negro executed coup lin ring tactics. Getting Barry near the ropes. he suddenly exerted all Of his strength and threw the white man against them: then. catching him on tile bound. lar/d terrific swin6 flush to the jaw. Barry dropped for q, s,scount of nine. He fought back vicio lsly until just at the close of the when Langford repeated the triska Barry again stayed down the full limit and arose very sroggy b'e the lbell saved him.
 Basry came up surprisingly strong in tpe eleventh. and in fierce on- slaua1nt showed Langford backward the ropes. Near the close of the twelfth Langford once more threw BarrC against the ropes. and caught him on the re-bound Tor knockdown Again the bell seemingly saved the Cricigoan.
 After that time. it was only a ques- ton of how long the white gladiator could endure the Demons on slaughts His left eye. which had been out open early in the fight was almost closed: his cheeks were puffed. and blood flowed in a stream from his nose and mouth He threw caution to the winds and attempted to exchange blow for blow.
 The last four rounds were marked by succession of slugging matches. wish Langford doing most of the ex-