The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-22

Sports will have a surfeit OF good
things on March %, what with tho
White Sox during the day and the
Dawson-Sullvan 20-round boxing con-
test at night In the Ogden auditorium,
Fighting Jim Flynn Of Pueblo. fire
man pugllist apparently an Irishman.
but really an Italian with an Irish
name. lost when Sam Langford of
Boston. on ST Patrick's day, again
demonstrated that Flynn Is not in his
class by knocking out the Pueblo man
In the eighth round Of their bout. Al
though the first reports received of
the fight indicated that IL was almost
even MP TO the sudden ending. and
that FLYNN had Knocked himself out
through his strenuous efforts TO reach
the negro with right swing. 1t later
developed that Langford had all the
best OF the milling, and that Flynn
struck the blow which gave the open
ing for TsaDglord 10 land a left upper
cut and the force of which threw
Flynn on his face. assisting In the
knockout, In desperation. as a drown
Ing man grasps at straw But the
Boston Tar Baby. Mistah Langford. is
still wearing his engaging grin, Now
where is Stanley Ketcncl?
A Denver sporting writer recently
retired to the seclusion or his sanctum
sanctorum. and after lashing himself
into n foaming rage, tore on several
reams OF copy" in which he asserted
that Jack Johnson Is a much better
man than Jeffries ever was. that the
Galveston dingc is classier fighter
as regards cleverneSs, ring general
ship and speed than Jim Corbett in
the latters palmieSt day. and opines
that Mr. Jawnslng will just naturally
clean up for Jeftries when the two
come together on July for the
worlds heavyweight championship.
he claims that in the last month he
OF liquor, says that the big boiler
maker is an inveterate cigarette flend
and expresses a doubt that the two
men viii ever fight, winding up by
declaring that the lmputation of John
son having yellow streak" is false
All OF which gives rise to the sus-
picIon that JEFF has seen fit some time
TO "bawl OUT a certain sporting
chronicler,
According to dispatches from the
east, Columbia university is attempt
ing to form an intercollegiate boxing
league similar 10 the wrestling
leagues existing among the colleges OF
the east Should this get running In
good shape. we may expect TO hear
OF all sorts of champions among the
rah.rah bows 1t Will be well for them
TO remember. however. the fate oi a
husky Villanova football player. who
announced his Intention Of going after
the worlds heavyweight champions
ship. apparently on the strength; OF
his prowess on the grldiron, and tied
up with Al Kublak, the Michigan
heavyweight who Is now reaping the
sheckels In Paris. being lulled to
sleep through the sudden but effective
means OF right swing to the jaw
II is said OF Monroe, one oil the star
negro players on the colored "All-
Stars" team which Is planning to ap-
pear soon in this city that he was
procured several years ago by n Ger.
tain big league team to hold down the
shortstop position on the bluff that ne
was an Indian. The game refused to
work. however. and an angry mob of
bleacherites chased tno crack negro
stortstop clear out of the ball field
Needless to say. the trick was moi at
tempted again.