The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-22
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP



sFuna IN ann FsanciloO IN June. lang
KanfmAn for ssvoFal yuAm and b confident
that he vii win bY q knockOut. IL Lang
ford beats the young CallfoHnA giant N
this manner q vii simply AFFORD furher
proof that barring JSRriaa and Johnson
the Boston iluEgeF 4 the best hoaVywelsht
IN the world.
Kaufman n Q feet inch tall ana weighs
m condition about lOS pounds. ne ~
yean old and vas born IN San Francisco.
he began lighting In 1904 and vas CON
sidered q phenOmenOn until Philadelphia
Jack O'Brisn knocked him out IN seventeen
rounds the following year.
InexpeTience and a hck Of rms soienee
we're chiefly 10 blame for this setback. but
Kaufman did not give 40 the game and IN
lsOa he trimmed Dave Barry. Pred Bradley.
sam Berger and GeOrgol Gardner. he
scored subsequent victories over Mike
Schrock. Dave Barry and Jack Twin
Sullivan and knocked out Jim Flynn IN
nine rounds. kaufman took thlFty-nins
rounds to make Jim Barry throS up the
sponge In 1905 about the time that Billy
Delaney began 70 herald him a. a coming
champion.
Delaney Issued q challsnGS In behalf Of
kaufman to hEht Jelfries for $4,000 q side
In lpoo Only.tabs turned down By the boiler
maker. who vas then gradually making uD
hls mind 10 take on Jack Johnson
KAufman's stock slumpod when he faied
10 knock out Tony Rose IN ten rounds at
local club last year In spite Of the faos
that he made q punching bag Of the husky
Italian In q majority Of the rounds.
Cutting loose from Delaney. he made .
match with Jack johnson and, though easily
outpoinied, no was on his feet when the
bout ended IN tho tenth round. Whether
johnson did his lovol best In that affair a.
Colma last September has been q problem
ever since. bat the fact that Kaufman was
strong and active IN the last round was
around for the belief that In a finish contest
be might have shown 10 better advantage.
Since then Kaufman has Outpointed the
shlfty but ancient Jack O'Brien In a ak
round bout and has decided that he has
enough sklll 10 tackle LAngford with the
result that the sporting world will be on
tiDtoe when they come together
l.anEfOrd = feet inches tall = % years
old, q native Of Nova Scotia and wall weigh
about iss pounds for tho coming mill
Ring experts generally admit that he i the
cleverest man OF his weight and inches In
the world. also the heaviest hitter.
He has knocked out two Of kAufman's
victims In lie time. Flynn In one round and
Barry In tao. and later repeated the trick
In each instance, though requiring more
time on the second occasion IAngfOrd has
been IN the ring since 1901 and has taken
part In more than ioo lights
Ne never has suffered a knockout and has
lOat only i've battles on referees deciaiOna.
those receiving them being Dave Holly ~
Cambridge Mass IN ten rounds. Larry
Temple az Marlboro. Mass In ten rounds
Joe leannette a. Laurence. Mass IN eight
weight champion, a. Chelsea, Mass In
hfteen rounds, and Young Peter Jackson
At SOuthbFidge. Mass in fve rounds
IAnRford has sCOred ,wenty-four clean
OF by the stopping Of hostilities b. reieTees
In thirty scraps lie has boxed twenty
draws, and the other contests included
In he record have been without decisions.
deld WaIcott, Young Critic. Patsy SN eeney.
Joe Cans, Willie Lewis. GeorRe McFa dden.
Tommy sullivan. George 0untheT, Young
Peter JaclnOn, larry Temple, joe Jeanette. !
t.SsT s@'h Ss R % Iis I'm I'm Tynn Ian Ian
HRgue Dixie KID Al Kubnk, klondyke, !
Nike Schreck and Others. Ne Knocked 4
out Tiger smith, Jed Thorns and len Hague l
IN England, uslng few well directed |
With stanley Ketchel. the middeveisht |
cha mpion, LAnRfOEd took matters easy !
IN . recent six round no decision anair I
In Philadelphia and 81 med a good draw |
But Ketchel ; NOT anEious for another
flRht az q longer route,
in that aHliF IanEford displayed every /
quality that goez 20 max champion. I
4 nd there seems 10 bs little doubt that he /
could have won decisively had he been |
willing 20 cut loose. in Kaufman lang I
ford will meet q big. awkward. slow NOV I
ing fellow who h terrific puncher and I
In a ten round bout kaufman 4 a hard .
for any nrst class opponent +
~ VAS shown In the case Of johnson but .
la q twenty round battle Il : believed thai I
SlsEsT FA ssHIa no s ss,s, nSb sg J5 may
ford n vastly quicker and knows more /
, bout the zane than Kaufman, who acts .
! nd lights Ike = SLOW thinker
AZ the same time II must be remembered /
that kaufman u younger, taller, heavier .
aud has q longer reach also tiiat h. h a I
natural sluEEer and h not afraid 20 take
rhanceH. ifkauiman should win h. would .
p n lins iSI Si,, VT, ~ az Inner e 9s
h. the victor h. would b. forced 90 acorpt
Kaufmans challenge Of q year ago OF retire
In the laiteFs favor
Johnson should hand . beating 10 Jefriez
the rival negroes would then b. left alone
10 struggle Tor the heavyVeight title.
New Yorker received . letter from
Packey Mcfarland last week The Chicago
boxer. who Il matched 10 hght Freddie
Welsh az the National sporting Club Of
london on May 10. writes that be will have
No trOubls In making the weight. Iag pounds
q O'Clock. and expects 10 win on points
I am cominz back 70 the States after
beating Welsh, writes McFarlAnd. and viii
loas no time In Challenging WOlxast but 0f
rourae do not expect 10 make iaa ringside
Tor him. II Nolgnst names that condition
make TinRside weight and BE- stronR.
But / Will b. ready TO meet Rat Nelson
With whom ] have an old grtl6Re 10 settle
have been treated royalty over here and
am sure vii ct fair play when ! meet
len and JOhnHon settle their differences
do you know why there u 30 much
trouble over the ArranRement Of the Jenrles-
Johnson MILF remarked q veteran hEht
promoter 10 IHH suN man tho other day
It's because Richard and Gleason iaCk
experience. Rtckard wRs never haard of
IN connection With pugilism until h. pro-
noted the nrst Neison-'ian- night a. Gold
ield. Nhhh was purely an advertising
-Gleason y a baseball promoter and was
Of Sam herRert FOR a while ~
leinea COnrUth had handled the biz fghf
~ het all this wranEllRg would have been
roubls when len fonghi Corbsir ff y
simmons and Sharkey az Coney Island
n the days o. the Horton Law hecauss !
hose nKhts we're handled by sxperie0ced
lTomoteTs gho attended 10 every detail
Rickard has talked entirely too much
10 attampi 20 have the fight ~ Salt lake
ny niiracted too much attention In The