The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27

made trouble. but the champion fought
MN TO a pause without giving ground.
ripped home a blow to the jaw and drove
| The lrishman into a corner and drove
hard. Langan fought out cleverly with
cody cody blows. parrying a swing that bid
set the throng cheering. Bracing for re-
Ialiation, he felnted TO the head and
| lung himself forward with a haymalSer at
the ribs that Spring was just able 10 stop.
| Langan held stubbornly TO his advance
and peppered Springs guard. launching a
tremendous drive at the face; The cham
| plon ducked in time and danced away
from the determined Irishman.
LangaD went after him again and kept
the champion footing II merrily and
lodging swings until, cornered In his turn,
terrific clip with the left to the face that
sent Langan spinning, followed 1t with
another and third TO the same spot.
and reversed the situation. Langan again
retreating to the corner, The Irishman
rallied and they fought to a standstill.
Langan started again: but the champion
got his dangerous left TO the face once
more and on the retreat the lrishman
closed. After a brief struggle Spring
| threw his man, ending a round Of nearly
seven minutes amid deafening applause,
Langan had suffered severely about the
face, but had not lost heart. He felt that
he had firmly withstood the worst Spring
could deliver and that his returns did not
lack effect. The half minute treatment
from BeIchor and O'Neal freshened him
greatly and he jumped into the fourth
round In whirlwind manner. Spring was
slow In defense for an instant and the
Irishman pounded two 10 the ribs and one
to the ear that drew crimson. He held
to his pace, hghting with the agility OF
his weight and hammering the champion
before the slashing Irishman, but calmed
him with a flush hit TO the mouth. They
mixed it at high speed. when Langan
closed and putting forth all his strength
Laugan's left ear was In bad shape
from q clip received in the last miX-up
when he sat upon his seconds knee once
more. He was also badly winded, but
the short respite sent him back TO the
scratch again with untamed vlgor He
led off the hfth round as he had the pre-
ceding. putting all his weight behind right
and left drives in sledge hammer style.
Spring needed all his science TO break the
force OF the 1rishman's attack. but re-
fused TO retreat and they stood up TO IL
take one and give one. and once again
Langan showed well In such straightfor-
ward tactics and after taking terrific
drive to the chest found Springs claret
with a flush hit TO the face. The round
presented little In the way OF shifty play
and both were seemingly reckless. set up
hard mill Langan put away several OF
Springs best efforts: but finally caught
one OF the champions dangerous swings
on the side Of the jaw and dacd tot1ersh sh
The Irlshman had had enough OF ag-
gression for, time and lay PACK wnen
they stepped into spsrring % S,T nous and IN un 5ne
ruffIed The best point about his gem
eralship had always been tnat ne ald
not rely upon any Sn set mGyh9f wha Gs m Rnowe
blows. no favored style. He governed
himself entirely by the character OF ms
opponents hghting, and was the master
~ ali rIne tactics A long. laborlous
training had barred every trick to him and
taught him TO rely upon none so II
the pace the champion forced as hard
always seeking TO keep just trifle
ahead. and now that Langan ga grew wary MARY
ePchfms eYPchanred a few blows and Langan
Sanced out of range Spring quickly
closed and threw him. landing on top.
Irishman Like Iron.
Langan was fresher for the seventh
round and led off strong, gettns nome
handy tap TO the side of the head. Spring
stopped another nasty swing with pre-
cision that brought applause, the appTo-
batlon swinging 10 the irlshman an IN
drive drive for The body with equal skill, They
came in at short range and fought TO
a standstill. In luz Eetcher snoutSd
called; ie light nrst, he can't hurt you"
"S;ammon him 10 that II you can. re-
torted Cribb. for the beneht OF his man.
In g obedience to the injunction and plant
ed a telling cut below the cbampions
LEI, eve Spring warded another at the
same spot and came through with n
smash to the face. LanganT, saT, footing II
TSe,y ,nIxed fiercely. Spring joting home
his hheS left 'f'NS with great regularity to the
RIBS Lanean was suffering and nd; tried
for the law. but the champion slammed
,Sricn "a the head and drove his man
clean away. Langan was on his mettie
and started a ,yoILcyy at the r,1ae face that
no1 oncning ne put himself behind n
Tremendous blow that almost wrenched