El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-05
ANDREWS SPORT
ING GOSSIP
Walsh of Boston for the American
championship and Let the winner of this
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Walsh of Boston for the American
championship and let the winner of this
contest meet Digger Stanley of Eng
land and once more we will have
worlds bantamweight champion. Johnny
Coulon has always been claimant to
the bantamweight championship, but
Johnny demands lis pounds ringside.
whereas the recognized weight in this
country is 116 pounds, and the chances
are when the delegates get together
from both sides of the water and ar
range an international scale Of weights,
the bantamweight limit will no doubt be
placed somewhere around 11S pounds
Then the flyweigh1, which is a recog
nized division in England, will no doubt
be established and Johnny CoulOn will
be recognized as the champion of that
class, which is placed at 112 pounds.
Sam Langford, the dusky heavy
weight who has been following Jack
Johnson about the country for a match,
made short work of Nat Dewey at
Cheyenne, Wyo., recently. No one ever
heard of Dewey in these parts before
but he was thought to be a world beat
er out in that country. After Langford
defeated him in one round the followers
of Dewey no doubt changed their minds
about the championship aspirations Of
Nathaniel
Langford returned to California i'm
mediately after the contest and intends
to get on with Flynn again, only this
time 1t will be a As round argument
There have been claims that Langford
did not do his best against Flynn when
they met recently at Los Angeles, in
order that he might get another contest
with the Pueblo fireman. However,
Los Angeles sport writers and Beanie
Walker, especially, claim that Flynn
had improved greatly over his form in
previous battles and was really entitled
to the decision over Langford on his
merits. However, it remains to be
seen what Langford will do with Flynn
in their next encounter.
If he should make a, run away fight
Of it, then the critics will be up in arms
and insist that he did not do his hest
against the fireman in their recent bat
tie. The chances are that Langford
fought his best against Flynn and that
he bumped into hard proposition at a
time when he probably was not at his
best. Should Flynn succeed in defeat
ing Langford in a long fight he will |
Immediately become a candidate for |
championship honors.
II confidence was all that was neces- |
IL
Johnson and James J. Jeffries for the |
worlds heavy weight championship. |
then Johnson would stand a splendid !
chance of winning. but it so happens |
that Jeffries is just as confident that
he will be returned the winner on july
4 next, that it takes away some of 1
Jacks enthusiasm. Johnson put in q 4
week in Milwaukee and did many miles
on the road, but mostly in his automo- |
bile The negro champion was not Civ /
en- TO boasting at all, but was very
moderate IN his statements, and also |
conservative in sizing up his opponent {
to-be next July. In conversation with
the writer regarding the big battle Jack !
said:
1T would be foolish on my part 70
that he would not have a look in etc
Now l do not expect to lose the fight.
but L do not look for a walkaway by anv
means. Jeffries was a wonderful fight |
er before he retired and I guess he is
still a great fighter, but 1 am just con-
celted enough to think that am little
better than he is now and therefore 7
expect to win.
nave been measured thoroughly by |
DR.. Sargent of Harvard and given
every test possible and he tells me that !
L am almost perfect as regards physical !
development, and that / am lust !
as strong as Jeffries. II that is the
case l figure that 1 should win, be-
cause l am younger than he is and will
be al my best, and my stamina will be