The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-10
CORBETT SAYS JOHNSON ANE
LANcFoRD ARE JOKING
WITH PUBLIC.
CHANCE FOR KAUFMAN
Fans Want Action and Would be Glad
to See Esaney's rrotege Chal-
lcnee--stili Thinks Lang
is Good,

New York, Oct, 9.-~What is tue
matter with the white Leayyweights
and the I managers and press agents K
II 1t we're not for Johnson and Lang
ford in their semi-monthly stunt OF
kidding the public vita bet a MI
lion" challenges, the dear old pub, q
would think that the game had del
with Jeff's defeat at Reno.
Not a chirp out OF either Al kaut-
man or his adviser, Billy Delaney.
They allow Langford to 20 to the
'front.' as If he were the log cal candi'
date for championship honors, when
he is not by long shot, and take
back seat themselves. Or course
Billy is a wise old fox ard probably
knows hest what to do with his mar,
but the people who follow the ilg9'.
ing game have come +dD look upon
Kaufman as their hope and saliva
ton and would like to know where
they stand in the matter,
The public is not interested In all
the gas between the two negro box
ers. What does interest the fight
followers is who WI be the iirst
white man to 80 after Johnson ana
| trv to win back the championship
| Naturally Al is the man TO whom they
| look. The fight with Lang at Pniia'
delphia. while not one $ ded by any
| means. resulted in victory TO-
Hartmann. and as the winner, Al
| is the man entitled to first chance
| l.angfords fink out of the pro
| posed bout with Kaufman shoMdnl
nut him in the discard SO far as ms
claims to championship class are con
cerned.
Lana Not Out of Race.
Bill Lang. while disappointing
admirers in the six round affair will
Kaufman, Is not entirely out Of th'
running by any means although II
no shape TO think Of fighting io
some time to come The Australian
had all tine better of the argument NJ
to the end Of the second round, when
Ihe broke his band, and broke II 50
badly that he will more than likely
be out of the game for at least tW'
months longer. BIZ fought gamel
with his broken duke, and tool
his medicine gracefully He has mad'
no excuses, but he wants anothe
chance to show the An erlcan peop
that they nave not seen him at n
best. To prove his claims, he W
fight any man in the heavyweight d
Vision. and no color or creed Il
barred. Sam Langford can find som
| work mere.
Hugh Mcintosh still thinks tt
AustraI an is Kaufman master, an
Is willing to make a substantial wage
on his man in a twenty or twent
five round quarrel with the Califo
nian 1t is quite natural that Ma
should feel this way. He broQgt
Bill to this country, and knows hi
what the Australian champ Is cal
= able of with the gloves, and figure
that the Philadelphia tryout was M
fair test Of his mans ability.
Bill had his chance against kar
mann and was unfortunate to haV
4 met with an accident, 50 that !
; could not do Justice to himself, an
u the verdict was against him. Th
) public does not care how many acc
= dents happen in a fight, and will M
S listen to excuses Results are VIII
counts and the fight must 20 dow
D on the books as victory for kat
!. mann and a defeat for Lang Pc
s sonally, think 1t is close thing b
tween the two, and in a fin sh fig
i the betting should lie at eyens. Ho'
,. lever. it will he some time before h
81 Australian will be able to enter II
ring again and so that puts him o
Iof the running for the time bein
even had the decision been in D
VI favor. bE
III Few Aspirants For Title
Langford funked out Of his
with Hartmann, and there are !
n other heavyweighs who have SHOW
class enough 10 be given serious co
sideration. with the exception OF Tor
my lEurns, and he has not been tai
ing much fight lately II was repo'
y ed short while ago that Tommy ha
e injured his knee badly in a lacros'
u match in Canada-so severely, In Ia
q that he had given up hope of gettin
q into condition for his match vii
c L.angford in London next Decembe
. and had taken steps to call II oi
. Since then II is rumored that Burr
$ has decided to retire from the rir
= permanently.
II Who. then, rema ms but kaufman
TO fight the champion--or at least