El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18
AUSTRALIA WILL
HAVE BIC FIGHTS
Many Americans to Appear
in the Ring There
During Season
~ ". W. NauEhton.l

San Francisco, Calf, nov Is
That Australian Hugh Mcintosh inn
proved on his original offers to Sam
LangfOrd, Perky Flynn, Cyclone lonn-
ny Thompson and one or two more, was
made evident by the fsverish nush Of
these fighters to connect with the
weeks ago
That Mcintosh needed the services
OF the American 'pugs" badlyh was
suggested by the fact that. If neces-
sarys the Dig steamer would have been
neld, or slowed down. in order TO al
low the 9ruisers to get aboard
me lighting situation in sydney is
about as follows:
They are as far into the summer
as we are into the winte-s-ths
seasons being ppOsite-1IcJntcsa ne.
serted London recently, contemplate
ing a busy campaign at his Rushcut-
ters Bay Stadium
Many Promised to Go.
conn -'sa', Wv " no received q great wei
~ WIen ne returned to Sydney,
IolG MS friends that he had arm. sRged
with all the nOtables of the VA
guild 70 appear in orthodox rim IN
tests at his big rOofless arena( Be-
Icre leaving England, Mac" wiz ne
HeIp OF an american agent, madd bn-
tracts with the Champions and .'ear
ctiaInpions OF every division and y all
ne ne men men VINO promised TO take the
TIP mad kept their words. we would
nave had to unearth Sam Pruftt. Beer
Snnoltz, Percy Cove Tanglefoot 1fc-
M d0i- ana a few more TO keep the
But after Mcintosh sailed for home
the fraWley law was passed, and
oLner tnlngs cropped up to interfere
with the Australian invasion. First.
Al kaufman decided not to 20. then
FLYNN They dropped away one bv
one, IN Iact. EYen Jack johnson. on
whose good faith in the connection
Mcintosh secured S25, 00G insurance
from LLOYD S, OF London, gave PM that
ne preferred retirement to a triD
across the ocean
This latter was the unkfnadest c11t
OF all as Mac expected TO iuse the
champion as bell-Wether. First Of
ali, each OF the Pacific piIrrfus
was to be assured number OF
matches and the chance Of a crack
at Johnson and the champidnship was
70 be his If he worked HIS way I'D
When Mcintosh began to- starr the
Works at his summer stadium. the
only new arrival at his disposal was
sam McNea- sam was SAINT againsf
JACK Lester and Bill Lang in turn.
and whipped them both Then the
situation become despc1 ate- The
cable was brought into X t1isitfon and
the hurried flight to hcouTer of
Langford, POrzy and u IS was she
result.
Tt is understood thzf ngford has
oeen guaranteed six es and that
sllnllar terms have "a Qade in the
case OF Flynn 1t VI 80 asy enough
for the head of IS match
making bureau to are opponents
for G. Flynn as (tners Re quite a
number Of second and tn q rate hesv-
les around Sydney VINO are fairly
popular with the patrol-s of the sport.
But In the case OF SamusI TanFfor5
one wonders where the SIX matches re-
70 come FROM
Bin lang a Good ne.
At the present unls Bin Lang is
acknOWleogedA t4 oS - best OF the
native born ~ ailaIls Bin was
dereateG Dy sam, I'd in London.
and by Mack La Sam lcVea
since his return ia tralia There
is reason for beE that Lang is
on the down grad ysically. They
nave no other ma lit TO take his
place as an Austral representative
A few months ago it was predicted
that BIZ Turner, known as the cham
plon or Tasmania, Would defeat both
Lang and Lester, bJhr Turner faded
away. Not so many weeks ago he
went under the third round Of a con-
test with Jack Howard a Sydney
boxer with no pretensiOns to class,
and now Turner'S nfime is never men
toned
Jack Lester. who defeated Lang. has
been defeated by sam McVea. who
fought a 20 round draw with sam
LangfOrd in Paris. Under the circum-
s stances II cannot t3e seen that the
Sydney sports, fight hungry though
they may be, can be got to regard
a LangfOrd-Lester bout as an event Of
DAAAeti- "A newly arrived Australian
sporting man says he does not see
where Langford'sl six fights are to
come from unless he fights McVea six
though, in Australia, and Mcintosh.
who knows his business thoroughly,
VIII handle Lang4Ord so that a certain
degree OF interest VIII attach to each
Of Sans appearances First Of all If
Lang can be patched up. he viii in
all prObabltty be trotted cut as an
opponent for Langford
Mcintosh. who has always been 8
strong believer in Bits fightine- provr-
sss, and who held that Lang was turn
ing the tables on LangfOrd in London
when the unfortunate foul caused the
Australians 70 be disqualified viii con-
-riTe TO make the result Of this match
seem doubtful
When Iangford defeats Lang. as hs
surely Ellb Lester, the man who de-
-eated Lang viii be signed with the
Tar Baby" and after that is an over
here VIII De little excuse for delay
ng the day OF reckoning between the
two San1s--McNea and Langford
Thompson May Flight.
If LangfOrd insists on his six
Cyclone Johnny Thomson
MAJ oo1ge. The Cyclone went on the
)ue who knows Johnny. knows that
the size Of his opponents does NOT
)otner MIN at all He would inst as
-oon tackle LangfOrd as Packey Nc
Farland.
1t may be that Dave smith. the
Australian mlddleweight champion VIII
pc sent 20 the front as a customer for
-angIord but no matter how the six
match program is carried through. ire
grand finale viii be furnished by two
iegrOes-
And If johnson stin adheres to his
eurement, Mcintosh viii. OF course.
the Nov ea-Langford go as
fight for the worlds championship.
20 urr-rero,- ~ errr-o-