Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-06
.LANGF0RD THE BEST
Outpoints. Joe Jeanette in
Fast and Furious Bout.
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NEW 4oRk. september b.-Sam Lang
ford. the Boston Tar Baby" had a lit
tie the better OF Joe jeanette of West
Hoboken last night. after ten rounds OF
the most terrific boxing that New York
has seen between heavyweights in many
long day. The battle was hard. bruis-
ing and Furnishing, and while Sam won
by slight margin. it proved little
Langford is terrific hitter and a
cyclonic short distance fighter. jeanette.
clever. classy man, Is one of the great
est long distance fighters in the world,
and took his opponents hardest blows.
and although in danger several times.
was stronger at the bell than his vic
torious opponent
After the final bell jeanette leaped
over the ropes, while Sam sat in his cor
ner TO be attended by his seconds After
the bout Jeanette said: 1t was a good,
hard fight, and l hope | can get him for
twenty or thirty rounds
knocked down in the first, fourth and
groggy in the fifth period. jeanette came
back and battled with such fury that at
the ninth period he had about evened the
score. At long range he made the re-
doubtable Sam look like an amateur at
times. but Langford could not be denied.
called the bout a draw.
A goodly crowd was on hand, but Il did
not compare in size with the throng that
assembled to witness the meeting of Matt
Wells and Knockout Brown one week
ago.
Fully 20 per cent of the seats were va
cant when the preliminary bout started,
and while the number of spectators in
creased considerably when the men en-
tered the ring for the main bout. there
Of fn~ oil
Always in perfect condition, jeanette
looked Ike a bronze statue. He weighed
about 1870 pounds, and conveyed the i'm
preston of a long. sinuous mountain lion.
His muscles showed the effect of his
arduous training, and played and writhed
under the skin as he moved about
1t was about the Tar Baby" however
that the interest of the crowd centered.
Not since he boxed the Hoboken man at
the old National Club here, three years
ago, have New York boxing enthusiasts
seen Sam in such perfect condition. He
has made no secret of the fact that Jean
cite Is the man he most respects, and
Sam worked like beaver to perfect his
condition. Gone was the paunch of alder
manic proportions that slowed him UP SO
in his bouts with O'Brien, Smith and
Ross, and 1t was the real Sam Langford
who stripped off his gray robe and made
ready for a hard. grueling battle. He
every inch champion.
jeanette was attended by Dan Nc.
ketrick, Willie Lewis and Jim Stewart
while Langford was attended by Jack
Davis. "Porky'' Flynn. Artie MCQUEEN
from the ring that Carl Morris would
box Jim Flynn at the Garden September
Is.
With the tap of the gong Jeanette
led. but Langford hooked over a left
and the men locked In a clinch Joe
smothered the attempts of Sam TO land
and laced away at the body Jeanette
made the Boston man miss. and landed
several hard blows. The Hoboken mar
slipped and fell to the floor while coins
away from clinch. and drew a trickls
! of blood from Sans mouth. moment
later. however. Langford sent him reeling
to the floor with a wild right, to the TOT
Of the head but Joe jumped right up
The short punches of the Boston mar
| carried power, but Jeanette held hi:
own at the bell.
There was no fiuke in the blow thai
sent Langford to the mat in the second
back although Jeanette kept pepperins
the face with his long left.
Langford walked around after his rival
but was unable to corner him. and the
Hoboken man held his opponent safely. He
rolled his head before several hard swings
| and made his man miss by stepping In
He had the round by a margin. but in the
third and fourth Langford showed in
front. He bored in, taking the wasplike
jabs of Jeanette with sour grimace to land
his dreaded right-hand jolts. He met
with indifferent success. for. slowly beat
ing the snarly retreat of a worried wolf
Joe stood him off with a left-hand blow
| to the head. varied by right upper cuts.
Langford confined his efforts to might
ing. He whaled Joe's body and hurt
him to a marked degree. while ever the
terrible left hook crashed home to the
head and sent jeanette back on his heels.
Jeanette had a narrow escape from a
sudden defeat in the fourth round, when
the Tar Baby" sent him down in his
own corner with a terrific right to the
jaw for eight seconds. and when Joe rose
to his feet hammered him on the body.
sneered at his bruising opponent. and
when his head had cleared up he boxed
back as if unhurt. He was fast on his
feet, and made his opponent miss many
blows. while almost as many thudded
against his elbows.
In the fifth and sixth rounds jeanette
took a lot of punishment, and Sam had
the better OF the argument His hard
rlght-hand smashes drew the blood from
Joes face and nose, and had him in
trouble.
In the seventh. eighth and ninth rounds
Jeanette had Sam making Wild effors
to land. Cool and calm, as IL he had the
situation well in hand, he boxed the Bos-
ton man into kinks. The confident look
faded from Iangford's face and sui
len scowl took its place. Joe flashed in
front Of him. always on the retreat, but
always shooting home left iabs and a
right cross when he could.
The crowd was in an uproar, as the
local man appeared to be on the high
road to victory. In Langfords corner the
seconds worked like beavers on him, for
Sam appeared to be the verge of a
complete blow up" They got him right
for the final round. however, and Lang
ford battled to victory on points