Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-05
GOTHAM SPORT TALK
Tony Ross and Morris Harris
to Box Tonight.
lANGFORD Defeated BOTH
Tar Baby and Caponi Are Matched.
Interesting Sporting
Gossip.
LANGFORD Defeated BOTH
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, October 5-Tom O'Rourke
will entertain patrons of the National
Sporting Club tonight with a ten-round
glove bout between heavyweights Tony
Ross, the Newcastle Italian, and Morris
Harris, the Philadelphia negro. Although
both have been put to sleep by Sam
Langford in local rings. these big men
are expected to provide a hair-raisins
scrap unless Referee Patsy Haley isn't
physically able to tear them apart when
clinched- Ross is the pugilist who is
Jim Jeffries double. He has the same
physique. the same punch. the same
facial expression, and he weighs as much
as the 3o:lermaker did when he won the
championship of the world from Rober,
Fitzsimmons at Coney Island
But there's one thing lacking, aggres-
sivenesS; for Ross doesn't know how &c
combine rushing with hitting. If he knew
as much about that end of the game as
LanGford, for instance. it is believed that
he would develop into a champion. AS
for gameness, Ross has no superior. He
took terrific beating from Langford be-
fore the sleep wailop was administered.
for which he received much praise. Az
matter OF fact Ross should not have
been pitted against the Tar Baby at ALL
as the latter s experience meant certain
defeat.
In meeting Harris the Italian will try
70 begin all over again. He Is anxious
TO win so that he may go after Jim
Harris is veteran boxer who has been
UP against practically all the best men
in this class He can rush and slug
also stand up under a hard assault and
always tries If action is wanted this
match ought TO satisfy the most critical
enthusiasts, il is believed, for the rivalry
between the principals appears to be in
tense.
In agreeing to match Langford witt
Tony Caponi for ten rounds at the TWEEN.
tieth Century Athletic Club tomorrow
night. Joe GOODMAN. the Tar Baby.
manager. says he isn't picking out a soft
mark. although he admits that Capon
will be outclassed. He says Caponi is
shifty fighter of more than ordinary abil
ity. who believes he has a chance witt
Langford in view Of the twelve-rount
draw which they boxed at Winnipeg las
spring. Caponi arrived here yesterda,
with his manager and trainer, and an
nounced that he was in excellent condi
ton. His ring record shows knockout
at the hands of Papke. Hugo Kelly an,
the late Stanley ketchel
Walter Coffey. the much-talked-of Cali
fornia middleweight. who has come cas-
looking for matches with Klaus. LIE
Houck, or anybody in this class, has begu
light training at suburban resort. Sew
eral promoters are trying to induce Klau
to meet Coffey the last of this month
In California they believe Coffey is
coming champion.
Tommy Ginty. the Scranton Lightweight,
who outpoited Bert Reyes in a cleve
fashion at the Twentieth Century Ath
letic Club Tuesday night, is more deter
mined than ever to force X. o. Brow
into a match here. Ginty has demon
strated why Brown failed to beat him de
cisively in Scranton July 4. and is anxiou
to show New Workers that he can viii
the little Dutohman in a ten-round cor
test. Meanwhile. Ginty says he is read
to meet any of the other lightweights j
this vicinity. including the winner of tn
Pal Moore-Dick Hyland bout at the En-
pire Athletic Club of Harlem next Mon
day night.
Although Young Saylor, the Indian;