The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-12-22
SAM LANGFoRD AND SAM NC
YEA WILL FIGHT AT SIDNEY,
AUSTRALIA.
By w. w. Naughton.

BY w. w. Naughton.
San Francisco, Dec. ia few days
from now-December rs, to be exact
two colored heavyweights, Sam Nc
Yea and Sam Langford, will box at
the Rushcutter's Bay Stadium, Sgd
ney, Australia On account of the
difference in time news of the result
will reach here Christmas Day.
In ordinary times the fact that Nc
Yea and Langford were to meet
would not cause undue excitement
They fought in Paris, for that mat
ter, early in the present year and
shared the honors of a draw after
twenty rounds of milling.
Now, with Jack Johnson on the re-
tired list, the two Sans loom up more
prominently in the fistic world They
are regarded, in Australia at least, as
the two best men entitled to box for
the laurels voluntarily laid down by
Johnson. Before McVea and Lang
ford visited Australia Jack Lester and
Bill Lang were looked upon as the
best heavyweights in that country.
McVea since his arrival there knock
ed out both men, while Langford de-
feated Lang in a signal matter in
London some time ago.
Hugh ID. Mcintosh, who is promot-
ing the MeVea-Langford affair, is
not advertising it as an out-and-out
championship battle. In his posters
and circulars, Mcintosh describes the
bout as the "semi-final of the worlds
heavyweight championship.
This may be modesty on the pro-
moter's part or it may be that Nc
is not in hurry to kill the goose
that contributes the golden eggs
Where there is a semi-fnal, the in
ference is there will be a final and
Nc probably is looking forward to
another big gathering of sporting
men, and, of course, another big
gate"
In a letter to the writer, Mcintosh
said:
"The match is creating an extra
ordinary amount of interest here and
| prognosticate the crowd will almost
equal in dimensions that which wit
messed the Burns-Johnson contest
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over 100000, it can be seen McIn-
tosh considers the McVea-Langford
contest an exceedingly high-class at
traction.
Langford, of course, is known In
every city and hamlet on both sides
of the Atlantic and there is no occa-
sion to remind readers of what he
has accomplished. McVea has done.
the bulk of his fighting in Paris.
He was discovered at Oxnard, Cal.
and made his debut in Los Angeles
ring. His career began auspiciously.
He knocked out Kid Carter in eleven
rounds in May, 1903, and three
months later tumbled Denver Ed
Martin in one round.
After that McVea did not do SO
we'll. He lost twice in succession to
Jack Johnson in Los Angeles, each
bout going the full twenty rounds. In
April, 1904, he boxed Johnson in this
city and was knocked out in the TWEEN
tieth round. A few months later he
went against Denver Ed Martin in
Los Angeles and went under in the
tenth round
McVea turned up in Paris in 1907
and practically ruled the heavyweight
roost in the French capital for a
couple of years His one setback
was when he met Joe Jeanette in
a finish contest in April, 1909, and
was knocked out in the forty-ninth
round. That affair was not entirely
devoid of a suspicion of trickery, but
even if he was honestly worsted by
Jeanette there is no gainsaying that
Paris was the making of McVea. He
went there clumsy performer and
was converted into a clever boxer.
Since McVea's arrival in Sydney he
has won golden opinions from the
sports of that country. He defeated
Jack Lester twice and disposed of
Bill Lang in two rounds AS show
ing the GOODNESS and confidence that
has come to him, it may be cited that
after administering the knockout
blow to Lang he turned and chatted
across the ropes with friends at the
ringside while Lang was being count
ed out
In Australia they think McVea will
defeat Langford In England the re-
verse is the belief. These opinions
would count far more were it not that
McVea is practically stranger to
English fight crowds, while Langford
has yet to be seen in action in Aus
tralia.
With Johnson out of the game the
winner of the McVea-Langford con-
test will come pretty near being con-
sidered the champion Of the world.