The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07
Gets $1,000 FOR
4 MINUTES WORK
Such Is Sum Wolgast Received
for Putting 0ne-ROund
Hogan Out.
FRENCH PAPERS CLASS
LANGF0RD DECISION THEFT
Mike Leonard, Like Jeffries
and Mccoy, Will Try to
Come Back.
BY JEFF THOMPSON.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
| NEW YORK, May 6.-EXperts unite in
the opinion that the recent fight between
Joe Jeanette and AL Kubiak before the
N. A. c. was the best heavyweight go
seen in this city In a long time, most
of the bouts between the big fellows
staged i'll local arenas recently being
tame affairs. But in this scrap there
was constant action in every round.
Even I'm the clinches both men worked
with Will, but Jeanette, In these mix
ups. always won out. sending hard
sunging uppercuts to the face while he
blocked most of Kubiak's blows. Joe"
vas at times Wild. He finished the
Quaker in the ninth
Joe, excels. 1t is his ability to take
punishment lie was at the receiving
end of some smashing body blows. but
him as did those light left jabs Kublak
sent across. The white hope OF Quaker
City Is not in Jeanette's class. The lat.
ter is too quick with feet and hands and
not for the fact that he held on and
clinched SO frequently, the end would
nTens0g sns pouns hdse while ae
Hoboken man as usual was In good con-
dition. with hardly an ounce of su-
perfluous flesh.
BY this last victory Jeanette redeemed
himself for the showing he made with
Barry.
S25oo for Four Minutes Work.
Jim Jeffries, Abe Attel and several
thousand other men saw Ad WolGast
whip oneIRound Hogan at the Madison
four minutes and Wolgast, it is rumored,
received $500 for his task. Hogan re-
ceived. I am told, $500 for his share.
Call Decision Robbery.
The Langford- McVey scrap has been
productive OF no end OF controversy. AL
though n
weeks ago. enough matter OF controver-
sial nature to fill book has been writ
ten.
Joe Woodman, manager of Sam Lang
ford. now writes. after the Langford-
McYey scrap in Paris:
"Langford won from Mcvey although
given draw by the referee. He had
rum and soda In the ring and at the final
bell his condition was such that 1 was
much surprised at the decision
THE French papers called the decision
a robbery, 1t was a raw deal. The pic
lures are great and In the final round |
the slide says: To the establishment OF
everybody the referee called the bout a
draw
"Langford hurt his hand in the tenth
round or he would have doubtless
Intosh told him II he did he wouldn't |
get a cent And that's why he con-
tinued. Every round but the first was |
It's great town for The |
Al Lippe writes that Eugene Corri, who |
refereed the bout between Langford and |
McVey. stated after the battle that he |
was convinced that the, contest was
frame-up. 80 thoroughly satisfied was
Mr., Corri that the men. after they got |
going. were fighting according to egree-
ment that he came near stopping II in the /
sixth round" writes Corri
No Fake, Says Lippe.
Lippe, however, doesn't agree that the
fight was a fake. On the contrary. Lippe
that Langford fought as hard as
he could. Moreover. Lippe believes that
han ad IT not S Sean at se e hs
right hand early in the fight MoVey
would have been put away long before
the last round was reached.
messed the fight" Lippe writes, "is that
they expected too much from Langford, |
and their failure was to note that Nc
Vey did little else but clinch and hold
On all In the contest
Lippe concludes by observin~ that there
Are at least twenty American boxers in
% furnish them employment and, as the
season Is almost over, you can guess the
Extra" Extra Sailor Burke. the
Undaunted by the sad experiences OF
Ieffries and Kid Mccoy, who insisted on
lsefulness as fighters. Mike Leonard.
who used to be known as Beau Brum-
mel of the pugilists," and, In his time,
ought some creditable battles. is going to
come back
For ten years Leonard has been out of
:he game, He Is employed at cafe.
leonard has never been a drinker and
ne has always kept himself In good con-
iition.
Although badly beaten in his engage
Dcnt before the Long Acre club with
Billy West, welterweight. BILLY"
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