The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01
Unheard Of Scrap
rs Get in the Lime
|ght and W in Honors
7 FHRIE5-J .HNSON
lslAoCU Ran KLLS
Holds Heavyweight and
'dlewcight Championships.
SSries Licked BEFORE he
Uttered Ring-Langiord
entitled to Creoit.
Bantams Dispute.

ts chnmpions, 1nIo-IIeay,-
[ Jack JOHNSON; miudl.mciEh,,
nEford; weIter,,ciSh,. larry
! psht,reiSht. Al WoIgas1; len
sht, .Ane AttcII, bantum,,c,Eut
C0alun.
ear OF 1910 Viii long be re-
cd as Tho biggest in the history
Y 'ahly arr, because OF the vast
Il OF inte.tSt aud the enormous
unS W. Tor mo ngnt pelw cen
"a thson and Sim JcHrieD, at Reno.
IIy D. mis- contest attracted
men from all over the United
4 England and Australia. cue.
! rep csentat!yes I'm TACT, near
I fEciFliiIcd country on the gioDc
alive son there 10 witness IN.
{ ~ IAN sat next 10 "a business
ON tho Argentine Republic. and
'bus sport, who never misses n,
"a 'niu ,hat lie noticed y hulr
iihhhcn and not = few real
IN tho assemuiuge. Icnrles
~ . the ring u nervous wreck.
" beaten inside OF nftecn rounas
81 on, who previously had fought
Z burns for the tjtie in Au.tta-
dcIeatins both Burns and JEFF
thson became the tindlsput.d
~ ana since then mas NOT ne
q 70 iisht single battle for
st;. Hn claims 10 be willing
put states that there IS no onn
~ i'shting MIN. ana the ring
w arc OF the same opinion. {
claims NiJdicwcii;ht uonor..
| tEnt 20 &c called miidl.sy eian,
n peionSs 10 another negro
Ssford, OF Boston. IS the man
K Eniddics must look up 10. ana
, sle ayers that Jack johnson is
4, meet him.
Srd Will probably never be ,blc
& johnson into Il match on ac-
Il tbs lack OF interest in 4 con-
sthis nature. The first draw
Puid be that Langford Is too
ihght johnson. and both. or them
dark 10 warm up the white
pr n contest III which one OF
lie as not i contestant. Lang
~ become L strong contender
yweiSht honors when he picks
ten or ilftcen more pounds.
nike also iclaimg the middle
-ors, put Langford Is his
s,Es any stage OF the game.
"a wclterwcight division n half
ZEN are parading about arguing
Z gifts to the championships. In
bIion of the writer, Harry Lewis
b' list. although several writer's
Z :ked lout their favorito and
ETY. good cause why their man
I be called tho king.
he lightweight division, Adolph
Il heads the list. on account Of
ASKING victory he earned over the
& Dane at Port Richmond. Cat.
3bruary. Although IL has been
a year since Wo!gast downed
ie. he has SO far failed TO take
boxers of note. and IL Is hinte d.
hat he Is all In and will never
gain. This may he idle talk,
very fact that Adolph has been
! Off his rivals under the pre-
81 Rursing broken hand ia
ssood evidence that he is not lit
featherweight champion. Now
Ic 1t. Who rises TO dispute the
s,f Abraham Lincoln Atteil. OF
aancisco. tho present holder OF
81? Say. boys. here is ono you
% TO take OF Your mats to. He
Inter OF the old school, and not
'ndinS the fact that he takes on
r or two every week, he Is still
along at q winning clip aud
ng dust in the eyes OF all tho
4 feathers and seems to be des-
i hold his crown for a long time
! 'tspdte Among Hnntnms.
bantamweight class we have
+ tiispute. Although the fair
tritics admit that Johnny Cou-
\ 10 best little boy that has done
nds since the days of Jimmy
4 hey nevertheless do not over
q claim of Frank Conley, the
IN boy. who was given belt,
Ilattc of the championship, for
'np ltanny Webster at LOS An
ono months ago.
.ayi Was fighting when Conley
il1ard of. and he has never side
] "a match at the prescribed
81 Jbs pounds. SO 1T looks pref
;chl as( though Couion is cntitl-
1hY pam.
N.m Il indignation which came
sthe .Jeffries-Johnson fight,
hfS2t, Aprojudice of people who