Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-10-26
CAN LANCFORD
BEAT JOHNSON?
fIstiana Absorbed In Much
M0ofed Question al Present.
CHAMPIONS BIG ADVANTAGE
Title Holder Tailor, Heavier and Has
Longer Reach-Then. Again. a Good
Man.


Longer Rcach-Then. Again, a Coco
Little Man Cannot Beat a Good Big
Man.
Can Sam I.nngtord by any possible
manner Wrcst the worlds heavy
weight title from Jack Johnson? This
Is the pcrpIeXing question that is wor
ryng the lighting frnlcrnitics on both
cont incnts The plain fact that these
black men 81 far ovcrsla'ow their r.
walls at prcSru, that they are the ou,l
gadators iii to buttle for the title
forces the issue.
Sitting it dawn hucr can a good
little man beat II good biz man? His
tory answers emphntiHIy 40 \cv
crthclcsS IN this particular ease MANY
close and smart students of the sport
feel that prc,c dcnl win l'r reversed
All acknowledge that Inrh John>r
Is II great lighter. h,uGh Sk".di
claim that in beating .IrtirleS hr Ii IL
ed only shell of Il great man i,ry.
one who has seen sam I.anGt"rd Il:
full speed admits willingly that he is
II wonderful tighter Whether he can
upset tradition and cold calculation is
the burning sport question
Scanning the measurements of both
men, figures favor Johnson greatly.
His height gives him an advantage OF
five and three quarter inches. When
facing Il smaller man Johnson has
only TO throw his body back and the
smaller man suffers great disadvan.
tage. Attacking smaller rival he
towers over the latter and makes use
ful advantage of his length In agili
ty he is no mans understuly. and for
clcverness he stands supreme.
If he and l.angford meet in the mid
die OF ring there will be Il startling
surprise for the spectators. Their first
impression will be. "llow long can the
little man stay?" Cold facts MAKE II
appear suicidal for Lansford to battle
johnson
Should the pair clash Johnson's meth
cd of lighting would be the same rs of
old fcintiu@ and then countering in
Sltt. tVlu. III III us hNSpiti
battle. would keep bearing in. trying to
land ON the body. Can IohnSon's ciev
erncsS. jahbing and choppng keep the
miniature lighting machine away from
that center of attack? That is QueS
ton. Langford. built as he Is, with
all his massive strength stored within
a small space. could assimilate terri
bic punishment before he would stoI
tearing after that vital part OF John
sons frame
I.angford was outpointed by 10,
Jeanette in New York recently. Jean
nette's left hand jab slowed up Sammy
This battle proved that
any man with good left jolt can wor
ry I.angford Now. If Jeannette With
light stab could slow up Langford
what would man like Johnson. VII"
has terrible jab. do to the Tar BalN:
Then another thing l.angford is Hn
easy man to reach with an uppcrcri
How could he keep away from John
sons left and right hand head rockers
II was John>on's left and right upper
CUTS Nuil ltNNn btil ItuIltS uS
Johnson who met aud defeated Jefries
would stow away Sammy IAngford
with his terrible left jab and heavy
Johnson is keeuly disappointed be
cause Carl Morris. the erstwhile VIII. ;
hope. was drubbed so soundly by the
Pueblo fireman. Jim Flynn, in New
York recently. II leaves the situation
with regard 70 the heavyweight title
practically unchanged and With no
white man in sight who could hope 10
cope with the champion.
Flynn. undoubtedly a good fighter.
Is no match for Johnson. rs was prov
cd by their fight in San Francisco on
Nov. =. 1907. when Johnson knocked
out Flynn in eleven rounds. Compe-
tent judges who saw that battle are
on record as saying that Johnson could
have turned the trick In three rounds
Or even less had he SO desired. Flynn
Is a good little man. but johnson is
4 good big man. and that tells the
story.
There is no man in the ring today
who could hope to defeat Johnson II
the negro is anything like as good as
when be fought Tommy Burns and
Jim Jeffries. There Is today no real
white hope