The evening world., 1911-09-06
langford and Jeanette Put Up
q Fast, Even Fight. Hoboken
Man 0utboxed and 0utgen-
eraned "Tar Baby" but Latter
Was Aggressor and Sitter
IPuncher, Scoring Three
knockdoWns.
Copyright. 1911. By The Press Publishing %.
THE New York World.

Copyright. 1911. BIZ Tn. Press Publishing %.
The New York World.
AM LANGFORD and Joe jeanette
- fought furiously through ten
rounds last night ct Madison
Square Garden, and when the last bell
rang there was little to choose between
:scz. Jeanette had ou.soscc :he Tar
Baby. and outgeneralled him, but all OF
his fine work had been Offset by Lang.
ford's steady aggressiveness and ter
rife hitting. Three times during the
fight jeanette was sent down heavily
BY Langfori's right fist. and once he
dropped Langford In return. Jeanette,
instead Of rushing into a slugging
match from the FIRST bell. as usual.
made q running fight OF It. cutting
and slashing with left or right, ana
now and then stopping Unexpectedly
to meet the sluggins Langford at his
own game. jeanette was well bat.
tered and cut. but Langford's left eye
was closed tight when the fight was
half owe
The Garden was filled with specta.
tors. In fact. the crowd looked rs big
- that which turnei out for the
Wells.Brown fight. There was none
of the overcrowding that marred that
exhibition. The floor space was well
covered with chairs. and the crowd
was handled without roughness o.
confusion. Nobody slugged the fire
men. Commissioner O'.Neil and Sena.
tor Jim Frawley looked on from op-
posite sides Of the ring. All vent
merry as a marriage bell.
Sam Langford came into the ring
wearing a long bathrobe, a checkered
cap and a black scowi. Evidently Sam
Rad a crouch. He doesn't enjoy fighting
Jeanette. Four members of the same
church climbed into Sans corner. II
was so dark thereabout that they had
TO light matches to find tho pail and the
towels.
Jeanette followed a moment later
Unlike Sam he wasn't scowling. II:
seemed 10 enjoy the prospect. San
bounced up to examine Joe's ~bandage,
10 see II he had any horseshoes con
ceaied. Just three famous fighters wer,
introduced from the rlng-Carl Morris
present boss OF the White Hope clan
= and Al Kaufman. who held that emInen
once until unseated n few months az
by Jim Flynn. and Jim Flynn himself
who meets Morris next week. Morrl
lowered a head above Flynn-a GollatI
of a man-and Flynn looked up at hin
with ar impudent grin.
II was announced that Sam said n
weighed l6s pounds. and that Jeanett
claimed TO scale 1850. When they stoo
up together. sam looked the heavier q
the two. for his Moulders and bod
we're broader and thicker. jeanette va
all sinew and muscle. Sam was a
muscle-great chunks OF It. lie ha
trained on most Of the fat that Shove
in his recent fights mere.
JEANETTE led on with lightning fal
jabs. dancing swiftly away fro
Langford's angry rushes and LAM
ing sharply. Sam kept up a steady a,
vance at a fast walk, while Jeanet
went around him and in ana out ike
wolf Swapping and cutting al a bulldo
The twenty-four foot ring was a pre-
hin for jeanette. II gave him MEN,
Of room in which to evade the IT.
Baby,s plunging attacks, to sides,ep h
deadly left ana Jump away from h
crushing right. TIT ring canvas W,
sllppery. once Jeanette slipped al
fiopped TO one Knee, but Jumped
quickly.
In the third minute OF the round sa