Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-26
AMLANGFORDNEXT
Jack Johnson Cannot Sidestep
Him Much Longer.
LANG VICTORY DECIDES
Colored Champion, According to
Critics, Must Give Tar Baby
First Chance.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

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NEW YORK. February 25-iIueh Mo-
1ntosh, according to the latest advices
from London. will offer a purse of 500
600 at least for battle between Lang
ford and Johnson. IL they can be brought
together in London the bout will be linz
tied to twenty rounds. but If they VIII
agree to fight to a finish I'm the Paris
Hippodrome. recently leased by Mcintosh,
the purse will be increased TO 100000, 1t
Is said.
Joseph Woodman. Langford's manager,
sent cablegram to a local sporting man
yesterday conveying the information that
he has authorized Mcintosh to make a
match with Johnson and that Langford
Is ready to fight the worlds heavyweight
champion in England or France. Lang
ford can get backing here To the extent
OF $.D,00, as well known Bronx real
estate man who is friend OF President
Gibson of the Fairmont \. {. offered 10
furnish this money several months ago,
and is still ready to do 50.
Langford's victory over Bill Lang, while
generally anticipated here. was much
easier than ring SnarpS inquired it would
be. According to various ,ab.e re ,orts OF
the battle Lang never had a look IN ana
probably committed an intentional foul
10 save himself II. m the i..Svitab.e knock-
out. Langs weak showing was "A bitter
disappointment to Mcintosh, who pro-
claimed MIN world beaten, just no
did in the case of the overrated Tommy
Burns before the latter went down To de
feat at the hands of johnson. akinX u
line through Lang, Therefore. ring Snaps
said yesterday that kaufman, who Was
extended to the limit to outpoint the Aus
traiian in six-round bout In Phlladei-
phia last fall, doesn't appear to be 30
formidable now, and thal in their opin-
ion he would prove inferior to Langford
or Johnson in long-drawn-out contest.
Having made a punching bag OK
Lang, therefore, IL was argued yes
terday that Langford looms up as
the only logical challenger for John
sons title and that the man who stop
ped the Anticipated Jeffries at Reno
must yield to popular opinion by MAX
ing a match with the Boston Tar Baby.
1t was pointed out. too. that Johnson
IL he is wise will not wait any great
length Of time before hooking up with
Langford IL he hopes to retain the
championship honors. as the latter Is
several years younger and has taken
better care OF his physical condition.
In order to force Johnson to recognize
his claim to the title, therefore, Lang
ford must put up big forfeit in ad-
dition to accepting the Mcintosh offers.
1t Is probable that this money viii be
forthcoming In the near future. or just
friends here to put 1t in the hands OF
a respectable stakeholder.
1t appears that Lang weighed more
than 210 pounds when he entered the
ring with Langford and was nearly
fifty pounds heavier than the Boston
pugilist. The Australian fell victim
to Langford's remarkable speed and
terrific punching, for. according To
stories of the mill, Langford beat him
to the punch" necessarily and took
practically all the fight out of him
after the first knockdown. As the
fight turned out several conclusions
may be drawn by students OF pugi-
lism. One Is that Langford could
have beaten Burns as easily as john
son did and that he would have taken
Jeffries into camp. too: 1t Is also in
ferred that Lang would have been
ley ketchel II their bout at the Fair
mount Athletic Club last fall had
taken place. Lang appears to scale
down in form to point below such
heavyweights as Jeanette, Jim Barry
and Tony Ross, each of whom has
made a much more determined stand
against Langford on more than one oc-
casion.
The disqualification of Lang by Ref
cree Eugene Corri is another illustra-
ton Of the way the ring rules are en-
forced in England. Lang was dis
qualified by CORR for hitting Petty Of
ficer Curran while the latter was down
in the first round OF a recent bout in
London, while Jem Driscoll was SINH
larly ruled out of the ring in his scrap
with Frederick Welsh. Some of the
referees in this country might do well
to follow these examples.
Langford's next fight Will be with
Sam McVey They are matched for
twenty rounds April IL at the Paris
HippOdrome