The Alaska citizen., 1911-01-23

heavyweight champion indulged in his exercise romp at Reno. Now that idleness has begun 10 pail on the big darky, he is beginning to talk fght again. He is credited with having said that the winner of the Langford-Jeanette battle would he a fair starter for him.
 We might run a fine Oo'hed comb up, down and crosswise of the list of present day boxers without rak- ing up more worthy opponent for the champion than the above men, tened Laneford. Yet Laugford, as cruel. mcrCiless and savage as he is, would figure no better than 1O 10 6 with Johnson. l. would be the old story of a good little man against a good big man. and in this instance the big man is in a class all by himself. Jack has fought himself out of a job. for the pres ent at least, so far as q real cham pion battle is concerned.
 Langford is sincere in hls cry for a chance at Johnson. For the past TWO years he has tried 10 beg, bully and trick the larger negro into signing set of articles. sammy believes away down in his heart that he can outgame Jack. which fact brings to mind one of the many interesting side happenings to the Jeffries-Jehnson show.
 LangfOrd was a strong Jeffries partisan So strong. in fact. that you will recall that both h. and his manager. Joe WCCdman. were given shotgun orders 10 stay away from the Johnson training camp
 sammy bet quite a respectable bunch of currency on the white only two chairs removed from the ringside, and among the hundreds of voices wasted Cn the desert air in roofing for Jeffres that lot after noon none was louder or more sincere than his.
 Crowd him, big fellow, crowd him. He's yellow all over"
 Johnson, althcugh his back was
 urued 10 LangfOrd. heard this cry: il was almost a wail-durins the fifth round. He and poor old Jeff were in clinCh at the time and h. negro held Jim tight in his em- brace until he had turned about 10 position where he could face Langford. Then instead of making an angry or sarcastic reply he herely smiled and made polite bow to Sam.
 No white man took Jeffres' de- feat mere to heart than did Lang ford. Sammy sought consolation from the proprietors of the little row of wine shops standing on the banks of the clear Truckec. All night long he kept both hands busy His left digging silver from his pants pocket and his right in lift. ing the glassware from the pine bar. Sammy made many speeches hat night, and they were all to the effect that he would make Jack Johnson cult.
 The dawn of the next morning brought scene of utter des0lation about the little brick depot at Reno. scene which no man who wasn't on the spot Can picture. A dozen of pilgrims worn cut from waiting and fighting for chance to board the outgoing trains, lay about the platform sleeping the sleep of exhaustion.
 Stretched out at full length on a baggage truck was Samuel J l.. Langford, fighting man. A thought ful .companion had removed the dusky battler's shoes. His head was pilloWed on a hard Cowskin suit case. Sam was taking the long count, and not until the morn ing sun shone fuli strength into his bloodshot eyes did he arouse himself Then he made his last Reno speech, which, as l remem- Der ii, ran along in this channel:
 Jack Johnson is no fighter, He has licked Jim Jeffries, but five years ago Jeff would have made Johnson run out on the end of the pier and jump into the ocean. am going to whip Johnson if I can ever get him into the ring with me. | may have to wait a long time, but I'll get him inside the ropes, and when l do I'll show you that he's got yellow streak as wide as old Broadway"
 Sammy then got into his shoes, brushed off his clothes, put soma- thing that the day before had been hat back on his head and went in search of Jre Woodman. A I4angford challenge was shot at Johnson this afternoon. Jack has had them as a steady diet ever since.
 Tn response 10 Al Kaufman's chal- lenge Jack Johnson says he will make match with the Californian and will fight any time and place that Delaney's man names. But the big negro insists that purse of not less than S25,000 must be hung up A boxing club in Paris, France, recently offered a s20,00O bonus to Johnson to fight Jeanette, but the heavyweight champion ridiculed the proposition. Wh n Kaufman reach es Paris he may be in position to name the conditions which Johnson desires. Some persons believe that Johnson and Kaufman have a pri- vate agreement to fight twenty-five rounds or to a finish in Paris be- fore next spring. Both are going to Europe next month, it is re- ported.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 24. Lew 4 IL.