Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-06
JEANETTE OUTPONTS LANGFORD;
FASTER THAN DREADED TAR BABY
Boston Negro Lands Heavier Blows, but Jeanette Meyer Is in
Danger-Joe Closes ~Langfords Left Eye
and Jabs Him at Will.

Joe Jeanette closed Sam Langford s
left eye and hit the TAI Baby almost
at will in their ten-round bout in
Madison Square Garden. New York,
last night. On points Jeanette had
the fight by a wide margin. Langford,
however, was the aggressor through
out and had the more steam behind
his punches. Perhaps that is why the
New York sporting writer's said that
he shaded the Hoboken negro.
Others were kind enough to declare it
a draw.
Despite what the sporting writer's de-
clared, of the 1000 who saw the fight
last night it is safe to say that 5000
were of the opinion that Jeanette had
a wide lead on points and that he
never was in danger of a knockout.
It is remarkable how often good ex-
perts on fighting differ with the gentle
men who report the fights at the New
York clubs.
One thing is certain. and that is that
after last nights fight Jeanette, and
not Langford, is the man who should
meet johnson. incidentally. 1t might
be mentioned that Jeanette and john
son have fought several times. and
Johnson never had much, if anything,
on the unprecedented negro
The size of the ring favored jean
nette. 1t was twenty-four feet, and
gave Joe an opportunity for his foot
work, at which he is a past master.
From the tap of the gong in the open
ing round until the close Joe made he
dreaded Tar Baby look foolish. In
many of the rounds he would hit Lang
ford five times without a return. In
all fairness it must be said that when
Langford did LAND his blows had the
greater force. This was to be expected
Twice he keeled Joe over with terrific
punches, but Jeanette never took
lear the count.
Langford never tried harder in all
his life than he did last night. He has
q hearty respect for Jeanette, and
trained hard. In the early part of the
fight Joe landed a wicked right on the
Tar Baby's left eye. and it began to
close. Thereafter Joe kept poking
away at the optic. Langford frequently
lost control of himself and rushed
blindly. Then it was that Jeanette
stuck out his long left and kept Lang
ford's head bobbing back and forth
like a pendulum. Here is the fight by
rounds:
First Round-Jeannette led first and
Sam ducked the left. Langford rushed
in. landing a left on the ear They
got into a half clinch. both landing
body blows. Langford rushed again,
Jeanette crossing him on the eye with
a hard right in a mix. Jeanette
slipped down, but vas up in a jiffy.
They went Unto another mix and
clinched. Jeanette at long range sent
several lefts in the face, but he
clinchd when Langford tore in with
body blows. Jeanette missed a hard
left and fell as he lost his balance.
He jumped up laughing and Langford
went after him with a hard assault.
Jeannette's round.
Second Round-Jeannette put a left
on the neck and Langford in a half
clinch hammered the ribs with both
hands. San missed a swing and both
fell in a heap. AS Jeanette led Lang
ford shot a left hook to the jaw and
followed with a right to the body.
Jeanette clinched, and breaking away
he drove a long left to the neck. He
repeated this blow while keeping off,
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and missed the jaw with a terrific
uppercit. Jeanette, moving around,
shot in lefts, Langford still trying to
land one Of his dangerous hooks. jean
nette had the round on points.
Third Round-Jeannette shot a left
to the nose and slipped away from sew
eral swings. He put in more stiff lefts
and skipped around the edge of the
ring. Langford missed time and again.
Then the Tar Baby rushed in close
with a tremendous body smash and
Joe clinched. Jeanette quickly re-
sumed his footwork. but Langford
was after him hot foot, reaching the
neck with a great right-hand swing
and putting a left into the body.
Jeanette stood off and jabbed with
some effect, Langford finally rushing
TO close quarters. where he did no
harm. Jeanette worked the left
steadily to the gong and had the
round on points.
Fourth Round-Jeannette landed two
long lefts and retreated before a fierce
rush. Langford got to close quarters
and swung a right to the neck that
made the chocolatetcolored boxer
olinch. Jeanette continued to work at
long range until Langford rushed,
whereupon both men landed short
blows until they broke. Jeanette
used all OF the Neutrality-suspicious. ring
in avoiding the Tar Baby's rushes until
Langford got him cornered. Then a