The evening world., 1911-09-19
According to the Stories Told by
a Retired Sea Captain in
Brooklyn, Sam Langford In
herited His Fighting Qualities.

tain living In Brooklyn, has some
Interesting stories to tell about
bam Langford's family. II seems. from
the captains tales. that Sam came by
his lighting qualities IN the usual way;
he Inherited them.
Sans father ana his uncle Bill"
says the captain. shipped with mo from
. port In Newfoundland and sailed with
me for years. Sans father was a ter
nble fighter. He never lost in a rough
and tumble. He was broad shouldered
and had long arms and a thin walls,
and iignt hips and legs. Ills name was
Bob Lsngford. lie was one Of the most
honest men ] ever knew. black or white.
After he had sailed with mo for a time
! made him my irst mate. 10 was a
good sailor. Bob was good natured and
even tempered. but once In a nght he
leaned up everybody In sight. lie WIS
about 5 feet lohs inches tall and weighed
IL pounds. His brother BIZ was over
ak feet tall and weighed 30 pounds. lie
was q fighter. TOO. lie was the stronx
est man ] ever saw. and the most sym
metrfcally built. He was like an old
Greek bronze statue. everything In fine
proportion. lilo could do things that no
Other man could touch ., all. For In.
stance, when we were unloading he used
70 stand na;-:oo;ed Oh dock, turn and
pick up . big barrel OF beef. give q, q
swing n toss II UP to the wharf above
his head. He used to take pride In feats
Of strength. ! know SANS mother, too.
She was broad-shouidered and abort
and stocky. ] guess sam Inherited his
build from her. but he seems 10 have his
fathers style Of lighting.
Z VIEW with regret" the %noun
tnent that Zbyszko Is coming here
. 10 wrestlo with Frank Gotch. After
the fake pulled OF with Hackenschmidt
In Chicago. by which tho wrestlors and
promoters managed to get their hands
on about pc 1000 OF the public's money,
1t 10 hardly likely that Gotch, the
champion" will bo urged TO 10
through tho motions OF wrestling In
\hicago. II Chicago stands for Go,ch
skain Chicago must be a real village.
Meantime We hope that Gotch won't
como TO New York. wo have OCCASION
ally seen fakes here. especially In
wrestling. nut that doesn't mean that
We caro- to have any more OF item.
lG lights are coming fast. To-
morrow night Abe Atteii and Matt
Wells. The Garden Is having a
monopoly Of money-mak!ng bouts OF
late.
Ado and Matt should furnish the
greatest possible contrast to the Flynn
Norris fight. Both are extremely clever
and fast. II will be n pretty bout to
look at. whichever wins. or even II
Abis pulls of n Of his old-time close
finishes.
Abe has fought a number OF light
weights. and with the rough ones has
made good. He could always give Bat
Ting Nelson all the fight he cared TO
handle. His one stumbling block among
the lightweights was Freddy Welsh.
who trimmed Able handsomely IN Los
Angeles.
And here IN dope ready TO you hand.
Freddy Welsh beat Attell without any
trouble, being nearly as fast and clever
and having quite a bit OF an advantage
In weight.
&, Matt Wells. In England. outboxcd
Welsh easily.
80. II both really try. Wells should
be returned victor. Sometimes dope
doesn't work. II Able were at his best
Id be inclined TO string with him IN
spite of the dope"
To-DAY things may begin 10 s,i,
In the Boxing Commission. II q
said that the Governor intend
to appoint some one 20 take the plac,
OF jim sullivan, retired, This win mc,I
4 revision OF the boxing rules original,
passed as well as n thorough goinI
ever of the license question. That Is
It will II the Governor happens 10 se
lect another O'Neil. ], he selects SOM
amateur official Il vii! mean that Jane
E. will still be In a position 10 'sug
sest." In the amateu. world Mr.. SUN
q suggestons carry Melkht