New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-04
BOXING BOUTS Of WEEK MAKE RAPID PROGRESS
Landlord and Jeanette Wind Up
Training for Bout.

Idlliillu lUi Dull
Slawming the punching Tag with
savage left that almost broke the leather
from the platform. Joe Jeanette. the
West Hoboken light heavyweight. wound
10 three weeks Of hard work for his bout
with sam Laneford the dreaded Boston
Tar Baby" which Is 70 take place at Madi-
son Square Garden tomorrow night Joe
never looked better in his fife, and If Lang
+ ford manages TO do better than draw he
/ will have 10 box al top speed from the
moment the gong rings until the bout is
over
For the past few weeks Jeanette has
1 been training At Jimmy" De Forests
training camp a Allenhurst y. J. From
an easy going affable fellow. he has turned
into a sullen. savage. merciless fighter. Yes
terday afternoon he boxed about twenty
rounds with his sparring partners. ana
after the work was over all hands We're
we'll satisfied to rest for the night. carr
Morris. "AI' Benedict and the other men
Of his staff were The victims and all were
| badly beaten around. There i no DOUBT
IN the world that Jeanette is right
Hitting the road for a long run IN the
morning Joe came back to the gymnasium.
and after a rub down waded into the big
sandbag and roughed it for fully fifteen
minutes The sandbaG was followed by inc
rome Jumping and without rest the DIE
negro wrestled and rounded up his part
rers for the gloves. At the end, although
streaming with perspiration, Joe was
scarcely drawing a hard breath, and his
only statement was that he wished that he
could enter the ring right then and there
and have it done with.
Working like a beaver at Felix Boehm'3
canp AZ New Dorp, Staten Island. Sam
ranqford has got himself into condition.
The easy going methods Of preparation
for the contests with Jack OF rien and
Yin" Smith were not at all in order and
a campaign OF the most strenuous work
POSSIBLE was mapped out and followed
,rbare is little love lost between Langford
and the man he is TO meet for the, pur-
pose of deciding VINO shall hTst meet
Jack" Johnson The Tar Baby is out
TO make Jeanette long for home Ions ne
fore the limit is reached The quarters
were stormed by visitors from the city
who were anxious to see the man rated as
the greatest boxer in the world Dy many
prepare for his acid test.
Sam was in the mood TO entertain ana
worked for over an hour in the gymnasium
vrbiIo tbe crowd looked on. After the run
on the road. which Sam "jes hates 10 40
n. worked at the weights and heavy DaS
for almost an hour. That over he called
his reluctant sparring partners to the mat
and put on the gloves. sam Is an easy
= man with his partners as rule but IN the
d,al work to-day no quarter was shown.
-Four big negroes were mauled from one Oh
tho rooms 10 another Until one after an
other they resigned
Iarcford and Jeanette have met iouF
times in the past. and in each case tle
fighting was If the most desperate de-
scripti0r. All the battles were OF snort
duration. and ali went the limit The hrst
meeting was in Baltimore in 1919, In WnlcH
Te3rnette received The decision after eight
rounds. out on the next occasion, a yedI
later in Boston. they bdtt.ed fifteen rouhuS'
with sam having the better Of d.. Lawrence
Mass. was the next scene Of action, ana "a
draw was the result Of twelve ROUNDS oil
work The men boxed at IN" NauonaI
Club i'm New York IN 1893 IN a siA-round
contest with 10 decision. II was thOugh'
that Joe had a slight shade I'm the ring
and s. nile going 10 MS training quar- l'Ia
. 4rter Tho raftlc sam collapsed iOf lew
minutes Back 10 Boston In september OF
+ $50 the men fought hiteen rounds WIFI
Iangford the victor ,,...
] Vna postponed bout between Fal
Moor. and Harlem Tommy MURPHY
which was 10 have taken place ~ tne Ma
tior3l Sporiing Grub of America last week.
yin be- contested before the same club on
THURSDAY \ slashug battle y expected.
linn smith the WeStchester farmer. on
"Wednesday night win face "POrky tlynh
pr the Fairrnout Athletic Clue. smith put
m "A pluckv hattie against sam LanStord,
and wili no doubt keep Flynn boxing ~
fCI rrecl Boz order TO keep out ~ range OF
tts flrio1ls PUSHES and indghtins tactics.
I George Bush. son Of Frank Bush, VINO ~
ono timo was a Sparring partner or John
l. Sullivan. viii box ten rounds at the Bay
Head Athletic club Of Far Rocka|ay to-
night aLau.st th. veteran tommy aTol
ii nile tho RockaWay fans are watching
carroll and 2GSn perform, The Brighton
Beach Athletic club will hold two tom
round bouts Barry Hin and the hofomo
KID wiz match their eye ana Drawn Iu
The first battle While Willie Carroll nh.
kid" Williams will wind up the evening
entertainment with a contest or similar
duratior. 'Ty" Cobb Of Bsltmor. and
Fddfe Powers Of Brooklyn viii appear I'm
the main contest on Friday nishl a. the
same club
Jim Tynn. the Pueblo fireman. has set
ted down 90 hard training for tn" tenta-
tive match with cart Morris which may
take place in New York within the next
few weeks Flynn Is already ~ good con-
ditlon. and says that inc could b'S 1t
weeks notice.