Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-16
LANGFORD ENDS
UP JACK O'BR|EN
IN FIVE ROUNDS
Negro Just Toys With Once,
Great Philadelphia Boxer,
Whose Dancing Tactics Fail to
Keep Him Away from Sambo's
Hard J0Its.

Sam Langford, the Boston "Tar
Baby and the only man capable of
meeting Jack Johnson, showed to the
satisfaction of all before the Twen-
tieth Century Boxing Club last night
that he is the class when he dis
posed of the one mighty Jack O'Brien,
OF Philadelphia, in five rounds. That
"Sambo' could have finished the fight
at any stage of the game was appar-
ent, but he just wanted to show the
patrons of the fight game that he is
the man he claims he is. The negro
whenever and wherever he pleased.
He tented the big Philadelphia int
Knots and then would land.
O'Brien was anything but a fighter.
Eo loomed up pretty strong as he en-
tered the ring, but after the fight "A
progressed one minute Ii was apparent
hat he was no match for his OPP
ponent. OBrien, nee very clever as
a boxer, looked mediocre alongside the
Tar Baby when he tried the finer
points OF the game. The tactics EN-
ployed by O'Brien were also question
able, and he was repeatedly warned by
Referee Charley White. In the first
round 0Brien went TO the floor with
cut being touched and gained the jeers
of the crowd. which were deserved.
Kid Mccoy was chief second for
OIL rien, while Porky Flynn held the
same position in Langford's corner.
At the sound of the gong both men
came to the centre of the ring. O'Brien
began dancing about, trying TO stay
away from "Sambo." Langford crowd
ed in and tented with a left and then
ripped in several body blows. o'Brien
danced away in time to evade a right
to the jaw. O'Brion sent a few light
taps to the negroes face, but with
out enough force to hurt a paper
weight. O'Brien was boxing fast, but
Langford shot in several body blows
that hurt. Dancing away, O'Brien
slipped to the canvas for a little rest.
In the second round O'Brien began
his holding tactics and held so fast
to tile neck and body of the negro that
it was with great difficulty hat the
referee separated the men. Both men
clincheG. O'Brien then sent a solid
left uppercut to the jaw Of Langford.
which was loudly cheered. Langford
landed Il straight left to the face and
OBrion'a nose was bleeding. O'Brien
began t. show flashes of cleverness,
but the negro always took the lead.
Throughout the round Langford
showed his superiority.
O'Brien came up in a crouching po-
sition in the third round. O'Brien
missed with d short left and caught a
right under the jaw. The Philadei-
phian was firing and again ATTEMPTED
10 assume the aggressive. In a clinch
lansford landed some of his -sledge-
hammer blows on O'Brien's Kidneys,
which weakened him considerably.
Lansford here began boxing and
reached O'Brien at will. He landed a
right and O'Brien too the count of
nine. O'Brien started the fourth with
a rush.. He then landed "a right blow
to the chin of I%.angford, which was the
only blow of the fight that he got
across that amounted to anything.
Langford sent rights and lefts to the
body, which put O'Brien in a bad way.
The bell saved the Philadelphia.
Langford came up in the fifth de-
termined to end the fight. He sent a
right smash to the chin and followed
with hard body blows. O'Brien held
on and Langford tried to get loose.
O'Brien ducked a terrific right, but it
was easily seen that only his fighting
spirit was left. Lansford followed
with a left hook to the jaw which sent
O'Brien to his knees. He might pos
sibly have risen, but it was evident
that he was all in and Charley White
put a stop to the battle at that point.
Among those present were Bob Fitz-
simmons, Kid Mccoy. Peter Maher.
Tom Sharkey. Billy Papke and Abe
Attell.