Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-03-11
OFFERLANGFORD
$1,000 TO FAKE

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! twice, once in Frisco and again in the
proposed fight between the pair in this
! city some months ago, and that Lang
ford left town because he felt he would
be double crossed, is the latest tale tc
see the light of day, says Coast
paper.
The sponsor for this story is none
other than Bob Deadly, at that time
handling the numbering Californian
Deadly, bearing the reputation of Il
square sport and an honest man. be-
came incensed when he heard that
Kaufman was knocking him along
the burlesque circuit.
The big chap is out with bur-
| lesque company, and he has been
making quite reputation in one word
monologues. He could not keep his
thoughts to himself, and in an unwise
moment started the hammer work on
his former manager
Agreed to Go Along Easy.
This tale brought to Bob did the
trick. Another chapter is added to the
i'll smelling stories of local fighting
and fighters.
''Langford agreed to go along easily
with Kaufman in that fight" said
Deadly today. al asked him to do so,
and Sam agreed Now, however, Sam
got wise that Kaufman was going to
double cross him and he jumped the
town"
That's the whole story of that af-
fair Langford got all the panning,
but Kaufman deserved some of it, too.
Kaufman offered Sam $4,000 when
Al was in Frisco if the black would
let him go the limit. Joe Woodman
it was when Woodman came and put
me on. Langford tipped his manager
to this, Langford doing business with
Kaufman direct and not through Joe
as usual.
According to the pretty little scheme
that Al had mapped out, Woodman and
myself were not to be tipped, but Sam
was to get the five thousand plunks,
and both fellows were going to keep
their mouths shut about the whole bus
mess
THAT made me hot under the collar.
/ went right up to Mr.. Kaufman ana
told him that if he didn't fight on the
level | would chuck him overheard and
then expose the whole rotten business.
Then Kaufman wanted to double cross
Langford and slip one over, but
would not stand for it. Then he called
the fight off, saying to me he would
not try any such funny business as
that again.
Wanted to Stay.
"Then came the fight which was toI
be held in this city. Kaufman went
through with similar proposition toI
Sam, and they agreed to go through
along with an easy affair, and kauf-
man was to hand over a bunch OF
money to the hacker for allowing him
to stay J.
Il tipped Woodman before the fight
was announced that Kaufman might
try another piece of funny business,
and while Joe and l watched him about
every minute, he got the word through
without our knowing it. In fact, 1t
was a week after that / learned about
it. Harry Edwards smelled a rat, too.
HE got all the bunch, Woodman,
myself and the two fighters and ref
cree, and told us that he had suspi-
cons. He also said that if the fight !
looked the least bit off color he was
going to have the third man in the
ring stop the fight,
kaufman was willing. He had
trained to the minute with the inten-
ton of putting over one on Sam and
double crossing him. Langford had
not trained. He Quit, jumped the town
and took the whole blame; that was
the whole inside of that matter
1--WE handled lot of good men In
my time, and that is the first time one
of them tried to make me look crook
ed Now let Kaufman deny that"