Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-17
LGNGFORD OUTFIGRTS O'BRIEN
Negro Puts PhiladelphiAn TO Bad in
Five Rounds.
LOSERS BLOWS LACK IN sTLAM
Take Let Of Punishment In Fourth
Round and FiEhts Hard In
FIfth Untu LanEfOrd Lands
FtnishIaH Blow.


NEW YORK. Aug. iG-ssm LHngford OF
Boston with an advantage OF about ter
pounds IN weight fought Philadelphia
Jack o'Brien 70 g standstrl IN four and one
half rounds last night al the Twentieth
Century club. Referee Charley white pre-
vented a knockout when ne stopped the
bout In the middle Of the fifth round.
o'Rrien was practically out from the ef-
fects Of a hard left hook 70 the Jaw ana
had to be helped 20 his corner.
IL was the old story OF a clever, game
boxer pitted against q hsrdhitting tighter
and from the start the Boston heavyweight
had o'Brfen's measure taken. Langforo
blows we're on the sledEehRnmer order.
while none Of O'Briens swings and hooks
had sufficient steam 20 bother the negro.
Al the end Of the second round OBrien
WAS bleeding from nose and mouth, and
was cautioned frequently for holding.
Langford put O. Brien twice 10 the fOor IN
the third round. O Brien taking nine sec
onds on the second fan. oBrien was
weak. but managed to stan along untl
the bell gave him respite.
There was no question az % OBrens
rarnenesE. as be took q lot Of punishment
in the fourth and was fighting hard In the
fifth until Langford landed the finishing
blow.
FIRht by Rounds.
First Round-LanEford wasted very Little
time sparring, but got To work quickly.
y hrfen fOunu Lang ord'E head ano lace
win ifGhts, but the blows were Apparently
not foIyIpIe. ne mt me nesro a. ~ Ovn1iy
throughout the round. shortly before the
he'll Langiord knocked . brIen TO the ropes
with isrt 10 the boQy, but - br1en was OF
ms balance at the time. . Briens round.
second Round-Tbey mixed IN the mode
OF the ring and cnnched, both boiuing.
. Brlen upl'ercut to the Jaw with the ieft
LRngIUrd landed two hight lefts TO the head
ana . Brien retahated with a left 10 the
face. Q Rriens mouth was bleeding, but he
WAS fighting fast with flashes OF his old
time cleverDess. The men exchanged rights
10 The iRCe and LangfOrd landed q hard
right uppercut. . br1ens round.
third Rouno-Langford missed with q
short left but got an usnt under
from q right TO the head but was up
quickly. Although evidently firing, o Brien
assumed the aggressive and landed fusll-
Jade Of right and left blows on the ne
gru' face In a olinch Langford hammered
y Brien over the kidneys with q sleoge-
hammer right Langforo whipped two rights
to the head. The Philadelphia went down
and took the count OF eight Lsngfor6 $
Fourth Round--o' hrien came on with a
rush and put light lefts TO langtord 8
face. He followed with hard right 10
the chin. There was hard exchange IN
mid-Ttng. in which o Brien got all the
worst OF IL LRnEIoTQk snort TlknA anu
iefts TO the body wore down the Quaker
tighter precepubly. he came out Of the
clinch staggering and made a splendid, al
though momentsry, rally, causing the negro
10 miss four hard drives. OBrien was
saved by the bell.
Fifth Round-O' Brien had his fighting
spirit left and that seemed TO be about all.
LGngfurd put q hard left 10 the head and
followed II up with another fusillAde Of
kidney blows In ciinch. The negro shook
himself loose and tried with a terrific
right for the Jaw. Q Brien ducked IL and
LanEford followed with a sharp left hook
TO the Jaw. Brien went down on HE
hanus and knees He might possibly have
arisen before the count OF ten, but u was
evident that that was all he could have
done and the referee motioned Langford 10
his corner and helped the defeated fighter
20 arise.