Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-01

points after twenty hard rounds. Lang
showed up in better form than at any
| time since he retired, three years ago; SO
| good that he is considering a trip to
| England and France for matches, and
/ possibly the states
| Now that the boxing commission in
New York state has let down the bars so
that white and colored fighters may mix.
what will the harvest be? The matching
OF Sam I.angford, the Boston tar baby,
with Gunboat Smith, the white hope. VIII
no doubt prove big card and the Madl-
son Square Garden arena viii be packed
when they get together, but should the
white man lose there will be another
howl against mixed matches, although
there is no great reason Why there shou!d
be as long as the fighters themselves DO
! not object. OF course this does not apply
to any point south of Dixie line, for the
southern people would hardly tolerate
anything of the kind. About the only
! time the southernerS stood for mixed
match was when George Dixon little
Chocolate) and Jack Shelley fought at
| New Orleans, two days before the Sulll-
van-CoTbctt battle, and even then II was
not approved by any means Dixon was
a great favorite, If he was colored, ana
as he always carried himself like a gem
tlernan he was admired and applauded,
even when he defeated the white man.
1t was the same when Peter jackson.
the wonderful Australian colored heavy
H.,
coast. Jackson was a gentleman and as
such was given every courtesy by the
American sporting people Sam Lang1ord
occupies very much the same position as
Jackson. Dixon and Joe Cans ana ior
that reason will be given every consld-
GRAFTON by the New York sporting men,
even though he defeats Smith Gunboat
may prove surprise dct MS nope ne
doesl, but the fact remains that me
betting will be :: To I or more on Lang
ford Sam is acknowledged as one OF
the greatest of heayyweishts at the pres
ent time and there are many VINO stanu
ready To back him to beat Jack Johnson
tany time they meet He has the weight,
the cleverness the hitting power and the
experience over Smith. .
He is shorter than Gunboat, but the
difference is more than made up Win d
rema rkable pair of shoulders, when gives
him such great hitting power and chest
that denotes stamina. Smith has proven
himself strong hitter and is fairly cieVer
for a beginner, but nothing TO compare
with Langford He has the confidence.
however and there is no doubt as TO ms
gameness, and there is always that one
chance of putting over wild SWING.
Clever Johnny Griffin. when he Fought
Sbllv Smith back in the early nlnetes,
had Smith against the ropes and prac-
tcally out and stood back with his hands
down for the referee to count his oppo-
nent out when suddenly Solly, in bound
ing back from the ropes. struck out wild
as he did SO and copied Johnny on the
jaw 1t was out for Johnny and q wild
swing win for Solly. Can Smith do IL
to Lancford?
Won't some one please arrange meet
ing between Kid Williams the Baltimore
eagle and Johnny Coulon. the champion
bantamwesht ana save Sammy Harris,
manscer of Williams. from the expense
of going to the Pacific coast in search of
rnatches% Sammy says he has tried
every means unde: the sun to get Cou-
ion into q match with his boy. but all
to no purpose. Probably Sammy has for
gotten that Johnny went into the wilds
of Canada II fish and hunt. and an
nounced that he would not be back until
October, when he would surely give the
Ea-,e match Williams has made
threats Of claiming the title and all that
hut to date has not done SO, at least
no one has given him the same by de-
fault In order to get even and forget
his worries about Coulon the Baltimore
claimant has taken TO ire Stage and is
doing a ..vocdeville" act with Young
Britt good little featherweigG1. II
Johnny CouloG had any feeling lie would
get a move on and come out-of the woods
and give Harris man chance, Aud
at that Williams deserves Try n the
title for he is surely a most detsrinined
little fellow and carries the goods right
with him. Johnny will have to match
up soon or pass the buck.