The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-09-24
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n ISLAM" lang;ord ls Much Out
Of Condition Hen Most Likely
Make Quick Work Of Gunboat
Smith. s.

COTyn4nt, 1914, ~ Inc wv ruuusnin2 ~.
tThs Nsv York World.
T4ERES q story out that Jim
Buckley matched Gunboat Smith
against Sam Langford just be-
cause James dreamed that he saw
0unboat wailop THAN on the lower
left hand edge Of tho wish bono and put
Aim down for long ten count
We hope that In this case dreams
won't 20 by contraries." as the old
saying has II. 0unboat Smith Is . nice
young fellow and We like to have him
around. He has . sense Of humor. I'd
rather hear 0unboat detail his ring ex-
perisnces than listen to Al Joison's Joke
shout the ci&sk lighter. You might real
mark at this juncture that Jolson has
. lighter sense Of humor. but for all
that. give me Gunboat's brand. Gun
boat has such . neat way OF emphaslz-
Ing his joke. They say nothing can
drive an American Joke through q Brit
ish skull. but remember what Smith did
- Bombardier wells's occipital bone.
Than" y said to have trained on
ten pounds. Then he must now weigh
something less than q ton. That's ~
far - I'm prepared to 90 In telling
Same real weight to-day. l suspect
that the commissions Inspector slipped
cog when he weighed Sam at the At
lentic . couple Of weeks ago. Sam
locked at least 20. though he was said
b scaie under ~.
II Langford 10 much out OF condition.
the night II likely TO be short. Sam will
Dc In hurry. not wishing to risk get
ting winded or arm weary. A. \ boxer.
LAngforo has more real fighting class
than any other heavyweight on earth
~ present What he doesn't know
could b written on = postage stamp
IN iettsra \ foot high. lie knows when
TO hit and where TO hit and how 70 hit
ana now and then he has shown that
~ ,knoKs when not 70. hit-which IL
when he wishes to save an opponent
Tor future reference. 90 to speak. Sam
wouldn't have any particular object in
being gentle with 0unboat.
Tnfes Just one thing In Gunbost's
1evor. LAnsford can be knocked down.
Stin Barry knocked him down 20 hard
" the nrst round OF six-round bout
At the Sharkey A. G. that he sprsined
Lanxford's ankle. lie did the same
Giek AGAIN. Iron Hague nattsned Sam
Tor . couple OF seconds In England,
Perky Flynn dropped him. The trou-
ole V mat he sets up again and becomes
real fussy after . knOckdown.
BUT Langford can be knocked down
~ rough lighter Of the Barry Hague.
Flynn class. 50 0unboat may slip one
ever. And u 0unboat taps Sammy or
Ne eean-in the vicinity Of that famou,
eccipltai bone-well. Sam may take q
1ive like ali the others. The difficult,
81 lies In that III" Langford has 8,
much cisverneas. and such a knack O.
smiting the fellow who y swinging o,
him. that there's some question whsthe
OF not 0unboat can ever land "A dan
osrous punch without having the OK
1srisnce Of the fellow who tried TO de
sssey dynamite cap by hitting It Will
. csbblsstona
\" lille the football casualty list
Are hardly worth noticing. I sc
thAt Solf has already elaine
its hrst victim. st. LOUIS man havin
died after rupturing an artery Will
Staying the game near his home. An
sst soinr poopis ih'nk that goli isn't
real sport!
Pratt Of the "BrOuns" ,oants
10 try to catch ball dropped
from the top Of the Washington
Monument. Nothing original
about that. The gentleman who
tried 10 catch turaip hrOt0s
fr0Ns the top OF the monument
on q tD0.ttaed fork held befuees
his teeth took al the shine out OF
that baseball trick.
~ARL MORRIS writes that he'd III
20 try q turn with Sam Lansfor
although hes willing to make
Gunboat Smith II Gunboat nattons Il
Tar Baby" Morris and Langford
one RAG would be some thing Of a s.g!
Carrs gameness has been well prove
and bis great size and strength, vi
whaS ne has learned OF boxing In {;
past three years. S.,uia ns.4s aim q
Of the toughest propositions Langto
ever faced.
TT strikes me a. mthsr q funny thi
that. with all the lightweight oh,
ienglne and tslky-talk. JACK Br
tons name has never been mentions
y0 before Leach Cross went to "a
fosnia and became famous throu
beating Anderson and Baldwin. Britt
beat him easily. Britton also gave Bs
win tbs beating OF HIS life shortly
fore Crows took close decision o,
Baldwin IN California. That nif
Batton made clever Matty stop a
laugh ~ his own inability to elti
hGht or defend himself. The only you
Esntleman Of the ring who has sho
anything on Br!tton IL Mcfarland. "
sGtclaSses them all az = boxer. 30 W
q Richie, Cross and all the rest
tnsm paAs Britton w? Can any Q
GpAssf ~
u the words OF famous Commod,
pessy, "ouimet the enemy and they 9
ours"