The evening world., 1913-11-19
Gunboat Smith, Greatly I'm.
proved, Now at the Top Of the
White Hope class-Langford
Cart Train and Be Strong.
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cThe Nes York World.
- UNBoAT SMITH. by beating Sam
II Langford. has placed him
self ut the top Of the champion
ship hunting class. Tho Langford
Jeanette match In Paris. advertised
there as FOR the smpionship OF the
world" will have no Significance. For
II jeanette beats Lansford he will still
have TO deal with the man who beat
l.angford before him. And II Langford
beats jeanette that will simply elimi.
nate Jeanette altogether.
Gunbost says he'n demand match
With Jack johnson. and IL Johnson re-
fuses 10 meet him in Europe. claim the
title. Johnson has already been de-
ciared out OF the championship by pub
iic opinion and the Federation of
French Boxing Clubs. seconded by the
National Sporting Club Of London and
the English. American and French legal
authorities. In any case IL isn't likely
that Johnson will meet Smith. for John
son 10 a fat. bloated caricature Of the
need do to be pretty generally recog-
nixed as champion is to mingle freely
with the other big men who lay claim
to the honors. and beat them. That
little sob would keep him busy for q
while.
nUBLIC opinion regarding the Smith.
Langford fight Is that Langford
10 in as fighter. and that
Smith Is rapidly becoming heady. cal
culating. twO-hsted heavyweight, with
many advantages I, at few others can
claim. while Gunboat weighs only ls2
to 18 pounds. he is tall. muscular and
possessed Of wlry strength and plenty
q endurance. lie always has been able
TO hit. and now he has learned how to
avoid using wild swings and land short.
hard jabs and hooks and upper-cuts
0mith hasn't been nGhtlng so very
long. II he has fought a goodly number
Of hghts. Ho may be another Fitzsim-
mons In course Of time. One thing
about 0unboat. he has a well balanced
head and fine sense OF humor. I've
often noticed that the fighter who can
make . Joke and bring out q grin on oc-
sssion seems to have better knowledge
OF human nature. a greater ability to
know what's In the other fighters mind.
than the surly fellow. Compare Gunboat
Smith with Al Palzcr-two entirely oppo-
site types. Palxer has gone his way:
Smith u near the top and still going up.
( Palssf had the advantage. physically.
but no was surly. sullen. silent, dense.
GVnboat. with his wit and quick think
ing, 10 the real fighter.
wv com. back" % said 'y a former
w CHAMPION TO me q night OF
I've ago. speaking Of Sam I.angford
And no went on. mentioning John l.
Sullivan. Young Corbett and many 9th.
and found their stamina gone when the,
looked At on the outside.
That's what's the matter with Sam
Great as he has been. marveliously
clever. strong. active and effective in the
ring, he has grown fat He can train
much weight OF. but merely doing 6,
drags down his stamina. He'll never b,
the same old Sam again. And Sam Il
oaly twenty-nins.
4 friend of mine. however, think
Sam may Just be stalling n little. :"
saw LAngford and Jim Flynn night Il
Los Angeles when Flynn was good.
he says. THAT was a desperate fight
both tearing In at top speed every sec
ond. standing and smuggling. Flynn ma
ne best OF It. The crowd was Of
chairv. yelling hks mad. Even tn
nsWspApsr men were hopping up an
down with excitement II was 10 goo
that they matched jim and Sam righ
over again, for twenty rounds l sa'
that too. And 1t was different Say
came out grtnning. and while he wa
'hghtng he turned his head and Rdde
With the newspaper men. He hit Flyn
~ hs pleased without even looking a
him. lie made q fool OF Flynn an
knocked him out as soon as he wante
to. After that never think kno
anything about Langford."
Dut the consensus of opinion u tha
LAngfosd was trying up there In Boz
tsl He was fat Handicapped. lackin
IN Gpssd and endurance and couldn
fiGht well enough 10 win. He was L
against hard game, too. and ! rememb,
whom Jim Smith, the Westchest
farmer. gave Sam a hard time for
fev rounds Also there was Stanls
KsAehel. middlewe!ght champion, ~
l&nSNord. weighing lS pounds. keten
fairly whipped him. cut through h
thist scalp with a terrific right clos
4 one eye. and ripped into Sam 20 IA
with ssnsshes 20 body and head that
he'd the black man fairly buffaloed al
entirely on the defensive before tho 4
rounds were over.
uDon M'Al.LlsrER will surpr'
New Workers when he boz
young Mike Donovan" pl
dlcted a sporting man who has seen :
San Francisco middloweight In trsint
tAIs week. He's tho cisvsrest boz
sent East In years and he handles hi
self lik> a genuine fighter"
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