Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-22

fight with AL Palzer, and, still
further, to go to Europe and there
meet Georges Carpenter and possibly
Jack Johnson, who is now there,
Flynn, whether he wins or not over
Smith, is sure to get good beating.
He can't get away from it. He fights
in close and he takes everything that
comes his way and then, when his
opponent is tired and sick at heart,
Flynn comes out of his hole, as 1t
were, and makes things most inter-
esting for his adversary. But, win or
lose Jim never fails to get his good
and plenty. He just can't get a
start, and it is not until after he has
taken a real hard licking that he be-
gins TO show his tenacious fighting
skill. On all we have seen of both
men. Smith would seem to be the bet
ter fighter, but, as Flynn says, Gun
boat will have to be better man on
August s than he was the night he
fought George Rodel, if he hopes to
win from him. That's also excellent
dope.
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The arrival of Sam Langford, the
only and original Tar Baby" is
sure to stir up affairs In pugilistic
doings. Langford comes back after
two years stay in Australia where
he fought some terrific battles with
Jim McVey, another Senegambian.
At present Langford is out on the
coast, where he is matched to fight
four rounds with Charley Miller, the
trial horse. Langford who has gen.
orally found 1t difficult to secure
formidable opponents, will find Joe
Jeanette, his worthy old foeman.
ready for him. No sooner had Sam
uel set foot on American shores
than Dan McKetrlck, Jeannette's
manager, was on his trail. Langford,
who would just as leave pass up
Jeanette, will very likely have to
give him attention, for MeKetrick
is sure to force him into a corner
and compel him to fight or else adj
nit he is afraid.
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Manager McKetrick is booming
Jeanette as the next champion and
he is booming New Jersey as his
home State.
WELL Joe, it looks as if New Jer-
sey will at last sport the worlds
heavyweight title flag" says Dan in
a letter to me. 1.-THE papers have
the gladstone news that Langford
has returned from Australia and also
the fact that as soon as the steamers
smoke was sighted coming up Frisco
bay all the white hopes on the
coast Immediately snatched up tele-
phones to assure the various sport
ing editors that they had drawn the
color line. This means that the Tar
Baby has to contend with what |
have been up against for a couple
of years around here The New York
boxing commissioners made it
smoother for the hopes here when
they drew the line for them. But
Langford must now make good on
the contract he signed with Uncle
Tom McCarey a couple of years ago.
You will recall that Sam signed to
fight Joe in Los Angeles, but he
changed his mind and hiked for Aus
tralia via Vancouver. and this is his
first appearance since then.
Il have wired McCarey and told
him l was ready to take the first
train to Los Angeles and would be
ready to do battle on Labor Day. I
also told McCarey that he could as
sure Langford that would not con-
slider any ten-round no-decision con-
tests here in case that Samuel had
any such idea in mind. l will give
McCarey a week to make Langford
live up to his contract to fight Jean
nette and If not will complete the
arrangements for my trip abroad,
where | have practically arranged
with Manager Vienne, of Paris for
two contests for Jeanette, the first
to be fought on October 1. Vienne
offers me two fights, no opponents
named This is immaterial fol-
Vienne will have more trouble In
getting a white hope or hopes
to fight Joe than getting my sigma
ture to contract. l figure thai
Vienne wants Joe and Carpenter
and will make the latter agree to a
meeting.
Il prefer the fight with Langford
of course, for the winner of thai
contest will be the real heavyweight
champion of the world and Mists
Jack Johnson will have to meet hin
or forfeit his title, which he has prac
tically done now when he turned
down the offer last year from Pari,
to meet joe
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Sam Langford has been barred from
boxing Charles Miller in Frisco. an,
no one. now that such announcement
has been made, is surprised Lang
ford is in bad repute in more thai
one city. On the coast, though. every
thing goes. unless you offend tn
gang" when you are Gin bad.
That's what Langford, no doubt, ha
done. For one thing, he PRACTICAL.
made match with Joe Jeanette be
fore he left for Australia, two year
ago, and he will have that to answe
for. He may get by eventually afte
much fixing up. and If so, he will
probably be compelled to meet Jean
j Dar AGaIE -ilal,