The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-13
CORBETT SAYS FRANK MORAN
WILL BOTHER GUNBOAT SMITH

| about it there is only one thing for
/ him to do. That is to make Palzer
| begin all over again. If the big fell
! low is the man Tom thinks he may
succeed in fighting his way back into
/ the front ranks again. But he will
have to fight oftener than heretofore.
| Two matches in a year are not enough
for a fellow of his type who needs
| plenty of work. Palzer is in need of
! get it is in the ring and in actual bat
! tie.
| Al has the physique and the cou-
rage. too. Personally, I think he is
a trif1e shy in the mental equipment
/ necessary to develop into a great
/ fighter. But if he decides to start
! at the bottom again and try to fight
himself back into popular favor he
| will have plenty of rooters. For as
a fight fan said to me the other day,
| you have got to admire a. fellow with
courage" And Al is as game a man
The Garden and st. Nicholas clubs
| have also locked horns over the pro-
posed acknowledgements match.
Both institutions claim the bout and
neither is sure where it stands. Lang
ford has expressed a preference for
the Garden-On account of it's great
er seating capacity, while Jeannette's
manager, Dan McKettrick, is thought
to be interested in the management
of the st. Nicholas, and naturally
would like to have the mill held there
Joe Woodman, Langford's manager,
told me the other day that there is
truth in the cabled story that the Jack
Johnson-Sam Langford bout is off. Joe
says the bout is a sure thing for De-
cember 20 in Paris, and that the only
thing that can now prevent the match
I
part.
If the boxing "conmisn'' rescinds
the anti black vs.. white rule a, match
will be cIinched between Langford and
"Gunboat Smith. And there will be
no delay or waste of time over details.
The managers of both men have al
ready agreed upon terms and the Gar
den will get the big bout. Possibly 1t
will be staged the night of September
19--next Friday.
Sam Langford will be a very busy
man for the next few months if he
goes through with all the battles his
manager plans for him. First, the af-
fair with the "Gunboat," providing, of
course, the authorities stand for it;
then, if victor over Smith, and on the
dope he looks a bit too classy for
anything in the white heavy-weight
me, VIII come. the long DELAYED set
to with Jeannette. And after that
Sambo will sail for that dear Paris
where he hopes to o~-batt1e e for the
championship of the world.
There are one or two obstacles in
the way of Langford's program lead
Mr.. -tGunboat' Smith might land one
of those hard right swings on the
tar baby's'' Vulnerable spot-wherev
er it is-and good bye, coon. Then
again, even if Smith gives him little
trouble, Sam must go through ten
rounds with that exceedingly tough
proposition, Joe Jeanette. Should
Sam trim these two huskies he will
enter the ring with johnson next De-
cember a hot favoFite in the betting.
An Indignant reader of this col
umn has written me lengthy rebuke
because as he puts it, I praised the
ability Of Freddy Welsh in a recent
article. My corresp oadent says I Ego
out of my way to boost foreign boxers
and to belittIe the Americans, etc
Also that should give Ritchfe cred
it for winning the title from one of
the greatest lightweight champions in
the history of American pugilism.''
The letter is. certainly the limit To
pan me for boosting" Freddy Welsh
and roasting Willie Richie. The
article the particular correspondent
refers to was printed in this column
last week, and had my peevish critic
taken time to read it carefully he
would have found that L praised both
Welsh and Richie. Furthermore he
could have discovered that I picked
Richie to win over Welsh in next
weeks contest.
At that readers, don't think Willie
will have such a cinch as some people
seem to think. Welsh is a great box
er and can step fifteen rounds to as
lively, a tune as anyone in the game
can play for him. Freddy is not a
s- ~, oI7a ION as
Richie himself. No dub can win
the lightweight championship of Great
Britain and Welsh has twice turned
the trick. Don't let anyone tell you
Freddy hasn't a chance with any
boxer of his weight in the game to-
JAS. J. ACoRBETT.