Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-23

proud in selecting young Bloom to try
out the clever Englishman. On the
face of it the match looks like farce.
But the worst looking affair of the
week is the contest 60 scheduled for
Monday night at one of the Brooklyn
clubs-between Sam Langford and one
Bill Watkins. Watkins is a negro pre-
liminary fighter who might possibly
last one round with Langford if Sam
was in a good humor. But as far as
a match for Langford: well. I don't
like to knock, but such bouts do the
sport great deal of harm.
Langford is not to be blamed for
taking the match. II is not his fault
that he is compelled to box fourth
anybody in the game. However. a rule
of the New York boxing commission
bars him from competition with white
men in this state and popular senti-
ment keeps him out of work in most
other localities. So, therefore, Sam is
justified in taking on whatever is Of
fered-it is his living and the price OF
chicken is mighty high.
/ can't understand, though, why a
promoter will stage such an unequal
match as the Langford-Watkins affair
lis bound to be il every thing is above
board Watkins doesn't appear to have
the ghost of a chance with Langford.
No sane club owner can expect to make
any money with bout of that caliber.
would be willing TO take gamble
that the receipts will not be large
enough to pay Langford's guarantee,
let alone other expenses. Anyway the
bout results 1t is bound to be a knock
for the club. If Sam stops his ma n
right off the reel the fans VIII De
sore because the match was such
poor one, and if Watkins is there at
the end of the ten rounds the same
fans will figure the go fake Either
way the club gets the wort or IL
If promoters exercised better judgment
in the making OF matches for their ciups
they would find the promotion OF boxing
more profitable This thing Of matching
stars with second and third class boxers
will not get by with the pubic any
more The fans have been educ6ted ano
have quite as good line on the aoii,ues
and talents Of the boxers as the pro-
moters themselves.
What New York needs in the boxing
| line at present is at least one more DIG
! ciub-to take the place of Madison SQUARE
| to the ringmen. There is great heio
| here for live boxing promoter. mar
/ of the caliber and knowledge of the game
| of Jim Coffroth OF San Francisco woulc
/ get rich in New York in few years
/ time.
Mike Gibbons wants to box Packey Nc
/ Farland at one of the New YORK CLUBS
/ Mike is good business man ana see!
| an opportunity for adding TO his already
| substantial bank account through ten
| round go with Mcfarland.
] Il will make la pounds at X O'CLOCK
/ for Packey," said Gibbons the other day
| and not an ounce lower UT VIII max
| a match at 141 ringside If Packey think:
| he would be giving me SO much the bes
] of the weights at IA in the afternoon
At AT doubt IL would have very mucl
| on Mcfarland. l am not such a big fcl
/ low as the critics insist
/ Gibbons argues that IL he agreed to {
| lower scale he would not be doing jus
| tice to himself or the public. And l be
heve him. In fact, at III ringside
!, doubt il Mike would be strong enough Il
| worry the elusive Chicagoan- Packe,
| would be very little lighter and In bet
! ter shape than for any contest in which
| he has engaged in years 1t would be
| novelty for Mcfarland to train for
| contest and not find il necessary t.
| sweat off considerable beef