Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-13
time ANDCUsTOM
CHANGE in PuG|usM
iieayics Now Falling Over Each
Other to Get a Chance at the For
mer Terror, Sam Langforl.
WILLS DOWNS HIM -FOUR TINIEs
This in a Period OF Six Minutes, Prov.
ing That the Dusky Has q Weak
Jaw-Wants Another Bout With
His ConquerOr.

NEW YORK. Uecember 12.--Time and
custom change in pugilism. as they
90 IN every other walk of life. This is
typihcd By events Of the last week In
SO far as Sam Langford Is concerned.
For tho first time In his ring career.
the enigma Of the black dynasty fin
puGiliSm lis literally swamped with
challenges.
Langford has ever been a bueaboo
81 TO aspiring white heavyweights.
Those Cnucaslans who had pretcnsions
TO premier honors avoided the Lang
ford personals they would the plague.
one mover heard of n white hope"
hcing rash enough to hurl def at
l.angford and mean II.
IT docs no. require an elastic imagi-
nation to reason out why LanYfOrd
was thus carefully stunned Unfor-
tunately for Sam. he was the possess
sor of n peculiar right Jolt that ira
yersed less than six inches, and meant
the ruInation Of what boxing ambitions
the recipient ever cherished.
But. as remarked in the Introductory
sentence, time and custom change even
in the boxing game. So Langforh Is
challenged as he never was challenged
before.
There is n tenson.
Tho reason?g Well the white heavy
the Langford OF 1914 is not the Lang
ford OF last year or other Gears. What
! Induced this suspicion is the fact that
in his bout with Harry Wills. the will
1owy and dusky heavyweight. Lang
. ford was hoorcd no less than four
times in the first two rounds Also.
Sam was so befuddlcd at the end OF
the second round that the BLACK
! death had to be directed to his corner.
Up to the time Langford collided
impervious TO any bomhardmcnt. Of
blows directed ut his podullu oDlon-
gata. But since Wills has demon.
strated that Langford can be knocked
down with punch TO the jaw--and the
feat performed four times in six min.
ntes-the white heavyweights are fair
their haste. TO have their challenges
reach Langford first.
I.angford. when II was first announced
that Willard had signed with Johnson
for championship battle. Il was also
divulged that Willard would not take
part In any other bout until after the
johnson fracas But since the Wills
affair. Willard has openly declared war
spremc confidence In his ability to make
Sam close his eyes and be oblivtous OF
his surroundings for ut least ten sec
onds during the course o. the encoun-
ter.
Gunbont smith Wants Chance.
And then there is "Gunboat Smith
ford slowed him away In two rounds
up in Boston IL few. weeks back. The
"gooner"-now looked upon as the
Goner"-was 80 ashamed of being
knocked iifeless for u brief spell by
innsford that he went into hiding.
Langford npheavai by wills.
mot to forget Carl Norris who was
suppressed to be back at his old engi-
ris has resurrerted himself for the oc-
casion. and Will not be denied In hurl-
Ing chailengeEat poor. old. dilapidnted
If there are any other white heavy
weights not mentioned as challengers
OF Langford at the present moment YOU
are sure to hear from them in the i'm
mediate future. Not one OF them Is
going to overlook the chance to chal-
process is good. matters may ASSUME
q different aspect after Langford's next
fight.
VIII Hos walIop.
The leading white heavywcights evil
IDENTIFY overlook the fact that Lang
ford still retains, his deadly waiiop.
to conquer Langford on the fact that
sam can be at least Knocked down, IL
nat t, out; Langiord showed that he is
came back and Knocked out Wills In
the fourteenth round.
Tho Boston demon has consented to
take on wills again. in the hope of
proving to the boxing populace that
Wiilss knockdpwns were OF the huke
wrenched his ankle in the first minute
OF fighting, and says the injured mem
Der could not supper; the weight of
avery time Wills sent him TO the floor.
BY reason OF his notable performance
against Langford. Wills Is in demand
and has been secured to fight Sam Nc
Ney down in New Orleans.
Poor Georgia Carpenter! Petted and
idoIized, and the possessor of $500, 200
one month: ignored, almost forgotten
in the front battle ranks. and practical
ly penniless tho next. Such are the for
The present European catacIysm has
cost Carpenter every franc no has
earned In the ring, he 1T one time be-
ing worth close to 100000 This
snug fortune has been wiped out. Car
pentiers savings We're invested in the
coal mines OF Courrieres and Lens.
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