Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-25

previous to the Monday nlSnJ oI
which the bout was held he had
danced and dined into the early hours
of the morning. Another thing, Lew
is was taken by surprise, his friends
say, for he thought he would be able
to outlook Boonton easily. When the
Kid showed so well, Banty didn't
know what to think of it and he is
said to have lost his goat" in a
way. Now, though, it is said that
Lewis understands Boonton and that
he will be trained to the minute If
: the match is made. Boonton Is said
to be anxious for fight and he is al
ways in condition, his admirers will
tell YOU.
We will wait patiently to hear from
Boonton and his manager and we
hope the boys will fight. The weight
! question will be a barrier, but the
boys should be able to compromise on
that score. The fight will settle a
very live issue and If Lewis is beaten
it will likely take some of the swell
ing out of his head. If he wins,
though, it is to be hoped he will not
bust.
Sam Langford, the doughty black
scrapper, is back from Europe and we
are sure to see a scarcity of white
hopes so long as Langford is around.
There was good reason for such
state of affairs at one time, but Sam
has gone back SO far as a pugilist that
there is more than one white hope"
who could beat him if the hope"
would only forget his fear of the
once famous Tar Baby" Langford
was a terror few years ago, and
the white hopes who avoided him
used good judgment in doing so. Now,
though, Langford Is nothing to fear.
His fight in New York with Joe Jean
nette and his bout in Boston with
Gunboat Smith proved that conten-
ton. Langford was fat and slow and
his punch was missing when he met
Jeanette and he was outpointed. He
was in better shape when he met
Smith, but the Gunboat gave him
real good lacing in Sans home town.
Since then. Langford has beaten jean
nette over in Paris, and he has won
from several boxers of no account in
Europe. Now he comes back here
after an unsuccessful attempt to get
init TAla
wants to fight anybody who will dare
to take him on.
@
From an inside source 1 have heard
Madison Square Garden went for
Sweeney" The men simply went into
the ring to give good, fast exhibit
ton, as the pay for their services
was to be very small. The show that
night was benefit affair" 1 am
told, and man high up in boxing
circles was the beneficiary. The per-
son in question is an employee of the
State. and it wouldn't do well to let
the fact that he was being rendered
was an air of quietness as to what
was done with the money on that
particular occasion. 1t is said, how
ever, that there is to be an investi-
cation of the New York State Box
ing Commission and that numerous
things will be brought to light.
C
Boxing is generally in for a knock
or two, no matter how we'll the sport
is conducted. In New York State at
the present time the game is being
handled in a very acceptable manner,
yet a bill has been introduced in the
Legislature at Albany to knock out
the Frawley law, which permits ten
round contests. 1t is said that the
bill is being introduced to get even
with one of the commissioners, who
seems to be in disfavor in some quar-
ters. This comes as a sort of a sur
prise, for there has been considerable
gossip going the rounds lately that
the duties of the present Boxing Com
mission were to be removed and that
professional baseball would soon come
under the authority of the commits
sion. No one cares whether baseball
is to be governed by State law or
not, but all the good friends of box
ing are anxious that their favorite
sport will not be interfered with.
C
Georges Carpenter, the French pu-
gilistic champion, has taken two
rather healthy contracts on his hands.
He has signed to fight Joe Jeanette
for fifteen rounds on March q and
he has agreed to meet Sam Langford
on May 16. Both bouts will be held in
Paris. Carpenter will receive $500
for boxing Jeanette, no matter what
the outcome, and the incentive for
| fighting Langford is a $4,000 purse
of which the winner is to get go per
cent and the loser 40 per cent. 1t Is
said that Langford also has a bout or
at the Olympia Club in London, and
that the announcement of whom his
| opponent is to be will create a SEN
sation. Some seem to think it will be
| Jack Johnson and others say it will
be Gunboat Smith Rumor has il
| that johnson will never be allowed