New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-17
NEGRO BOXERS
SLOWLY LOSING
GRIP IN Ring
Jack Johnson Last Of .
Really Great Line Of
Colored Champions.
EVEN HE IS GOING
DOWN HILL FAST
Old hge Rapidly Accomplishing
VIA Jefries and Other,
Have Failed In.

Fhe day of 'he negro boxer is ,v.,,.
pa'' 0-. ana unless rev crop ia u.
.s."o'd r tho 1cs- en- years a bi-.
g-ag- negro 0Hg.Ist a.' 10 a. r..
good "f.e reavyFs.q. is 60
Where once 'ne-c we-o George ~.
.t tdo o.r.amr cr and leat6erwo....
tfr,s,ol" Joe Cans pr rs7s Tho me-
IFftrn F0- 10. c. |ro. ard loo ~
co... me giant killer" in the rs',s.
weigh classes. there is not ~.
negro ooyer Of to-day below The e.
weight class who even sparosch,s x.
ability Of any ~ those men.
Among the o.g men. OF course L.
Johnson is s'.ll the champion 80
sam Lsngfcrd. Sam NcFea and H.
Joannctte ranked next .n order. Ts.,
strUgg ling bach m the ruck come n.
white hopes Of the hopeless II -,
case o. the blacks first and the Whit,
nowhere. JUST ~ the present
But ever ln the heavyweight rs,t,
the end IA In tight. Johnson is 800.
ing old, beyond his lighting prime
thought. and his refusal 10 fgt, A..
Of the BLACK tgnters is taken asa..,.
admission on his part that no il 4.
ginning 70 fee. advancing years S,-
Lsngford u still formidable. m. ~
late he has slowed ID. while Joe Js.r.
nette Is Just about through Joss -.
cent bout with John Lester Johnson
third or fourth rater. told II, oxr
story. Then sam McNea. recen,ly %.
turned from Australia. is 20 be rsss.
oned with, but since Langford won ion,
OUT Of his last half dozen till, ri,s
NcNes. including knockout 1,
thirteen rounds. one may draw his ovr
conclusions.
Johnson. Langford. Jeanette and Ne.
Yea have fought no fewer than thru.
two times among themselves. Jss,.
nette and Langfori hold the record y
his mutual benefit society," Th.v
nave come together no fewer than To-
times. according 10 the record boou
Once Jeanette won In eight round,
twice he earned a draw and three time,
sam won the decision. The other AZ.
fairs were OF the n0-decision vsris,y
In which Lsngford had some slight Al.
vantage for the most part There va,
seldom any material advantage
close enough 20 excite interest and ..
suit. in another match
Jeanette. indeed. was the WORK,
horse Of the lot, for. according 70 h,
record books. ne fought Jack johnson
no fewer than seven times. Once Jos
won on a foul. once he earned a drsy
once Johnson won referees decision
while the other contests were 70 70
decision. Jeanette made 10 50 un.
comfortable for the Galveston nesro
IN all the matches that Jack would
never meet him. once the chsmpien.
snip vas won. Jeanette Tough, We.
Yea four times. once 20 no decision,
once he lost IN twenty rounds. out he
revenged that defeat by knocking We.
Yea out in forty-nne rounds in Paris,
and then boxed him thirty-rounl
draw.
Mex. 20 Jeanette, Langford res
fought McNea oftener thar any Of ,hs
black men. The two Sans har,
crossed gloves no fewer than ssys,
times. Twice McVea held the la
Baby" 10 A draw in twenty round BAT.
ties Once he won. but three times
10 lost the decision. and once he vas
knocked out in thirteen rounds
jack Johnson thrice demonstrated
his superiority over Sam NcVea
Early in his career Jack defeated his
fellow Texan IN twenty round decision
battles. and once he turned him over
also in twenty rounds. Once, and only
once. did Johnson have the temeriiy 70
mingle with Sam LsngfOrd Jack Won
that contest after fifteen rounds that
he will never forget. He has always
refused 10 meet the Boston negro
since. but then he would never agree
20 fight Joe Jeanette 20 finish.
And now there is a new member o.
the black league. Battling Jim John.
son. the numbering heavyweight from
San Juan Hill. on the West Side 81 this
city. is bidding for patronage. He has
met Johnson. Jeanette. Langford ana
McNes. His bout with McVea still M
gers i'm the minds Of those who saw ~
He has wonderful physique. That
lets him out.
or course. the number n bouts b.
tween negroes. in fact. the recurrsri
bouts, they might be called, are due N
no small measure 10 the feeling agaln'
so-caled "mixed bouts" throughout ne
country. They must fight among them
selves or quit the ring.