The Washington times., 1915-02-19
Tommy Lone Refuses
To Dope Bout Winner
Washington Veteran Sorry He Won't Be Here to See
Langdon and Cortez Battle at Ardmore.
Philadelphian Arrives in Capital, But
Won't Discuss Contest.

nation battles to be staged at Ardmore
is undecided as to which man will win
this coming Langdon-C Cortez contest
what chance has the average fan OF
doing SO? And Tommy truthfully ad.
mits the impossibility of picking the
winner.
Langdon is the tall. far-reachinE jab.
ber. with q fair right-hand hook and
uppercut. He likes to move around Eii
man. jabbing him of his balance and
then rushing In with hooks and upper.
cuts from both handles. He has stin
wallop. too, and Is perfectly willing tC
swap wallops with any opponent. 1t Il
more than likely that there will b
many times next Monday whom Lang
don and Cortez will be locked together
favorable opportunity to send over tbs
haymaker.
Cortez. shorter and stockier, with q
shorter reach. depends on his absolute
ruggedness and speed to carry him Il
victory. Whenever he lands his right
as Tommy Lowe testifles. Cortez hal
an iron jaw. Never in all his career
has he been knocked out. The same
may be said Of Lansdon. Indeed
neither Langdon nor Cortez have beer
knocked down more than once or twice
The Quaker was the first of the prin'
cipal performers to arrive in the Capt.
tai, getting In last night with his spar
ring partner. Young Feeney. who Il
to meet Young George CLANCY Mon
day afternoon at Ardmore. Langdor
looked in good condition and said he
needed little but shadow boxing to en-
ter the ring and hand Cortez trim
ming.
I'm not boastins about anything.
| remarked the close-mouthed Langdon
please the fans. Yes, expect to win:
Aside from that the Philadelphia
lad refused to talk about his conlint
| clash with Cortez. He was more will
ing to talk of Kid Williams and.Johnn.
Kilhane both Of whom he has seen II
| action in Philadelphia recently.
'They are all after Kilbane and vii
| liams in Fhiliy," smiled Langdon. .ant
wouldn't be surprised to see then
matched. 1t Will be Il great six-rounc
| fairly fly over the short distance. Wht
would win? That's another thing. An!
| time Williams connects with mat wal
| lop of his, It's curtains for the othe
| fellow. But kilbanc's cleverncss mus
| be considered and Williams nigh
have considerable trouble landing"
Young Feeney. who tackles YounG
| George Chaney, of Baltimore. Is stou
little fellow. He won't talk much abou
/ himself. merely saying that he will d'
! his best to please the Washington fans
! Manager Wilson, I.angdon's boss. II
. willing to predict. though. that Yount
! Fecney will do SO we'll that the rooterI
will demand another appearance fol
| him.
"All he knows Is fight. fight. night al
| the time. from the first bell to the last.
says Wilson. "He Is used to the six
round stuff. and will carry this Chanc!
along until the end. unless something
happens before that"
Grover Hayes, one of the vetera,
lightweights Of the ring. now wants Il
be considered eligible for q battle will
Tommy Lowe. or any other good 10Y
at the Ardmore Club. His manager
Jack Burns, of Baltimore. writes tia
Hayes will tackle Langdon. Whitney
Cortcz or any lightweight picked by tn
club.
Hayes has met about every light
weight in the country, his battles will
Freddie Welsh. Mandot. and Dunde
being his best. lie Is Of the tough
milling type OF slamr1rer. always mixinl
In to deliver his hard crushers to tn
body.
Hooking Grover Hayes with anothe
tough lightweight might he the bes
thing the ArdmOrc folks could do.