Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14

over Lee Anderson.
Jack Taylor won eight-round decision
over "Bearcat' Wright.
''Happy" Malone won fOur-r0und deci-
sion over Johnny BrOz.
Bob Ferguson won four-round decision
D,eR Ed Hunt.
Harry Kinnear and kid" Bruno fought
sOur-round draw.
Sam Langford, the Boston Tar
S..ss..oy,' may be old and veteran of
. many ring battles, long and short,
,ut when it comes to swinging both
nttens the OF boy is still there.
[ Friday night. in the main event of
Jan athletic show staged by the
Theodore Roosevelt colored post of
the American Legion at the City
auditorium, Langford and Lee An
derson, Portland. Ore, recognized
light heavyweight champ OF the
ebony scrappers, exchanged punches
in a l0-round encounter, with the
referees decision going to the for
mer.
The decision failed to meet the
approval of the fans. The western
Nnuckle-shover was entitled to a
draw if nothing else. Time after
time he landed stiff rights and lefts
on Langford's mid-section and head
without return.
While Anderson appeared to have
the better of the battling at long
arrange, the Boston Tar Baby"
1scored time after time when fighting
was at close range. Langford was
always willing to absorb a trio OF
blows in order to connect with a
clean wallop. Fighting this style OF
battle, the easterner seemed to be
at sea when battling at long range.
The Portland cruiser weight
started out by raining blows on
Langford's midsection. Before the
round ended the Boston 195-pounder
planted a couple of stiff jolts on
Anderson's jaw that made the latter
shake in his tracks.
.rhe second stanza was a repcti-
ton of the first, but in the third the
colored champ started playing off
ferent game. He would dance in,
connect with his left and then dance
out Of danger. Langford, always the
aggressor, bored in continually from
the start, taking advantage OF every
little opening in an endeavor to slip
over his famous sleep producer.
Rocks Anderson's Dome.
In the fourth Langford uncorkcd
an uppercut Just before the bell that
made Anderson's dome resemble a
rocking chair. However, in the nth
, the westerner bounced out OF his
corner, swung right that connected
with Samuel's Jaw and then repeated
with left to the stomach. Tie Bos-
tonian grunted, bored in, sunk his
right mitt in Anderson's stomach
and started in fighting.
Starting with the sixth the milling
clearly showed Langford to the ad-
vantage, especially when the two
mixed things in tight quarters. but
when it came to exchanging blow
Tor tlow in the open, Anderson was
superior to the veteran. :,
The westerner dropped his guard
at the start of tie seventh and Wad-
cd lrto his Opponent. A jolt to lle
head shook Langford's dome and a
right to his stomach made him 20
into a clinch as the bell sounded.
The champ earned shade in the
eighth, while the ninth was even
with the Boston Tar Baby" making
a good finish in the tenth.
In the semi-windup, Jack Taylor,
cclored Cleveland scrapper, handed
s.a, good drubbing to one "Bearcat
= Wright of local fistic prominence
Wei Ching 27 pounds less than his
opponent, the Buckeye battler cap
tured a margin in every one OF the
four rounds. He dropped the Bear
cat" in the second round tor a
count and then proceeded to make
the evening bad one for the local
fighter.
Battle Around Draw.
Harry Kinnear and "Kid" Bruno
fought four-round draw in the ini-
tial mill on the program, while
Happy" Malone was awarded a de-
cision over Johnny Broz after their
SCISQultu lOul CAlliDitioh'
Bob Ferguson, middleweight, won
a decision over Ed Hunt in the
third event, four-round go. Fer
guson hit his opponent with every
thing except the water bucket, stool
and one of his seconds, but Hunt
wa. hunting trouble and could not
be bothered by Ferguson's blows.
However, in the second round
Ferguson put his 157-pound weight
behind one of his punches and Jared
his opponent. The latter came back
and opened cut over one OF Fergu'
sons lights.
The show was the first boxing en-
tertainment to be staged under thu
new law. Both Secretary Il. II
Antics and Commissioner "Lum'
Doyle were at the ringside.