The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-01-20
COLORED CHAMP NO
MATCH FOR DEMPSEY,
SAY SPORT WRITERS

Harry Wills won q decision over
Sam Langford in their io-round bout
at tho Milwaukee arena Tuesday
night but he would stand little chance
with Dempsey.
This 10 the unanimous opinion OF
Portland sport writer's who witnessed
the affair. Wills landed on Langford
so or more times. with both rights
and icfts Of unchecked power. but
beyond q temporary shakcup they left
tho ancient Tar Baby little the
worse for wear. One cannot imagine
Dempsey hitting Q man 90 often with
out disastrous results to the reeipi-
ent. bH~sS
DsAn't Fear Wills
LanGfcrd displayed no fear OF
wills. There were frequent periods
when Than" was on the aggressive
and had his larger opponent backing
into the ropes under fusillades Of
short lefts and rights. most Of which
were blocked. Wills outboxed Lang.
ford at long range. and the latter
couldn't do anything effective until
he got TO close quarters. when he
would manage to rip through . few
Of the short punches which once
made him tho bad man" OF the
prize ring.
Wills took an edge In most OF the
rounds, particularly In the seventh.
whom he spun Sam about the ring
with Q bsrrasc OF long range lefs
and rights. For q moment It looked
as II Sam was soins to be rocked to
sleep. but he weathered the storm
without taking any count. Just before
the bell rang. Wills shot a terrific
right to Sans jaw and the Tar
Baby" didn't know what corner he
belonged In. He stood in the middle
OF the ring until he got his bearings.
Sam Blocks Many
That was the ncaerst knockout OF
the contest. Before and after that
Sam contrived TO parry many OF his
opponent's most vicious leads. occa-
sionally slamming his own right over
Each round was virtually q repeti-
tion OF the other. with wills lead
piling up gradually. In the fifth
round Referee Tom Loutitt thought
Wills was inclined TO make a waltz
ing match OF II and was holding HIS
punches. He warned Wills and the
big fellow did better work in n
Sixth. which was a fast and thrilling
round. Wills afterward explained
that his lack OF eagerness to finish
Sam was due TO an injury TO his right
mitt In one OF the early rounds. II
was plain that Wills didn't care 10
take too big a chance OF Sam slam.
ming him to the Jaw and spelling
matters for the rest Of the evening.
His respect for the "old man" stood
out In full view.
Shame On You. Says Sem
After the fight uangford said:
There's your champion for you. Just
getting q decision over an old man
like me. That fellow can't beat me.
because he can't punch hard enough.
With more time to train and In
longer fight. say OF 20 rounds. I
think ! could put Wills out"
Tho crowd was with Langford. but
realized that no had been outpointed
and outpecked and consequently re-
ceived the decision we'll.
Langford weighed 100 and Wills
The preliminaries were fast and
exciting. Frankie Richie and Alvia
Landon fought . four round draw.
Willie 81. Clair took . six round de-
cision from Soldiers Woods. . clumsy
boy whose only asset IL his ability to
absorb 100 punches to the minute.
The semi-windup between Eddie
Richards and Rube Finn was great
battle. Richards winning after q
gruslling contest.