KAUFMAN LANG MATCH.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14325, 15 October 1910, Page 12 (Supplement)

KAUFMAN LANG MATCH.

■ The of the match, in J>e»y...XorK, hel-ivc-en Al, ixa-ujinsm Langiord is gtvan in x-ba London, /Sportsman'' as from its American oei respondent,. /under the heading. .'.'Another. Fiasco/' "As I .anticipated in the 'SpcrtsrMn' the great six-round ciin.njpioiusliip between Al, Kaufman, of California, oixl Sam Landlord, the Boston negro, ii.;s furled to materialise, and the *porl lias been given another Woiv, wlnlc it is oniy natural to add that the sportiii!; public has once more been fooled. The ounU'st was to .have taken place on ot ram was postponed until la so inyJ'.T, Alcii cw*»aiv-iour Lours' delay Lad aiiVeLod Lim, demanded ;i furtlior pjstpouoiiicui or a guarantee ol : iu go on ur, once instead of a porccutngs. A this ii;uriLing thai (-lie reason oi tho ihusc-o was duo to a bivnk ni a "iranioup arrangement. As a hup.U'.r of iuct tlio utgro playod iiis cards badiy, and it was oviuoi.it to overyonu but iho press and the hopeful promoter that xho Jigia w;is, like the majority or [jrum-oied tor the i

J just year or two, piuvly a bunco game. I Up to List Saturday night LasijrforU I was poi-r<.i-miji;v a boxing act, twice a I «av, on the siage, and when not tluis | ho \v;u> enjoying himself by ! c " uil *' n *' ,ri sS ior fiibuloiia a mourns. Ho may nut altogether be to o.ai)io for last mghe's proceedings, or ins lack 01 genuine t-rainiiig for the contest, but lie will got all tlie credit a i; d w *'' pi**>hftb]y find .England or tiio Continent his rtlocca in future. j. :ir.s seems to fancy these people, and Gav City can have them, as inlUrecUy, even when they are of chamcalibre. tliev and [heir wh'ie managers bare helped to kill the game here. _ jAeaid that tho udvnnoo sales iVf ' ast airair aiuoimted to -■iUWj, and special trains wcrrt run from here las[ night- ami the iiitrht beicre. Coming back from Quakert-own on od(lesday, I asked a former lightweight wliat he thought about "the boxijig situation, and he promptly replied: "The fellows who are running boxers and boxing nowadays arc -riltedged bancosteerers. We all knc.vT it. but we let them get away with the bunk.'' A bit expressive, but absolutely true. The same authority savs:—"As usual, when attendance at bovine* shows and purses are small here plenty <>f reports are to hand regarding fabulous offers or purses, for our" nearchanipiojis to appear in England or elsewhere. The latest is that'Mr Al Intosh of Australia, wants Packv At r ariand to go to Australia and light Johnny Summers and Rudolph tnholz. the guarantee bein" something near £SOOO. The stock of the Londoner and the little Boer must have gone up considerably since thev performed here—Summers with Keys and Lnholz with Tommy Murnh'r J hey wc-ukl not draw a hundred dollars here at present."