BOXING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13339, 30 March 1911, Page 6

BOXING.

“THE WHITE MAN’S HOPE.” Press Association. —Telegraph .—Copyright. Received March 30, 8.10 a.m. NEW YORK, March 29. At Oklahoma Carl Morris, described as “The White Man’s Hope,” knocked out Schreek, of Cincinnati, in six rounds. LANG AND LANGFORD. ' ’ DETAILS OF THE FIGHT. AUSTRALIAN BADLY BATTERED. THREE POLLS COMMITTED. FREMANTLE, March- 21. The English papers just to hand devote an amazing amount of space to the LangLangfbrd light—in fact, not since boxing became a recognised sport was so .much written abonf'n. match. The preliminaries: ran into columns. The reporters-let themselves go, and criticised this, that;, and the other as though-they had served :a lifeion v apprenticeship to the. business, arid one journal went so far as to consider “the Lang-Langford fight , was the most important and greatest that had ever taken place-since gloves were first used.” , The Standard says: “Lang,-the muchadvertised man, has failed completely to make good his reputation. Lang was not much better than a novice. Langford is one of the greatest boxers who ever put on gloves. He is an anextraordinary man, and there is a doube whether there is a white boxer to beat him. Indeed, it is not so sure that Johnson himself, the greatest defensive fighter the ring has ever known, would, win if he met his brother negro, who is only sft Gin high. It was. wicked tosee Lang pummelled right from the first to the sixth round, when Langford, losing has balance in attempting a right-swing, ■ was hit while on his knees by the Australian. Langford did what he pleased, swinging right and left, and using vicious upper-cuts to the jaw, and before Lang could reply was a,vyay. He; was never touched. Lang was glad either to retreat or clinch all the time. He could no more force the fight than a novice could.' He was nearly knocked out in the second round as a result of much dreadful punishment. But he escaped by clinching.. The next moment; however, he was knocked down, and did.nnt rise until the ninth:. Second. He was, much distressed; and dreadfully battered. There was a gash oyer his eye, which he,'met with- during his training, and which was re-opened. Blood streamed down his face, and he must have been relieved wten the round ended. He went to his corner a very crestfallen' man. - ’

“Langford still grinned in the next meeting. He continued’;, the : punishment, and Lang-again went down. This\ime he rose.atTfive.’.He was cheered for his courbut the. fight , was now as good over.; When the two faced each other again Langford, without , any great difficulty; could have brought’the contest To an end. - - But.he did not, :;THere were the industrious cinematograph men to consider. He stood in the.centre of The’.ring.vndt caring a-jot about his guard, bubbling over with;joy. He allowed Lang to hit him as often as he liked,-, but the Australian had ,no, powder: behind his blows. -Langford knew it, and his grin broadened,accordingly; Everybody cheered -Lang as-.be ivent to his corner, but when Langford'began the fifth round he was merciless. He upper-cut Lang twice, following up with right and left. He had his man down-again', this time for 9sccs. It was cruel to' let ■ the fight ■ proceed., In the sixtjr meeting: Lang’p face was covered, with blood. He-was dazed and groggy be yond recovery, and- Langford promptly set out to bring affairs to an end. But he threw himself off-his 1 feet by failing to reach with a right swing) and before lie could get up,; Lang; though .ordered to stand back by the referee,,who was in the ring throughout the contest, bit-the negro. “No fewer than six thousand people saw the contest; The lowest: price of admission was half a guinea, and there were only about 500 seats to be had for that sum. It whs. given out that £3500 was put upfop the contest.’’.

The Sportsman, says:—“ The Australian was beaten i»; everything—speed, _ power of hitting* and generalship. Langford revelled ih his work, and after having had a turn at punching he: would let up, smile at his own handiwork,;-and then to show his superiority would'give his head a nod and smile as Lang made his feeble.and futile efforts. Sis upper-cuts and body blows soon had the Australian weak. By the time the fourth round was reached Lang had become nothing-more than a punching ball for Langford.. Lang. hit -low on three occasions. His. method seemed a bit suspicious once, and Langford himself took him to task as they broke from a clinch.”,. Hugh jD.-Mclntosh,-in a letter to the

Westraliau Press,- says: —“Langford is ;undpiihtedly one of the best six-t|ouhd fighters living. It should be borne in mind that when Lang lost the fight lie :was on his feet. Langford was on the floor, and most of the papers attribute his fall to a slip, but the cinematograph films, as well as the photographs, vividly demonstrate that it was the result of a clean: knock-down blow. The opinion to-day of some of the best judges, who are quite impartial in their judgment, is that Lang had a really good winning ! chance: if he had not impulsively fouled his.opponent. Lang’s explanation was that he thought Langford was getting up on to his feet. ,He did not want to miss a chance of scoring a victory.” ■