Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1923, Page 7

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1923. LANGFORD COULD NOT CROSS COLOR LINE TO TITLES Many Champions Feared “Boston Tar Baby.” Thte ts the tenth article om great bowers who failed to win the title in their divistons, and the reasons why. BY SIDNEY SUTHERLAND, To name the boxera whom Sam Langford defeated is to call the roll of some of the greatest pugilista who ever Itved. In his journey up the road of avoirdupois from lightweight to heavy, the “Black Death” swept at before him. Since there ts no climax in the ob vious, let it be said at once that in that Picturesque appellation is concealed the dual reason why he never won a ttle. First, the champions of his day were quick to draw the color line; and, sec- oné, they avoided the latter part of his nickname with a caution that verged on cowardice. Memory of Wonder Fighter. ‘What a marvel the black boy was! ‘Who that truly loves the noble art, in spite of the scurvy politicians, crooked promoters, shifty managers and faking fighters who have given the game its malodorous repute, can ever forget Langford'’s massive shoulders, his splendid ring strategy, that devastat- ing punch, his Foe and skili and fearless, eagle's heart! Discriminated against because of his color, forced to accept puny purses to get matches, submitting to cruel terms imposed on him by managers of boxers whose entrails congealed with terror et the sight uf that squat, ebdn fig. ure, Uthe, graceful, menacing, strid- ing across the canvas, an@ handi- capped by the necemity of “cutting his dough with promoters, oppon ents, and many who said a kind word for him, nevertheless the valiant “Boston Tar Baby” fought on and on, and by sheer merit lifted himself to a permanent place in the sun with the few really great prisefightera of al) time. Other Canadian Masters. Incidentally, three world’s title holders came from Langford's country —George Dixon, Johnny Conlon and Tommy Burns, the first two genuine champions. Lengtord was born in Nova Scotia ‘The date is unknown, even to himself but {t was probably in 1884, which ‘would make him 18 years old when his record begins in 1903, For the next nineteen years he eee his spectacu: Jar path across the boxing firmament I. find that, including 1921, he fough! 229 times, won by @ knockout eighty w#ix times, received tho referee's ver dict in forty-three battles, met forty: eight opponents in no decision bouts, drew thirty times, and lost twenty-two decisions. With the exception of “Young” Griffo and Joe Gans, whom he de cisioned, Langford knocked out the following men: Arthur Cote, Willle Lewis, George “Elbows” McFadden ‘Tommy Sullivan, George Gunther “Young” Peter Jackson, Jim Barry bh a eigenen FO Hague. ike Shreck, Sandy “Philadetphia Tacks” Tony Capon!, Sam McVey, Johnson, Jack Lester, Smith, George Cotton, Harry Wills, Dave Mille, Joe’ Jean- nette, Jeff Clarke, Bill Tate, Andre Anderson, “Kid” Norfolk, “Jamaica Kid,” George Godfrey, Terry Kellar, Frank Farmer and Bob Devere, Most of these men he stopped net once but several times. Genuine Bledgo ee The incredible force of can be ts a word—in Boston he mt Sam McVe? on the nose and fractured doth cheek bones! ‘Now bere is a peint in connection with Langford's career that I do not think has ever been mentioned, end it may explain those fifty-two drawe and defeat. So fearful was he of punching his meal tickets to tatters that he let exactly twenty-three dit. ferent men cither bert him or get a draw, only to knock them out in a Fa turn match. ‘These boxers, the record book shows. were John Johnson. Andy Watson, “Young” Peter Jackson, Larry Tes: ple, Joe Jeannette, “ Black Fitzsim- raons,” Jim Barry, Tony Ross, Jim Flynn, Sandy Ferguson, A! Kubial, Jefe Clarke, Tony Caponi, “ Porky” Fiynn, John Lester Johnson, “ Gua boat” Smith, Harry Wills, Bam ieio- Vey, “Battling Jim” Johnoun, GM ‘Tate, Bob Devere, Jack Thompson sad Lee Anderson. When Strategy Went Amiss. But this practice of making two purses open where only one would have been paid if he had “leveled” on these men the first time they met, cost Langtord at least one title—the mid dieweight. For on April 27, 1910, in the Athletics’ ball park in Philadelphia I saw Langford deliberately refrain from ‘knocking out Stanley Ketchel, seeing in that six round no decision “draw” fertile roll for a huge purse later in California, where a finish fight would have drawn 40,000 spectators. But Ketchel, who never saw the day he could whip Langford, was shot and killed less than six months later, and Sarn’s cunning wag in vali Incidentally, Langford's admirers must not decelve themselves that he could ever have beaten Jack Johnson. Johnson nearly murdered him in Bos- ton in twelve rounds, and could have | repeated the performance any time. Sam today {s a spent meteor. He haa nothing left of the sums he fought SAM LANGFORD CC COULD NOT CROSS COLOR LINE TO Pecpaeae for, and is making a living by boxing ovcasionally and helplgg prepare other fightera in training f& contests (The next article will tel! story of Young Grifo.) the | COLOR STOPS HIM SAM LANGFORD, Woods an Waters % 22, GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE PIKE-PERCHES. N looking over the perch family and noting the members that are game fishes you find that there are not many in this class. Most of the members of the perch tribe are Uttle tellowe—the dwarf perches known as darters, which you have seen in small, clear streams of water. They are beautiful, but never attain uny size. However, there are three fixhes in this family which are mighty pop ular games fshes. Everybody know: ‘em. They are the wall ave or wal) eyed pike and the sauger or sand pike (which are pike-peréhos) and the old standby, the common yellow perch. * * ‘The big pike-perch or wall eye is the boy that makes a hit with the bali shooter or fly caster, as this fish put UP a pretty good scrap and at ti will hit @ fly in fine style. It was fir described in the year 1818, and t Specimen that was written up wa caught in Cayuga lake, in New York Dr. Mitchell, who first introduced th: wall eye to the world, hung the nam: of vitreum on it by way of alluding to its large, vitreous or glassy eye Glassy eye as a handle has not stuck to the fish, but walleye has, However that is only one of many names tha‘ this fellow carries around. For in stance, it is called wall eyed pike yellow pike, blue pike, salmon, and jack salmon. Must add one more, as in ‘Canada it is called okow. That sure ts variety enough. In fact, some of the names are nothing less than ridiculous. To call this perch « eglmon certainly is ridiculous, because the wall eye, except for its trim body, is about as much like a salmon as a dog fish. However, the names that have become most commonly known are wal! eye and wall eyed pike. The latter {+ unfortunate (as we haye mentioned before), because the wall eye f& not a pike and it causes confusion what with a whole family of pikes that aro thc real thing. But it looks as if the wal! eye always will be called pike in spit: of this situation. * * Nearly every fisherman is acquainte’ with the wall eye, knows its game; qualities, and how one tastes whe! fried with crisp brown bacon for thc midday lunch. Makes a fellow’s mouth water to think about that now. How ever, not every angler, realizing that the wall eye is mostly a night feeder (that’s where those big eyes come in handy) has cashed in on this by going after this fish about sundown and then tinuing tho fishing on inte th: it. If you don't like to put im ap. ntime after dark, the hours between sunset a4 wesolute “arknes= are best But if yeu never have taken a crack at wall eyes at eight it will be worth your tinm to try the game some moon: Nght night. Fiy ftehing is usually most successful from erouad sunset until dark, althongh on dark overcast days yes will invariabty have gomd luck @uring the Inte afternoon. * Have you ever noticed how the wal) eye varies in color? It seems as if in every lake or stream they are a bit different in their color scheme. That is undoubtedly one reeson why this Osh has so many names. Age bas a Great deal to do with the cclor, too For instance, in some lekes, especially large ones, the young fish will be called biue pike, due to their bluish tint, while the old fish will be known as yeliow pike because of their yellowish cast. Rut all are wall eyes and most of us don’t give a care about their ‘color #0 long as they grab the lures and give us a Little fun. FAMOUS REFEREE PASSES AWAY Hiram B. Cook, internationally known thirty-five years ago os a ref: ereo of championship boxing contests, died at his home in California at the age of 76. He had been bedridden elght years. One of the most famous ring battles refereed by Cook wan a sixty-one round fight between Peter Jackson and James J. Corbett. Cook called it no contest, Columbia Rowing Coach | Instructs with Slides Jim Nleo, starting his elghteenth sea: {son as rowing instructor at Columbia univeraity, hax adopted moving plo {tures to instruct aspicants. It is fifty years since rowing waa introduced at | he New York city institution —e The word “Jehovah” occurs 6,862 itimes In the Bible, . | calgn for membership seemed to de PLAYERS’ UNION HAS DIFFICULTY ~ PICKING LEADER | Nominees Prefer to Hide | | ° in Rank and File. | BY I. E. SANBORN, ' One of the things in which the new | anion of professional baseball players intends to take a hand—if it ever starts functioning —{s the problem typified dy the recent demand of Rube Hentley for a share of the “unearned incre ment” obtained by the Baltimore clut through the sale of his services to tnx New York Nationals. | At present the latest organiation of players seems to have encountered a? unexpected hurdle in {ts ‘nability to ob in a full quota of officers. Tho cara | successful enough, as far as it went out when it came to completing the or sanization, all the nominees for pres: dent, etc., showed a disposition to pre fer the comparative obacurity of the | rank and file, So far as bossing union is concerned they are perfect!; willing to ‘‘I¢ave it to Smith.” The Milwaukee organizer of the nev union apparently wants to profit b: the mistake of the last previous play ara’ organization, which chose as it: head a retired player engaged in th: practice of law, and to launch the nen ship under the ostensible command o players still prominent in Doubtless he will eventually aven if no better executive an b tempted to try it than Jack Fournier who is the only individual original): “mentioned * who did not step on th gas to get out of the unwelcome lime ght. Objects of the Union, But we started to say that one of th: objects of the union is to handle thes: trequently recurring disputes betwee: player and club owner over the pur chase price, a matter that {s not cov ered by any of the agreements betweer club owners or leagues. If any reader has not heard of th: “Bentley case" {t may be stated tha shen that player read in the paper hat the Giants had pafd Jack Dunn he Baltimore syndlealist, $66,000 fo us release he conceived the notior hat, if be really were worth tha orice, he ought to get a piece of th money because it was due to Bentley’: own ability or efforts and not to Dunn’: that he had attained that marke value. As a means of enforcing hi demand Bentley refused to eign a con tract with the Giants, apparently un der the impression McGraw or som body could forcé Dunn to separate hin self from some of the coin involved { the transaction, The fans naturally are with Ber tle: and can't see any logical reason wh: the player whould not get at least ha: of the $65,000. If the new unfon wer in shape to take up Bentley's case th public goon would find out why the player has no chance to get a Ofty-nir: split of $66,000. That is the press agent price «: posed to have been paid for Ben out if the union pressed the case to o issue it would equeeze a wonderful pe centage of “water” out of those ‘i ures. That's the real reason why ba playerc always have had so much dis culty in getting a share of the mon: alleged to have been paid for them.i vuch deals, Purchase Price P, A. Stuff. Byven if the club owners were willin to be fair and give the players haif ¢ he coin involved they would have t make known the actual terms of the! transactions which would rudely und ceive the fans who had ewallowed th published figures with great relist The club owners don't want the actus terms of salcs made known becaus they would look so blamed sma't b; comparison with the inflated scale ti which press agcnts have carried th businass, The usual way of “estima ting” the terms of @ trade nowaday {8 to take the probable sum of mone; involved, compute it In German marks then use those figures with the dolla sign in frent cf them, which ts som: thing decidedly else again, Nobody, for instance, believes miskey paid $100,000 for Kamm, + man who raised the salary of his no hit, norun star pitcher, Robertson, « mére $100 doesn't separate himyel from 1,000 times as many dollars for + prospect who has not yet made good 1) fast company. When the deal fo Kamm was made the propagandist: had to beat the alleged $75,000 paid fo: O'Connell, so they did, that's all. Th next star sold by the Coast leagu probably will cost $125,000—sovte money. COLGATE WILL START FOOTBALL DRILL IN APRIL Colgate will begin spring footbal oractice April 12 Coach Dick Harlov wil specialize in gaining recruits fron students who never played the game Notre Dame Ball Team to Make Southern Tom Notre Dame basoball nine starts + southern tour with St. Mary's team a St. Mary's college, Ky., March 30 an $1, Bight other rivals will be visite {nm the sunny soutbland April 2 to 9, Red Sox First Attraction at Yankees’ New Stadium The Yankees’ new stadium ig rapidly nearing completion, t will open Apri) 17, with the Boston Red sox aa the rst attraction, There will be rooz: tor 70,000, . TO USE ELECTRIC TIMERS, Bleetria timing devices will be introduce » prominent light harness circulia of ast this year. ee , “Try a Tribune Claes!fied for results Casper Sunday 2 SERSREE SETAE Spoening Ctibune STEVE FARRELL, Michigan, OFFICIAL START OF MIDWEST /Relays for Universities a Special Feature. BY WALTER ECKERSALL. i ‘Track and field stars of leading unt: | versities and colleges in the middle vest will engage in strehuous work. | uts for the next few days in prepara. fon for the annual relay carnival of he University of Illinola, to be heid n the mammoth armory at Urbana | next Saturday. Not alone will the event be featured vy relay races for untversities, col. ewes, and prep schools, but an all ‘round contest together with special ovents will go toward making up an nteresting program. The event may be property called the ‘Miclal opening of the middlg west in loor collegiate track and fleld season Dual meets have been held between ome university teams, but these wer: nly forerunners to the relay carnival nd other larger events to be held in oors and outdoors. The dual comba! eryed to give the athletes some ex verfence in actual competition and af ord the coaches an idea of the ability ¢ the various performers, Not Staged for Profit Unifke professional events and many nateur affairs, the Lilinois carniva’ not staged for profit. It ts promoted ) stimulate interest in track and field thletica not only among the larger atversities of the section but among naller colleges and prep schools. Al oney taken in at the doors will be pro ted among the competing institu ons to help pay expenses of the ama. In former years the carniva 1s attracted capacity crowds and 1s year’s event should be no excep The {dea of holding this relay carn! al, one of the largest of its kind In INDOOR SEASON . PAGE SEVEN. TITLE HAIR STAYS COMBED, GLOSSY ‘Hair-Groom” Keeps Hair Combed—Well-Groomed GROOM KeepsHair Combed Millions Use It—Fine for Halr!, —Not Sticky, Greasy or Smelly Get a jar of “i any drugg for make even stubbor: pooed hair stay com any style you like from, w cents and ruly or sha: ed all day Hair Groom" r-Groom" a dignified combing cream whic gives that natural gloss and v roomed effect to your hair—that. final touch to geod «ress both jri business and on social occasions. Greascless, stainless “Hair-Groom’, does not show on the hair because It is absorbed by the scalp, therefore your hair remains so soft and pliable. and so natural that no one can pos- ulbly tell you used {t,—Advertisement, GUS DESCH, Notre Dame. Harry Gill, athletic coach at I[i- nois, is the originator of the famous Illinois relays which will be held next Saturday at Urbana. Steve Farrell is the athletic director xt Michigan. He has one of the strong- est teams entered in the IMinois games. Among the stars who will compete are Capt. Krogh of Chicago. and Gus Desch of Notre Dama HARRY GILL, Dulnoia, COMMITTEE ON RULES PLANS 0 CUTDOWN NUMBER OF HOMERS Zoning to Abolish Fr: Suggestion to Limit Four Bases to Balls Hit No Less Than 315 Feet. By I. E. SANBORN Once a year at about this time the joint rules committees of the National and American leagues get together, ostensi- bly to revise the playing code of the game for the benefit of | the war to put an end to their ath the army of folks who play baseball professionally, semi-| “During the last three yeara not professionally or on the village green. fewer than fifieen college athletes Usually they spend half of 1 peryobject to having the size of their play |who were wounded or gassed during cent of their time discussing the rules|ing fle'd exposed as being under thejthe war have been members of mid: and the rest in forecasting the com-| proposed new limit. western college athletic teams. ing season or sising up each other for Let Landis Decide. The public, watching track teams, possible future trades, That's because| If it comes to deadlock between the! football teams, or basketball probably the two committees don't get together|two leagues, Commissioner Landis '*'never guessed that the boys they until the eve of the training trips and| supposed to decide and the former|watched had played just as big parte they are composed of men whose vital] judge has been quoted as against the}in the Big Game over there. They interests Me in the sucess of their own| innovation. H's reasons are an echo|qg not tell about it—in fact, it ohdbas of those pet forth by the National hard to get them to tell anything 1 {mpor-|league. It is sufficient to add that}about themselves, or how they came gee Pallet hal Nia codalderation Griffith, who proposed the change] into possession of certain medals an of the rules committees this winter|W#s ® member of the at tive." | crosses. 7 has to do with the plan to lessen tha| Which supported Ban Johnson in the Parhtoe tae whe, watoned She mumiber of freek (home rure due tol". idea behind the suggeation is| tional mest tn Chicago last season and short right oF left feld\boundaries of| | +, curtail the slugging, which can| saw Paulu win the 100-yerd dash and some of the. ball" parks. |not be done by changing the bound-|tho g20-yard in close to record. time, Genuine Homie Runs 0. K. aries. On!y Father Time or a mighty|realized that they were watching a There is no disposition to eliminate! ever pitcher can keep Babe Ruth,|poy who was terribly wounded in any of the genuine home runs -lout-| jen Williams or Roger Hornsby from| France, who was decorated by his ed by the athletes in either circutt. slugging. Move all the fences back 100 own and two foreign governments The present rule allows a home run) yds and those birds still would clout| and who wag still suffering from the ‘whenever the ball is hit over a fence |} ome runs and bat well over .300. It|eftects or into a stand which !s 235 feet or) would help them {f home runs over] One of Paulu's eyes was shot out, more from the home plate. If les*/ short fences were ruled out, because]one heel was shot off, and in his body than that the hit is good for only two] (+ would make them stand out more today he carries a bunch of shrapnel. bases. None of the fields now in use pre-eminently It is an oda th that, prior to the in either Lig, league ‘has a shorter Make Race More Fair. war, Paulu was much of an ath: boundary than that. i aS t joxed change} iete nor was he much Interested in he rule read 316 foe i hen the teaming thet ng perlod but it is That would affect only five out of th nah Ho GIAHIE leaked eH eas ica apie grok 4:2 nolllegasl yp nag from German bullets. When he re : : e Naw wack ta the'l one foot shot off, he grinned with his The Polo grounds in New Tore 16 9 | one remaining eye, and sald that it exception. That has short right and/ cieven games| would help him keep on his toes all The four right: field boundaries! the old Ti National tearue| eeame ‘ono of the greatest. sprinters which are not 315 feet or more from patie used to hi a left field fenceltne west has produced. During the home plate are in Philadelphia (Na-| $5 short that balls hit over it near] (he, Wert has Produced | tanrite she tional), Cleveland, Brooklyn and Cht-lthe foul line were good for onl} twolfea won the 100-yard, Paulu was bad- cago (Nationa!). If the plans for !n-| hase ly worried. He had lost his glass eye, creasing the p'ant at the Cub park —— Shich did. not worry him excepting lengthen the right field foul line by 7 re beng {that he feared {t would affect his run sixteen feet that will be 316 feet from| Toston Red Sox players are oe Be | ag and corse hia stool to lose val any. plate. ‘aeaieaindie [hee ateteee cieun Gane Vough to{ table points. But when the call for So {¢ could not make any rad’cal d'f-| fans are not given t nough t te ta thas bh) came be jumped ference in the quantity of home runs| get acquainted with the 4 1 the one good eye and on his nor affect the size of the scores ma a e way, ran {n the record for terfally, The National league fs ald! wien $89,000 as prize money to the | 4} to oppose the change on the | winners, the star bowlers doubtless | ard atu potnon 1 OF to the the > y may. at the suggestion w jerk Or’ g from has eh and lot The re 2 , and on American srganization L can an-} After playing 1,850 games in eleven io ts|yeors with the White Sox, Catcher hor] Ray Schalic fs still » headliner in ers! b'g league backstopping. BY HUGH FULLERTON. It takes Circuit Clouts, Is Latest American college athlete. the letters of their universities proudly as at the Milwat | will jn c. t } me | _ thelr “ad nament in 1 do WAR HEROES ARE STARS ON TRACK more than a world war, wounds, gas and suffering to stop an There were many of them stopped—for the north of France ts dotted with crosses above the spots where the boys who wore as they wore their decora tions for herotsm in war remain, But those who returned refused to permit no country, originated with Harry i, eapable coach of the Iilinoi: rack and fiel@ team. With a great rmory at his disposal, Gill readily alized & set of Indoor games woul: oa long way toward giving the m: thietes of the middle west some muci ceded competition in the winter. Fror 1e start the event has been succasfu nd the only criticism one might mak: f the event 1s that too many contests re held. ‘The many relay races take he edge off events such as the pole aut, running, broad jump and shot ut, not to mention the all-around. Pennsylvania ited. In addition to the many institutions { the western and Missour! Valley onferences, the University of Penn ylvamin will wend a team for one of 1e relays, while same Institutions of ne gouth, such as Baylor, will have ‘prasentatives in the special events Michigan and@ Illinois, which give -omise of having the strongest teams \ the western conferenge, will be rep wented by full strength tn relay \ces and special venta, Notre Dame. hich lost a dual meet to Iinois after ne of its runners fell in the relay ace when the ecore was a tle, will ave some excellent performers in the nen contests and relays. Nebraska, winner of the Missour} alley conference outdoor meet last car, will send some sterling perform ra. Henry Schulte, former Michigan ootball player, will again havo charge f the Cornhusker athletes and has ome stars of last year's equad In chool this winter. In past carnivals jebraska has garnered its share of oints in the Individual events. All Around Competition Keen. The all around competition should sult In some sterling performances onsidering the ability of some of the ntrants. Dehart Hubbard, Michigan's usky skinned athlete, is sure to make: Takes pleasure in invit- ing the public to partake ofareal . Home-Cooked Chicken Dinner Sunday Their food is now being pre- pared by competent women cooks. Their chef, Mrs. H. Til- § son, has been with them in thelr Lead Cafe for the past tei years. .Come in today—you will | come back tomorrow. strong bid for honors. Coach Far FOR SALE ell believes Hubbard will develop into’ Elgin Six Chummy no of the best al! ercund athletes vbo ever wore the maizs and blue — Roadster Smerson Norton of Kansas {s anotho: Willis-Hackett Garage ntrant who should be near the top 363 S. Ash vhen the final tabulation of points is nade, while Henry Mathtas of fii \ois should make a stronger bid than ast year, when he was one of the ontestan $$$S$55 $1 MONEY TO LOAN end mu United Jewelry Shop, 249 S. Center some of the well known ath who will compete are Capt | » who will be anchor man on ~ag0'n two or four mile relay team jus Desch of Notre Dame, who wil ompete in the hurdles; Van Orden of fichigan, who has the best mark of hy conference shot putters; Brick aan of Chicago, reliable hurdler \yrea, the Tlnois sprinter, and Crip en and Telford, Northwestern middle stance runners. Next Big Meet at Patten Gym. This event will be followed by the nnual indogr track and field games of he western conference at Patten ¢ym- Yorthwestern university, on Unlike the outdoor meet. he indoor ts open only to members of he Bix Ten. Athletes who have shown ny ability {n the training period aince he holidays will be entered in the Illi 10ts carnival to asc ain their worth nd the advisability of entering ther n the indoor conference. + Following-the indoor conference, thr \thletes will start to prepare for the Cansag relays to be held at Lawrence n April 21. These will be held ot if doors and will be the first to vs taged by ‘the Jayhawker institutt mm the following Saturday Drake wi nduct {ts annual carnival at De Moines, and Pennsylvania will stgge It nual set of games on Franklin field *hiladelphia, on the same day. The athletes then will be pointed fo he sectional tntercollegiates tn May June. 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