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Show FIGHTERS IRE 1H0AD Many Prominent Pugilists Announce An-nounce Intention of Going Across Water to Box. GOVERNOR GILLETT STILL SITTING ON THE LID Jack Johnson Will Take on Either Kaufman or Langford in Next Bout. BY JEFF THOMPSON. By Leased Wire to Tho Tribune. NEW YORK, Aug. 6. The lolling of boxing in California is driving fighters fight-ers abroad. .Fighting is on tap all the yoar round in Paris, while in London Lon-don the National Sporting club will soon bo throwing open its dooTS for tho winter series of fistic, encounters. The news from abroad that Jack Johnson would not be allowed to engage en-gage in any encounter of importance in the National Sporting club created soma surprise here. Tt is tinderstood that Manager Bettinson of tho National said that he would be vory glad to allow Champion Johnson to indulge in a sparrine exhibition, but ho will not bo allowed to engago in serious combat;. This, of course, is the result of the agitation which has followed tho Jeffries-Johnson fight and the big row over the pictures. Tt was thought that there would be some good fights pulled off in tho west on Labor day, but, .iudgin" from tho intentions in-tentions of fighters, Labor day will find the following men abroad: Pauley !M"c"Farland. narry Lewis, "Willie Lewis, Champion Johnson, Tommy Burns, Sam Langford and Joe Jcanneatte. Langford announced some time ago that he would follow Johnson around tho world in an effort to make the chnmpion accept his challenge. Billy Papkc was recently asked by a western fichfc promoter if ho would1 meet Sam La'ngford in a twenty-round battle the latter part of next month, Billy quickly turned down the offer by stating that he has no intention of ever fighting Langford or any other colored man. "Let those colored men battle among themselves," said Papke, as ho walked away. Bob Armstrong, - the hoavy-weight pugilist, who was a member of Jim Jeffries training camps from the time the once heavy-weight champion first began active training for ltis fight with Jack Johnson, entertains only ono belief be-lief in regard to the white man's downfall, down-fall, lie is posit ivo that nervous reaction, re-action, following months of hardest kind of training, was rosponsiblo for Jcfl'ries's defeat. Armstrong, who had had a long enroer in the prize ring, having fought about all tho champions cxcept .lohnson. and who assisted in iho training of Corbctl, FiUsimmons. Sharkey and Jeffries Jef-fries for their championship battles, is positive that Jeff can attribute his defeat de-feat to "nerves." Governor Gillctt Firm. - While Governor Ciillci't is still keeping keep-ing his weather oyo opon for violations of tho boxing law and keeping in closo touch with tho authorities at .Frisco and Los Angeles tho situation iji Nevada Ne-vada romains unchanged. Prizo fighting fight-ing is perniissiblo in Nevada, and will bo until the legislature enacts a law to tho contrary, but tho happy battle eround has been deserted since the .loffries-Johnson go left a .bad taslo in everybody s mouth. On Iho first of next month a law will go iulo effect in Nevada prohibiting pliblic gambling, which shows that reform re-form has set in to a certain extent in tho sagebrush commonwealth. The promoters do not want to ovor-do ovor-do tho thing by attempting to pull off too many fights there, but sub rosa. negotiations ne-gotiations aro on for another championship champion-ship match. ' Despite Tox Biekard's solomn assertion asser-tion t.'h til. ho would rotire from tho game after tho .leff-.lohiison affair, he. still persists in keeping in tho pugilistic limelight. Tho next championship fight at Bono will involve either Ad Wolgast or Stanley Ketchol. Ad Wolgasl, tho limelight champion, is another ono of our topuotoh fighter? who is planning a trip to England in the fall. Tom Jones,, mnnager of Wol-gnst, Wol-gnst, says that there is no money to be mnde now out of fights in this country, nnd on that account ho is thinking seriously of making the trip abroad with "Wolgast. Hugh Mcintosh may clinch a bout between Wolgnst and Battling Nelson, to be fought in England. Eng-land. Jeff Is Through. Sam IBerger. nutnagor of Jim Jeffries, says that Jeffries will never return ro the ring again, no matter how hie a purse is offered him for a light. "This tnlk of Jeffries coming back is nil foolish," declared Bergor. . "Ho novcr will. Ho iB done, lie has recovered re-covered from tho effects of tho fight, all except the heart wounds, which will never heal, but he will never fight again.' ' Tho next man to fight Jack Johnson will be Al Kaufman of California, Tommy- Bnrns of Australia nnd Canada, or Sam Langford of Boston. It is interesting in-teresting to noto how theeo men compare com-pare in ago, stat'uro and physical attainments at-tainments with the presont holder of the heavyweight championship. The following table shows this: . ' ITeight Johnson, 6 feet 3i inch; Kaufman, 6 foot 1 inch; Bums, 5 foot 7 inches; Langford. 5 foot 6V inches Age Johnson, 32; Kaufman, 24: Burns, 29; Langford. 30. Weight Johnson, 220 -pounds; Kaufman, 190 pounds; Burns, 180 pounds; Langford, 170 pounds. Boach Johnson, 73 inches: Kaufman, 75 inches Burns, 74 Vrs inches; Langford, 72 inches. Nock-Johnson, Nock-Johnson, 17 inches; Kaufman, .17 inches; BurnB, 16 inches; Langford, 17 inches. Chest Johnson (normal). 43 inches; Kaufman, 38 inches; Burns, A( itiiliAc. T.nnrrfnrI A.l innViftQ Waist Johnson. 33 inches; Kaufman, inches; Burns, 33 inches; Langford, 33 inches. Calf Johnson, 15 inches: Kaufman, 35 inches; Bums, ,16 inches; Langford, 15 inches. Thigh-Johnson. Thigh-Johnson. 222 inches; Kaufman, 22 inches; 'Burns, 22 inches; Langford, 229'i inches. Ankle Johnson, 81& inches; Kaufman, 11 inches; Burns, 8Vi inches; Langford, ) inches. Biceps Johnson, 144 inches; Kaufman, inches; Burns, VlV inches: Langford. 14 inches. Forearm Johnson, 13 inches; Kaufman, 12 inches; Burns, 11 inches; Langford, 11 inches. Wrist Johnson, 7 i-T inches; Kaufman, 8 inches; Burns, IVi inches; Langford, 8 inches. Lang Ib Confident. When Bill Lang, ' heavy-weight champion of Australia, goes up against Stanley Kctchel, he will meet the fastest, strongest and cleverest man he has yet tackled. Lang is .built on the samo lines as Kctchel. Lang is training train-ing up at a Connecticut road houso, nnd ho has some interesting stories to toll. j Lang believes that Tommy Burns . could give Johnson a harder fight than Jeffries gave him. Lang onco fought Johnson himself. Speaking of this affray, af-fray, lie sa3's: "Johnson cut mc up a wee bit about the eyes when wo fought, and tho police stopped it in the tonth found, t was a comparative novice at that time, although al-though I had defeated about twenty-live twenty-live of my countrj'men. Soon I'll got another chawnce, and Mr. Johnson will find out what a wonderfully improved man I am." It would seem only natural that Lang would want to learn as much as he pos-i pos-i sibly could about Ketehel, tho. next maiion tho programme, but the big follow fol-low does not apparently believo that the middle-weight champion has the necessary class to cope with a good heavy-weight. "At Reno I saw a lot of vour best fighting men." said Bill. "Kotchcl was about a great deal, and I sized him. up pretty well. However, you can't toll a lot about a follow in his street clothes. Everybody told mo that Ketehel was a wonderful man when in tljo ring. "I've ot a knockout in both hands; Ketehel is an open sort of a fighter, I understand, and if such. tho case most likelv I will win with a punch," remarked Lang. (Copyright, 1910.) |