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Show UilUa w w . - t ' MftK fw- rym ivLb jiLu.i . ADL07C3 New Manhattan Cl-b Tz'.i " on Card la Ccr.neni-'' Ccr.neni-'' ble Manner.' Jack Dramgoole of Chicago waa awarded th decision over Ad L ngford f tMl glty ia th finit mala (Tent to be ttagad at th new Manhattan club ls?t sight. Tba boat H a food on, but ther wit an f aatur at th club lat at(ht that would har orrhdowed tba beat bout poaaibl tha bouU wet rtarted a tlma; ther waa no delay t f boot and ther wer do anh'M-tuUa.' anh'M-tuUa.' In other words, t..t V , e ( t txaetly what wa advertisrd and wera a their way bom after bnvinf eeeo a tood card, ahertly after 10 o'clock. . . Th crowd Wat not an ennfiiaHv la' ?e , but it is ssfe lo ssv that t". Crowd will come if tbintrs are coii.l'i- t-ed t-ed IB a bunineliVe nianncr Hi t n v were lest nleht. VYih the -..iaif ef "Kid" hsnnen, Prom'ilcr 1'nsiiins wsl shls to have the bov res lv so tnt. things went off witliout a 1 1 c h. It plesed the fant and lliev will nil mnic aesi. The new home of the Manhattan club ia far better MtitH tor anMtc.ir boxing because there t nore rn..:ti. ample ventilalina and better s'atmg possibilities. The msia event wee a four roun4 jr-i between ,lsck Iiruniffnote and Ad 1-n ford, the Occidental pilcher. Lsnt li-i l has long been reputed aa a boxr " f enidershle soilitv and ho lnl no to that reputation lust nn'ht. Alihom:u Drumgnole slightly ont.hs.ici h Langfiird put ap no"rt jhnwirs. I nn ford possesses a collection of w" that would have put mo.t of tho nn-t c weightt to dreamland in thehi .t rmi'il, but Drumgnole 'a ability to tnhc pun -n ment again stood him in k" l st. I and ban a lord's ininclica. thcrciore, did aot appear to stop the t hfben l-v. But one eriticiem could hsvo hcn mad of the two men and tint is tnat ' neither was in shape to sisnd any kind of a mill. Druinyimle hsd quite a sW: ia the opening of the la-t ton roii'i.i. but he was too wen to h-ld it to any material extent. One. other thine demonstrated in the bout and tnat n that a perfectly conditioned ball pmver m not accessarilv in shape to ft i Ut . U ia doubtful if there is a bad n" in th country who is in hotter condition than Ad Lanitford. lint b not iu condition to simid a l""U fi ' Drumgnol hurt Lannionl e et v line be drove one into l-anKiWd 'a ston a- n and If Dnimgoole had but bocn al ic to follow it up, Langford might not l.ss gene the four rounds. With both bovs. in tiptop condition they would put tin about as ft a four-round go at any two men Dnnmnts might eleet.- . The evening' sport started with a food iva-man battle rovnl. Tommy itigerald end "Th lj' ii.li"-t ' ' fallowed fal-lowed with a fast fnur-ronnt drse. illie Willie, a colored hor, mo looks just about as good s Imus .W ( artky, knocked out (ins H it! t . icr 111 the Soal round with a stiff mint lo ll jaw. Willie had lutfni.-yr outcla-t-d all the wav. Jock Prie em bfk to the cvtpnt. that he knocked out Kowlr.nd Vi . n aeweomer, in the first round. V ilt started out like a real boxer, but a few rigbta aad lefts to tbo jaw saw him beginning be-ginning to await th eomiug up of the floor. v |