Show I I Sable Sams Last Nota Notable le Survivors of Race of Fighters I I I E Everybody laughs wh when n. n every o ery teI few te j I weeks Sam McVey y and Sam Langford Lang Lang- I I j ford are matched but there is a I good i I reason why Wily these two negro fighters j i II I keep pummeling one another There Tere I Is nobody else for them to fight I j Langford and McVey MeVey are ae the tile last lat I notable of ot a race that produced prof pro- pro I some mighty clever performers f J Joe Joe Gans Cans Peter Jackson George GeorgeI I Dixon Joe Jeanette Young Toung Peter Ieter I Jackson Joe Walcott Jack Blackburn Blackburn Black Black- Blak- Blak burn bur Bob Armstrong and others 5 I Harry Hary wills ls 1 a New ew Orleans heavy I is still in the game but he came too toolate 1 late hate to gain prominence Jack Johnson John John- son Jeanette and all al the others oter except except ex ex- I a a. few tew smaller fellows are through S SIn In some states bouts between white and black fighters are prohibited There is no demand for tor the black scrapper and many white fighters draw the color line Jack Johnson hurt the same game for tor forthe the tile men of ot his race race His Ills actions gme put putI I the Ithe negro boxer In disrepute He le tore j I down prestige built bunt up by Gans Cans Dixon Dix Dix- j Ion on and and others I McVey and Langford were real realI I stars McVey Langord at one time held rea the I championship of France Few white I heavies heaves wanted an any of ot his game Langford ruined his chances for forI I matches b by trimming Gunboat Smith The two sable Sams have met about fifteen times They have faced one another nothel in about 10 rounds At first first erie one would win Will then the other rat Lately ly they have been boxing draws S Langford tord has been beel In the ring thirteen thirteen thirteen thir thir- teen twelve years ears McVey They Tey are slowly fading and when they are gone on the day of ot the negro fighter tighter of ot will wi be over i |