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Show wa.How those words. Tho moment I 1 arrive In New York I will post 10,-000 10,-000 for a fight between Langford or an unknown negro who ha3 only been In the ring a short time. I'm ready ' to back Langford against anybody In the world, with the single exception of i Jeffries. I Include Johnson In this challenge. LANGFORD WILL MEET ANY CLASS OF MAN Issues Challenge From London With Jeffries Only Barred. London, June 21. Sam Langford. the colored man of the ring, now on the trail of fighters on this side of the pond. Is about a3 angry a glove wlelder as has 'been seen In many a day. He is bubbling over with wrath at "the stories that are coming from America, that he Is "all in." In answer to this charge Sam has Issued a sweeping challenge to any roan in the world, save Jeffries. Ho is particularly anxious to meet Johnson, and says $10,000 of good money will back him every time he steps into the I ring Langford has just received a copy of an American paper in which Dan McKetrlck, tho manager of Willio Lewis, was quoted as saying that Langford sidestepped an offer to fight Lewis for a $10,000 purse. Woodman, Sam's manager, excitedly waving tho paper, exclaimed: "I will sail today, and when I get to America I will make Dan McKetrlck |