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Show : : : 1 1 Picks langford to Defeat Mr. Johnson New York, Feb. 5. Tom O'Rourke. one of the best judges of plgiliatlc at- fairs, who predicted the victory of Jack Johnson over Tommy Burns, now goes on record as saying that Sam Lang-ford Lang-ford will defeat Jonnson when they meet in London on May 21. ! "I saw Langford and Johnson bux , two years ago in Boston." says ORourke. "On that occasion, Langford, Lang-ford, who weighed only 138 pounds, 1 had Johnson down for the count in tho j second round. The referee took his time in counting the seconds, so that 1 Johnson was able to recover by the time he got up. After that. Johnson I took no cnances and won on points-at ' the end of fifteen rounds. Langford ; can do 158 now and he Is a fur better , pugilist than ever before. He is very ! much like Joe Walcott in build and Btyle, is a terrific hitter and is also clever. He can give Johnson about ' iO pounds in weight and four inches in height and still win, for the reason : that he can hit harder than the new heavyweight champion and can tako all tho punishment that the letter can hand to him. "I think that Sam Fitzpatrlck made a mistake in accepting a $0,000 purse for the Johnson-Langford mill, because he could get $25,000 here and would also be able to put the fight off until next fall Johnson, in the meantime, could tour Great Britain at $1,500 a week, which would be real easy money. "Do I think Jeffries can get into his old condition? Maybe; but if Langford Lang-ford beats Johnson you can rest assured as-sured that Jeffries will neef fight again. Jeffries did not care to tackle Walcott when he was good, so it's a cinch that he would not agree to meet Langford, who is even more dangerous." |