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Show for nearly .throwing Lanj;ford to tho IV or, t1 ' . The two gladiators wool at one n-otf-r viciously at the sound of the E"'Hf? for the first round. There wa4 Mam-banc fiKhUnc-Rt close rune In ln. gmnd, and both mn were bleeding bleed-ing at the mouth when thy went to their corners. Terrific Slugging. In a clinch nar the end of the third rnnd Parry almost threw Iunrfrtrd through the ropes. From then untU th eighth the milling was a mlnure i t terrific slueicInK ralHn and Infighting, Infight-ing, Marry throwing the necro around roughly In the cllncheg and underco-Inc underco-Inc severe punishment w henever the fought at long rane- Several times during th" eighth and succeeding rnnrnis the white man wan hooted for wrestling. Iangford showed the ut-nmst ut-nmst good nature. ' "Stop your tickling." be admonished admon-ished during one of the clinches. "You ron't win that way." Langford fought rne after the eighth round and was constantly trying try-ing for a knockout. Barry fought back and at tlm't rushed bis lighter opponent to the ropes. In the tenth the negro executed coup in ring tactics. Getting Parry near the ropes, he suddenly exTt"l all his strength and threw the white man against them, and then catching him on th rebound, landed a terrltlc elng flush on the Jaw. Parry dropped for tbe count of nine. ATter that time It was only a question ques-tion of how long Harry could endure tho punishment. His left eye, which had been cut open early In the flght. vo almost closed; his cheeks were puffed and blood flowed In a stream from his noxe and mouth. The last four rounds were marked by a suc-islon suc-islon of slugging matches, it was during one of these hard rullles In t.lo sixteenth round that the Postonlan caught his almost exhausted opponent vlth a straight left lo the chin that ernld tbe conibat. BOSTON DEMON WINS FAST FIGHT Ixjs Angeles, April 14. In a battle Milch demonstrated the ability of S.im Ijiwigiord of liohtou as a human fighting machine and added t-- the reputation of Jim Barry of Chicago only n Irlbute to gamness "and ubllity to withstand punishment, the "Boalou Jiemon" sent hi white antagonist, to tho mat for the final count In the slx-tenih slx-tenih round at the Vernon arena today. to-day. It was a vicious go from start to finish, with the negro well In the l-ad alter the flrbt half ilo.cn rounds. From the tenth. In which Barry nad Vein twice knocked down for the count of nln. until the sixteenth, when a straight left to the chin ended the combat. It was wholly onesided. Langford lunded upon hi;? man al-mrn al-mrn ut win. nnd victory f.r him by tbe knockout route appeared to bo only a matter of tliue. Barry surprised the ringside crowd with the strength he displayed, despite de-spite the lerrlllc bombardment, and a rally In tho fifteenth round Inspired bis backers with the hope that he-vould he-vould jet outlast the ultimate win-ner. win-ner. While tbe men did not wigh in before be-fore entering the ring. It wa ukl that a difference in weight of thirty pounds favored the white fighter. Burry'a weight was given as 196 and that of Langford as 166. In the clinches the white man showed far the Ftronger of the two, being cautioned cau-tioned by tho referee several times |