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Show WOODMAN ROASTS VETERAN DELANEY Says Kaufman's Manager Did Not DeM Fairly With Big Jim Jeffries. Joe Woodman, manager for Sam I-angford. u out xxith letters to the various sporting editors roasting Billy Bil-ly Delaney. It xxill be remembered that Delaucy'a man, Al Kaufman, xvas to have fought Woodman's man. Sam I Lan-;for,l Al the eleventh hour Lang- ford took a run-out poxvder. Now Woodman Is out . with a statement that Delaney did not play fair with ' Jeffries. j Balderdash. Joe and piffle. Delaney took Jeff and made him a world's champion. He made Corbel t a world's champion ; also, telauey and Je ffries disagreed. Then Delaney told the woibl al larue that Johnson xvas a better man than Jeffries, and Billy made good his prediction by going up to Reno and helping Johnson muke vex id. D, l.iney has the entire confidence of the American sportiug putdle. Billy is tjie old sehool folloxvcr of tfce game. His reputation needs no humble word that the writer may Insert In his fa-' xor. but If-any xxord xve might, say In Dol.mey 's behalf would do him any k'oo, xve xvould rob the dictionary of Its contents. I There Is just one Hi I! v Delaney in ; sport. And It's the Billy Delaney , of Oakland. Cal., that Woodman xvould ! belittle. It's a sorry business. The veteran has groxvn grav In the ser-xie.. ser-xie.. of boxhi.,'.- Not once has the finger of cr,,rn bent Itself In his dl- . re.tlon. I Gobi- into the vernacular, our old frlemi mil v mav let his stand as It! |