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Cap · 06-12-2023, 11:43 AM

From the notebook of Frank Allnutt, senior sports reporter for The Toronto Daily Star...Round one was slow with neither man ready to commence real hostilities, and drew a few catcalls from the uneducated...Sam Langford stepped it up in round two, slinging punches from all angles with Gunboat Smith fending them off with shoulders and elbows and sending in a straight left or two...A few of Sam's punches got through and Smith was staggered just before the bell...In round three, full of confidence, Langford advanced smiling and ready to end it, and walked right into a crushing roundhouse right that dropped his hands...In that split second Smith stepped in and drove home a short left hook and a right uppercut, both to the head...Langford stumbled and caught a wide right swing just behind his left ear, causing him to fall forward into another left hook and drop to his knees...Glassy eyed Sam rose at eight, only to get nailed by another right hook on the side of his head...This time he fell his length on the boards and took another eight count before dragging himself up by the ropes...Smith readied another deadly volley, but the imported Boston referee Flemming waved him to his corner and signaled the fight over...Sam, not in top form, had weighed in at 195 1-2 and Smith 183 3-4...On the table in his dressing room, Sam told the two reporters and his seconds he could have continued and the referee was too quick by half to give the win to Smith...The Gunboat was swarmed in his room, congratulated by his new friends and laughing members of the press looking for a quote..."Langford was expecting me to wade in again like I did the first time, but Joe Jeannette advised me to box cautiously and wait for an opening. It came sooner than I expected. The odds were against me but I knew if I could just land my right hand square enough, he would go down. Now I'm champ and I call the shots so no rematch until I'm good and ready if ever."...Smith told one reporter, "I can safely say I made about $10,000 today. This amount includes my share of the gate receipts, bets I made on myself, $1200 in tips from gamblers who won money on my victory, and a share of the money my manager gave me out of the $8,100 which he won by betting on me."

06-12-2023, 11:43 AM	#527
Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 7,989	From the notebook of Frank Allnutt, senior sports reporter for The Toronto Daily Star...Round one was slow with neither man ready to commence real hostilities, and drew a few catcalls from the uneducated...Sam Langford stepped it up in round two, slinging punches from all angles with Gunboat Smith fending them off with shoulders and elbows and sending in a straight left or two...A few of Sam's punches got through and Smith was staggered just before the bell...In round three, full of confidence, Langford advanced smiling and ready to end it, and walked right into a crushing roundhouse right that dropped his hands...In that split second Smith stepped in and drove home a short left hook and a right uppercut, both to the head...Langford stumbled and caught a wide right swing just behind his left ear, causing him to fall forward into another left hook and drop to his knees...Glassy eyed Sam rose at eight, only to get nailed by another right hook on the side of his head...This time he fell his length on the boards and took another eight count before dragging himself up by the ropes...Smith readied another deadly volley, but the imported Boston referee Flemming waved him to his corner and signaled the fight over...Sam, not in top form, had weighed in at 195 1-2 and Smith 183 3-4...On the table in his dressing room, Sam told the two reporters and his seconds he could have continued and the referee was too quick by half to give the win to Smith...The Gunboat was swarmed in his room, congratulated by his new friends and laughing members of the press looking for a quote..."Langford was expecting me to wade in again like I did the first time, but Joe Jeannette advised me to box cautiously and wait for an opening. It came sooner than I expected. The odds were against me but I knew if I could just land my right hand square enough, he would go down. Now I'm champ and I call the shots so no rematch until I'm good and ready if ever."...Smith told one reporter, "I can safely say I made about $10,000 today. This amount includes my share of the gate receipts, bets I made on myself, $1200 in tips from gamblers who won money on my victory, and a share of the money my manager gave me out of the $8,100 which he won by betting on me." Attached Images __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.."