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Grey River Argus, 20 April 1911, Page 8

LANG FIGHTS A STEAM HAMMER.. .

PAEANS tfOR 1 LANG'S GRIT. (By "Mercury in the "Dominion.") The English mail to hand during the Avefk brought full details of "Bill" Lang's defeat iby Sam Langford, both through the medium of the press, and a descx-iptive letter from Mr. H. D. M'lntosh. The accounts thoroughly bear out the cablegrams .received .at the time, inasmuch as they show that the Victorian was. never in the hunt with the black right from the start. But they all agree that his showing was not an inglorious one, and Australia can still find some balm in Gilead from the universal chorus of- praise that is accord-, ed to Lang- for his wonderful gameness. . . Hopelessly beaten as he was from the gong, sent down in- every round, battered, and so shattered and absolutely nonplussed (by the speed- and force of the fighting machine, that, try as he would, he could get neither at, nor away from, the ebony person, the white- man never faltered for. a moment. He, took what was coming to him, and went •in for. more, and got it— and went in again. Certainly, the end was inglorious, ibut.here again accounts speak with no uncertain voice. Judging from the short cabled accounts it appeared at the time that Lang had fouled his man purposely to escape the ignominy of a "knock-out. "This theory is disposed of right away b3 r the press rejorts. In fact, Lang was never doing so well— or perhaps it would be more correct to say that he was never faring" less badly— during the whole contest, as when his disqualification came. . ' • .