A PRIZE FIGHT
CABLE NEWS
United Press Association — By EJec* trie Telegraph — Copyright.
LANOFORD V. LANG.
AUSTRALIAN HOPELESSLY OUTCLASSED.
(Received February 22, 2.10 p.m.)
LONDON; February 21
Bill Lang ; •;!:-.• ,-u. :: % :\hi.::i) and Sam Langford {:lw .xu.v.. - :c;ni negro) fought here last night.
Lang was disqualified in the sixth round for hitting Langford while the latter was on his knees.
Lang was hopelessly outclassed. The Star says:— '"Langford repeatedly forced Lang io ins corner, administering Heavy rights and. lefts. Lang was down for nine seconds in the second 'round and eight seconds in the third. He improved a bit in the fourth, and hit Langford lightly several times. . In the fifth round Lang took heavy punishment, and in itihe sixth was very weak, Langford repeatedly hitting him. , Langford slipped, and Lang hit him, „' being instantly disqualified." '■■ v
A WALK-OVER.
(Received Last Night, 11.20 o'clock.) LONDON, February 22. The "Sportsman" says that the contest between- Lang and Langford was no sort of a fight ait any time. It was- merely a wal'k-over.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10172, 23 February 1911, Page 5
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170A PRIZE FIGHT Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10172, 23 February 1911, Page 5
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