Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1909 — LANGFORD BEATS BRITISHER [ARTICLE]

LANGFORD BEATS BRITISHER

lan Hague Has Peace Conference With Himself After Four Rounds. London, May 25.—Sam Langford, the colored heavyweight of Boston, knocked out lan Hague, the heavyweight champion of England, in the fourth round at the National Sporting club here. The fight, which was for a purse of $9,000 and the championship, was scheduled to go twenty rounds. The bout between Jimmy Walsh, the American fighter, and “Digger” Stanley was declared a draw.