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Since 1902 Langford has been known and respected by the followers of the prize ring. In better days he was so well known and so highly respected that none of the existing champions could be inveigled into the ring with him. Tommy Burns, Jack Johnson, Jess Willard?none of them...
Langford is the last bridge between the old school champions and the new. He is a little man. In his time heavyweight champions were not the giant race that rules the ring today. Jim Corbett weighed 184; Bob Fitzsimmons, 172; Tom Sharkey, 180; Peter Maher, 178. Jeffries was the only...
James J. Jeffries, who lost the heavyweight championship of the world at Reno in 1910: "I filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy listing my liabilities as $192,083 and my assets $130,950."
The eight Juniors and 22 Seniors who were recently elected to the Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa will be given their keys at 6.30 o'clock tonight at the annual winter meeting of the Chapter. The usual simple ceremonies of initiation will be observed in the Quiet Room of...
Frank Walter Coyne '23, of Scranton, Pa.: Charles Edwin Teeter Jr. '23 of Newark N. J.: and Jeffries Wyman Jr. '23 of Wellesley Hills Mass.