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Langford. Lost in some giant's castoff overcoat, he looked so woebegone that a fight manager named Joe Woodman gave him a job sweeping up at the old Lenox Athletic Club...
Just Point Me Straight. That is how Sam Langford got mixed up with boxing; he lived with it all the rest of his life. When he began to eat regularly, Sam put on weight. Soon he was strong enough to ask Woodman to get him a fight. By the next winter, he was good enough to whip Lightweight Champion Joe Gans (who kept the title because Sam had weighed in 8 oz. over the limit). By the time he was 18, "the Boston Tar Baby" was so good that he could beat almost anyone who would give him a bout...
...Woodman High Scorer...
Rinchart guard Ken Woodman of Kirkland was the game's high scorer, evading the Wintergreen defense for nine field goals and six foul shots. Second in the scoring was center Burt Berson of Dunster, who posted 20 points for the Wintergreens...
...Condon 46 31 123 Manning 30 30 90 Bowman 26 31 83 Perry 19 23 61 Bulger 9 7 25 Shaw 6 2 14 Flaxman 3 5 11 Adler 3 4 10 Hurst 4 1 9 Nolen 1 3 5 Kantrowitz 0 3 3 Van Doren 0 2 2 Woodman...