After winning their first match, Johnson repeatedly refused rematches against Langford, who was considered by some to be the most dangerous challenger for Johnson's crown, although Johnson cited Langford's inability to meet his $ 30, 000 appearance fee.

After winning their first match, Johnson repeatedly refused rematches against Langford, who was considered by some to be the most dangerous challenger for Johnson's crown.

When it was in his power to give an African American a title shot, Jack Johnson refused to grant that privilege to Sam Langford, the fighter who after former champ Jim Jeffries ( a man Langford said he would not face when Jeff was in the prime of his career ), had to be considered the # 1 contender in the heavyweight division.

Langford defeated World Lightweight Champion Joe Gans on December 8, 1903 via 15 round decision.

Walcott also fought the well known Sam Langford to a draw and met Joe Gans in a non-title fight.

Johnson was 29 pound heavier than Langford.

School began in August, the hottest part of the year, and for the first few days Miss Langford was very lenient with the children, letting them play a lot and the new ones sort of get acquainted with one another.

`` Maybe '', Jack said idly, watching for Miss Langford.

In March the Orwells moved to St John's Wood in a 7th floor flat at Langford Court, while at Wallington Orwell was " digging for victory " by planting potatoes.

This was followed in 1999 by another graphic album titled A Cosmic Cornucopia, which includes extensive text by David Langford and two chapters dedicated to his work for Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

These trails are designed exclusively for foot traffic and cyclists, and now pass through many communities, beginning at the downtown core and extending into areas such as Langford and Central and North Saanich.

WMAQ reporter Larry Langford, who was that station's overnight crime reporter and was known to cover all overnight police and fire activity for that station, reported that city crews were in the process of shutting down large water mains to see if the flow could be stopped.

Langford retired from WMAQ in 2000 after that station converted to sports radio station WSCR and became the director of media affairs for the Chicago Fire Department.

Members of the expedition included Helena residents: Truman C. Everts-former U. S. Assessor for the Montana Territory, Judge Cornelius Hedges-U. S. Attorney, Montana Territory, Samuel T. Hauser-President of the First National Bank, Helena, Montana ; later a Governor of the Montana Territory, Warren C. Gillette-Helena merchant, Benjamin C. Stickney Jr .-Helena merchant, Walter Trumbull-son of U. S. Senator Lyman Trumbull ( Illinois ) and Nathaniel P. Langford, then former U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Montana Territory.

He denied matches to black heavyweights Joe Jeanette ( one of his successors as colored heavyweight champ ), Sam Langford ( who beat Jeanette for the coloured title ), and the young Harry Wills ( who was coloured heavyweight champ during the last year of Johnson's reign as world's heavyweight champ ).

In August 1913, as Johnson neared the end of his troubled reign as world heavyweight champ, there were rumors that he had agreed to fight Langford in Paris for the title, but it came to nought.

Johnson claimed that Langford was unable to raise $ 30, 000 ( equivalent to approximately $ in today's funds ) for his guarantee.

David Langford cited Vance's " engaging speculation ", but concluded that the protagonist " seems too weak a character for his leading role ", while " the culture and landscape of Pao are grey and ill-defined, in strong contrast to the exotically colourful societies and ecologies which became Vance's trademark ".

In the magazine PCW Plus Dave Langford expressed a series of concerns about the PcW16: the operating system could not run the many CP / M programs available for previous PCW models ; the flash RAM was too small for a large collection of programs, but programs could not be run from the floppy disk, which was designed for backing up files ; and a second-hand IBM PC with Locoscript Pro looked like a more sensible upgrade path for users of earlier PCWs.

Some disputed the decision, although a majority of people felt that Langford had won the bout, which following a decision-appealing vote, it was decided ( in a non-controversial manner ) that it would stand as a decision win for Langford.

Jesse is in love with Pearl but he leaves for Austin to pursue a political career and becomes engaged to Helen Langford ( Joan Tetzel ), Langford's daughter.

Hyde was the third son of Henry Hyde of Dinton and Purton, Wiltshire ( brother of Lawrence Hyde ( attorney-general )), a member of a family for some time established at Norbury, Cheshire and his wife Mary Langford.

In 1864, shortly after the Montana Territory was established on May 28, 1864, Langford was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue and National Bank Examiner, positions he held for five years in the Montana Territorial government.

Langford had no salary, no funding for the park, and no legal way to enforce protection for its wildlife and geologic features.

Correspondence, diaries, genealogical data, clippings, and other papers relating to Nathaniel Pitt Langford and his family are available for research use: Nathinal Pitt Langford and Family: An Inventory of Their Papers.

Although Langford is often credited as the greatest fighter to never challenge for a world title, he fought World Welterweight Champion Barbados Joe Walcott on September 5, 1904 for his title.

Although Langford is often credited as the greatest fighter to never challenge for a world title, he fought World Welterweight Champion Barbados Joe Walcott, a black man, on September 5, 1904 at Lake Massabesic Coliseum in Manchester, New Hampshire for his title.

Many people consider the failure of Langford to secure a shot at the Heavyweight title one of the greatest injustices of American sports.

Sam LangfordNearby Weymouth Falls was home to one of the world's greatest boxers, Sam Langford ( 1886 – 1956 ).

His greatest wins include two victories over both Sam Langford and Harry Wills, which won him the World Colored Heavyweight Championship on two separate occasions, respectively.

Sam Langford, the great fighter who fought from lightweight to heavyweight, advertised to fight any man in the world, except Jim Jeffries.

Jack watched Miss Langford all morning.

Students who study at St Chad's are accommodated in nine different houses: No. 1, Main College, Lightfoot House, Langford House, Grads ( which contains one of the oldest hanging staircases in England ) and Ramsey House all house undergraduates ; Hallgarth Street, Epiphany House and Trinity Hall are home to the college's postgraduate community.

Despite the fact Langford never received his rightful chance at the heavyweight title because of Jack Johnson's refusal to risk his crown against Langford, Ring magazine founder Nat Fleischer rated Langford as one of the ten best heavyweights of all time.

Langford kept Walcott at a distance with his longer reach and used his footwork to evade all of Walcott's attacks.

Langford kept Walcott at a distance with his longer reach and used his footwork to evade all of Walcott's attacks.

His opponent was Sam Langford, who clearly outpointed the champion, and the latter's aggressiveness in carrying the fight to Langford was all that saved him from taking a decision that would have given him the short end of the purse.

In the opening round honors were even, but thereafter until the seventh round Langford had all the better of the argument.

In all likelihood, The Enclosure was first climbed by Native Americans as suggested by Langford in 1873.

In the same year, he was made Master in Chancery, was placed on a commission to receive and examine all bulls and briefs from Rome, and granted the prebend of Langford Ecclesia in Lincoln Cathedral, which he resigned the following year.

He then toured with Violet Vanbrugh as Hugo in The Flame, and appeared at the London Playhouse in May 1924 as Langford in Leon Gordon's White Cargo, in which he played all through 1924-25.

The show's married protagonists, portrayed by Don Ameche and Frances Langford, spent nearly all their time together in relentless verbal war.