Sport: Sam is cured

All the way from Los Angeles to Manhattan went blind Sam Langford, onetime great Negro fighter. Boxing fans, led by one Hype Igoe, boxing authority for The New York World, had subscribed to bring Sam east for an eye operation which one Dr. James W. Smith promised to perform out of sheer admiration for him.

Into the hospital went Sam under the name of "Joseph Price" and within a few hours the operation was performed. Some time later the doctor removed the bandages from his eyes. Said the specialist: "What kind of a...

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