Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-23
BOTH READY
FOR FIGHT
FLYNN AND JOHNSON FINISH
TRAINING
EACH DECLARES HE WILL WIN
TUESDAY NIGHT
Mike kutchos and Eddie Menney Are
Expected to Put Up Good
Battle In the Prelmi-
naries

"I expect to knock Flynn out within
six rounds. that is IL he is twice as
good as Arthur Collins. If he should
prove to be even better I will put him
to sleep anyway. I am in fine shape
and will put up faster fight and
better try than 1 ever did before Los
Angeles fans
such is the statement of Battling
Johnson, the Russian bear, two days
before he will have chance to make
good his promises, but 49,
II have trained faithfully for this
fight with johnson and will be In the
best of condition to step into the ring.
1 expect to get him within ten rounds,
and you can tell the public that l VIII
be after the scalp of the giant from the
tap of the gong and won't step back an
inch," says the fireman, and there you
are.
Shake them up in your hat, gentle-
men. and pick your favorite for your
selves. The only thing to suggest about
this next battle at the Cabin Is that
an extra staff of competent physicians
be procured to bring whoever gets the
kick back out of dreamland.
The same conditions will prevail in
this fight between these two raw
boned mountains of sinew that have
existed since men were willing to pound
each other for amusement, ana tnat
has been for quite some moons. Inc
Pueblo locomotive stoker will have @
certain amount of clevernesss absorbed
in the school of experience, and the for
eigner will share the assistance of head
strong confidence and supernatural
strength. best illustrated by the man
ner in which the Russian literally bat
tered Arthur Collins into pulp. Botn
johnson and Flynn finished their train
ing for their battle Tuesday evening,
putting the final touches on their
preparation Sunday. Johnson went on
the road and did eight miles before he
returned to the San Pedro Athletic cup
gymnasium. In the afternoon he boxed
two rounds each with Fritz Frey and
JOAQUIN Coursey before fair sized
crowd in the ring. Finishing up with
shadow boxing, the Russian took ms
shower bath and then stepped on the
scales, raising the bar at 1851. Johnson
will go on the road Monday morning.
He will not do any work in the after
noon but will rest up until Tuesday art
ernoon, when he will come to Los An
geles with Manager Gaines and remain
at his hotel until the hour of the battle
at the pavilion.
Jim Flynn continued the program he
mapped out for his preparation, doing
ten miles on the road Sunday morning
and putting in the afternoon at the
Eastside gymnasium with his usual
stunts in the exercising line. He boxed
three rounds with Bill Rose, which
ended his training for the day.
The preliminaries will form no small
part of the entertainment. Mike
Kutchos and Eddie Menney are ex-
pected to put up a great battle. being
scheduled for ten rounds, and William
Rose and Jimmy Moore are on the bib
for the six-round card.
George Memsic and Danny webster
are training at San Pedro in the same
ring with Battling Johnson. Memsic
is preparing for his bout with Phil
Brock April 8, and Webster is getting
in shape for his ten-round preliminary
with young Kid Mccoy on the sans
date. Phil Brock is working at East
side.