Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-15
KAUFMAN IS NOW
OUT Of RUNNING
California "White Hope" Can
not Be Considered as
Having Chance.
FLYNN MADE HIM
FLYNN MADE HIM
LOOK LIKE AMATEUR
Other Aspirants to Johnson's
LaureIs Are Crude and Co..
ored Champion Is Safe.
By James J. Corbett.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

iORoNIO, Ont, May 10, 1911.
| What appeared to be the one best bet
among the white hopes" stopped off in
Kansas City last week to pick up little
easy money. Jim Flynn. the Pueblo fire.
man. was to be the easy mark who was
to contribute part Of the evenings enter
tainment 1t was the unexpected that
happened. however, rs it sometimes does
and Mr.. Al Kaufman. CALIFORNIA; pride
and the man in whom the expectations
Of the lovers of the sport have reposed
played the part of the boob"
Flynn knocked out Kaufman in the
tenth round, few seconds before the
! time limit. but had he been unable to put
over the finishing punch the bout was
his by mile He outfought his larger
and heavier opponent and made the ma
tive son" look like an amateur from the
start to finish. Kaufman was put down
for the count of nine early in the con-
test and the bell saved him on several
occasions. For man who posed as the
only genuine Observation-Disclosures" pro-
fessfonal with a chance to bring back the
heavyweight title to the white race Al
made sorry showing, to let him down
easy. The apologist was already to the
front with excuses by the score, but no
matter how much ink is, spilled to
Square" the big fellow. the public will
worthy challenger Of the champion Flynn
has had considerable experience. but is
only light heavyweight, kaufman out
weighing him by over thirty pounds. He
has been knocked out by Langford and
johnson and even Kaufman put him out
of commission in nine rounds about two
years ago. As a heavyweight champion
ship contender he has not been given a
thought. and his record is not sufficiently
brilliant to hold out any promise to the
supporters of the game that in him there
may be championship material.
Result Surprise.
The result was distinct surprise. as
we'll as a great disappointment. to the
army of fans who had come to look for
ward to Al as the one man among the
present very ordinary crop Of boxers who
might have a possible chance to defeat
the champion. The Californian was con-
fdently expected to beat Flynn in short
order, as the records of the two men
would suggest a quick finish, with the
Pueblo man on the losing end. Had Al
succeeded in making short work Of the
Job 1t would have revived talk OF john
son7Kaufman contest. Now the big smoke
can refuse to box the Californian on the
ground that he would not be drawing
card of sufficient strength to warrant
making the match And for that matter
the public would not care to see such
bout until Al has wiped out the memory
OF the defeat, provided he is able to do so.
Among the many excuses and apologies
being offered for the former leading
claim that AL was "double-crossed.' In
the latter event the least said about 1t
the better for all concerned. If there was
any Crossing there must have been an
agreement Of some kind. and I am not IN
clinod to believe that Al would resort to
that sort of thing. My opinion is he held
Flynn too cheaply. having beaten him
before easily enough. and likely did not
work as hard as he ought to get into con-
dition. His life on the road with the
atrical troupe the past few months pie
sumably has done him no good, and a
boxer who does not faithfully and prop
neglect or overconf1dence to blame for
his downfall.
Properly trained and in good physical
condition l believe Kaufman would turn
the tables on the Pueblo man. Whether
Flynn will give him the opportunity is an
other question. At the same time the big
fellows stock has taken an awful tumble.
A boxer who makes pretentions to class
and has designs on the championship
ought to be good enough to stand off
third-rater Of tho Flynn type. to say the
least. Al never showed even q flash of
form in the Kansas City
bout. Even II not in the pink Of condt-
ton a champions class and cleverness
or more against such a mediocre performer
as Flynn's record proves him to be. 1t
would appear from the Californian's poor
showing that we will! have to put him in
the discard for the time being, If not for
all time. He will have to show something
better before we will ever again figure
him as a championship possibility.
Other "Hopes' Are Crude.
With Kaufman out Of the running, If
only temporarily, the white mans end
Of the heavyweight problem SINNERS
down to the batch Of crude hopes" now
undergoing the refining process in vari-
GUS parts of the country. and among
whom may be mentioned Carl Morris Of
Oklahoma as the single solitary 'expec-
tatjon" to show anything that resembles
real fighting ability. A bout between