Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28
BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP OF
THE WORLD FALSELY CLAIMED
Johnson Entitled to Title, But Wolgast and
Fl Kilbane Have Yet to Whip
Wells and Driscou.

talking left jab, which is hard to get
away from. The boy il coming fast; It
is only question Of taking careof him.
self.
That the Jack Johnson-Jim Flynn
match Is on for July 4 at Las Vegas.
n. NJ, there seems to be no doubt. for
Jack Curley, manager Of Flynn. and
promoter Of the big fight. has closed all
deals for the holding Of the bout, even
sons expenses. and Jack asks only s.. 100
to train q few weeks. The match has
been considered a joke in some quarters
for several months. and many sporting au-
thortties predicted that 1t would never
materialize: that 1t was only for the pur-
pose of advertising the men for theatre
cal dates. However, 1t has taken an "a
t1rely different turn, and the business men
OF Las Vegas have put their shoulders to
the wheel and are boosting the fight to
beat the band, Charles O'Malley being
particularly anxious to get his town on
the map. They have gone SO far as to
have the legislature pass q bill legalizing
boxing. SO that everything seems In apple
pie order now. and Jack Curley Is the
happy kid. Flynn is going about his
preparation in q businesslike manner.
He will first put in two weeks at Hot
Springs and boil QUIT then he will start his
systematic work at point near Las
Vegas. He will have Tommy Ryan. one
lived. to teach him all his tricks and he
will have a corps of good, tough fighters to
work with. Tommy Burns has offered to
work with Jim, and IL he does It VIII help
than the same Tommy. Jim Corbett has
also offered his services. and 1t Is likely
that Jim will be there when the finishing
touches are applied.
Flynn figures that johnson will not be
anywhere near as good as when they
last met. while he will be much better, and
therefore his chances of winning are
increased just that much. He also figures
that the long lay-on has done the coIored
man no good, which is undoubtedly true.
You never can tell what will happen in a
fight, and this may be Flynn's lucky
chance.
Johnson will start for the scene Of bat
tie In few weeks and get in readiness
for training. He says he will need only
about three weeks, but he may be mis-
taken. Jack is never very far from con-
dition. but just the same he may find
that age will tell. as it did with Jim JEFF
fries.
1t will not be surprising to hear Of
Hugh D. Mcintosh, the Australian pro-
moter Of big boxing events, coming to the
states this summer and getting into the
game at New York. Some we'll known
sporting men Of New York have taken
ask the Australian promoter to become
interested in the New York end, the sup
position being that Mr.. Mcintosh will
bring over some of the stars from the An
tipodes. so that they could be shown in
the metropolis. The fact that Mcintosh
has arranged some Of the biggest boxing
events in the world and has had a clean
record all through Is probably what in
duced the eastern sporting men to extend
an invitation to him to visit the states
and become financially interested. It is
not known how some Of the boxing pro-
motors in New York would take to the
entrance of an outsider, but as the law
there bars no one with a good reputation
1t would no doubt be all right for the
Australian, should he decide to come over
and enter the field. 1t was Mr.. Mcintosh
who stirred things up In England when
he went there as an outsider and put on
shows on scale the Britishers did not
dream of before. He was also wise
Johnson affair, for he felt that it could
not be held there He also has interests
in. Paris SO that II he should get into the
game In New York he. would have a
worldwide circuit, with interests in Lon-
don. Paris. New York and Australia. A
boxer being booked for his circuit would
have some trip ahead and no mistake.
Harry Stout, who put in the winter at
New Orleans as referee for the West
Side A. c. and the Orleans A. c., thinks
that the southern metropolis can be made
into one of the best boxing centers in the
states IL handled with care. Stout made
quite success Of his work there. despite
few kicks registered by dissatisfied
boxers early in the season. Such stars
as Battling Nelson, Johnny Coulon, Sam
Lewis. manager Of Johnny DAILY, Frankie
Burns, and the promoters. Messrs. Tor
torich and Roperich. gave him q great
send-on as being entirely fair in all his
work and thoroughly competent. He
should be, for he has had over twenty
years experience in the ring as referee
and under such good Judge as the late
George Siler. The boxing game down
SOUTH said Mr.. Stout, n. eds nursing a
bit. but with little care New Orleans
will be one of the best cities in the coun-
try. The fans there like plenty Of action
and they also want decisions rendered,
but they do not seem to want them de-
cided where they are close.
The lack Of local boys to pit against
outsiders also had something to do with
the interest tagging at times, but now
that the game has been going for the
past two years there have been more
local boxers developing and some Of them
are good. Naturally the interest in
creases and with a few more good boys
coming to the front the interest will be
still greater. 1t is naturally q good
town for boxing, for there are few other
forms of winter sport to attend in that
city, and the fact that some of the real
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