El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-13
JOHNSON AND FLYNN
BOTH NOW IN TRAINING
Get Warm Welcome at Las Vegas and Are Pleased
With Surroundings Promoter Curey Believes He
Has Selected the Best Place in the World
For Holding the Big Prizefight
lBY H. ". LANIGAN)

J in deFeloping Jim Jefrries. viii be
along the coming week.
Ryan IS coming from the coast. ne
! viii bring with him Howard Morrow.
the Benton HarbOr. Mich. middle
/ weight who has been winning so
many fights in California OF late weeks.
Morrow was big. numbering BOOB
when Ryan picked him up He goes
over every time he goes to the post
and coast critics declare that Ryan's
charge is destined 10 become the next
king Of the 15S FOUNDERS. Nor viii
Flyun's aids cease there. CuFley is in
correspondence with several huge
youths. who desire TO serve as chop
ping blocks for the Pueblo fireman and
the camp viii have several new addi-
tions within the next few days.
Ryan to Train Flynn
When Ryan arrives he viii be placed
in complete command of the Flynn
camp No dignitaries VIII light there
aside from those wanted by Syracuse
Tommy Later on, early in June. Jim
COrbett and Tommy Burns. two IA
nous millers who are well acquainted
with JOhnson's style Of scrapDing. will
come TO Las Vegas They viii take
whatever assignments Ryan gives. Not
even the busy Curley. the man who is
paying all the bills and the man who
viii scarcely break better than even
unless his entry. Jim Flynn. lands the
victory, viii be conspicuous about the
camp
johnson and His Auto
Jack Johnson will motor out to Mon
tezums from time 20 time-he is on
deck with his own car and his own
chsUffeuT-but ne has informed both
Flynn and Ryan that ne won't inter
fere with their arrangements. not even
in the slightest detail.
The contest July 4 is causing truly
phenomenal interest in this locality.
The west and the north and the east
have always had. all the big ring con
tests It's the same with baseball
SoCtherners are great sport lovers But
as q rule, in fact practically all the
time, they are forced to read Of the
big happenings in spOrtdOm. Now they
are TO get a taste Of the real thing
They are to get the years big show
The big men generally are glad Cur
ley brought his big attraction 20 this
locality and be il known that the
famed sport operator was in receipt Of
lettering offers 10 stage his snow of
July 4 in Nevada. in California. In tbs
very heart OF New York City-he had 4
MS choice of the Polo grounds and !
Madison Square garden-or take il 4
-CrOss the pond and put Il on in Paris 4
CUrley has claimed all along that he I
selected the ideal battle-ground in the
world when he accepted Las Vegas I
bid for the contest
Originally yours truly shows Just I
what most folks in sport. and inter- I
7sted in sport, know, or thought towit: /
That the Flynn-JOhnson contest /
might never even materialiZe.
That the Flynn-JOhnson contest /
wouldn't excite more than lUkewarm 4
interest.
Opinion has changed. I firmly be /
ieve. Anyhow all 7 can say is that /
we encountered splendid enthusiasm
all along the line in our march from 4
Arkansas up to Chicago and in our A
rip through illinois, Missouri and !
Kansas TO Colorado. down to Las
Vegas. that the papers afforded Cur
ey and Flynn the attention and space
only afforded big things and that the (
-ailwsy folws everywhere assured the
Young promoter that they already
knew enough 10 assure him that the
nobs would be hitting out for Las
Vegas from June Is on and that the
house July would be a great one
Z Las Vegas and surrounding terri
tory did its share in showing up and
me doesn't have 10 be here or here
bouts over an hour to know full well
hat all New Mexico will be on hand