Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-26
OF FISTIG
EVENT JULY 4 IS
NOW ASSURED
With Governor Keeping His
Hands Off and Mayor Of
Las Vegas Watchful; Inter
est in Battle is Acute, Says
Lanigan.

Cgsy e. ". f4angean.l
Eas, Las Vegas n. MI. June a.
Tho Jim Flynn-Jack johnson contest
n barely n week or. n - enc noisy
show Of the FoUFth's busy fistio
schedule and now that COVERINGS NC.
Donald has officially decided % keep
hands OF and allow East Las Vegas
% have what Il wants. with Mayor
Tnupert keeping watcnful eyo on
the fight crowd during the early and
active scenes 90 the championship
combat thus being held personally
Responsible for an that happens. ln-
teresf IN the big battle ~ 80 acute
that the success OF the attraction is
assured.
California puts on a pair OF cham
pionship battles July A. Most nntu-
rally the coast crowd 10 keen on IT'S
own fistic bookings but positive proof
that the WolEaat Rivers and Atteii-
murphy matches are minor ones az
best ~ comparison 20 the heavy
weight title contest between Flynn
and johnson was proven when w. n.
Naughton. the brilliant pnetilssic e4-
pert OF Hearrta greet string OF Cali
fOrnian papera. arrived iii East las
Vegas this week TheuNh located Ia
San Francisco, where his following
equals those Of cato Floto ~ Denver
and ia Smith % Chicago. Nauwhton
could not stand for his SECTIONS two
shows and came on 90 New Moxico
10 COVER the battIe between lar
Artha and the FiahtsnE Fireman.
Naughton's arpcafHnce 81 East Las
Vegas proves THAT this spnrklinR Fing
critic is confidens mat ne lIynn-
johnson contest % eoine 90 b. we'll
worth seeing otheroiet Ne wpnie
have remained IN California. a. the
bunk in puEaoIn never set him away
from home
win this eliy wen stocked with
fiatic shnrps ana newspaper experts
the country "a learning Snss what the
little coterie 81 fiaht folks IN the sob
here from May hao En@Wn for the
past six weeks---that Champion
johnson IL working faithfully 70 hc
on edge for the battle and that Chaf-
ienger Flynn Is Ia WONDERFUL physical
condition and has absolute conf
dence in his ability 20 dethronc LII
Artha.
Enc n0t[raa 81 we July mAttN ~
assured and tho knockers " % days
ago are now among The waFmcss u
the boosters.
Seeing Is believing Orig
insiiy many had Il that the Flynn
johnson contest was a poor one. ~
tho way, have you ever noticed that
when the WORLDS champion a not
fighting regularly he gets pannea
Also. when he makes d match he ~
panned over again. styled n lemon
picker ana fortune hunterg
Johnson won the heavyweight
crown from Jefgries two years ago. q
was most natural that ne be- called
upon to hattie for hia tiile nonle time
this year. Following his triumph
over Jeff the experts begun picking
his next Antagonist sIost Of them
nominated Al Kaufman. Then, when
Carl Morris. after polishing up every
thing he tackled IN oklahoma, HE
now York. a lot of the biB writer's
getting stuck on HIS bulk and his
looks. declared that mere WIS the
right Fingster 10 be sent against
johnson.
In the course Of time. or from May
10 September rs. 1911. 20 be exact.
Flynn went 10 war with both Kauf-
man and Morris. Though the long
shot In the betting In each encounter,
he was bracketed both times and ia
most emphatic fashion. too. He stop
ped Kaufman In tho tenth round, at
ser making the pace every inch Of
the way, and though not able 10 top
pie over Norris, beat the Sapulpa lad
~.
able 20 show % advantage since
To be exact. Flynn didn't defeat
Kaufman and Morris. the white boys
who were backing Ia the bright ef-
lfuiRent rays 81 the spotlight up to the
time that both ran afoul Of the Pu'
eblonn. He annlhilatd them. Flynn
was slipped the tip to go slow N
Kansas city, when he had kaufman
az good as stopped In the second
round. as those concerned In the life
OF the kaw's fistie game feared thai
Il would be curtains for an time with
it II the fireman did not lea up.
n was the same against Morris IL
New York. The bout only went ths
limit Of 10 rounds because MoFrh
Outweighed FLYNN by about sixty
pounds and despite the fact that IN,
lPuebloan did al, the leading and 81
the landing the Okiahoma's big buli
was too great 20 DO toppied over
Flynn defeated Morris for All times
Flynn also got the Madison Square
Garden Athletio club and Kefere'
lChaFiey White In trouble with th'
state boxing commission for beusinl
Morris up 80 badly White wal
sovercly reprimanded for not stop
lplng the contest before Il reached th'
brutal stage and came within an acc
OF losing his license
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