The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-01
EVERYTHING READY
FOR F|STIC SCRAP
Both Flynn and Johnson Say
They Are Ready to Enter
Ring on Fourth.
BY ED. w. SMITH.

EAST LAS VAGAS, n. NJ, July l.
This will be the last boxing l will do
until the afternoon of July 4th, and |
want everybody to know that l am
ready for this battle in better shape,
in fact, than ever / was before. Fur
tier, I'm going to win, for | feel it in
my bones, but if | should be unfortun-
are enough to be beaten you can bet
will be tearing in and not going away
when it happens"
With these words addressed to the
mob of at least 1000 persons at Mon
| tesuma yesterday afternoon, Jim Finn
closed his boxing work and practically
| his entire training for the Johnson bat
| tie of Thursday afternoon. The ap-
| riause was deafening at the close.
There were so many people at
| F!ynn's beautiful place that they were
walking on each others heels. At least
! sixty per cent of the throng was made
up of women.
Tommy Burns, former champion OF
hours.
| 1t was announced last night that
| Burns would be in Charge of the Flynn
cornered during the scrap.
Burns probably will be the only ex.
champion on the ground, now that Jim
! Corbett has announced definitely that
he cannot be here.
That Flynn is in great shape is alb
! solutely certain now. Only glance is
necessary to show this
Last night Tom Flanagan of Toron
to, in charge of the affairs at Jack
Johnson's camp, got his first peep al
the challenger.
Flynn is happy and confident and
cannot see defeat at ALL
"There won't be a minute in that
contest when Johnson will make me
beck up" Flynn told the throng at hi:
camp yesterday. I'll carry the fight tt
him and it will be him or me in shor
order. I'm absolutely confident of win
ring but if l meet with misfortune 20,
can be sure that I'll be just as big {;
man in defeat as he is in victory"
Flynn told me yesterday Afternoon
!
dreamt that he defeated Johnson il
three rounds.
This makes me think that I'll viii
to certainty because dreams Away
come by opposites and while l ma.
not win in three rounds, I'm liable t,
win in thirty. Just you watch and see
was the chalIenger's confident state
1uent.
Flynn boxed seven rounds yesterda.
N addition to the heavy work on tn
light and heavy bags, the skippin.
ropes and the medicine ball, as we'll a
the warming up work in the handbal
court. He went two rounds with All
dui the Turk, two with Ray Marshal
and three with AL Williams
Flynn will go through the regula
gym stuff every day until "Wednesday
just to keep limbered up, but will d.
no more boxing.
That same old quiet spirit of conf
dcnce prevails in the Johnson camp.
IF Johnson has any worries o
frets on his mind he is actor enougl
not to show them. If his old puncl
isn't there and if Johnson knows it,
isn't worrying him. l guess there ism
single care there and it looks as
he will fight in just that 7ery mood.
Jack went out on the road again a
Usual yesterday morning and in tn
afternoon gave the customary displa
| in his Alfresco gym. He boxed tire
rounds with crippled George Debray
four with Calvin Raspess and tire
: with Marty Cutler, who is rapidly re
covering from an attack of blood pc
soning.
Jack told me he intends to keep u
his work right up to Wednesday a
though he may cut the road wor
about in two.