The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-03
EXPECTED CROWDS
HAVE NOT CONE
Report From Las Vegas Say That
Big Battle Tomorrow 10 Likely
to Prove Big Loss to
Promoters.
MEETING OF FINANCIERs
Both Fighters With Their Managers
and curley VIII Hold Meet
Ing This Afternoon 70
Talk Money.


EAST LAS VEGAS, N. M. July b.
Decreasing possibility or probability
OF crowd sufficient to meet Jack
Johnson's purse demands and to Gov
er the expense of promotion, things
are looking dubious today for Thurs
days fight.
Train after train has come In with
out the expected crowds, and the
hopes of Jack Curley have fallen ac-
cordingly.
That there will not be enough in
the house to meet general expenses
aside from the purse guaranteed John
son seems a foregone conclusion and
because OF this meeting will be held
late this afternoon between Johnson
and Curley to talk over the situation.
Johnson is in conciliatory mood and
not inclined to force harsh terms, but
If there is not enough money assured
Curley will be put to his utmost to
make terms satisfactory to consul
mate the fight.
This morning there was less than
/ 100000 in the treasurer's box and as
the promotion cost is almost as much
and Las Vegas citizens failed to come
through" with their promise to buy
the tickets they agreed to before the
match was signed up, 1t looks very
much like some one is going to be
stung. At p. M, yesterday the en-
tire matter was threshed over.
Jack Curley last night was decided
ly worried over the failure of the ex-
pected special trains. Unless they ar
( rive today or Thursday morning 1t
will mean the loss of thousands to
= him. The arrivals yesterday were de-
/; cidedly lean. Hundreds stopped off
trains going from east to west but
J. fully 80 per cent re-boarded the cars
t after partaking of their meals.
Johnson, Flynn and Curley were
} scheduled to hold a joint conference
d with Referee Smith last night at Cur
: ley's headquarters. Flynn was on
time but after waiting 35 minutes for
/ Johnson, left in anger, venting his
wrath upon Manager Flanagan.
Tell your man. he said, that L
t. was here on time and that will meet
5 him tomorrow night If he is not afraid
l to show up
3 The Puebloan showed surprising GIN
. ger last night and very little anxiety
3 and worry.
Z You know what said couple OF
8 days ago." he said. Il am ready and
4 If Johnson beats me It will be when |
am coming in. I'll never stop until
one of us falls. This feeling about my
being whipped before get into the
ring is something can't understand
} Johnson doesn't own any private
} graveyard, SO far as | have heard and
B as for his defeat of Jeffries why, IL /
} couldn't have beaten Jeff two years
, ago would never draw on a glove
again
: The moving picture men were on
the job yesterday. They first visited
Flynn's camp at Montezuma Springs
! taking the challenger in action. Later
IN the evening Johnson's camp was
taken in but heavy wind and a rain
storm spoiled the effect of the film
: folks. When the dewn-pour became
too heavy, the crowd made rush for
the porch of the Johnson cottage but
? the rickety supports would not hold
the burden and 1t collapsed with q
, crash. Nobody was injured.
r Jim Flynn is in receipt of many en-
/. couraging kilograms and letters. One
8 of the most highly priced is that from
Billy Shannon and his wife of Sar
Rafael. Calf, where Flynn trained fol
( a number of fights.
Johnson's camp was In high feather
|, today, almost without exception the
champions handlers picking the blacl
a to win inside of eleven rounds. Thu.
far, however. the Johnson backerl
have been unable to place their none!
at odds they think right. They wan
] the Flynn people to offer 2 to 1 tina
n Johnson won't beat Flynn in tel
s rounds, even money that he won't bea
% him In Is and to 2 that the blacl
IL will not win In 20 rounds The latte
ID price for some unexplained reason
d also holds for the general result o
IN the battle. The Flynn followers. how
m ever, want one to three on the genera
IN result and in the face of the 20 roun,
money offered by the johnson folks
they seem to have the better of TIL
n argument.
y Tuesdays only diversion was tie
st cutting party organized by johnson
and Tom Flanagan. who. peeved be