El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-06

being equipped with a pair
without saying a whole lot.
Of gum shoes a Ia the ward poll
tician. Juarez's chance to get the
big show IS now a dainty tidbit
of gossip
ugnt TO begin with we shall leave
to enthusiasts 10 explain. The
fight has been repudiated by al
most all fight authorities. Little
towns which were bidding strong
y for the meet originally are 81
fenced Neither Johnson nor Flynn
Is doing anything now in the line
Of fighting. which makes meet
ing between them look any bet
ter than it has for the past six
months-and it has looked bad
right along.
The seamy side of Flynn's rec
ord shows too many knOckOuts
with himself on the ammonia bot
tie end of the sketch. TO make
any one who knows anything about
the ring believe that he would
have even a slight chance with the
big dinge-
Curley. as manager of Flynn,
ought to put him against Palzer.
and a few other big boys who look
every bit as good now to take
chance at Johnson as does the
much battered about Flynn.
II simply doesn't look like good
faith on the part Of the bouts
SPONSORS. Flynn Is resting en-
tirely on the laurels cleaned from
q knockout of that big citrus. Al
Kaufman. That isn't showing one
fourth enough to satisfy the aver
age fan that he has a chance with
Johnson. kaufman stayed ten
rounds with Johnson. ii is true,
but il is logical to suppose that
Johnson fought pulled up for those
80 minutes just TO save up the
big Californian for a future en-
gagement with bigger money
Curley knows that a fight for
the heavyweight championship,
even thought the competitors. be
In nOwise equipOllent, viii draw a
certain class of fans and Will
make some money.
But as a fight which is going
to shed any new light on the
heavyw situation, or in any
way give the fans run for their
coin. il is bound TO be a joke, If IL
may be. arrogated that ii IS 10 be
on the level
Let Flynn get into a tournament
Of elimination with some of the
big boys who are now before the
public and show what he has. Los
Angeles fans. who have seen Flynn
I'm action more than the fans of any
other city. simply laugh until they
pitt their lips over the possibility
of Flynn even putting up a good
fight against the big smoke.
As the battle frames UP, IL II Is
carried through, IL is apt to give
a lovely black eve TO the game,
just as it is being rehabilitated
until the fans feel fairly sure now
adays that the majority Of the
fights they pay their money TO see
are decided on nothing more than
the merits of the fighters.
Art Rick is boosting Cass Tar
yer while en- route TO Cour de
Alene. Tarver frames up big
when FitzsimmOns said the big
ger they are the harder they
drop" that he was not thinking Of
the future appearance Of this
young Texan
1t is always PLEASURE to
newly made champion to tell how
he done it," Thus Johnny Kill
bane is highly interesting 10 New
York. New York incidentally Is
only in on the tell" for it never
gets nearer than a few thousand
miles TO a real championship fight.
despite the multitude Of bouts
fought there.
Despite the fact that at a max
imum there can be but two pen
nant winners in the two major
leagues, Is teams are now vigOr-
ously asserting themselves for
the honor. Time viii tell
The sacrifice with one man gone
is now a mooted point among
the big tent bail players 1t looks
ike long chance. The sacrifice
with no men gone is the proper
n
There are probably 500 athletes
I'm the United States who say ana
think that they can run the hun
dred yard dash in 10 seconds fiat.
Every gabfest Of the track usually
evolves several ten" men.
As a matter of fact IT is ex-
tremely doubtful II there are 100
athletes In all lines of sport in the
whole OF the country who can
actually negotiate the century in
Ten seconds is lust two-fifths Of
second back OF the fastest time
Jnat was ever made in this event
ana but three men have been
credited with "nine-three." and
one Of these has been virtually dis
credited The 'nine-fOur' men may
De counted on the fingers OF two
hanos ana the Splinter who
claims ten" should be very care
ful for fear that he may be called
upon TO produce.
Neither Tom, BIcCarey nor Jones.
mas gotten over his peeve. Still
D tbs early.
Inc Santa Monica road race. the
fastest IN the world, IS but a few
weeks off. and already the experts
VINO are clOcking the trials declare
tnat new worlds record is sure
70 be evolved. The worlds record
made In the last Santa Monica
lie Showers. G