The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-22
Likelihood Of Truth In Story
That Johnson's Finding II
Harder Than He Expected to
Get Into Shape for Flynn Bout.

Har0er man ne Expected 10
Get Into Shape for Flynn Bout.
tTAs New York World.
- EXPORTS from Chicago. whsrs
II Jack johnson elects to DO his
- training for that great 6sft1s with
marvellous Jim Flynn down In Las
Vegas, say that Jadk 10 dndang Il harder
than hs sxpscted TO get INTO shape. and
20 he'll leave tor Las Vegas on Monday.
Perhaps this 10 Just ',prsss agent dope"
30 mako Il appear that Flynn WIN have
q least Q microscopic chance.
But there's likelihood Of truth IN tho
story. johnson. the report Gays. pumsd
painfully and perspired nightly when
On the road. and was short Of breath
after Q short Jog. and fsit % tired after
q couple OF mile thSe he out the run
oAort and returned NOT only With his
susomohlla but upon Il. thus uncon-
scsousiy following the ADVICE givsn the
vouthfui spartan WARRIOR by his mother.
VIM SHOULDN'T johnson pun and feel
- lsge grow lsadsn In the long drive
q q IRA road runf He b two years
Godor than when he last conditioned
h1mssff for q hght. Th1rty-six years
many Il them not wisely spent-lis be-
biu1 HIM. Aithough he may have avoid
"a excessive dissipation during the past
two ysars. II 10 . known fact that he
hes bssn Twin easy" Hs's been eating
shsu1Rsn and French pastry and cracking
- - ~ ~
H has ussd his auto Instead OF his isgs.
He has done moro ioa<ing and has seen
DesU Of the aso Nght ME than 10 good
ct . champion. Although h hasn't
put on Q very great amount of flesh
only twenty-ax pounds over his normal
dohk3ng weight-hs has softened and the
hbrso Of his muscles have become ohoksd
with fat
johnson may. By hard work. get back
whore he was-neary. But he never
cen b quite the johnson who beat
Burns and faced Jsnfriss In the hot Reno
Gun. HIS nerves are ~aot % taut now.
Il viii take more determination to drive
hin through the hard work necessary
- eonditioning for . nght. He hasn't
tie ambition Of ths lean days. How
cen b have III He hasn't even curl.
oel4y 70 drive HIM on now. for he has
tasted the frsdh Of the ohampionship
and ~ has nething moro 70 hope fol
even II h. -oss ON winning nshta
A L PAazM, Who yesterday IN.
- nsunosd his brsskinS away from
. = O'Rour1ss, = going 70 mako hi
own matches In the future To-day HI
says that ne intends FIRST TO box Bonn
A..
waiting now for offers from the loca
ciubs. end he'll have . rood list to picl
from. He'll sign q once and only stipu
late SArss or four weeks Of training Il
allow him to get into nrst-class condi
tion after his long lay-off.
Palser to-day h very much like En-
JsfIries who beat Bob F1tssimmons 70
tbs worlds championship. He 10 an incl
taller than Jsffries. and weighs "a
pounds stripped. where Jsffries weighs
only q little over 100. He 10. like JET
fries, powerfully built. and possesse
Of Q great capacity for assimilAtin
punches. Hks Jsnfriss. he oan dis 4
terrific punches with either lett or RICH
hand And. like ~Jeffriss. he y dea
game. He has two or three ADVANTAGE
over Jsffnss. and In some ways fall
short Of the fsmopA boiiermaker's nigh,
lns ability. He 10 much moro aggrsi
uivD--much less cautious. Jenr1es was
better thinker. He planned HE cattle
end fought absolutely along the linz
ol II plan. That's how he beat Fit
simmons without risking . knocko,
himsslf. end whipped Corbet& when u
u.s Wa nse.'x up rsissr: under y,
Wa. but hs'd have fought . rushir
Int, With no trough Of dsfsnsA Tha
= % data. hes bssn his dghtins style.
-ooxNY BURNS nshts again =
ulsht q Edmonton. Aabssta. WIS
4 he u,ssts JACK Connolly In . Z,
round battis. Burns has tsiegraphsd n
saying that ~ soon ~ hSs through VI
= Connolly he would Nike b take . ora,
q Luther Mccarthy. conQueror Of c.
Morris. He wants TO dght Mccarthy
New York. end promises 70 show NJ
Yoeonsrs some real hghting. Burns h
been training quietly for . long TIN
and says that he never was In bett
Aghting trim.
- An FTrZPATRDCK. who push
johnson along 20 the champao
- chip. has . new "hope." This IL
19-pound heavyweight known ~ Hug
Nc0ann. formerly OF Kentucky-now
Ind4ana. McGann gave Stanley Ketcl
hard nght once. and he has beat
few less famous men. He u . pow,
fully built fellow. and wants q crack
any Of the local heavies. Although
XAntucky1an MoGann says that
hopes TO nght johnson. Otherwise dra
. color line.
HANAGETB Of fighters who n
WI In Boston usually rush TO
Sve telegraph once afterward q
wire u that they were robbed. N
hsw smoothly diplomatic IL the dispa
sent last night by Jimmy Dunn. maj
ssr of Kilbane. who fought Jim
Walsh. Dunn wires:
Robert Edgren. Evening World.
ssived Boston draw aQinst local b
'MNY DUNN
Not many words. but : word Of me
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