The evening world., 1912-07-03
Two Worlds Championship
Fights Tomorrow.
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frst place, there'll be two world 9
championship lights, one OF twenty. one
Of forty-flve rounds duration--or less. II
isn't every Fourth of July that sees two
championships staged,
That mysterious Johnson Flynn affair
will remain In mystery until II 10 all
over and the news has como on the
wires. On dope. and sIpposing. Just for
the sake of argument that there isn't
and never has been q frame-up contem-
plated. johnson should win handily.
Flynn IL q very good light heavyweight.
but no wonder He has been beaten re-
peatedly by Sam Langford. who isn't -
0ood a. johnson. lie has been beaten,
too, by Tommy Burns and by Jack Sui
Nvan OF Montana. who Isn't champion.
The best thing in Flynn's favor In his
two fights with Kaufman and Morris.
He knocked Kaufman out at the end Of
the tenth round. This was q good place
ef work. He gave Morris a fierce beat,
ing in spite Of the enormous difference
IN size and weight. At that time Nor
ris was . big. Fat novice. He wasn't to
- compared In any way with the big
man Flynn is to meet In the ring to-
morrow At Las Vegas.
y1Hpn has . chance that many other
heavyweiShts. especially those Of john
sons own shade. have been trying
anxiously to get In making this match
johnson overlooked tho claims Of Joe
jeanette and Sam Lansford. either Of
whom would have been able to give him
q better night than the fireman. II may
have been that johnson. out Of the ring
for two years and not In the best OF
shape. was willing to night u compare
lively safe night with Flynn. and didn't
care to risk his title with either Of the
others named. Ig...
What Johnson's plans for the future
are no one knows. Probably they don't
iucluds q nght with Jeanette or Lang
ford.
~1 OI/GAST and Rivers. meeting for
NJ the lightweight championship In
w Los Angeles. should provide
more attractive entertainment than that
at Las Vegas. The Mexican has been
developing fast. and Is said to be anoth-
OF Herrera. II he has the old Herrera
punch he'll prove dangerous even 10 the
:ough and rugged Wolgast.
Rivers has grown from the feather
weight into the lightweight class al
though. like wolgast himself ne Is
mail lightweight. Kilbane. who was
fortunate enough to defeat Rivers after
being once beaten by him when Rivers
was nghting as a featherwelght. tells
me that tho Mexican IN q very fast.
very clever boxer Ms well as q fighter
with a waliop, and that he IL Just the
sort of fellow to give the champion the
hardest Kind OF night.
A he ATTEI.L Nights up In the
~ Northwest. after which he will
4 = 20 to San Francisco to meet
Tommy Murphy Murphy. by the way.
has suddenly left San Francisco with
Jim Buskley, and is said to bo headed
for New York. lie left word that he'd
return In time to fight Attell according
10 schedule, but the Frisco fans are
inclined to wonGer what mystery Is be-
aind Tommy's departure.
have q letter from a prominent New
York sporting man who ~ now In Sar
Francisco. He says that he has seen
Atteu, aad that he doesn't believe the
report that Able now weighs l3Sls
stripped. ABE may have put on -four
or nve pounds" no writes, but nc
more than that. He looks In very good
shape, and i wouldn't be surprised 4
lie came out and put up great night
but the talk about his having grown
into a lightweight Is being spread aboul
simply to boost his stock In coming
&ghts."
which Is Interesting. OF course. Bu'
why IL Tommy Murphy on the wa,
East!
A NEWS agency that telegraph'
~ items OF Importance. and som'
4 \ that aren't so important. to al
parts OF the country, has sent out Q
story that Sandy Gr!swold OF Omaha
and myself, on the way to Las Vegas
have had a serious automobile acciden
pear Denver. / hope the report aoou
Gandy Is as truthful es the line tina
includes me in the accident" Don
send flowers yet. please. I'm Sun II
New York, not headed for Lac Vegas
end feeling as clipper az a chipmunE.
= UTTER McARTY's manager. Nc
Carney. Is afraid that Al Palze
- won't feel like meeting Luther 70
some time. owing to the startling event
connected with his recent seance VIII
Bombardier Wells. Mccartney is OF tn
opinion that Luther will put Palze
away and show well enough In the hgh
20 justify challenging Johnson at once,
There never has been a heavyweight
champion as youitg as either Mozart
or Palzer. or course there's no har
and fast rule about age. but 1t Is We
known fact that heavywelghts develo
later In life than the little fellows
They need more work and more exper!
once. and they can't find chances to flsh
a. often as the smaller men. I'd lik
20 see either McCarty or Palzer have
dozen more Nights under their belts be
fore tack1!ng an old fox Of the ring lk
the champion, Their chance of winnin
would be better, and II would be
shame TO waste such good material b.
hurrying.