The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-10

session iu santa Fe recently passed the "Trtpp prizcnglt bill. and ,ourle of hours later Curley an uouu,ed in Chicago that Johnson and Flynn would box forty-fiye rounds al Los Vegas on the Fourth of July.
 A i, happened Curley canno, claim that ae is the first to distin- sutsa himself iH he direction nam cd. ban Stuart. 1t will be remem- aersI. matched Jim Corbera ami Bob Firzsimmous for Carson and then cn- 4iuecred a eloye-conrest measure through he Nevada Legislature That law s,il stands. a monument ro : uars sagacity.
 Curiey has certainly accomplished consulting When he first took hold of he Johusou.FEm venture he was ridioBled |, was said the affair @gaiI never come 10 a head; bu' uoN. With bota fighters willing and properly protected battle-ground ill sig, # looks as .hough the John -ouF'Iynn match is certainty.
 Tha opinion that Flynn is not the most suitable opponent for Johnson sill exists. but the chances are tho spun~ ail think better ot rhe fife mans chances wen the date of she march i~ nearer Curicy. whenever Flynn, claims To championship form are ueliuled. i. in rhe habit of say. ing "ritase remember that there have been more surprises in fighting .aau in any oth.r form Of sporr Who. for instance. gave Jim Col bet a chance agains, John l., Sul- ltau""
 Anyhow. thy FIyun-Johnson match is on with il vengeance and for the ueAt conp,e of months there will be something big for Inc critics to till at WH.le presen' The worlds
 hampton. there are sure To be many changes ol opini after the men en- 1T into heir raining.
 Ih.re are quite number even no2 who are arguing that Johnson's
 NO ,eals of indolence and high liy- ing must rave affected his fighting al.u.s in some maasure. For that matter, were shere no suspicion that Johnson had retr graded there would he smai. prospect of the match talk iua a grip OH public interest.
 k several days have elapsed since Iangford and McNea boxed last in Australia and as no word has been flashed 10 u, under tae sea tha; he tuskyskiured heayies are to try for I.e odd trick iu the way Of decisions. i- is 10 be presumed the tw1 Sans feel that tle an .ipodean pugilistic t,eid is worked out,
 For that mater. McCarey of los Angeles claims that .angford has ac- roD,ld by cable an offer of a match Wirl Joe Jcauueuc and will time his departure from sydney SO as to ar riy. here in June. In all probabil- ity Iangl I'd will be accompanied by jim Barry. T. has even been hinted rha; Barry and Langford. who have doubled ap more than any brace of fighters in the whole history of ifs tiana, may engage in a bOu, at Hon olulu, as that DOT; and San Francisco are about 1he cnly painrs on the earth's surface that have not yit- messed a Barry-Langford contest"
 McVea. it is thought will eo to Paris from Australia He Was al ways lion in the French capital and he likes the methods of the pro moters over there When talking
 the subject at his training camp nsar sydney. he said In Paris can pick my own opponents. In other places they insist Oh picking them for me"
 Up in Calgary where Tommy Burns makes his home, ii is said that Burns and Langford are to box in September up that way The story is that the Langdon Athletic club will furnish a purse f $25,O and hat the articles of agreement call for fifteen rounds.
 Burns says if he wins from Lang ford he will box Johnson; but as Jack has announced that he will re- tire on Labor Day. it looks as though disappon ment is in store for Burns.
 Fr the fifteenth time Jim Jetfries has denied that he has any idea of returning 10 the ring. The peculiar thing about it is that so many sport ing men, who ordinarily are not giv- CT to romancing. should have from time to time miscons rued things that came up in conversation with Jef- fries.
 One f the choicest bits of news Johnnie Kilbane had to impart to his friends when he arrived in Cleveland was that Jeffries was going after Johnson again. There was no mistake about it. Johnnie said, for he had it straight from the big fel- low himself.
 Jeffries, when his attention was