New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
JOHNSON TO FACE FLYNN
Signs Articles to Fight for His
Title in Nevada.
WILL POCKET BIG PURSE
Gives Up Bout with Sam Mevey
in Paris to Meet Man He
Had Knocked Out.

Chicago. Jan s-After eighteen month.
NJ idIeness. Jack Johnson champion heavv.
weight pueillsf of the world, signed ART.
cles here to fight finish battle with Jir,
Flvnn. the Pueblo fireman. generally "a.
asrded as ono ~ the best Of the "vhis.
hopes
The fight will take placs somewher. 4,
Nevada next July As tentative ast.
Ju'y % was selected. but this may b.}
changed AZ any time Tho fight Will al
held either AZ Windward or Metropolis.
For his services. Johnson IL 70 recAlv,
s3l 100 and one.third of the receipts from
the sale of the moving picture rights
FIynns share Of ths purse was not an.
nounced He Will be paid by his manager.
Jack Curey who represented the pro.
moters Their identity IN secret
Each fighter agreed not 10 engage IN a
contest between May 1 and the date ot this
SIGHT without the mutual consent NJ the
other fighter and Curley. This means that
Johnsons fight with Sam Mcvey must b.
postponed
Before May +, however, Flynn viii nsA.
Al Kubisk in Toronto and possibly Al
, PaIzer in New York. Johnson protested 20
day against the Palzer match taking place
referee will be selected later Big
Tim" Sullivan. Of New York who held thA
! forfeit money for the Jeffries-Johnson
/ battle. was chosen stakeholder. Before
Il, February l6. Curley must post forfeit ot
, $1,000 and Johnson and Flynn 5000 each.
/ or the articles will he declared void.
Johnson objected 10 only two sections ~
the articles He demurred 10 Dostponlng
! tho McVey battle and the amount NJ
money he is To receive for training eT-
penses. 81. 100. He wanted t,2o0 cash, three
round trip tickets 10 Salt Lake and the
TRANSFORMATION charges on his three auto.
mobiles
Curley explained 70 johnson that
training site at Lagoon. eighteen miles
from Salt Lake City and on a fine drive.
would be obtained for him II he would
agree to the s11oO proposition, and this 50
nIeased the champion that he signed with
ont further protest. He will go 10 Lagoon
a month before the fight
The meeting was held IN downtown
hotel and was open to all. Before ths
fighters and Curley began the discussion
Of the articles. Johnson made thirty y-min-
ute speech criticising a newspaper man
who had intimated the match would be
| fake"
'If the newspapers are going 70 continus
N say such untrue things III refuse 70
sign" Johnson said.
Al the conclusion OF the speech tbs
crowd cheered and Johnson smiled MS
golden smile"
Flvnn. whose diamond display now rivals
Johnson's, expressed confidence that b
would prove a real hope" He says ne
will build up to 1S5 pounds before entering
the ring. Flynn now weighs lS4, rinsside'
but he Is fat Johnson weighs about 20.
In M way can the local boxing fang
see ANYTHING Ike an even match between
Frynn and lack Johnson. While the Pueblo
man has boxed many OF the top notch men
of the class he has met with only fair
degree Of success. In his only appearance
On New York he Ieaped into some degrees
or prominence by battering the inexpe1-
enced Carl Morris for ten one-sided roundS
He heat AL Kaufman in ten rounds, out
AL Palzer showed that that was nothing
great by stopping Kaufman IN halt tns
time.
Salinas" Jack Burns had no trouble 70
holding Flynn even for ten ROUNDS IN Los
AneeIes two years ago. when Burns was
a novice. JOlJ'sol met 4 yAliA 'N''
wears ago in San Francisco and knocked
him out in eleven rounds. Later Al Kauf-
man knocked out Flynn in nine rounds and
Sam Langford finished him in punch.
! FLYNN fought only two battles in 1910 Both
were with Langford. In one Flynn lasted
ten rounds, but IN the second Langrord
knocked him out again, this time In eigae
| rounds.
Flynn has little or no science and IN
match with a past master Of the Queens
berry game like Johnson would have 70 pis
his strength against that Of the champion
| There. too. he seems to have little or no
chance. Flynn is only feet s'z inches IN
height. and the night he boxed Morris N
New York he weighed only i75 pounds
Johnson. on the other hand is one OF tns
most physically perfect men in the ring.
He is s feet i inch in height, and IN ms
mer1ora bic battle with Jeffries tipped ms
beam at 2l2 pounds In that battle Jonn'
sor showed wonderful strength
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