The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-03


The worlds heavyweight champion
ship battle between Jack johnson and
Jim Flynn for tomorrow afternoon at
Las Vegas, N. Mex, is ov~ershadowed
by the lightweight title match between
Ad Wolgast and Jose Rivers. sched-
uled for the same afternoon at Nc
Carey's Vernon arena.
Boxing fans in general have watch
ed the preliminary details to the VOL
CAST and Rivers engagements with
more interest than they have display
ed in the clash between the heavy
weights because the average ring fan
does not think the johnson and Flynn
contest is an eve match in any sense.
No n seriously regards FLYNN as a
fit opponent for the burly black.
Neither in weight, in size, in reach. in
strength, in skill-in fact, in no re-
quisites of a fighters the Colorado
fireman to be classed with the cham
pion: hence this uneven matching
makes the Las Vegas affair seem like
a farce. If it is fought honestly.
FLYNN will not be after seven rounds"
as lii Artha" says.
No one doubts Flynn's courage and
eagerness to test conclusions with
johnson again, but gameness simply is
not sufficient to beat such a ring de-
mon as Johnson. Flynn is banking
on the fact hat johnson has lived
riotously during the time since he
wrested the championship from jeff
ries, and that this mode of life has
Slapped the negro's physical strength.
That hay be, but in his training work
johnson has given no evidence that
he has slowed up or is not inclined to
fight with the same willing spirit that
he had in other days. Reports from
the camp say that every vestge OF
superfiuous flesh has disappeared and
his body is as 1.-the. his muscles as
supple IL Il cats. He will be the same
johnson that faced Jeffries two years
ago., say men who are watching him
and who know h negro Intimately.
Little Difference in Age.
While many fight boosters say Flynn
has youth and age in his favor, it is a
fact that johnson is just one year old
er than the Pueblo fireman. confessing
to the 3i-year figure, while Flynn is
80.
Looking over the record book Flynn
has only an outsiders chance. Flynn
winning his first three contests by
knock-outs in four. four and two
rounds. respectively. He fought for
two years without a reverse, when he
lost an eight-round decision to Jack
Root. He then went two years more
without a reverse, when he went up
against Tommy Burns in LOS Ange-
les and was knocked out in fifteen
rounds. After this he had a string of
liner in eighteen rounds and Dave
Barry in seven. On November 2. 1907.
ohnso put him away in eleven
rounds. A month later Flynn met
Bill Squires. the Australian heavy
weight. and knocked Squires out in
six rounds He then beat Battling
Johnso twice in ten rounds.
Flynn was then knocked out by AL
Kaufman in nine rounds and by Sam
this he again tackled Sam in a ten
round, no-decision contest. and was
knocked out in eight round Flynn
then went against Kaufman again.
n showed his ''come-back' stuff in
Kansas City on May 5. 1911, when he
Knocked his former que out in
ten rounds. Closely following this vic
tory over Kaufman. Flynn handed out
the sleeping potion to four more OPP
ponents. and then handed Carl Morris
a lacing in ten rounds in New York.
johnson Sure he Will Win.
johnson has given notice that after
this July 4 battle he will be ready to
take on n other ambitious heavy
that the promoters select. There is a
chance that he may meet Sam Lang
ford in a long-distance fight, and it is
also probable that he will be asked to
fight Luther Mccarthy. AL Palzer and
Bombadier Wells in turn. johnson
appreciates that he canot keep sue
cessfully for more than a veal or two
longer. SO it is up to him to gather in
the shekels while he is still the big
card. For that reason he is eager, so
he says, to engage in as many con-
tests in the ear future as will be
financially profitable. Hugh Mcintosh
wants johnson to go to Australia for
three fights. and the big fellow is
seriously considering this offer.
L~ightweights Go Twenty Rounds.
Wolgast and Rivers will meet in a
twenty-round battle at Vernon arena
on the afternoon of July 4. and the