The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-09
M'CARTY-FLYNn GO
PROVES PUZZLE TO
The EXPERTS

Los Angeles Cal. Dec. 9-Yesterday
was a gala day at the training camps
at Vernon and Venice by the Sea. 1t
was the final day of the big doings In
the preparatory line for White Hope
McCarty and Destroyer Jim Flynn and
vast crowds gathered to watch the RI
val heavieS in action.
Interest, of course conferred In the
beating up of sparring partners by the
championship candidates. This was
done to the kings taste, and that the
watchers enjoyed it was evidenced by
the applause which waited upon each
spirited spell of cutting.
When the visitors turned homeward
it is safe to say that so per cent of the
Venice pilgrims favored McCarty's
chances in Tuesday nights encounter,
while a corresponding portion of those
who went to Vernon felt sure that
Flynn will win.
This is human nature. A man with
no particular fixed ideas in regard to
the chances of a pair Of prospective
opponents goes to one of the training
camps. What he sees there has one
sided look and is likely to lsave one
sided impression. He sees man who
has profited by regular work, good
hours and proper fare, buffet staff
of sparring partners who are merely
required to report for duty every day
at o'clock and who may consume all
the cigarettes and beer they have ca
pacity for meanwhile.
isn't he a wonder?" they'll say later.
And he is-but only by comparison.
The best antidote for opinions formed
at one camp is to pay a visit to the
other.
Then you won't know what to think,
and that, II the betting is any guide,
is about what ails those who have
been making a close study of the Nc
Carty-Flynn prospect
On one point everybody is agreed.
Matters have reached a crisis in white
hope affairs And lest there be any
mistake about it let US repeat that Jim
Flynn rebels with all the force his
modest nature commands at being
classed white hope. II pains him, In
fact. Jim wants it to be remembered
that he has been fifteen years before
the public as a glove brandisher; tina,
during that time has met the best ir
the lists and has been hammered into
shape on the anvil of hard usage.
If you ask Jim how he would like tt
be described ne Will murmur.
well. suit yerself. Kid. but I'm tn,
guy the white hopes have to dea
with"
"A kind of Cerebus as 1t were" sug
gested some one and then Jim waxet
silent and thoughtful. He was won
dering if Cerebus was another hop
that would have to be operated on la
ter for championship ambitions.
Flynn is gracious enough to admi
that white hopes are all right in thei
way. But he argues that once yo-
have called them white hopes there |
nothing further you can say abou
them.
They've never done nuthin,' sal
Flynn the other day. He was out o
breath at the time. which probably ha
something to 90 with rendering hi
sentences curt and ungrammatical
It was at this juncture that some on
told him of AL Palzer's arrival.
''They met hiN1 at the depot with
brass band volunteered the informan
with villainous tact.
"Sure shot" beloved Flynn, as
polished his neck with q towel THE
brought him into town in a ban
wagon, but they'll take him away i
an ambulance. These white hope
make me tired"