The sun., 1912-07-04
NO GREAT RUSH TOBUY
JOHNSON-FYlNN TICKETS
Promoter in Financial Troublo
Because Public Declines to
PatrOnizc Show.
BLACK MAY TAKE LESS
Optimistic Estimate Places N,
Receipts at Figure That
Means Big Loss.

LAS VEGAS. n. NJ, July 3.--Tho ,ro.
pect OF fair sized crowd bcingon hand ,o.
morrow to witness the johnson. FIy,,
heavyweight championship nsht IL grow ing
Simmer every hour. Train after train ba.
come In without the expected crowd and
the hopes OF Promoter Jack Curlcy ba,.
fallen accordingly. II IL foregone conclu.
sion that there will not be enough MONEY /,
the house to meet the general cnpcn,.,
aside from the purse of s3iioo gnaran.
teed to johnson. win or lose. johnson and
Curley have talked matters over and
johnson is In a conciliatory mood and no,
inclined to force the terms OF his contract
IL is thought that instead Of having tho
purse handed TO him ms ne enters the rins
johnson will accept a percentage Of tho
receipts.
At present there IL about $40, 900 in IN.
treasurers Office. This amount include,
the receipts from the advance sales ~
seats and part of the fund subscribed
by the citizens of Las Vegas for taking
tho fight to their town. They promised
$4,000. but TO date have only paid par,
Of that sum!
Curicy Is very much worried Unless
things change decidedly for tho better in
the next few hours he will lose good
sum of money. lie strollcd TO the yard.
OF the Santa Fe Railroad this morning
and asked about the special expected
tie learned at the operators Office that
only one special was due and that. had
zoo men from Kansas City on board
Just where that train was could not he
learned. The most sanguine say about
1000 will attend the fight. The cities NJ
Las Vegas. Santa Fe. Albuquerque and
other nearby places which had promised
10 take blocks of tickets have so far made
no tITOTt 10 DtltCnASp. nave fh(v
nounced their intention of so doink.
!, has cost curlcy close to $4,000 to
johnson's share. The balance was To-
arena construction. advertising. training
yxpcnses Tor the men and many odds and
gate receipts will exceed $4,000 and nianv
tina, sum; OF the 100000 worth Of tickets
Johnson; Flynn and Curicy were to
nay. held conference with Referee
Flynn was ther" ON time, hut after wait
,nG thirty-fvc minutes for johnson he
i:m l,s,a,SS very ansr.; ar Is, Turning to Manager
Tell your man that was hero on
time and that ] will meet him here
tomorrow night IL he isn't afraid to show
.rI Flynn IN, says he is confident Of victcry.
know what ! said q couple Of days ago.
1t will be when am coming in. iii
never stop until one OF us falls"
.iohnson's camp WAS i'm nigh fever to-
day. Almost without exception the cham
pionss handlers. pick the black man to
win inside of eleven rounds. Thus far,
however. the johnson hackers have been
unable TO place their money at odds they
think right. They want the Flynn peopl.
10 offer to that Johnson won't beat
Flynn IN ter rounds. even money that
nc won't beat him IN fifteen rounds and
! to that the black will not win In
twenty rounds the latter price also
holds for the general result OF the bat.
tie. The Flynn followers want I to
On the general result.
The fight. II II IL held. will start at
O'Clock. Eastern time.