Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-02
JOHNSON IS
 HARD AT WORK
Champion Has Flynn DOped Out as Some" Fighter and Intends tO
 Re Right"
BOTH ARE COCK SURE
By Ii. N. LANIGANl

EAST LAS VEGAS, x. M. Jane Jack Johnson's unexpectedly promp1 arrival on the battle-ground ia a bis boost for tnIs city mammoth isric entertainment on the Fourth Ci I-iy IL proves that where even the cham pion himself was prone 70 pooh-po3c the Flynn date when it was first made he is keen on Flynn and has him doped as a gent who may cross his path and run him out of the spot light
 Johnsons arrival is just the boost the big pugdom performance needed. Contracting to be on the battlegro no later than June i, l.il Artha ,5 sured Jack Curley when allowing that clause to be inserted in the article, that he doubted if he would abide Dy it.
 That's all foolishness. said the dusky one. Al I will need will be about two weeks work You know want to be on hand when open my cafe in Chicago May l5 and l would mt miss them big auto races in In dianapolis for nothing"
 Curley called the turn. He told 1oull1Ou that ht NOA4Q AhAlD AlA ferent tune along in early May. Sur. enough. Curiey's chatter came true Reading about all the work Flynn was doing, right on the ground: the weight the Fighting Fireman was put ting on: the way the paleface's camp was being organized and the way the experts were warming up to the show made Johnson sit up and take notice
 Champion Respects Flynn
 As early as May Lii Artha gave up leading the hurrah, simple life and started doing both roadwork and gymnasium work. boxing included, ip Chicago Even when at work John son announced that he would not hit out for Las Vegas before the first week in June. So when he hove into view May 26. accompanied by a fuI stan of trainers. it showed cOnCiu- sively that Lil Artha had become thoroughly imbued with the idea that the Flynn match was going to be 3 most exciting one, after all
 Johnson was happily fixed in his training camp within twelve hours after his arrival. Incidentally, he started his work going at once He took a 10-mile drill on the road his first day in town. Jack got down to work in earnest his second day iu Las Vegas. His daily program em braces a two hours run in the fore noon and like hike in the afternoon The big black was also quick to start his training work going. Jack has 9 platform, 30X3O, located in the back yard Of his dwelling in "Old Town. the moniker saddled on Las Vegas proper. Every afternoon Johnson has it out hammer and tongs style with Cutler and George DeBray his two massive white sparring partners Cutler was over the jumps with John son in Reno. DeBrly is a newcomer in the champions camp. Both lads are built on the same lines as Flynn which probably forms a very good reason why they are filling their po- sitions
 Confidence in Johnson's Camp
 Cutler and DeBray declare they stand no chance Of as much as tap ping Lil Artha oftener than once a week and openly state that they feel sorry for Flynn on the Fourth
 "I cannot for the life of me figure how Jim can win the big bout" re- marked Cutler the other afternoon Nov to win he must hit Johnson. and ! cannot see him doing it.
 Confidence certainly reigns in John. sons camp. Jacks colaborers are plainly happy over the way their star is hustling. They figure Johnson will be as good July as he ever was in his life.
 As for Flynn, the longshot. he is hard at it at his training camp a. MonteZuma. under the watchful eye of Tommy Ryan. the man who helpei make Jeffries. Flynn is rounding in. to wonderful condition and continues to claim what he has always claimed towit: that he will knock the biz dinge stiff on the Fourth" There is nothing to it but that the Fighting Fireman is cock sure he is LiT Ar tha's master.