Arizona republican., 1912-06-17
] ID l0 MAY BE OPENING
 ODDS JULY 4 Old Price 10 to 1 Breaks With Flynn's Improved Chance for Twelve
 Spaces TRAINER RYAN IS MUCH ENCOURAGED Betting Commissioner John Talbott of Denver Will Open Johnson 2 to 5
 Favorite
TRAINER RYAN IS
 MUCH ENCOURAGED
(By H. w. lanioan)

EAST LAS VEGAS, N NJ. June 16. Down is going the price on the Flynn Johnson championship combat, which this fair city will stage July f.
 When Jack Curley first built the match the sport set the country over,
 with a very few exceptions ridiculed it, gurgling that the Puebloan stood no chance whatever and that when
 the gambling opened Lr Artha would
 be the tightest favorite in the history of pugdom.
 Originally it was said by the con
 tingent that is generally accurate
 that 10 to 1 wouldn't be false
 price; in fact, anything under that
 luscious figure would be wholly out
 of line Just as soon as Flynn and
 Curley showed early in April that
 they were in quest of the heavyweight
 crown in all seriousness by canceling
 upwards of s25,000 worth of theatrical
 time" and boiling out in Arkansas
 Hot Springs preparatory to coming
 to Las Vegas and laying out the
 training camp, the critics and fight
 fans began to sit up and take notice
 Flynn entered his training camp
 at Montezuma Hot Springs, located on the edge of East Las Vegas, May 10. No son of swat was ever housed in prettier or more pretentious quar- ters. Tommy Ryan, the retired king of the middleweights, who is serving as Flynn's chief trainer, came along ofrtnight later, and where the sage of syracuse was loath to talk of the fighting fireman at the outset he is now becoming enthusiastic over the white boy, awarding him a royal good chance for the title in the event | that the battle goes over twelve I rounds Ryan has it figured that Flynn will go the route better than Johnson, should the fight develop into ] a fight, as the high altitude should agree better with the Puebloan than | with Lir Artha.
 "Originally when this match was first arranged stated Ryan at the | Montezuma Springs training camp yesterday afternoon, T was just like the rest of the boobs and labeled ii | a poor one Since taking hold of 1 Flynn I have found out what cour- ageous fellow he is. I did not form | this opinion in a hurry; in fact, 1 i was allied with Jim over week be- 1 fore l could see him at all. The very l first day I found out that he was as i hard as nails and chuck full of con- ! fidence. but it was not until l donned 1 the gloves with him that l discovered | it is all a myth about him being a l sucker. For a couple of rounds l guess I am as good as I ever was in my life. Well, I gave Jim all l had ! our first day out. as 1 wanted to flnd 1 out quick all about him. He sur
 prised me He showed better speed than I thought he owned and he used his head in all tight places. As l figure the battle next month Flynn | if he sticks out the first ten rounds with Johnson, stands an excellent chance of winning. Jack has got to win while he is fresh. If Jim stays with him 10 or 12 rounds I give him fully an even chance of landing the l victor"
 John o. Talbott, the well known Denver sporting man, who has beer named official betting commissioners 1 of the July 4 encounter, expects tc open Johnson a to favorite. How ever, it is his tip that the odds will tumble from the jump. Seven tc ten is the best price I can see the morning of July A." states Talbott ! That is because Flynn is training SC well and looks so good