The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-27
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and zllo- Ezs, Ia Vegas % have
hat G, vsncs- E.-h MAJOR Ta12=rt
keeping zz,catal ere OF --= hg5t
e-oEl during he early AM active
Z scenes o. the championship con5a-
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Big battle Is 20 acute ,ha, t1@ =lc-ess
O.. the attraction : assured.
California puts OF pa-- 0. eaan-
. ,.oa.aip battles july Most na.1r-
all .h- coast croEd : keen o. is
oEn nstic bookings. bit positive proof
mat -he woIzzst-Rivers and At,ell-
. N1rpay matches are minor ones a.
rs. il ompa-izon 70 the he4Ty-
E=.zat title contest 5etEeeu FIynn
and Johnson -ss p-oTen when " y.
Sz1zhtcn. the brilliant p1g.lis,;c eI-
pe-r q Hea-sts great string 0 Cal
.torul papers. arrived in Las Vegas
this -e@z Though located IN san
Francisco. where his following equals
those ot Otto Flo;o II DenTer a1i e
Smith in Chicago. Na1zh,on could Tot
stand for his sections tEo saoEs and
came On 10 Ne- Mexico 70 -coverT
ne battle between LII A-taa and the
Fighting Fireman Na1yhrons ap-
pearance IN East Las Vegas proves
,as. tia, sparkling ring criti- Is coz
Hden, ,ha, the F7ynnJohason contest
s going 70 De rell Worth seeing.
OtherEise. he would have remained in
California as the bunk in p1gdom
never gets him away from home.
With this city veil stocked with
,is;ic sharps and newspaper experts
the country IS learning Just What the
little coterie o. fight folks on the ioo
here from Nay 9 has known .or the
PAST six Eeeks-that Champion John
son is working faithfully 10 De OF
edge for the battle and that Challea.
ger Flynn is in wonderful phy sical
condition and has absolute confidence
in MS ability 10 dethrone LII Artas
The success Of the July match IS as
sured and the knockers OF 81 days
ago are nov among the wa-mest 0.
the boosters.
Seeing is 0elieTinz-always. Orig
inally many had it that the Flynn
Johnson contest vas a poor one. By
the way. have you ever noticed that
Then the worlds champion Is no,
fighting regularly he gets pannei?
Also Then he makes a match he Is
Dapned over again. styled a lemon
picker and a fortune hunter?
Johnson won the heavyweight
crown from Jeffries txo years ago. Il
vas most natural that ne be called
upon to battle for his title some time
tbs year Following his triumph
over Jef the experts began picking
his neat antagonist Most Of them
nominated Al Kaufman. Then. when
Carl Morris. after polishing up every
thing he tackled in Oklahoma, hi,
New York. lot OF the big writer's
getting stuck on his bulk and MS
looks, declared that he vas the righ.
rinssts- to be sent against Johnson
I7 the course OF time. or from May
) 70 September Is, 1911. 10 be exact.
Flynn went 10 war with both Kauf-
man ard Morris. Though the long
shot in the betting in each encounter
he vas bracketed both times and in
most emphatic fashion, too. He stop
ped Kaufman in the tenth round. af.
ter making the pace every inch of the
way and though not able to topple
over Morris. beat the Sapulpa lad up
50 badly that he has never been able
to show to advantage since.
To be exact. Flynn didn't defeat
Kaufman and Norris, the white boys
Hho were basking in the bright efful :
gent rays of the spotlight up to the
time that both ran afoul OF the Pueb-
loan. He annihilated them. Flynn
vas slipped the tip to go slow in
Kansas City. where he had Kaufman
as good as stopped n the second
round, as those concerned in the life