The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-07
DUE IN KEOKUK
ABOUT next WEEK
Gate city Representative Who Cow.
ed the Johnson-Flynn Quarrel
Has Completed His
Work.
TELLS OF MUDDLz
The Fireman, Says the Correspondent
Had Fat Chance, to Lower
the coIors Of the sacchar
inc Man.
Especial to The Gate City.

Especial to The Gate City.l
EAST LAS VEGAS, New Mexico
July This burg, within the mast
few days, has shrank from city or
which the eyes Of the world were
focused, to mere dot on the man
which would be hard to locate with
the Yerkes telescope. In fact, the
pugilistic powder peppered over this
city on July 4th has shriyelled and
dwindled It until at the present time
1t is nothing more to this woe begone
land of the prairie dog and coyota
than Reno is to forlorn humanity
which has tired Of martial felicity.
whatever that means.
Getting back to earth, there was
nothing to 1.-THE July 4th fuss be.
tween Jack johnson, the fist. ram.
ming champion Of the world, and Jim
Flynn, who wanted to be his success.
sor. In fact, there is a gentle suspi
cion down here that Is gently whis.
pered about that Jim was not espe-
cially worried about the champion.
ship, and despite his claims to tbs
contrary, 1t is thought improbabls
here that Inc Puebloan ever dreamed
Of the championship. 1t is alleged
that the fireman saw big fat fee
attached to the losers end of the
| fracas. and was very content to grab
that snug little sum.
Ring Side Demonstration.
The Gate City correspondent was
among the first to arrive at the ring,
and he was wildly cheered when he
/ was introduced to those who were
i there when he drew up to the place.
/ Later Flynn and his trainers put in
their appearance, and there was an.
other demonstration. Then came the
I saccharine and his stable boys,
swipes, rubbers and touts, and
] short time later they were off in a
bunch. The champion went punching
while the punching was good. Mr..
! Flynn Immediately became the re-
ceiver in general and absorbed the
cruel dealt out to him by the big
black nugget with about as much
grace as a COW skimming across q
pond over which there is a thin coat
/ Of ice.
The agony was of short duration,
! as every one knows, for there was a
/ policeman who put stop to the quar-
1 rel after it was seen that the fire
mans chances were about as good as
those of lone sailor seeking to de-
! YOUR the English navy. The action
4 Of the officer met with the approval
OF the bugs present. Early In the
1 fuss Flynn tried to fight with his
head, and that practically accounts
for the action Of the policeman.
4 "Rouehhouse,v Said officer.
Il stopped it because the contest
had developed into a rougnhouse af-
fair and was no longer a boxing
match" said the officer. when inter
viewed by your representative.
When Flynn was seen by the Gate
City man Immediately after the fight
! he peeked out from behind q greatly
enlarged pair of eyes, while his
bloody glare was focused across the
broken and battered bridge Of a lump
that had probably one time in its life
been nose. Why, that big smoke
couldn't stop me in fifty years. ne
said. triumphantly. I had him going
in the sixth round and the smoke
knew It.. What the fireman meant
by the word stop is not known
down In these parts. Neither is tns
word going"
Jack .Curley was furious after tne
affair was over and declared 1T was
no contest Jack lost $4,000. Every
one seemed to agree with him. Whel
II it was compared with the Reno al
fair, when Mr.. Jeffries was slammed
through fourteen rounds Of blood am
! tears, there was nothing but Sign
/, tap OF the forehead. They were both
in the opinion of the experts, zsros Il
the pugilistic column.
Back to the United States for You
representative. Despite the tropica
weather, your CORRESPONDENT VII
probably arrive in Keokuk in TN
!. next few days, providing the frelsil
! trains continue to run. The war COZ
! respondent prefers, hereafter TO =
assigned to baseball in Keokuk. e.
!, pecially when Muscatine floats ina
way.