The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-01
JUST BEFORE THE
BATTLE FOR Title
Both Fighters Look to be in Perfect
Physical Condition and Both
Express Confidence TO
Bugs.
CROWD AT BOTH CAMPS
Las Vegas Deserted Yesterday and
Nearly all the People Went to
the TWO Camps to Watch
the scrappers.


i EAST LAS VEGAS. N. NJ. July Il
With the Jack Johnscn-Jim Flynn bat
/ tie only 10 hours away, the two CON
i testants today looked. to be in per-
feet physical condition. After watch
ing both men work out Sunday after
noon fight critics who have arrived
1 here pronounced Flynn hard as nails
and Johnson in surprisingly good
shape. They expected to see the big
cinder fat but instead they found him
1.-the of limb-more so than at Reno
and with no signs of a paunch TWEEN
+ ty pounds of excess flesh which he
carried when he started work several
weeks ago, has disappeared and he
seems fit to step into the ring at a
moments notice
Las Vegas was practically deserted
Sunday. residents and visitors joining
in one of the most remarkable train
ing camp journeys the veterans of the
game have ever witnessed In meas
ure it was tribute to Flynn, to whose
quarters is the hills hundreds wendell
their way in unique parade. On foot,
! horseback sometimes two astride-
and on burros and in clanking farm
wagons and buggies, in automobiles,
and on motor cycles and on a special
4 train, the people went to see the
Pueblan work. For three hours the
old brown trail that leads to Hot
f Springs received such humping as
it never received before.
Long before Flynn began work, his
big gymnasium was packed to suffo-
! cation, fully fifteen hundred crowding
their way in The unlocked fer throng
was taken by Flynn as great conlpli-
ment and the usually stolid fireman
showed signs of emotion as he stepped
out of his room and gazed upon the
hundreds who had made the six
, mile Journey for the sake of seeing
him work.
d The heat was so intense in the
d to cut his work but what he did was
d full of ginger and the three sparring
partners he jousted with were de-
lighted when their brief TINS of pun
i ishment were over. When Flynn had
n boxed the last round which, by the
g way will be the last he will box before
g the battle-he made little speech in
% which he expressed gratitude for the
N compliment paid him and declared he
!, intended to win.
Is "If lose, it will be going in and mo-
rs backing away" he added
Before taking his rub down, thu
challenger stepped on the scales ant
tipped the beam at 1945a.
Johnson's work was devoted partic
ularly to boxing. He compelled Geo
Debray, despite his injured knee, ant
Marty Cutler. despite his case of bloot
poisoning to- don the gloves The blacl
At went after them in savage fashion
: Debray received the worst beating o
any of Jacks sparring partners sinc
'e camp was pitched At the end of tn
second round his face was covere
with blood and both eyes were i
mourning. Cutler got off but littl
{. better, while Respess, who always get
y his, was hammered merrily. Will
~ this performance was in progress
rs many Spanish women in the audienc
~ shrieked to Manager Flanagan to sto
= the slaughter.
nc Johnson plans more boxing this
re- ternoon and tomorrow perhaps BIT
10 will rest on Wednesday, doing onl
'aH light work
.. Tom Flanagan and Jim Flynn chan
ny ed to meet today in Jack Curley's Q
ne fee, the latter kidding the Toron'
= man.
= 'How's your man." asked Flynn.
Fine was the reply.
"Glad to hear it," was Jim's com
back, Il want him to be at his be
- so he will have no excuse to Off
after I lick him.
N After Flynn's departure, Flanags
n expressed surprise at the Pueblan
81 appearance.
IA q thought all alcng,p he said, 9TH
IA the stories about him were bunk
y expected to see him weighing abo
"a IFS but his appearance today co
III vinced me that he is really legi
u mate heavyweight. His appearan
xv also forces me to admit that he h
\ worked hard and Is fit"
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