Arizona republican., 1912-06-30
AS GREAT DAY
 DRAWS NEAR
Final Week Brings Flock of Experts and Writers to See and Comment on Heavy Huskies Who Bat tie on July 4
(By H. w. Laniqan.)

2G.-Ine Jim FlNnn Jack Johnson con-
 test is barely a week off It is the
 noisy show of the fOurth's busy fistic
 schedule and now that Governor Me
 Donald has officially decided to keep
 hands off and allow East Las Vegas to have what it wants. with Mayor
 Tauper keeping a watchful eye on
 the fight crowd during the early and
 active scenes of the championship
 combat. thus being held personally
 responsible for all that happens, in
 terest in the big battle is so acute
 that the success of the attraction is assured
 California puts on pair of cham
 pionship battles July 4 Most natur-
 ally the coast crowd is keen on it's
 own fistic bookings but positive proof
 that the WOlgast- Rivers and Attel-
 Murphy matches are minor ones at
 best in comparison to the heavyweight
 title contest between Flynn and John
 son was proven when w w Naugh-
 ton, the brilliant pugilistic expert of
 HearStS great string of California papers, arrived in East Las Vegas this
 week. Though located in San Fran
 cisco. where his following equals
 those Of Otto FlotO in Denver and
 Ed Smith in Chicago. Naughton could
 not stand for his sections two shows
 and came On to New Mexico to 'cOv-
 err the battle betwen Lil Artha and
 the Fighting Fireman. Naughton's
 appearance in East Las Vegas proves
 that that sparkling ring critic is con-
 fident that the Flynn Johnson con
 test is going to be well worth sec
 ing. Otherwise, he would have re-
 mained in California, as the bunk in
 pugdom never gets him away from
 home.
 With this city well stocked with
 fistic sharEs and newspaper experts
 the country is learning just what the little cOterie of fight folks on the job
 here from May has known for the
 past six weeks-that Champion John
 son is working faithfully to be on
 edge for the battle and that Challen- ger Flynn is in wonderful physical condition and has absolute confidence
 ill his ability to dethrone Lil Ar thur The success of the July 1 match is assured and the knockers of ninety days ago are now among
 the warmest of boosters.
 Seeing is believing always Orig inally many had it that the Flynn Johnson contest was a poor one By the way. have you ever noticed that when the worlds champion is not fighting regularly he gets banned ? Also when he makes a match he is banned over again, styled a lemon picker and a fortune hunter? Johnson won the heavyweight crown from Jeffries two years ago It was most natural that he be called l upon to battle for his title some time | this year. Following his triumph | over Jeff the experts began picking | his next antagonist. Most of them | Carl Morris. after polishing up ev- l erything he tackled in Oklahoma. hit New York. lot of the big writers getting stuck on his bulk and his | looks. declared that here was the right youngster to be sent against ] Johnson.
 | In the course of time. or from May | to September 15, 1911, to be exact l Flynn went to war with both Kauf- l man and Morris. Though the long i shot in the betting in each encoun- | ter, he was bracketed both times
 and in most emphatic fashion, too He stopped Kaufman in the tenth l round. after making the pace every l inch of the way. and though not 1 able to toDple over Morris. beat the l Sapulpa lad up so badly that he has
 rever been able to show to advantage since
 | To be exact. Flynn didn't defeat | Kaufman and Morris, the white boys who were backing in the bright ef- 1 fulgent rays of the spotlight up to 1 the time that both ran afoul of the 1 PueblOan He annihilated them ] Flynn was slipped the tip to go slow
 in Kansas City. when he had Kauf-
 man as good as stopped in the sec- ond round. as those concerned in | the life of the KaWs fistic game feared that it would be curtains for 1 all times with it if the fireman did
 not let up.
 It was the same against Morris in New York The bout only went the limit of ten rounds because Morris outweighed Flynn by about 60 pounds and despite the fact that the Pueb- | loan did all the leading and all the landing the Oklahoman's big bulk was too great to be topped over. Flynn defeated Morris for all times. Flynn also got the Madison Square Garden Amusement Co. and Referee Charley White in trouble with the state box ing commission for beating UP Nor ris so badly White was seN eNerely reprmanded for net stonping the contest before it reached the brutal stage and came within an ace of I losing his license.