El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-03
FIGHT FANS BEGIN
T0GATHER 1T VEGAS
johnson to Weigh in at 212;
Flynn Is Confident
of Victory.

East Las Vegas, y. NJ, July "a few
more fight enthusiasts were added last
night and today to those already gath
cred here to witness the Johnson
Flynn battle tomorrow; but the main
body of spectators will not arrive until
tonight when several special trains
are due Others viii come in tomOr-
row morning and several will reach
here just in time for the fight at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. In an
ticipatiOn Of the rush of hungry trav-
elers later in the day, hotel people
were putting their emergency lunch
counters into commission this morn
ing, and piles of edibles were displayed
in the shed-like structures.
The fight fans found little to amuse
them today It was very quiet at the
fighters camps. Both men did little
light work to keep in trim and devoted
the rest of their time to assuring their
friends that they were supremacy con-
fident Of victory. The camps were on
display all day and the usual line of
curious onlookers lined the fences
whenever one of the principals showed
himself
Little Change In Betting.
There has been little change in the
betting, lots of Johnson town money
at ? to 1 being offered. with no takers
TO speak of.
The board at the betting headquar-
ters shows few recorded wagers. The
Flynn supporters make an offer of $500
to $500 and do not appear anxious to
get their money down at less than the
three to one rate One freak bet, 80 to
so, that Johnson will knock Flynn
down before The. fourth round, is re-
corded and Immediately below it comes
the legend:
$50 to 40 he does not"
As a commentary on these bets the
following explanation is written on the
board:
a man on his knees is considered
Tov md efT L fr7e he f@~E+
Bets Placed on Eleventh Round.
As to the round betting the 18th ap-
pears to be favored for the termination
of the fight, probably because the 18th
round of the last Johnson FLYNN bout
proved to be the fireman's -undoing
Most of the round bettors, however,
are down on the 14th to 17th with
25th.
As an appetizer to the big show to-
morrow, Stanley YOakum, of Dallas,
and "BOer' UnhOlz, of Denver who fall
somewhere near the lightweight class,
viii try out promoter Curley's canvas
walled arena tonight 1t is a scheduled
20 round bout and probably will draw
an unusually select fight audience, as
there are a good number of sporting
notables waiting for the big fight who
viii not overlook chance to watch the
little men work
johnson to Weigh in at 212.
It is JOhnsons announced plan to en-
ter the ring tomorrow weighing 2Is
pounds. The champions trainers in
announcing his weight yesterday at
PA, explained that he could go into
the ring at 20 if necessary. They do
not consider it necessary, however, to
take off the extra two pounds.
Flynn Confident.
Flynn expects to fight at about $50
pounds He has said for a week or so
that ne wOulG weigh from 1S9 to 1913
and probably would try for the happy
medium. Despite the One-sided look of
the betting board. Flynn appears con
fident that he can surprise the cham
pion beyond measure tomorrow on his
improved form since they last met. He
makes no particular prediction as to