Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-07-04
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The Busy Little Burg.

East Las Vegas, n. NJ, July 4-The
streets of Las Vegas presented an ami.
mated scene today, many hours before
| tEe time set for the first world :
heavyweight championship since Jack
| Johnson won the title from Jim JEFF
| fries at Reno two years ago today jim
Flynn, of Pueblo, today assailed the
negro's claim to pugilistic supremacy
and he was backed by big following
OF Colorado sport lovers.
Two years ago, Johnson was a short
ender in the betting, Jeffries, then un-
beaten but retired, beng q 10 to 7
fayorite. Today it was all the other
way Johnson's own money offered at
2 to l on himself found no takers.
Despite the one-sided look of the
betting commissioners board, there ap-
reared to be a wide interest in the
fight. A great many fight followers
had gathered in this city to witness
the match and Las Vegas looked in a
small way today much as Reno did
two years ago.
| The rattle and click of roulette
wheels, the dr0Hing of the game deal
ers, We're missing, but the same rest
less, foot weary crowd surged back
and forth all morning along the mar
row sidewalks.
/ The question OF the length of the
fight appeared 10 be the most absorb
ling one in the minds of the fight fans
Nobody, apparently, looked for a long
contest. Only one bold plunger of the
,mutuals hazarded a guess that it would
jpass the 20 round mark and he select
cd the 18th as the last round. The
lOther mutuals clustered their bets or
the 18th and 18th, johnson himself
reiterated today his statement that he
would win in 10 rounds. Flynn had
no remarks to make as to the length
OF the fight
Il am going to win," is all he would
say. Referee Ed W. Smith of Chicago
was among the first of the ringside of
hcials to appear. He said that there
were no pending questions of ring pro
cedure to be settled and that the mer
understood fully the rules under
which they would fight.
Johnson Did Not Worry.
1nere Was marked difference il
the way the fighters spent the last
hours before the battle johnson de
voted last evening to the Unholz-Yoak
step indicated perfect health He was
to meet Flynn.
| Today's fight apparently was not in
mis- mlld. Flynn paid his first visit in
several days to the town last night
As he marched about the hotel porch
his ruddy, sunburned face and springy
step indicated perfect health, he was
followed by a mob of fight fans.
While the exact weight of the men
VIII not be recorded until just before
the fight, Johnson probably will til
the beam at 212 pounds and Flynn at
1870 or thereabouts. In other respects
the men compared physically as fol
lows, when measured a few days ago:
Flynn-Height feet 10 IL inches
reach 10 IL inches; neck II inches
night biceps 10 inches; left biceps
3 IL inches; right forearm 141-2
inches; left forearm, II 1-2: chest at
rest, 80; full inspiration Al 10; waist
"a l-2; thigh % -; calf Is inches
age 33 years.
| Johnson-Height feet II inch:
reach 10 - inches; neck II inches
right biceps 10 inches; left biceps
Is IA inches; right forearm 1878:
ieftfore arm IA; chest at rest 10 Ia;
iull inspiration AZ IL; waist Sc 1-2;
thigh 26 1-2; calf l6; age "a years
The fighters did not come to the
arena today until just before two
O'Clock, the time set for the fight tc
start. They dressed at their quarters
and came to the ringside in automo
biles
Flynn Moncy is Scarce.
i There was little gossip as to the
condition of the men at the ringside
Johnson, it was reported weighed 21g
pounds, but with his drying out work
this morning, expected to weigh 21l
when he ducked through the ropes
Flynn weighed 1913 pounds in his quar-
ters this morning, and those of his
friends who talked with him said thar
he was just 1913 pounds of complete
confidence in his ability to defeat the
negro champion. He expected to taks
off pound or two by two O'Clock and
probably will enter the ring weighing
a trifie over 1870. The extremely light
; betting down town fluctuated little