El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-25

East Las Vegas. n. NJ, June 25-James
Flynn. the Irish-American fighter VINO
fs TO nut Jack johnson to the test July
4 in the new fighting arena here, anus
es himself during his off hours with
reading some of the harsh things that
have been said about him since he sign
ed articles to take on the great negro
gladiator
And Jim finds consolation IN these
stories or rather in the reflection that
,o13ee 70 him that he will get even with
his critics after the fight IS over; For
Jim figures that even If he doeSn WIN
and really he doesn't see how ne IS
going 10 lose-he will put UP such
sSsori-fne GOOD fight that he will be even
a greater man in defeat than Johnson
will be in victory IT,
Now, when you look PACK a. II, -
thing of fighting Johnson ISM suSn d
daredevil proposition as great many
nersons believe" Jim said last eNeI4hS'
after the final meal Of the day hao oeSu
tucked away and everybody aDout ~ ~
cauD was vaWning and WAITING lHS
signal for bed Really, the colOIeu
fellow isn't such 4 terror Just lOoA
over his record and you VIII Iinu IlldI
he hasn't knocked out so many OF tlei en-
AT anv rate. there IS one InlnS an
morally sure of. I'll make 1ar DeIIeI
showing against him than Jeffrles ala
and that ought to get me some liiil7
from the American people
And in this deduction tlyhh Is -
soIufeIv correct. The Johnson efIrles
contest was one of the most widely az
vertised affairs that ever took pace IN
sporting history And even the eTpe ~. =
who watched Jeffries 20 through MS
training work were deceived in his con-
The public or a great portion of it.
was told that Jeffries would MAKE d
wonderful showing against the cOLOrea
man. who was then champion through
his defeat in Australia of Tommy Burns
and the stories were so strong tnat
Jeffries entered the ring staunch IaN-
From the first tap of the gong JEFF
fries never had chance IF winning
He never made even good stab at WIN
ming
It's a certainty that won't be the case
with the Flynn boy. No gamer man
ever wiggIed his fingers into a set o.
five ounce gloves tfian Us L5u t i-.,t
the highlands of Colorado. De Ism {
going TO succumb from the eftecIs OF
a single punch and he isn't gong
crumbling away into a Wllted neap
without fighting back ana HsI'iA7
hack mighty hard.
An those who know something OF
Flvnn's rather desperate past those
who know of his desperate struggles 70
get along and try 10 maze So.-ie ~. -aa5
of himself. and those who nave seen
him fight and have seen him Tram LOT
This contest and have talked to him
know that Jim is fighting for his very
life in this contest
IF F1vnn can win he has an enormous
fortune in his hands within the next
+T.-o years. He should be one of the
most popular champions we ever mao,
ibecause Jim at heart is a good LAD aIlo
in addition TO that he has enough OF the
Gaelic blood in his veins to enlist the
nation's entire good will He is more
on the John J. Sullivan order OF
personality than has been any candl-
date for the title we have had since
Peter Maher bobbed up and then as
quickly bobbed down again For JIM
could be called more of an lrlsnmaI
than he IS a German or anything else
FIvnn realizes what he is facing, mo-
in the fight itself, but in the chance o.
winning It usually frightens the aver
age fighter clean out of his boots Il
merely think OF facing champion NO
SO with Flynn It is an actual fact tina
he can scarcely wait for the day to rol
And when Jim said: shoot me if
don't win" he meant every word Of II
If he cannot win he knows he is lost
But the prospect does not frighten nm
in the least. It is serving TO spur nm
on to ever greater efforts in the train
To see and talk with Flynn is to be
come possessed of the idea of his abiding
faith in himself and his bOundless cour
age and ambition. And after all tina
counts a great deal in this game o
fisticuffs
Johnson is back in the old routine
and gave the spectators a lively matt
nee of it. He boxed nine stiff round
in ali in addition to the routine with tn
medicine ball and the punching ba: