The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-03

/ ana Dig league Dau games.
row on his improved form since they
last met.
Both Fighters Confident.
Sure of it? Never was better salts
fed in the whole career."-Jack John
More confident than ever Now
see you smile and 1 know that nine
out of ten of you fellows think I'm
in for a licking. But you're in for the
surprise of your lives. That's all I'll
tell you now."-Jim Flynn.
By way of backing up his word Jack
johnson yesterday wired to Zeke
Abrams, of San Francisco, the best
friend he has in the country among the
sporting men, asking him to wager S.,
900 for him at the best odds obtain
able. This much was learned this af-
ternoon in indirect way because
Johnson himself never said a word
about it to any of the newspaper men
and seemed anxious to keep it quiet.
But the champion had made no Sc
cret right along of his willingness tc
wager a chunk on his own chances in
tomorrow afternoons big battle. In
deed, ever since John o. Talbot, Off
cial betting commissioner, has been
on the job here, this proposition has
been on the board: $4,000 to $4,000 or
any part Johnson wins"
This was Johnson's coin and he told
Talbot to try to get it on for him
three weeks ago.
Flynn Has All to Gain.
Flynn has not peeped yet about be-
ing willing to bet on himself. With
Jim the proposition presented is vast
ly different to that of the johnson side
Johnson is here to make what money
there is in sight. Flynn's chance is
merely prospect. That is, the only
way he can make any money on the
bout itself is to win. Should he be
able to do this there are mountains
of gold in sight for him. But just now
the Pueblo fireman isn't as flush with
the bank roll as the champion. That's
why he isn't betting. If he can only
win his will come in chunks in the
near future.
Jacks Plan of Battle.
A startling little bit of news came
from Johnson's camp this morning in
roundabout manner.
1t is about Johnson's plan of battle
He intends to knock Flynn down in
the first round.
He intends to repeat the dose in- the
Then he will go along at his leisure
and attempt to pick the fireman to
pieces at his leisure.
johnson says he can do this because
ne has an idea that the newly made
Colorado heavyweight is easy to hit.
The champion hasn't been limiting
to anybody yet that this is to be his
geenrat plan of campaign at the start
OF the contest but the idea was tipped
OFF by one close to johnson around the
training camp.
johnson believes that two knock
downs right at the start of the fray
Will so upset the Flynn plan of mill
ing and confuse the opposition that he
VIII have an easy time of it thereafter.
That Flynn expects to ge- a possible
beating in the fight irrespective of the
result is shown by his insistence to
Jack Curley that nobody connected
with his corner be permitted to throw
up the sponge as long as he is on his
feet and capable of continuing.
No Sponge in This Ring.
"I've always got a chance as long s
| have leg under me- is the brutally
frank manner the fireman had of dis
missing this part of it,
Il am of the opinion that Flynn's
condition will enable him to weather
more than one storm tomorrow after
noon,'' said Eddie Smith, referee, to-
day.
And also am of the opinion that
Johnson's shape is such that he will
be able to raise more than one storm
for the fireman to weather
Il do not look for a short contest.
L think it viii take well over an hour
to decide the match and that it will
be a smashing good affair to look AT
from every angle.
Johnson is not a quick finisher.
His whole record breathes of. his
HaNlnS taken MS time with every Job
that he ever undertook excepting such
unimportant matches as those with
Bob Fitzsimmons, Peter Felix, Bill
Lang and some of his English affairs
which were jokes. The champion
may have to take more than the or
dinary amount of time in disposing of
Flynn.
Indeed. figure that the longer the
affair is strung out the better the fire
mans chance is of proving the uIti-
mate victor. l am not of those who
so freely express opinions that John
son has gone back too far during his
two years of idleness to ever fit him
self again for real serious encoun-
ter in the ring. 1 have been looking
at him almost daily now for a month
and 1 believe that he is in grand
shape There may be something the
matter which is inside but he don't
show it in his daily grind.
AS for the fireman he never was
IN such shape as he is at the present
time L can readily see that he never
trained before the way he has this
time and his argument that Johnson's
age, his method of living his idle
ness, his failure to get a battle in the
last two years, all will tell against him
may prove to be the right one"
One thing is sure: The fireman will
be forced to set the pace for. in all of
Johnson's contests he has made ev-
cry single one of his opponents come
to him-to be impaled on those aw-
ful jabs and hooks and that right
uppercut that the colored star knows
SO well how to manipulate
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