Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-25
CHAMP IS ROASTED
WHETHER. HE FIGHT
OR DOESN'T
Jack johnson Han Scrap Book
Filled With Choice Collec-
ton Of Knocks; Flynn Back
ers Declare He is Eligible
Challenger.

WIN mean sitin 81 the sense ~ jack
Johnson being a poor champion
merely IN plying way
DID yon ever notice that when a
worlt's champion aoesn't neht that
he n panned 10 fare-ye- well and
called bum Champion
And have you noticed. too. that
when a champion does get busy and
start 20 take on some mntches that he
IL panned Just the same and called q
pos huni4r and a seeker Of soft thinsa
aud the ilkeY
Funny but tFue. And it's the case
with Jack Johnson exactly.
Jack haa made big scrap book
nllea with clippings from different pa
perB all over the country crltlclsing
him for his failure 10 do anything In
the ring but exhibition work vaflous.
writer's say various harsh things about
n champions or the world who won't
fght and take issue with him because
he doesm't pitch IN and wipe out come
~ The white hopes or be wiped out
himself,
Finally, some months back, johnson
did tire Of the inactivity Of his life
and tempted By the Turing bid Of y8I,.
100 from Jack Cnsley for n battle
with Jim Flynn. signed up for tho
battle.
Immediately those same writer's De-
gan 70 tell what a Joke this battle
would be despite the fact that Flynn
tried 4 make plain his position BY
showing that ne had beaten al kauf-
man and Carl Morris, two OF the best
Iof the white men Of a year ago. Now,
had either kaufman or Morris been
matched with Johnson. Il might not
have been % bad. Hut 10 match the
victor over both Of these men with
Johnson wen. Il was TO laugh, that
was an,
SO Johnson decided 70 starta scrap
hook on the rsverse side Of the ques-
ton 10 that he Will have a flnu bunch
of editorials on these subjects.
Jack Johnson mutt champion,
refuses 20 fight anybody"
Jack Johnson, a bum champion;
picks easy marks ali the time"
Tom Flanagan. the merry Mix,
who joined the Johnson camp here
last week for tho purpose OF putting
TIE finishing touches on the cham
pion's mental condition by handing
him a few hearty iaugha. feels more
kocnly than does johnson the alleged
utter Injustice Of this stuDd 81 the
writer's 81 the country, Here ~ what
Tom told va the other evening during
q tanning bee.
They roast and they pan and they
pan ana they sc0id and never ges
through talking about champion
who doesn't fight. Yet when the
champion gets his price and starts 80
prspere for battle they begin 10 pan
him and scold for taking on easy
marks.
Now, the average man thinks a
champion ought 20 battle every time
some young fellow bohs up with a
challenge. Yet when one takes the
list % eligibles and runs mis- eye over
them whom would you match with .
johnson and be- regarded as serious?
II Flynn isn't the best OF the white
men. them why isn't ho7' Hasn't he
done everything THAI has been asked
Of him IN the last two years or sog
And then She average man doesn't
consider Whnt u costs 20 train for a .
real battle. both IN financial and q
physical way. doesn't consider a. an /,
how infreauent are offers Of the kind
that came from Jack Curley cor this
Las Vegas battle and doean't consider
4 hundred and one other things Ihat
stand IN the way OF big affairs Of this
kind.
There's one point, too, that Is sell
dom considered. Where are The pro-
meters who have the nerve TO do what
curley did with this oattleg or do
you know what 40 didg Well. he
posted a forfeit to decide the match
before be even had the place picked
for e. DO you know Of anybody elso
who could Or would 40 anything like
that?
FlanaRan il certainly the tie OF sho
party out "a the Old town camp. lie
doesn't take any particular situation
with great seriousness Tho latest big
laugh Tom had short time back was
TIE discovery Of a telegram they re-
eeived Ia Toronto regarding tho Ia
nous trainer. IN
Il appears that Johnson and his
party were going 90 England just be-
fore The coronation and Flanagan was
Invited 20 join them. lie wired 10 !
Chicago ~ Johnson 90 say that he )
would BE- glad 10 do so, johnson
Ihercupon advised the steamship pea-
PIE thnt fhomHg FlanAean would be
% tho party. As colofcd folks aro
charged extra the steamship people j
wired % Toronto 60 know II Flnnasan 3
vos white or black. !
Tom Flanagan. 80 ToroptQ. Can,
and boniiacc. who Joined
lack johnson last week and IL again 4
handling the champs business afairs. :
kinks Tommy Ryan. tho sledgo \
wineer from Syracuse double-crosued Z
iobody but himself when he gave Il J
iut that J Flynn was hog tat" and 4
TODD ghsolutely no chance OF de. y
hroHiug Lar Agtha.
Il simply cannot understand Ryan's 4
'ann'ng Of Flynn" stated Flanagan !
30 other afternoon. Just before 4
"a Toronto gent processing 20 hnil j
rom syracuse and alleging that no
gaa operating as a result Of "A tin 4
eeeived from Ryan. struck our town J
nd began plunglnG on the fireman. \
~ the odds ~ sought we're a. I ~
hd he bet young fortune az that
sure. laid him $500 20 st00 ana
unlu have gone heavier, hut niilf no. II