The evening world., 1912-01-08
Flynn Has Small Chance Of
Beating Johnson When They
Meet in July.

frb. Ner Yrt World.
A last Jack johnson. worlds
"a hc~hvyvclsht champion. has actu-
aliy signed articles Tor n cham.
pionsiLp boat. ana mex July he viii
step Into n fighting ring for the FIRST
time since he settled the cha npionship
discussion with James J.. Jcnries
1T Reno. ~ the date set tsub-
jset 10 chanse) Ia July %. Johnson
VIII have been out OF the ring for q
little over two years. since meeting
JeYrlcs he has boxed hundreds Of ex.
hibltion bouts. but no genuine contests
have marred the even tenor OF his the.
s,rlcai lie.
jim Flynn. the Pueblo fireman. ~
be Johnton's opponent. 80 Flynn jumps
at once 10 the head Of the long ii.t
- white hopes Jim Fiynn's right
name is Andrew Chiaririlon. but for
all that he Il OF Irish blood. His father,
who died long before the present hope
vas big enough 10 know what q boxing
glove Is, was q Flynn. Ills stcpfathcr.
who pressed the name "Chiarigllon"
upon the hope OF the Flynn family. was
Italian. This 10 OF some importance.
even though the Italians havo shown
themselves great glove artists during
the past decade. because II has become
almost q tradition Of the ring that there
mnst be some Irsh blood IN u heavy
weight champion. John l.. sullivan
was clean strain Irish. Jim Corbett.
Aie successor. was Irish through and
through. hob F.tssmmons was born
n Cornwall. England. ~. h.s father.
InNnAa q isp evaaes NaAA aa eA.
fencing and riding master who moved
"a Cornwall shortly before Bob's com.
Ing into the world. and his mother,
Mary Htxs!mnons. was Irish, too.
There was = strain OF S~cotch.irish In
Jefrtcs. somc OF whose Ancestors
came from the north coast Of Irel III.
Tommy Burns's father was French
u his mother German. Jack Johnson
10 clear strain Zulu. These two last
ere IN exception to the rule. rs even
before %suliivan's time Hecnhn. Hurst.
Nccool. Ryan. k!lra!n ana many other
great Irish lighters from time to time
LAID claim TO the title.
Jim Flynn win be giving . biz hand!.
cap In weight to johnson. especially a.
th.s Is TO n a nnish night. held out IN
Nevada. A. tho best the pugnacious
fireman VIII not scale more than Us
pounds. while Johnson will probably
weigh etwesn :5 and 30. Thirty
pounds IA n lot OF weight TO conceds q
champion. ana especially q clever man
IKE johnson. Against Carl Morris
weight didn't make much difference.
for Norris dldn't know enough about
boxing TO usc his weigh, ami strength.
"H. white rsoe doesn't need to
grow Wildly excited about Flynn's
chance OF boating Johnson. lIe
has q chance. VI course. rs he Is tough
- iron ana a hard punchcr. but it's a
very slim chance Johnson fought Flynn
In California Nov. 2. 1907. and knocked
him out In eleven rounds. Flynn was
Just as tough ana strong then as ne IL
now. although. quite naturally. he knew
. hti'c les. about boxing. lie tried to
rough Johnson. who simply played with
him. looking over hts head al the crowd
and displaying his molars IN that
golden rnlle. SOW and then johnson
Put IN n hard punch. In the eleventh
ROUND Flynn. cNasperato1 by his inAhl,-
iy 10 penetrate tho big black mans
guard, began TO talk. lie made a re.
mark that rasped Johnson's nerves, and
johnson stopped smiling and knocked
him out. Moreover. Flynn has been an
cas9 fiAt.n iot ran lsthgford, Who foNi
Yeas ago knocked Fynn ont IA IA,
nrst round, n nearly two years az,
knocked him ont again In eight round.
This doesn't argue strongly for Flynn,
chance to add his name TO In. H., OF
1rish champions. In snltc ~ tho mas,
tariy way IN which no handed IA,
Oklahoma Giant.
JACK Curley OF Chicago. Flynn. man
aser. In behind the offer for the bout
lie IL 10 pay Flynn for his ssrvi,.s IN,
amount not specified in the contract,
and !s 10 give Johnson $4,000 for N,
end. SLIGO for training expenses ana
third OF the moving picture money. Cur
ley ~ the gentleman who engineered m.
recent Gotch-iiAckenschmiit ana!r.
- DDlE READY. manager o, ia,
great welterwelsht boyer. MIX
Cibbols. writes IA letter 81 win
he says that he never did knock" Ne,
YORK. aud that he has been sadly mia
quoted In the Wes,. During our II.
IN Now York" he writes. Il can assur
you or relations with tho pres. an
public with rare exceptions were mo,
cordial"
Certainly they were. ana as for m,
Gel: ! never saw any reason why thr
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