Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-07-03
ALL READY
FOR BIG FIGHT
johnson Money Finds No
Takers at Las Vegas at
Odds of 2 to |
STILL FLYNN IS CONFIDENT
Quiet Day For Fight Fans But
Big Excursions Expected
Tonight.

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Tonight.
! (By Special Leased Wire to New Mexicany
/ East Las Vegas, n. NJ, July ga
/ few more fight enthusiasts were add
ed last night and today to those al
ready gathered here to witness the
JohnsOn-Flynn battle tomorrow; but
the main body of spectators will not
arrive until tonight when several spe-
clal trains are due. Others will come
Ill tomorrow morning and several will
reach here JUS in time for the fight at
p O'Clock tomorrow afternoon. In an
ticipatiOn of the rush of hungry trav-
! elers later in the day, hotel people
We're putting their emergency luncn
counters into commission this morn
ing and piles of edibles were on dis
play in the shed-like structures. The
fight fans found little TO amuse them
today. 1t was very quiet at the fight
ers' camps. Both men did little light
work to keep in trim and devoted the
rest Of their time in assuring their
friends that they We're supremely con-
tident of victory The camps were on
display all day and the usual line of
curious onlOokers lined the fences
whenever one Of the principals show
ed himself.
No Takers for johnson Money.
There has been little change in the
betting. Lots of Johnson-to-win mon
ey at to 1 is offered with no takers
to speak of.
The board at the betting headquar-
tCrs shows few recorded wagers The
Flynn supporters make an offer of
$500 to $500 and do not appear anxious
to get their money down at less than
the 3 to l rate.
One freak bet $50 to $50 that John
son will knock Flynn down before the
fourth round is recorded and imme-
diately below it comes the legend:
$50 to $40 he does not"
As commentary on these bets the
following explanation is written on
the board: "A man on his knees is
considered down and if struck wins
the fight
AS to the round betting, the elev-
enth appears to be favored for the
Termination of the fight, probably be-
cause the eleventh round of the last
Johnson-Flynn bout proved to be the
.fireman's undoing. Most of the round
hetters, however, are down on the
fourteenth to seventeenth, with a scat
tering fire from the seventh to the
tWenty-tifth.
An Appetizer.
As an appetizer to the big snow to-
morrow, Stanley Yoakum of Dallas,
and "Boer" Unholz of Denver, who
fall somewhere near the lightweight
class, will try out Promoter Curley's
canyas-Walled arena tonight. 1t is
scheduled 90 round bout and probably
will draw an unusually select fight
audience as there are a good number
of sporting notables waiting for the
big fight who will not overlook a
chance to watch the little men work
enter the ring tomorrow weighing 212
pounds. The champions trainers in
announcing his weight yesterday at
I214 explained that he could go into the
ring at 210 if necessary without weak
ening himself. They do not consider it
necessary however, to take off the eX'
ira two pounds.
Flynn is Confident.
Flynn expects to fight at about 100.
pounds. He has said for a week or so
that he would weigh from 1S9 to 193
and probably would try for the happy
medium. Despite the one-sided look
of the betting board, Flynn appears
confident that he can surprise the
champion beyond measure tomorrow
on his improved form since they last
met. He makes no particular predic-
tion as to the round in which he ex-
poets the fight to end, contenting him
self with the declarations: Il am go.
ing to win. Get down on that"
Crowd Slow to Arrive.
The crowd was slow in arriving, but
the fight fans have certainly been
pouring into this mans town the past
"a hours. The financial success of
the big tistic encounter is assured.
No, that big arena with seating ca
pacity of 17,150 will scarcely be jam
med. Nevertheless it will be well
packed and Jack Curley's house will
be second only to the massive one Tex
Rickard and Jack Gleason drew in
Reno the last time John Arthur
johnson went to the post.
In my opinion Professor Watson
Burns of San Francisco, Champion
Jack Johnson's chief trainer, is as
keen judge of fighters form as any
man in the land. Burns was over the
jumps with Johnson in Reno. He ac-
companied the big fellow to Las We
gas and has watched over him care
fully ever since camp was pitched in
Old Town May 81. Burns is a. high
! type of negro and a finished man at
his specialty-condition prize fight
| ers.
| At fight headquarters last night |
asked Professor Burns for his true
| opinion of what was going to happen
in the Johnson-Flynn battle on Thurs
day. He replied thusly: johnson is
sure winner: in fact, he cannot pos
sibly lose. Jack is every bit as good
man physically as he was in Reno.
| Those so-called experts who stated
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