Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-23


From all appearances. every effort
Is to be made by Billy Gibson, man
ager of the Garden A. c., to bring
about the best white man in the
heavyweight ranks. Taking a peek
over the entire army of white hopes
you can. without half trying. siR the
number of real possibilities down to.
say. Ave. One, of course. is Luther
McCarty and another is Gunboat
Smith. Then there is Jess Willard
and AZ Palzer. and to my way OF
thinking you might shove in jim
Flynn. Not SO very long ago Flynn
was considered the best man among
the big fellows. When he fought
Jack johnson not few of the wise
ones had a bet on the white man. As
the fight resulted, Flynn was beaten
and he was given a severe licking
besides, yet Otto Flotc. one of the
best-known fight experts in the coun-
try, told me during the last worlds
series game at Boston that Flynn
had johnson whipped and would have
won If ne didn't butt with his head.
johnson was practically all in,
Floto said, rand Flynn, while badly
punished, was as strong as an OK.
But he didn't have a line of sense,
He kept on butting Johnson, and
although l yelled to him to quit 1t
and Eddie Smith, the referee. warned
him to stop it. he kept right on with
his butting tactics Finally the ref
cree stopped the fight and gave the
decision to Johnson on a foul. The
champion was a much delighted fell
low. He was so tickled he wanted to
make friends with everybody. He
was so wise to himself that he hasn't
fought since, and, take my tip, he
won't. either. Johnson is through
and Jim Flynn would be the cham
pion today if he only had sense
enough to fight instead of butt"
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Over in Madison Square Garden to-
night Jim Flynn will be on view. He
will be a principal in the main bout,
and his opponent will be Jim Coffey,
sometimes referred to as the Dub
lin Giant" and at other times re-
ferred to as neither from Dublin nor
as a giant. If one could feel sure
that Flynn had trained faithfully for
the contest the outcome would not
be very uncertain, but he Is such
bad actor when preparing for a bat
tie that little stock or confidence Is
placed in him. Coffey, on the other
hand. is always fit. He has hopes
of some day figuring in the big noises
of pugdom and he is generally well
prepared when he enters the battle.
Flynn. because of his vast experience,
though, should be able to outwit
and Outright Coffey. who is just
common, everyday heavyweight with
hopes for the future.
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While Flynn and Corey are TO
furnish the pytotechnics in the star
bout the other heavyweight contest
to be staged is sure to attract more
than a little interest. George Radel,
of whom Jimmy Johnston swears
there is no better, is to meet Soldier
Kearns. and out of this battle should
come a positive winner. For john
ston's sake, the populace is pulling
for Radel, as he has some chance of
some day getting to the top, while
Kearns, it would seem, just gets so
far and no farther; but Kearns is a
queer fellow, let US remark He is
in the habit of winning when least
expected and he cuts down the big
fellows just when they think they
have snap. On his fight with Gun
boat Smith, Radel Is not such bad
proposition, but to tell the truth the
fights in which | have seen him perl
form he has boxed like a freight car
on a track siding. Kearns. though,
always shows well for few rounds
and he shows great when he is a
winner.
The show at the Garden tonight
should produce some highly interest
ing sport, and not a few Newarkers
are certain to be there. AS to the
probable outcome, both of the big
bouts are very uncertain. Flynn
against Coffey on the face of it LOOKS
like Flynn, but if he hasn't trained
vigorously he will not be able to stand
up under the pace. He is the class,
though, all things equal. Rodel VS..
Kearns is hip-up. Kearns has the
harder punch and he knows the most.