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Show I' Will Palzer Rob Flynn . Of Chance at Johnson? Naughton Surmises Fireman Will Be Furious if Champion Takes New York Offer. By W.W. Naughton - UK C AN J'-RA-N,?csc0 l"'11 13. " IwfflK ij Before long we will know if jySaR,' there is to bo a Jack Jolin- 3iB. Bon-Jim Flynn match. Just at pres-ent pres-ent the proBpect is none too roae-wB- ate, but as Jack Curley bas agreed' " :JifB; to Rive out BOine definite informa-;:rK informa-;:rK tion on May 1, there is no barm HF continuing in a guessing mood a 'arfr "while longer. Curley, by the way, still insist '.b that tbe championship event will iflK'' take plnco in July. The only doubt, yiKf he says, 1b in regard to tbe .place ' ajK), "Where tbe ring will be pltche'dr mid : .-jBv. it is on, this point rhafho is to en- tEM? lighten UB.at. the. .beginning, of tfie jfBt meTry month of IMay. v.fack" is 'ffiK surely a; persistent-fellow.. Ho has Ut' hunted hiprn,,aw'Iow for,a-'locfttlba tnat W3''1 serve -as an appropriate petting for the heavyweight battle , f and he baa shown wonderful detor- '.fcj-Rt mination and marvelous qualities of optimism in the-face of discpur-' discpur-' - JlBI aPnK conditions. r ' ' !tB? Recently Jade was looking over "IB?- tlie ?T0Una- at Ti,aroz across the "fBp river from El Paso, and was said ' iBkv to be trying to pave the way for B&tho coming together of Jack and ftm-n.t that point.1- Considering ''JH t1ie status of affaire around Juarez, this Rooms like a sign of weakness on'JacIjF paTt. Stilly later he. has H. been negotiating i with Lap Vegas, K" If.- "Mnnd also flirting- with Salt Lake promoters. -JPP T T MAY be, however, that Curley : 'H B Pa3'n a deep gam o just .as 1)311 stuart did. when casting 'V$MP onnd for the most suitable sic '. 'V'lHfi. for tlie Fitzsimmons-Poter ffiWl Maher match. Jackrmay be cross- i ' '4K ing tbe Mexican border in order to jJE,; throw the authorities iu other di- 'X TCct5ons 0,f th9 sccnt- Possibly ' 9K. when Jack tells whore the fight is 'iaRf' tae l,laco v' 11 liavo 10 1 'Jflj? wit that ho covered his trackswell f(. JK and fooled us completely. Jack Johnson iB beginning to foel "IK' aub,onB nbout Curlcy'p ability to JR pull off the match and is'consid- ' 'hK fir'nP certain offers, plnced before ;rB him by Tom O'Rourke. One o-Mi o-Mi ''B? these offers calls for a ten-round H- Ut zor in Now York. 9 p In i"tw of pomo of the things that have been said during the past I Wt a'x mtnthsf this is startling iows. 'Uh To begin with, ouo of the mcm- mission bnH set his face against Johnson being allowed to appear in iyymj. a New York ring and had thrent-vv'. thrent-vv'. encd to disrupt the game if Any 'BL promoter attempted to sign John-;)-3Bi Tn tbe next place, a great deal '4wHr was 8flld !ll)0Ut hoWiu,r Pnlzor l)tlck "l for a year .and permitting him to VSB;, Envelop before 'sending him against '!t Jolnmon. Then again, Johnson ' V; Mtt was supposed to bo so incensed fi'! ncnin8t Tom o,J?ol,rke t"1"0""' I pion in- his oub days that he jwpuld v ' on no account-bocomo j.a -party to any match in which O'Bourke w'as- intercstcd.. ' ' Well, if O'Rourko has made of- fers and Johnson is ' considering .' them it-mean6 that 'the dove of peaco has descended somewhere. am! that there is a better under- ptandiug all around. O'Mlonrke knows the ropes of the fighting ganie thoroughly and is not likely ., to make any fool bronks. 'If he'.' has approached Johnson on the.. subject f .a' inatch" in JTott York, it ip a safe bet that New York is. not'.'coneider'ed-. closed J:q the..chiinvi pion, 'notwithstariding he HtUtKle, of .the boxingc6mmi6siori.' ' '"ip . , ' " I ' ' ' ' A. 1 - ' . . v.. IF THE Flynn-Johnson .matches to. go bj' the board and Johnson John-son elects to box Palzer, it - should-moan a. general loosening up in the heavyweight division; !Flynn, when ho finds, himself fancy free, will begin looking around for trou- . ble in other directions, and he 'will . have no . difficulty, in ( securing dates. It would ;not surprise the writer if Tommy Burns and Flynn were signed up in quick order in ; case the J'lynn-Johusbn venture collapse?. Tf JBurng hesitates, or names unsuitable terms, Jim. has only to say the word and Joe Jean- nette will place himself at Flynn ;s disposal immediately after hia bout with Langford the last week in July. "Before very long McVea and' , Langford will be wandering this way again, from Australia. The open-air tjoxing season closes -around Sydney in May; and there, wiJUbo uotking-worth while after - that-for the two to. remain abroad for. Whou they get back here andk Bombardier Wells puts in ant np- . pearnnce . from England there -Khould be plenty of activitj- among the big tneu of the ring. With Carl, Morris out of the lists. L temporarily or otherwise, the white hope: brigade has dwindled to vory small dimensions. As a matter of fact, Palzer seems to bo the sole. survivor of the movemeut.inAmer-ica. movemeut.inAmer-ica. and if O'Rqurkc is determined to Hond his promising novico ' ngninst Johnson it ma3" be that Pnlr.er will achieve tho distinction of being the last hopo to go out of business. It docs uot follow that a defent by Johnson will cause Pulzor to quit fighting en-Urel3 en-Urel3 but It will be a "white hope" uo longer. But fighting is a precarious business. busi-ness. Jim Flynn hn3 said that he considered himself lucky" in being matched with Johnsou, as he be-lioved be-lioved the champion was doomed to defent the first time he encountered encoun-tered a fighter nho would go at him and exchange smaBhes. Tf James 'ft diagnosis ot tho onse 'u correct and the chance Flynn so ardcntlv wished for passes to Palzer, Pal-zer, won't the fireman b iuriouat |