Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-07-04 | Page 6 | Johnson and Flynn Both 'Dead Certain'

JOHN ID FUi BOTH 'DESOjffll' Odds Against Pueblo Fireman Lengthen to 3 to l, With Very Few Takers. LIGHTWEIGHTS CLASH Ad Wolgast and Joe Rivers Will Indulge in Championr. ship Bout Today. Bv International News Service. BAST L.AS VEGAS. N. M . July 3. Both Klynn ami .Jolmacin arc ready for the big bnttle. Odds of 3 to 1 are now obtainable against Flynn. Following are their statements. BY JIM FLYNN. There will be ti new elinmplon of the wprld tomorrow afternoon. 1 am flouring flour-ing on a change for the worse In Johnson John-son slnco he won the championship, while I know thai. I lmve Improved In every way. There will be nearly forty pound.3 more of Jim Flynn for Johnson to handle than there was in San Francisco and besides I know how to punch more sure-Iv sure-Iv and how to tako care of myself when righting close. I know that there are not many who think I have a. chance but the sensation will be all tho greater when 1 down the negro. EY JACK JOHNSON. I am thoroughly satisfied with my condition con-dition and expect to show my friends tomorrow that there Is little danger of there being a change of champions for some time to come My wind Is good, 1 am punching hard and I am down to my usual flghtlifg weight. 1 will probably proba-bly appear In tho ring at 212 pounds. J I know what a game, confident fellow Flynn Is, but he la going agalnut -sure defeat. Just how long the light will last I would not care to predict, but I have an Idea It will ell be over within ton rounds. Tho clans of sportdom are gathering and the prospects for a. fight crowd of modest dimensions are much brighter than they appeared last night. Special trains from Denver. Pueblo, Kansas City. El Paso. Trinidad and other points within a day's rail ride have already arrived and others are due this evening and tomorrow to-morrow morning. Cattlemen are coming In groups on horseback. Rudy Unholy of Denver tonight fought a twentv-round draw with Stanley Yoakum Yoa-kum of Dullas in the Flynn-Johnson arena. Over 3000 funs witnessed the battle. Tom Flanagan, trainer of Jack Johnson, officiated as referee.