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Show I I STANDARD SPORTING PAGE 1 HOT'S CONDITION 1 IS A REVELATION 1 l ' m Baat Lqs Vegasj N. M.f Juno 25. J9 Claud Johnstono, sporting editor of 9 tho Kansas City Star, who has wlt- J nessed a majority of the championship ' battles in tho last twenty years, is Ik Ji - &0 opinion that Jim Flynn stands M 'm oxfcjescollent chance to bo roturnod the K M , vio&r In his battle with Jack Johnson jK Jm here on the afternoon of July 4. Mr j -jj J Johnston haB been hero for several rB 1 li days and has put In much tlrao at j R, M j the training camps of the two fighters ) M He is greatly Impressed with Flynn's I " ' condition and is Inclined to believo B'l that Johnson Is underestimating his il I opponent and is not taking his training train-ing seriously. "At the Flynn camp," said Mr. Johnston John-ston recently, "one finds the spirit of victory in the air. Flynn and all of his trainers discuss the coming fight from a winning angle and when Flynn talks he looks the part. The 'Fighting 'Fight-ing Fireman' has trained for this particular par-ticular battle and, by the way, this is the first time Jim ever has taken his training seriously and he looks 100 per vent better than ho did for his engagement with Al Kaufman In Kansas City a year ago. There Is no 'bunc' about Flynn having acquired weight The Pueblo man weighed for the writer and tipped the beam at exactly ex-actly 195 pounds. "When he fought Kaufman In Kansas Kan-sas City his ringside weight was 174 pounds. Now Flynn has added 21 pounds to his fighting equipmont and it has been weight gained while going through a heroic siego of training. Ecry ounce he has added has been acquired by clean living, training in the open and taking good care of himself generally. In the past Flynn has had the reputation of being decidedly decid-edly weak in his trainnlng. He always al-ways has preferred tho cigarettes and the brew to the grind on the road and the rough work In the gymnasium; but the chance to fight for the world's championship haB .caused him to change his system. The Flynn of today to-day can hardly be recognized as the Flynn who fought with only mediocre success only a few short months ago. HIT BALL TRAVELS 60 MILES AN HOUR Ask any baseball enthusiast how fast an average grounder travels during dur-ing Its first 100 feet from the bat and his answer will be anywhere from 20 to 200-miIes an hour. Split second sec-ond watches and careful timing of many grounded balls have established, establish-ed, says The Technical "World, tho fact that the average speed of ground balls that is. those struck by the bat of the batsman from a fair pitched ball, which strike the field before they land in a fielder's hands Is al th rate of almost GO miles an hour. Sixty miles an hour is SS feet per second. The bases are 90 feet apart A man who can run 10 yards in 11 Seconds, Sec-onds, wllirh is ffist rnnnlnir fnr inv. one, particularly so for a man will baseball shoes and uniform on, can rm 90 feet In 3.3 seconds. Is it any' wonder won-der that a ball which is fielded Ir the first 100 feet of travel 'uisuallj ceaches first just a fraction of t second before or after the runner set: foot upon It? MANY ATTEND GAMES TO SEE WAGNER PLAY Boston, Mass,, June 25. "I would rather see Hans Wagner play than any other team in the country," said a Boston fan in the grandstand at the close of a game. The speaker was having his little Joke, but he said something just the same, for Wagnei is a whole team In himself and the baseball enthusiasts of Boston are his most ardent admirers. It was interesting inter-esting to a group at tho grandstand exit as the crowd was leaving the park to listen to the comments of the people. A large number of them were discussing tho famous captain of the Pirates. One man evidently not a Bos-tonlan, Bos-tonlan, was greeted by another. "Hollo, "Hol-lo, old man. What brought you to Boston?" "I wanted to see Wagner play," was the reply. "Wagner seems as good as ever." "There never was a player llko Wagner." "That Dutchman is a wonder." "Wagner was worth the price of admission." ad-mission." Theso and many other similar expressions ex-pressions wero heard from tho pa6B-Ing pa6B-Ing throng. Plttsburgers are so accustomed ac-customed to seeing Wagner play good ball that thoy sometimes do not fully appreciate his value to the team. One thing is certain the Pirates would have won more games this season if the star had not been hurt. NATIONAL LEAGUE. New York 11; Philadelphia 3. At Now York New York easily defeated de-feated Philadelphia. Chalmers was knocked out of the box In tho fifth. The visitors made three of their five hits in ono inning. R. H. E Philadelphia 3 5 4 New York ,. .11 16 2 Batteries Chalmers, Brennan, Moore and Dooln; Tesreau and Wilson. Wil-son. ' 3t Louis 4; Pittsburgh 3. At St. Louis Geyer was effective after the first Inning and his team mates hit Robinson timely and St Louis won. R. II. E. Pittsburgh 3 S 0 St Louis 4 S 2 Batteries Robinson and Gibson; Geyer and Oakes, Bliss. WESTERN LEAGUE. At Wichita Denver, 3; Wichita, 4. At Topeka Lincoln, 1; Topeka, 2. ' At St. Joseph Des Moines, 13; St Joseph, 5. At Omaha Sioux City, 5; Omaha, 1. NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE. At Seattle Score: R. H. E. Spokane 6 10 0 Tacoma 0 7 3 Batteries Leonard and Ostdiek; Melkle and La Longe. Portland 1, Seattle 0. At Portland, Ore. Score: R. H. E. ! Portland 1 S 3 ! Seattlo 0 4 1 (12 innings). , Batteries Tonneson and Moore; Fullerton and Whaling. t Victoria 10, Vancouver 3. 5 At Victoria, B. C Score; R. H.E. Vancouver 3 9 2 Victoria 10 1G 2 Batteries Agnew, Brlnker and Kewls; Sepulveda, Concannon and Meek. i JOHNSON PLEASED I WITH HIS CONDITION i Las Vegas, N. M., Jun6 25. I did not intend to work yeBterday, but tho attendance was so very large that I ! could not afford to turn the crowd i away. I boxed four rounds with Cut- ler, punched the bag and used the medicine ball. i I weighed 218 pounds after It was s over. i I see by some of the papers that 1 am not doing the necessary work to condition myself. I have employed employ-ed the same trainer that I hnd for tho Jeffries fight, and he Is well satisfied with the way I am working. work-ing. A b long as Burns is satisfied with my condition, I am oure I will be ready on July 4. BOSTON BUYS JAMES. Boston, June 25. The Boston Nationals Na-tionals have purchased James, a pitcher, pitch-er, and Whaling, a catcher, from Seattle. Se-attle. The men will not be delivered until the close of the Seattle season. JIM VAUGHN RELEASED. Now York, Juno 25. Jim Vaughn, tho big left-hand pitcher of tho New York Americans, has been released to Washington, GOVERNOR WILL NOT STOP THE BIG FIGHT. East Las Vegas, N. M June 25.r News that Governor McDonald would not Intervene to atop the Flynn-John-son match was received with enthusiasm enthusi-asm by the people of Las Vogas. Tho message came by telephone, Mayor Taupert, to whom it was addressed, ad-dressed, repeating it to two stonogra- phers, who transcribed it on typewriters typewrit-ers containing many carbons. A short tlmo after the governor hung up tho receiver at the Santa Fe end of the lino copies of his messagd were posted up In various parts of the city and crowds gathered around to read them and exchango congratulations. congratu-lations. The leading business men of the city are financially interosted In tho fight to tho extent of $10,000, which would havo been forfeited if the bout had beon prohibited. |