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Show JOHNSON AND JIM FLYNN ARE READY East Las Vegas, N. M, July 3 Just one more day until the big battle for the world's heavyweight championship will be decided. "Wo are on tho vqry oo of the battlo," says Floto, "and both Johnson and Flynn are standing on the threshold of their future Both are trained to the minute and both anxious to learn what fate has In store for them on the nation's natal day. True, theiy aro both confident, but it Is confidence confi-dence that is begotten by the stout hearts that beat within their breasts. Way down deep in the inner working of their perfectly trained bodies there is a degree of uncertainty on both sides. For tho contest Is not a cinch any way In which you view It For that reason anything pertaining per-taining to tho battle is of Interest at this time. "Anyone at all selecting a winner at random would say Johnson. It should be so, for has not Johnson defeated de-feated the best men In tho world to gain the title? Tho old-time gamblers used to say T am going to string with the champion until he meets defeat' 4 Johnson has shown nothing In his work here that would indicate defeat. In fact, he has surprised many by his splendid condition at this "short time before the s hetfuled date of tho battle. All of which should Inspire confidence in the speculators ,who have made up their minds to follow in the wake of his fortune. "On the other hand, however, the greatest surprise of the much discussed dis-cussed fight Is the Impression that Jim Flynn has created by his work. Those who know the Pueblo flrepian of old cannot realize how greatly improved im-proved he Is In both fighting and mental ability. lie's a 100 per cent better man " than when he fought Kaufman and Morris, and In making this statement I know I am going somewhat to an extreme. I am. however, how-ever, willing to allow the showing that Jim Flynn makes in the ring tomorrow to-morrow afternoon to either Indorse or condemn the above assertion on ray part. "I have been at each camp daily since my arrival hero. Not a stunt have I missed and I think I am fortunate for-tunate in boing able to get In very closq touch, not only with the principals prin-cipals In each camp, but with their ho'pers and assistants as well. Put down a bet that both will enter the ring In better condition than any other two that ever fought for the championship. It Is going to be a better fight bv a thousand per cent than the Johnson-Jeffries battle was two years ago on that day. Those present are going to see a fight from gong to gong. Both men are trained to go the forty-five rounds if nctes-sarv. nctes-sarv. However, it it goes over half that dlstanco I shall be very much surprised because of the fact that tho style of the men forbid a Marathon journey. Neither will it be a "sprint,' for they arc too well conditioned to be tumbled over In a Jlffy. Ten to fifteon rounds of the pace I expect to see will tell its tale, and twenty rounds is the extreme limit I place on the bout jf the men fight as I look for them to do. "Their styles of battle are exactlv opposite,. One Is racy, scientific and always on the defensive against damage dam-age and ever ready to take advantage of his opponent's mistakes. Thats Johnson. Tho other Is more on the 'Tercheron" build and order. He carries car-ries the fight to the man in front of him, has great strength and endurance endur-ance and has schooled himself In a fashion of defense which forces him to use his arms to a great extept in covering up against barm i so far as his head Is concerned. He loves to battlo at close Quarters; In fact J have seen him do some of Ws moat telling work when embracod sith his opponent Of course, he has never had a Johnson, that Is since tho present improvement he has .shown) in front of him, and the black man may be able to decipher means by which this strong point In Jim's fighting catalogue can be shattered and forced to bo of no avail in making mak-ing a stand against his attack. How-over, How-over, when wo look back and remember remem-ber how Flynn managed to make his work tell against so tough a fellow as Sam Langford, and then there is Al Kaufman and Carl Morris, who can verify as to tho strength and the lnvulnerabler ss of this defense. So that after all Johnson will have to be something out of the ordinary it he manages to penetrate It In the earlier rounds of the fight" |