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Show WISE MEN CONCEDE : I FLYNN HAS CHANCE I While in Chicago tbe other day as- H scmblcd in a cafe were those familiar and wise with the doing of the fighter H and ring matters gonerally, the con- t M versatlon drifted to the Johnson- ' Flynn bout. It would surprise you to , note the change of feeling towards the match, and there uere any num- : fl ber present who stated "Flynn has a M royal chance " Two months ago ai WM expression of this sort would have mM brought forth a laugh a laugh long M and loud That was before the con- i Um test was sized up correctly Now, J that time has been given the bout to M materialize and the "doping" procers M has been called into use, different Mm opinions prevail. 'M Of course they'll all tell you that M is. a majority of them that Johnson will win. But there Is a big number Mm of those who will grant that "Johnson H must be right and fit if he hopes to JH beat Flynn." Johnson left Chicago jH two weeks earlier than he had fig- jH ured. There must be some cause for 'MM this earlier departure. There was. Mm The glowing reports concerning Mm Flynn's condition are what caused H Johnson to gather his clan and "take H the Rattler for Vegas.'' 'H Tommy Ryan Is a fellow who docs H not easily enthuso over anybody And H yet 1 have heard that he Is simplv MM dippy oer Finn's chances. In fact, H he states. "Tell them all that a white H man will be champion of the world H after July 4 " It was Ryan who made 'H a similar remark when he prepared H Jim Jeffries for the battle with Bob M Fitzslmraons and the same "wlso" MM bunch who will joko ocr his present MM remark and yet how true it all came H home. H (Continued on Pago Nine.) H (Continued from Page Two ) Only the brook, taxes and tho reformers re-formers runs on forever The champion cham-pion fighter has his day, for he Is numbered among the mortals Johnson John-son will hate his day like all the champions thnt have preceded him. Father Time refuses to play favorites In this respect His "day" may still be in the far distant future or It mas-be mas-be next Fourth of July. Come it will as certain as death if he remains in tho fighting game Jack tells about retiring Labor Day next, but you and I know ho non't He's been In the vortex of popularity nnd hero worship too long to let go without an effort. Maybe Jim Flynn will force him to retire then again maybe not Only the future knows what it holds in store for both of the principals on-gaged on-gaged In the big scrap on tho natal day of our great country. We've seen Sullivan, Jim Corbett, then FitzsImmonB, then Jeffries, then Tommy Burns, all fall on occasions of this kind Perhaps Johnson will prove the exception to tho rule and upset calculations. We do know that It will provo to bo a far bettor battle than the Jeffries-Johnson fight was two years ago at Reno Fl3 nn, at any rate, will try; there Is nothing coy about him. He la brae and courageous and take It for granted right now that the coxswain of the good ship "Championship" "Cham-pionship" that brings her into port will know he has had a stormy voyage Men Improve and men deteriorate, so it ic for ou to figure Just how much Flynn has improved or how much Johnson ha3 deteriorated If any In the last two years. Briefly sum this up and that will be vour auBwer on tho result of the contest. |