| Show t-i t l j l 2 e l cl J 7 J In the Old n Shade I Ii I i 8 g e aE as q N KIEVER EVER was there an any more loose I N talk passed than Is now noss' being p around In connection with the possible retirement from the ring of Jack John Johnson Johnron on and the tho proposed match between en Jim Flynn and Al Kaufman While most of or the fight c of or the country are discussing discussing- either or both of or these matters most of or them seem scum to tall tail to connect the two In the first place the reported re retirement retirement re- re of Johnson must be bo taken with a ton of salt alt In the second place l Flynn I nn i H going to fight Kaufman but butis Ills is manager Jack Curley Is going to know where hero the biggest purse is of offered offered of- of erect before beCore the fight tight comes off orr Reports from Europe are Ule to the ef effect ef- ef feet teet that Johnson now flOW weighs about pounds and has decided that he will never train for tor another fight That may inny bo be true enough but there are arc a a. lot of things to to be considered wh when n the tho affairs of ot Johnson are dis dis- dis- dis cussed The rhe big negro realizes that there Is not a fighter in the world with the possible exception of or Sam Langford who can cnn give ghe him him an any kind kindor of or a real battle if jf he Is 1 right and on edge and a fight eight with Langford would I Inot Inot not draw enough coin to pay lY training expenses Johnson is over oyer In Europe among a alot alot lot of suckers slickers who lio think he Is the tho i greatest man mun in the world because he heIs heIs heis is the heavyweight hea champion Johnon Johnson John John- son on has all an the instincts and habits of i ithe the fellows who puts on the shells or orthe orthe the spindle for the whiskered long I Rube who gets trimmed for tor his years year's savings when he bucks buck the thc tiger at the I county fair Cull When a rich fellow who is not Hot very wise g ts an introduction I to LII Artha he could go o to figuring that it was going to cost him monc money I that that Is If II 1 il- il w was s wise Johnson never overlooks o a bet He lie I will tap a weak headed admirer for anything anythIng- from two bits to OOOO depending depending depending de- de pending upon what hut he thinks he can call get In this respect he is the Rube Waddell of or the pugilistic profession proCession I Johnson learned to mooch when he I had to mooch to eat and he has made in all Its varied branches brancho I Ia a life liCe st study ud Could you Ima imagine ine an anything softer I than Jack Joel Johnson turned looe among a lot of oC Europeans when have I money and who forget the color line H Ho H can tell them that he is going to retire that he is 15 going goinS' to Chicago to open a saloon and will wiil take tal a nice fel fellow fellow fel- fel ellow low in as ns partner for s say There are a lot of or suckers In Europe New York has never been able to corner the sucker market marl and it has tried hard who are aro going to listen to that proposition J Johnson can an Val vary the amount and aDd can mal make e the proposItion proposition to ns us man many as are willing to listen Aft After r h he gets them nil all lined up he can pocket the co coin n come home open a dump In n Chicago turn it over to a manager an and It will never pay any dividends on Oil the or p which Jack Jacl may pick up Pita Puta Put Pit a copper on that retirement tallO talk tall the other hand it t ma may be that O OX Johnson will vili retire If he lie weighs welshs pounds he will hesitate about going go go- ing into training for a hard fight And If he weighs COO OO pounds he would not be able ahle to hold the title All AH Johnson ever er had was speed and speed seldom go goes with weight He H lie u used cd to fight t around pou pounds ds and If he should weigh 1300 pounds when h he starts training he probably would go into the ring weighing poun pounds s. s This additional additional addi addi- thirty pounds would slow him sixty per cent And they wonder why h Curley j is waiting before he hI declares his In intentions intentions to the coast const promoters If Jack Johnson goes Into the ring weighing pounds pound Jim Flynn has hasa a fl good chance to win vin the worlds world's heavyweight title Curley is going to tobe tobe tobe be at the dock when Johnson gets back to this country If It he hc comes within with with- in the next week as I is reported He lie HeIs Heis lieIs Is going going- to get a look at the champion champion champion cham cham- pion and if it those pound lOO-pound stories arc are true he is going to try to pull Johnson into a match with the Pueblo fireman Leave it to Curley He will show Johnson where there Is a lot Jot of or mone money in the fight and if tr there is a chance to land the lie match he is going to hook hook- Johnson rump lump sUmp and barrel If Johnson looks s to be In fairly good shape Curley is going to back ore off and look for something ea easier for his man You cant can't blame Curley a bit With ith the possibility of ot a match for Flynn with an in all-in champion he would he be hea bea a fool to bother about Kaufman The writer ant see where the they figure a Flynn Kaufman-Flynn bout a real card and I look tool what Flynn would gain If he F rr i 1 r I to I i 1 l I I i I J I I J I I II A 4 j I 1 I itI I I tt I I bt 8 4 t I i I iI I i i I j I I I 4 N rUI r FI Lending Lending- figure In Im tle nho lio meet Tony Caponi In lu a ten-round ten hunt nt the Colonial theatre rc December Decem her ber 2 7 I caught Johnson out of line and beat heat him looking kl After ACler Curley Curle gets through n. n Into the tho Johnson popo proposition he ho is goIn goin go- go o- o In lug to consider the Kaufman aHa affair 11 At vf A Aleast least three coast coust promoters are after the match They arc nie pulling ever every known wire ire Harry HarT Fole Foley of San I Francisco believes that he will get bet it because Dilly Billy i has assured him that he lie can get Flynn 1 Is a pretty wise fellow fel fellow fel- fel low Jow when you rou figure him from every angle angie but he ho is reckoning without Curie Curley t of w wJ T IM 1 COFFROTH wants the match J JIM i in J and a as th the leading promoter San Francisco he figures to draw the thc largest house au to offer otter the best Inducements Tom Tm McCarey McCarcy i of at Los Angeles also wants to put Fl Flynn nn on with Kaufman and Flynn and McCarcy McCarey Mc- Mc Carey Carcy have havo been close frien friends s for years McCarey has made a lot of or money for fI Flynn and anti Flynn has made madea a a. lot Jot of mone money for McCarey If H all the offers are arc even In other respects It It itis Is a good guest that McCarey would get the mat match h through his friendship with Flynn Curley is Js going 0 I ns- ns to take tal his time He wants to see c where the mon money is and then he is going aft after r it Curley Is in inthe inthe inthe the business for only one thing thing Met get the money But he hc is wise enough to keep from killing the goo goose e- e that lays the golden egg g. He is always ays looking to the future He has pulled himself to the front rank rani of the promoters and managers and knows l whet he Is doing every minute of the time He lIe makes friends where he thinks they will do 10 the most good and he never forgets a favor 01 Curley did get In bad with some people people peo peo- pie in Chicago when he hc handled Hack Huck- against Gotch Hack in inJured inJured injured in- in his knee and antI all those on the In Inside Insl inside In- In sl side e knew that it would not be a contest con- con test But CUrlE Curley stood to make a lot lotof lotof of or money and also had promised Joe Coffey CoUey Johnny FerrettI and others that he would through with the show and he went At that ho he isn't going to take tale part in another affair of that kind at least for some time tune to come S 1 THE best evidence In the world I TH A 1 that Curley is figuring on something someI some- some I I thing thin big 1111 for Flynn is the manner In InI I which the Pueblo fireman is training there here at nt the present time Ume True rrue he lie IsI is going to m meet ct Tony Caponi in a ten- ten I round bout on December 27 7 but that would not require such strenuous work FI Flynn nn is working as hard as ashe ashe ashe he would for a battle for the championship cham chain championship of thc the world and is getting into great shape His work-outs work show that he Is fighting fighting- In better form right now than he ever did lid in his life Flynn has has- Informed d th the the- writer that he lie would just as soon have ha his bout hout with Caponi end in the first round as the tenth that he is going going- after the Chicago Italian from the tap of or the gong and is not hot going to waste an any time That is Just what he should do o. o If H he can an cop COl Caponi In a punch It will ill be more satisfying to the fans than if he strings s him along for nine or ten rounds like Caponi Capont strung strung- Rube Smith If It Jack Johnson is going to retire Curley is going oln to claim the title on I behalf of FI Flynn nn and is going goin to make it stick sUek in a lot of places if r Johnson Johnsonis I is hog fat an and can be he gotten botten into the ri with lI Flynn Curley CurI is going goinS' to get him there if ie there is nothing doin doing do do- in lug ing with Johnson Flynn is going to take lake the tho best offer fight Kaufman and beat him just as he did before In Kansas City CU Thu developments of the next few da days s 's will brin bring the a answer |
