Show BOTH MEN READY FOR TONIGHT'S FIGHT Caponi Offered Chance at DiIJon Dil Dillon Dillon Dil- Dil lon Jon or Klaus if He HeWins HeWins Wins I Jim Flynn Hurd Hard road work worl and plenty pleat of ot sparring with m my sparring partners H has put me inc in the Jest best of oC condition condition con con- for COl the tho fight I ht I 1 came hero here with witha vitha a little more fat on me than I usually carry even before commencing training training train train- ing In but I 1 can promise 10 my friends ls that J I am now In the best of oC shape I cannot cannot cannot can can- not take any chance A hout bout with Johnson looks good gool to tu m me inc now and I will go o in to win from froni the start Having Hav Ha ing met Caponi before at Los Angeles ng and knowing him to be le a n hard man I dont don't Intend to give he him a chance to 1 I put a crimp In my chances for COl a n. tI fight ht with Johnson There Is no such word I as defeat in m my vocabulary ron Tony Caponi I Caponi I am In the best of ot physical condition In t fact I 1 was never neverin in better shape shaie In m my life lite This is ismy ismy JIl my chance to show how the boxing fans what I can do against ag a n man heavier ler I than I I. I and I 1 Intend Intent to do It fl I am conf confident confident con- con f that hat 1 I will be he able to go o through h I Ithe the ten rounds and anti make malce a n showing I that will even tn my most ardent admirers If I lose fairly I will have no excuses excuseR to offer otter In spite pite of the thewl wl weight ht han handicap 1 J am confident that I 1 will be able to take Flynns Flynn's measure The boxing fans tans ma may rest assured that there will willbe be a CL good bout i J Willard I IIa Ia Id I'd Bean ilea n has been agreed on as the referee for the boxing contest be between heI he- he tween Jim lIm Flynn and Tony Caponi at atthe atthe atthe the Colonial theatre tonight ht While I several e other names were werf mentioned Bean was considered satisfactory and unless something unforeseen happens I will wiil be the thc third man in the thc ring The boxing carnival will start promptly at o'clock when the preliminaries preliminaries pre pre- will be put on Th The early I I start Is for tor the purpose of ot giving out- out town of-town fans tans an an opportunity of catchIng catch- catch catchI I Ing their trains in good time Trains for tOl Garfield Ogden Og and other out outside points will be le run a short time after the main bout Darby OBrien O'Brien the Battling Dane And Andy Malloy lullo and Jack Price will officiate elate In Flynns Flynn's corner These boxers understand Flynns Flynn's method metho of fighting and also ha have a good line on Caponis Caponi's style so o that It is thought ht their advice will ill be valuable Flynn is Just following following fol fol- lowing his customary habit of placing good men In his bis corner however and has not named them with an any Idea that he ii will not be able to win on his own merl merits ts A As to who will be In Caponis Caponi's corner outside of lack Jack Rogers HOJer who has been named already Is IN not known Caponi said last nl night ht that he has lias several good goodmen goodmen men mn In iii sl sight hl and that he will name tho the other advisers today some sonic time lime Light LI ht training only was en engaged u et in b by both fI fighters h yesterday Flynn 1 did ld shadow boxing rope jumping and foot footwork footwork work wod at th the Moose Ioos club before a largo large crowd while Caponi performed similar stunts at the San Gym before an ad admiring admiring ad- ad miring audience The of both men confirms their statements a ato as asto asto to condition The Tho sale of scats seats has been heavy and andI indications are arc that there will be a big I house The preliminaries promise to tobe tobe be he an entertaining part of ot the enIn evenIngs evenIng's evenings evening's even even- In Ings Ing's s card cariL The prelims lIa have trained just as faithfully almost as the the principals prin duals and an l have havo served notice that there thell will be something doing all tie time C Caponi T received receive a loiter letter yesterday afternoon from James Iames Coffroth of ot San Francisco co In which overtures are made for a match at San Francisco with either Klaus or Dillon for the thc middleweight middleweight mid mid- dle championship No 0 o date Is su suggested ested but it is probable that the bout hout will be within tho the next six weeks Immediately after his coming coming- contest Caponi will enter Into active ne negotiations negotiations otla- otla tion for fot ot the Frisco fight I ht I Fighters i Who Clash Here Tonight i k 1 l b w S- S I. I ir i JIM n I FLYN x rH r-rH iI ei i f I k I 4 1 k 4 I i t. t TONI CIPONI |