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TSBiBT75nS5ifj itirinfiynSia Man-Si! m Timmi a5iBamMmGmUntri THE MdVlfJ'G IPICTURE MAN WILL BE THERE ANYWAY i - Two stories are circulating re- jf- garding the Jack Johnson-Jim ft Flynn fight,' July 4. - One is that Johnson has agreed t to "take the punch" and let sljp ' A 1S t'te' an(' e otner tnat ne 'W can and will win in any round he sees fit. I Absence of betting and the f long odds stories that Johnson isn't doing much real training, give rise to the first story. The latter is the opinion of men who if believe the fight is honest and - who alwdys "bet on form. f In support of the "fake" story it is said that men close to John son and Flynn, will gather up all the long shot bets lying around and reap a fortune when Flynn is permitted to put over the knock- out. "Flvnn can't hit Tohnson in a 20-foot ring" with a handful 01" nickles, unless Jack lets him,"' is the terse way one fight follower expresses the difference between the men. It is true there is always talk of dishonesty before big battles. At Reno, two days before the deluge, George Little, ex-manager of Johnson, appeared with "the ' papers" and said Johnson had agreed to lay down in the twelfth (ft round for money already paid, and that he had bet his end of the moving pictures upon Jeffries. Little believed this t,o the extent - of betting'$5,000 on Jeffries. Men who believe the fight is planned as the medium of a "kill iner" say it will be simple for charging it to the life he has led since defeating Jeffries. Against this, men who know the champion say he is too proud to throw away the title, which means much to him, and that he is obsessed with the idea of retir ing as an undefeated champion, instead of as a man who went down before a white boxer. Little "betting has been done, although one hears of large sums offered. It is probable no import ant bets will be made until a day or so before the match. Johnson should be a prohibitive favorite. This has been a bad year for champions. Johnson may find his' statnina gone, and maybe there is something inHhe stories. But it would not' surprise form players if Jack won along about the tenth or twelfth round, after the' moving picture machines Lhave been, given a chance to get- warmea up. REAL STRENUOSITY. Smashing plate glass windows has gone out of style among En glish suffragettes. The latest thing is to attend the prime min ister s reecption, pull off his epaulets and slap his face. Then the prime minister's Wife boxes : your ears. Say, that row between Taft and Teddy was merely a social tea party. We don't know the mean ing of strenuosity over here. o o Sandwiches left over may be made appetizing by toasting and Johnson to excuse his failure by serving hot jjjjjJs ij m