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From The Detroit Tribune November 1898....Jack Johnson and his latest manager George Little meet in secret with Fireman Jim Flynn and his manager Jack Curley at a Chicago hotel to try and negotiate articles of agreement for a title fight in January or February....ABA Champion Flynn is 19-1-2 with 16 KOs, is ranked the No.3 contender in the world by the IBU and since turning pro in 1894 has beaten top men such as CC Smith, Mexican Pete Everett, James J Corbett, Lionel Butler, Klondike Haynes, Frenchman Raymond Berenger, "Big Six" McCabe and Ray Mercer, with only Berenger staying the distance...Flynn wants the fight held in the friendlier confines of Los Angeles while Johnson favours Chicago but bends when he is reminded his last fight in his hometown didn't draw as well as he had hoped and West Coast fans would flock to see a heavyweight championship contest....A report that Jim Jeffries is considering Sam Langford as a possible opponent sparks much criticism from sportswriters who point out Langford is too small to have any chance against the big ex-boilermaker and has not met any top calibre opposition aside from a fading Sandy Ferguson.....Robert Edgren of the New York Evening World suggests Mike Schreck the new NABF champion would make a more credible adversary off his recent demolition of previously unbeaten Al Kaufman along with a fairly impressive record against other top ringmen....Schreck for his part says he will fight Jeffries after he has taken the world title from Johnson....Promoter Jimmy Cafferty has lined up Sam McVea and Oakland Al Brown for the marquee matchup at McNaughton's Pavilion in December and reports he is trying to lure Denver Ed Martin back from the east to fight Jack McCabe or Al Kaufman....Joe Jeannette the young Newark phenom seems poised for greatness off his splendid showings in recent months over veterans Fred Russell, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Tom Sharkey....