Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-08
FLYNN DEFEATS
WILLARD BEAN.
Given the Decision After Twenty
Rounds Of Hard Fighting
CONTEST PLEASED CROWD.
Colorado Hoy Proved TO be Whirl'
wind and Clearly OuuOught Iils
Clever Antagonist

Before a crowd Of over 1900 loyal
ring followers at the Salt Lake Attn
letc club last night. willard Bean Of
Provo, went down to defeat again, this
time before the onslaughts Of Jimmy
Flynn a young fighter who halls from
Colorado The crowd was well cared
Tor by the new management and every
thing was conducted in an intelligent
hnd orderly manner. The club pre-
scented a much better appearance with
the seats moved back to the wall and
the reserved portion elevated.
The preliminarles were good and de-
lighted The crowd the main event was
all thai could be asked FOR and the
crowd voted the program the best oil
the season.
While the majority Of the local ring
followers had picked Flynn as the
winner. they had underestimated the
man. but they learned last night that
he IS capable Of taking care of himself
against the best of them IN his class,
Beans long experience In the ring, MS
clever duckins and side stepping ana
his wonderful recuperauve powers
saved him from going to the floor
while the referee counted OIL the fatal
ten seconds That he Is able to stand
punishment was established beyond
question. for Flynn landed hard with
rights and lefts to ribs, nose, Jaw and
head but could not land the sleep-pro-
duCIng Jolt At the end of two rounds
he was decidedly groggy and that he
would he put away seemed almost IN
eyitable but IN the succeeding rounds
he came up apparently fresh as ever
On the other hand Flynn was never
IN danger Tor a moment Ike emerged
from the contest practically without q
scratch, and he retained his hard
punch almost to the last round
After the fourth round he forced all
the fighting while Bean played on the
defensive but landing few good blows
now and then.
Both men We're greeted with cheers
when they entered the ring, and Flynn
got the lucky corner" After some
coaxing George Lawler, the Irish
giant, was induced to peel off his coat
and referee the bout. He lost no time
In getting the men together It was
to the other the man who hands were
both free could hit Bean frequently
took advantage of this agreement but
Flynn carefully avoided it, contrary TO
the advice of his seconds. He did not !
care TO run chances of losing on foul |
and he alway0 broke clean, winning |
the admiration Of the crowd for so do |
ing Flynn went In at 100 pounds and
Bean at 1874
The first round was devoted to feel /
ing each other out. Flynn leading first
with light left to face countered |
with the same blow. Toward the end |
o. The round Flynn rushed in and the
rien hammered each other until thell
crowd yelled itself hoarse.
The second was hot enough to suit !
anybody, and the mixups were FREE
Qnent and furious In one Of these |
Flynn opened Beans left eye from
which the red fluid lluwed freely. Flynn |
played Tor the place from then on and I
worried Bean considerably. I'm the
next Two rounds the men broke about /
even. but IN the fifth Flynn began to
do thln8s 60 the Provo man. The Colo
RADIO lad hegan 90 play FOR his oppon-
ent's ribs and many hard right punches
did he land under Beams left arm. TWol
OF these punches lifted Bean clean of /
his feet but u seemed the latter could |
have survived O. blow with a hammer i
there During the next four rounds !
Flynn hammered Bean AN over the /
ring landing almost at viii but unable
TO get IN a cnOcdnut punch IN the
tenth Bean went down for the count
from a right and left on the jaw. but
he came up smiling and returned
blow that made Flynn behave for
minute
In the early part Of the eleventh
Bean called forth cheers from the
crowd by sending left to wind and |
hard right 10 jaw but Flynn returned |
the compliments with double compound
interest
In the next three rounds YOU could
scarcely see anything but gloves and |
for a few seconds Bean wobblod |
around IN "A manner Indicative Of gr0g-
gyncss. but his welt known gameness
kept him IN and he finished strong
The following four rounds were rather
on the tame order as both men seemed
willing TO rest Flynn In the hope OF
landing the knockout and Bean in the
hope of preventing H.
In The nineteenth Flynn rushed again
ana tried hard 90 put his man out. but
the speedy man from the Garden city
couldn't see Il that way. and although
he STOPPED many blows that should
put any ordinary man 10 sleep. ne re-
fused TO go down. The last round was
just the same. and of course. Referee
George LAWYER could do nothing else
than give the decision 20 FLYNN. II
was well earned and the victory was
highly praised for his clean and fair
fighting.
In the preliminaries Young Kelly and
Kid Thomas vent six rounds 10
draw Abe Breslen and Young pono-
van Of California went four rounds the
latter proving himself To be- there with
the goods be challenged Phil Green
and thu def was accepted Then Prof
Sunshine and Donovan went two
rounds which the crowd though exceed
ingly funny
Thomas. Donovan, Roy Condie aud
Jack Christie We're In Flynns corner.
and Tom Tracey, JACK Hays and Jack
Kelly were with Bean Jim Burns held
The watch Tor Flynn aud sam Potts
was official timekeeper