Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-10
FLYNN AND REILLY
CO TWENTY ROUNDS
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r,oud Was Pleased With the Deci-
sion But Wanted to See a
Knockout,
4 FAST PRELIMINARY BOUT.
n,.i,ioo Given to "Frecklcs' 0'Brlen
Over Young Tex, but it Was
Changed to Please Crowd

80. contest of twenty rounds.
80 bv exceptionally clever work In
, n o,rlv rounds. Referee Willard Bean
'"o the Flynn Reilly bout a draw
,aH night at the Grand theater beEonu
Nv, marks made on their bodies by ire
enent contact with the ropes Jimmy
,,,,.,, ,pd Tommy Reilly emerged from
~ contest with scarcely a mark ON
Men, and both were strong ana iresh az
,So end Of the twenty rounds
Ahout s0l hight fans attended the mill
,he, had to hustle to catch the last
car home. There was o long delay, ocea-
,,ored by a wrangle over the selection OF
,,feree WIZARD Bean was finally ehos-
ansr Flynn declared positively he
,,ouid not stand for ANYBODY else
ATOM, rounds between ~ Dung Tex ana
sssreckes OBrlen Eddie Robinson rel
~ Tho bout. The boys boxed with a
iean break away. ana IN the second
,onud "TeN" landed terrlhc punch on
HFreekls forehead lust above the let
owe. cutting quite cash m II from wnlch
Ne Hood nowed freely O'Brien was sew
trst nounds heavier than the youth from
Wa Tone star state. and the latter show
"a considerable pluck IN GONG against
v,ch odds The youngster sci fast pace
rom The start but began TO weaken to-
ward The middle Of the bout Al the end
of i6e eight rounds, EDDIE Robinson gave
,be decision TO rreckles," but the SYM
rathy of the crowd was with TEX. and
ri satisfy the popular camor the decision
was withdrawn, and the 80 pronounced a
draw
BEAN TOO HONEST
rh.r. was A long wait then, before the
main event was called The lighters and
management could not agree on "A reIeree.
before the matter was settled willard
bean made the following statement:
For one reason 1 would like TO referee
the contest II Is TO defeat the manage
ment When the match was first proposed
was asked 10 act as referee | stated
that / would DO so provided II was agree
able to both contest ants. Nothing more
Was said about the matter until a day or
Two ago. when one OF the managers in
formed me that ] was not wanted. lie told
me that the only fault he had to hnd wit.i
me was that / was too honest
After the contest IL was learned that
Reilly wanted someone else TO act Rs ref
cree. but Flynn said he did not propose to
have someone experiment on HIM. Final
~ they agreed on Bean, and the night
PROCEEDED,
THE CONTEST
When the men entered the ring. Reil-
y stated that he weighed In al l5s
pounds and his appearance indicated the
truth OF the statement Flynn said ne was
a little over weight lie looked 10 be about
Us or li0 poun0s lie was the stronger
Of the two but Reilly was by tar the
ceverer and demonstrated hisi superior
knowledge Of the game
They started q terrific pace, which had
they Kept mp, one of them taking
chance. knockout would surely have roll
lowed within 10 or 10 rounds The first
Jew rounds brought out some pretty work
IN counterns, blocking, inhghtng and
footwork Al range lighting Relllys blows
were clean cut and quick. and In three or
tour rounds he had the better Of might
Ing. But In the majority Of the rounds,
Flynn had the better OF close range light
ng because OF his great strength. But
Reilly surprised Flynn and likewise the
spectators by his gameness and GOODNESS
against such odds, He beleyod he could
oiaw Flynn out and rattle him, but In
mis- he failed Jimmy was cool and care.
iul Reilly did "a great deal of "IollYng'
Throughout the contest
You are biz strong fellow" he said
to Flynn AS the latter blocked blow,
hslly remarked: That was very clever,
Jimmy old boy
Al me commencement OF nearly every
round Reilly would say
Wen, jimmy old boy, here we go on
HDtneI one, flynn had nothing to say.
To give detailed account OF the tight
would merely be repetition of the same
words Very very few leads. clean leads.
were made for the face Reilly iabbed
tRnn u couple Uf times with his left. but
Old no damage In the mix-ups they hook
sl tacn other with rights and let's, but
nost OF me hlows were stno,hered or fail
ed to land solidly
bul the inhghtlng was at times aorce.
AZ ilmes u looked az if,Flynn would sure
y carry ms antagonist on his feet with
nus 0ull.llke PUSHES. but Tommy always
managed 10 cover up and save himhelf
4Nu on a rev occasions forced Flynn to
u'ttk ground or cover. In the second
round, Reilly brought the clAret from
rlynh : nose, which was the only blood
sne9, n the sixth round Flynn managed
iahd a sun right handler on Reilly's
ncIN, Naggeriog Tommy for moment
"sl causing him TO slow up
loWard the close OF the bout. Reilly
evgmed 10 Improve In his footwork ana
general speed, but II was noticed that Ms
lut mana punches lacked steam. Uig hand
was injured, FLYNN was still very strong
nuI was laying back for a chance 10 land
hnockQut an opportunity that never
caIht. When the gong sounded for Inc
s,rlr. W. lne nght both were ON their feet
S',ong and smiling.
~ report was circulated around town no.
l ,,, We hghi and wagers were offered
',NV,,9.r1lng TO Referee Beams statement
,,,,"t inc llght would be lost on foul M