Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-26
SULLIVAN AND
FLYNN ARE NEXT
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS SHOULD
BE FAST
Both Have Defeated and Secured
Draws with Topnotchers and May
Be Expected to Provide a
Stirring Battle

Manager McCarey has scheduled for
Maud junction another heavyweight
battle. The coming contest will be be-
tween two of the best active light
weights in the ring today. Jack
! CTwin) Sullivan, the famous Boston
ian, has signed to do battle with Jim
Flynn, the husky Pueblo fireman, who
gave Tommy Burns such a lively tus-
sle a short time ago.
Flynn took the count in the fifteenth
round, but after one of the best dis
plays of courage and gameness ever
shown in Los Angeles ring. Flynn
did not wait to be told when to go after
his opponent, but was in close all the
time. Never once during the bout did
he back away and run from the cham
pion.
Although Flynn ia by no means what
! is called a clever man, he does in his
own way avoid much unnecessary pun
ishment But Flynn will not stall for
one minute. His chief desire is to get
in at close range and mix" with nis
man.
Had Flynn been of the runaway
kind it is doubtful whether he would
have been able to stay with Burns as
| long a time as he did. Jim Is a big
husky fellow who can take much pun
ishment and come back strong for the
next round.
Sullivan has won from the best of
them, among whom are Tommy Burns.
AT the end of twenty rounds, Jack re-
ceived the decision in the arena at
Maud junction. Tommy Burns would
say nothing more about the contest
other than that he thought that he
should have had a draw at the least,
but the referee could not see it that
way.
! Sullivan has secured a draw with the
cleverest man in the heavyweight di-
vision. At Dawson in 1904 he fought
Jack O'Brien twenty rounds to draw,
after being defeated by the foxy Phila-
delphian at st. Louis.
Each OF the men who are to fight in
the coming battle would be odds on
faVorites matched with Kaufman or
Gardner Had Jim Flynn fought the
native son, who calls himself the Pa
cific coast champion, the outcome of the
battle would surely have favored Flynn
Near the Top
Sullivan would have so far out
classed Kaufman that 1t would have
been more laughable matter than 1t
was. Jack could have hit the big husky
fellow with ease any time or place that
he chose. The smile that overspread
Kaufmann's face when Gardner landed
a swing which struck flush on the eye
and nose would have been Of a differ
ent sort.
But in Flynn and Sullivan, McCarey
has selected two men that should draw
and be capable of giving fast exhi-
bition.
The records Of both men are of the
best, with only one exception Flynn
has not been fighting the so-called top
notchers" of the present time. But
he has gone against some of the men,
who although not world beaters, are
able to give and take more punishment
than most of the fighters who are near
the top of the ladder.
These fighters are working for their
pork and beans" and go in to give a
man the worst end Of the deal II there
Is any possible way OF doing so. Men
like this have stacked up before him
and gone to defeat. Should Flynn win
the coming contest he would be In a
position to demand fight with any OF
the few good men in the heavyweight
class.
: Flynn has selected his training quar-
: ters at the gymnasium Of the East Side
Athletic club, where he will prepare for
the battle. This is regarded as the
!, hoodoo camp, and IL Flynn wins he will
be the drst man that ever trained at the
place who won at Maud junction. Harry
: Baker, Jimmy Walsh Fred Cooley
ana even Flynn himself are the losers
!, that the camp has turned out.
But despite the fact that a winner
: never trained at the place, none of the
} camps about Los Angeles surpass this
one when training facilities are brought
, TO light. A model gymnasium, ideal
sleeping quarters and we'll prepared
} meals at the club house Of the athletic