Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03
BIG NEGRO HAS ALL THE BEST
OF FIREMAN
RIGHT TO JAW DIsPosEs OF
COLORADO MAN
Winner Is Now Ready for Tommy
Burns, and Efforts Are Being
Made to Bring Them
Together

words uttered by Jim FLYNN, the Colo
rado fireman, in his scheduled forty
five round contest with Jack Johnson,
the colored heavyweight. at Colma this
afternoon. A straight right flash to the
jaw cut off further speech and Flynn
toppled to the floor completely knocked
out The finishing blow was delivered in
the eleventh round and it took fully four
minutes to resuscitate tn defeated
pugilist.
Throughout the contest Johnson toyed
with his antagonist as terrier would
with rat. In the initial round he prac-
tically closed the Colorado mans left eye
and thereafter made it target for his
unerring left jabs.
johnson landed at will on his man and
seemed to have the contest well in hand
at all stages. He left the ring without a
mark and only once did he receive a tell
ing blow from his opponent. This was in
the ninth round, when one of Flynns
wild swings found a resting place in the
colored mans stomach.
Flynn would constantly rush into close
quarters. but invariably he failed to land.
II
lated with right and left swings to the
head and jaw. The beginning of the end
came in the tenth round Near the end
of the round Flynn slipped to the mat
from the impetus of a misdirected punch.
He was up quickly and as he rushed in
johnson clipped In the pit of the stomach
with short-arm right uppercut. Flynn
dropped to the floor and was carried to
his corner, the clang of the gong giving
him temporary respite.
Johnson Taunts Him
In the eleventh round Johnson taunted
his man, forcing him to close quarters.
Then johnson, backing. shot wicked
straight right flush to the jaw and Flynn
sank to the floor, utterly helpless and
completely knocked out.
Billy Roche, the referee, after the con-
test said:
johnson was the best man and out
classed Flynn in every department of
the boxing game He is, however, de-
serving of much credit for his gameness,
and the result would have been the same
whether Flynn's eye was closed or not.
johnson is easily the best man in his
class today
johnson, after shaking hands with his
defeated antagonist, said to the newspa-
per men:
II knew | had him after 1 closed his
eye. He is a game little boy, but too
small for this class. 1 think that 1 have
demonstrated to the world that 1 am
not afraid, and l challenge any one to
find the yellow in me. Tommy Burns is
my next man, and stand ready to fight
him at any time"
Flynn said:
''The best man won, and all l can say
is to warn the next man that is matched
with johnson. He is a great man and
was entirely outclassed. l did my best,
however, and would like to show myself
before the same crowd with man in my
class. Beyond his cleverness he was
miles too big for me to handle'
Arrangements will at once be made to
match johnson and Tommy Burns for
the worlds heavy weight championship.
The attendance was very large and
many women were scattered about the
arena. The receipts probably will ap-
proximate $1,000
Round One
They Immediately went to close quar-
ters and clinched. johnson hooked his
right to the head and they went to close
quarters. fighting to the ropes. No dam
age done.
johnson uppercut to the stomach and
with right and left short arm jolts to the
body. Flynn rushed In, but was met by
a right to the face, and they clinched.
Johnson clipped his man with left to the
Jaw and then followed 1t with right up
percut to the face, opening Flynn's eye.
Just before the round ended Johnson
closed Flynn's left eye with a powerful
left to that member. Johnson had big
lead.
Round Two
They mixed at close quarters, Johnson
putting in several short arm rights to the
body. Johnson jabbeo with left to face
and then sent a straight right to the face.
Flynn waded in to close quarters, but
failed to land johnson cleverly out
boxed and outgeneraled his man.
During lull in the fighting, Flynn
whipped vigorous right to the head and
they went to a clinch. On the break,
johnson drove his right to the body and
missed a vicious right for the face. John
son missed a hard left uppercut as the
bell rang. 1t was a rather tame round,
with johnson having the advantage.
Johnson smiled and nodded to his friends
during the minutes respite.
Round Three
Johnson cut loose and landed right and
left swings on the head. Flynn rushed
in but as usual failed to land. He butted
the colored mar unintentionally and
quickly shook his adversarys hand con-
trftely johnson Jared his man with
two wicked right hooks to the jaw, A
third similarly applied forced Flynn to
close quarters. AS the round neared it's
close Flynn took brace and landed left
and right on the face. Johnson, how
ever, had big lead as the bell sounded.
Round Four
Flynn rushed to a clinch. All his at
tempts to land at close range were
blocked by the colored fighter. Flynn
continued to fight to close quarters and
finally landed left on the face. 1t was
a very tame round.
Round Five
Flynn rushed in but his attempts to
land were wild Flynn landed two good
lefts to the colored mans face and john
son retaliated with straight left to the
face Two lefts found a mark on Flynns
face and they went to close quarters.
Separating, johnson, still smiling,
whir-ed his right hard to the stomach
and a moment later duplicated the blow.
third try was equally successful
Flynn, however, fought back desperately
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