The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-03
NEGRO WINS FIGHT
JOHNSON KNOCKS FLYNN DOWN
 AND OUT. M
It Poak Eleven Rounds to Decide the Conteat-~Johnson is Now the Heavyweight Champion
 of the World.

CoIraa Arena. San Franclsco. Nov. 2. -"You're clever nigger,p were the last words uttered by Jim Flynn. the Colorado fireman, in his scheduled for- ty-fiye round contest with Jack John son, the negro heavy weight, at Colma this afternoon.
 A straight right flush to the jaw cut off further speech, and Flynn col- lapsed to the floor completely out. The finishing blow was delivered in the eleventh round, and it took fully four minutes to resuscitate the defeated pugilist.
 Throughout the contest Johnson toy ed with his antagonist. In the initial round he practically closed Hymns left eye, and thereafter made 1t 6 tar get for his unerring left jabs. Johnson left the ring without a mark.
 Arrangements will at once be made to match Johnson and Tommy Burns for the heavy weight championship of the world.
 There was considerable betting at the ringside. the odds varying from to and 10 to 6. with Johnson the favorite. Johnson and Flynn entered the arena shortly before 1 o'clock. and wont at once to their respective rooms.
 JOnnSon gave OuI HIS NCL6HLa AS 1OA pounds while Flynn announced his at 176.
 ; Johnson and Flynn entered the ring at 2:45 D. m. Time was called at 3:02 and they immediately went to close quarters and clinched. Johnson upper cut with right to the stomach and Flynn drove the negro to the ropes with right and left short arm Jolts to the body. Just before the first round ended Johnson closed Flynn's left eye with a powerful left to that member. Johnson had a big lead.
 In the second round they mixed at close quarters, Johnson put in several short arm rights to the body. Johnson jabbed twice with left to the face and then sent a straight right to the face. Flynn waded in close quarters but failed to land Johnson clearly Outboxed and outgeneraled his man, and in the third round Johnson cut the nose and landed right and left swings on the head. Flynn rushed In as usual and failed to land. He butted the negro unintentionally and quickly shock his adversary's hand.
 Johnson jared his man with two wicked right hooks to the jaw as the round neared its close.
 Flynn took a brace and landed lef' and right to the face. Johnson, how ever. had big lead.
 The fourth round was very tame Johnson was cool and seemed to bt hiding his time to land a vital punch Flynn fought desperately in the hrtf but the round ended with Johnson ! slightly in the lead. Neither man had any apparent ad' vantage In the sixth. Flynn's left eye was closed by 2 right swing in the seventh. Dohnsor sent Flynn to the floor by the, whole weight of his body in the eighth ant was jeered by the crowd.
 Wrestling and clinching character ized the ninth round
 Flynn was almost out when the bel rang.
 In round ten. Flynn rushed In but Johnson sent him away with success sion of right and left short arm swings to the face.
 Flynn in clinch butted Johnson vicioUsly with his head and was warn ed by the referee. Johnson fought carefully and coolly and 1t was his round by a wide margin.
 Come right on." yelled Johnson, al they toed the scratch for the eleventh round. Flynn's left eye by this tim' was swollen to five times its norma size. He worked to close quarters ant tried to reach Johnson's body but the latter fioored him with a straight right to the jaw. Flynn went to the maj like log and had to be carried away by his seconds.