The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-03
FLYNN TUCKED
AWAY IN nth
you're a Clever Niger, "
Quoth Jim, and Then Colo
RADIO Man Went to Sleep.

words uttered by Jim Flynn, the Colorado
fireman in his scheduled forty-five round
contest with Jack Johnson. the colored
heavyweight at Colma this afternoon.
straight right, flush TO the jaw, cut off
further speech, and Flynn topped TO the
floor completely knocked out. The fin
ishing blow was delivered in the eleventh
round. and it took fully four minutes to
resuscitate the defeated pugilist.
Throughout the contest Johnson toyed
with his antagonist a terrier would
with a rat. In the initial round he prac-
tically closed the Colorado mans left
eve, and thereafter made it a target for
his unerring left jabS. Johnson landed
at will on his man, and seemed to have
the contest we'll in hand at all stages
He left the ring without mark. and
only once did he receive a telling blow
from his opponent
End Was Drawing Nigh.
The beginning of the end came in the
tenth round Near the end Of the round
Flynn slipped TO the mat from the i'm
petus of a misdirected punch He was
up quickly. and he rushed in Johnson
clipped him in the pit of the stomach with
a shortarm right uppercut. Flynn dropped
10 the floor and was carried to his cor
ner. the clang of the gong giving him a
temporary respite.
In the eleventh round Johnson taunted
his man and forced him to close quar-
tiers. Then johnson, backing away, shot
a wicked straight right flush to the jaw.
and Flynn sank to the floor utterly help
less and completely knocked out.
Simply outeiassed.
Billy Roche. the referee, after the con-
test. said:
johnson was the better man, and he
outclassed Flynn in every department OF
Inc boxing game
ARRANGEMENTS will at once be made to
match Johnson and Tommy Burns for
the worlds heavyweight championship of
the world.
The attendance was very large, and
many women were scattered about the
arena.
The receipts probably will approximate
5000.
Fight by Rounds.
Time was called at 3:02 and they imme-
diately went to close quarters and
clinched. Johnson uppercut with right TO
the stomach and Flynn drove the eolored
man TO the ropes with right and left
shortarm 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 putting in several
shortarm rights to the body johnson
jabbed twice with left to the face, and
then sent a straight right to the face
Flynn waded In 10 close quarters. but
failed to land johnson clearly outboxed
and outgeneralled his man.
CoIored Man Cuts Loose.
In the third round Johnson cut loose
and landed right and left swing on the
head Flynn rushed in but. as usual
failed to land. He butted the colored
man Internationally and quickly shook
his adverSary's hand cOntritely. john
son Jared his man with two wicked
right hooks to the jaw. As the round
neared its close, Flynn took a brace and
landed left and right on the face. John
son. however. had big lead.
The fourth round was very tame. John
son was cool and seemed to be biding his
time whereat to land vital punch.
Flynn fought desperately in the fifth.
out the round ended with Johnson slight
ly in the lead. Neither man had any ap-
parent advantage in the sixth. Flynn
LETT eye was closed by a right swing in
the seventh.
Johnson sent Flynn to the floor by
sheer force of his body In the eighth,
and was jeered by the crowd. Wrestling
and clinehing characterized the ninth
round. Flynn was almost out when the
bell rang.
Flynn Rushes In.
In round ten Flynn rushed in but john
son sent him away with a succession of
right and left shortarm swings to the
face. Flynn in clineh butted Johnson
viciously with his head, and was warned
by the referee. Johnson fought carefully
and coolly and it was his round by a wide
margin.
Come right on" yelled Johnson as
they toed the scratch for the eleventh
Fiynn's left eye by this time was swollen
to five times its normal size. He worked
to close quarters and tried to reach John
sons body, but the latter floored him
with a straight right TO the Jaw.
Flynn went to the mat like a log anc
had to be carried away by his seconds.
Martin was given the decision over