Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-30
BY A. E. DUNNING

Jim Flynn, brave-hearted as of yore,
fought himself into an easy victory
last night, purely on the strength of his
famous rushing tactics and his persist
ent and savage infightfrg. That in
born spirit of stand up slugging with
which Flynn has waged his fights from
his entrance into the ring beat Jack
Burns to FRAGILE at the old Maud shed
last night. Flynn had every round. 1t
was furious repetition, which jim
mixing and uppercutting kept from
verging on the monotonous.
Burns throughout seemed unable to
keep away from Flynn and use his hard
right swing. He sought to push Flynn
away and bring his wallop into play,
but Jim with head down rushed his
man around the ring and viciously pen
etrated Burns guard with telling blows
to the body and the head.
The campaign waged by the fireman
showed he had set out to accomplish
what many fans thought impossible, a
knockout of Burns. That he failed was
due solely to the physical advantage
possessed by the Salinas giant, who
outweighs and outreaches Flynn and
, has a harder punch. Burns took a
fearful beating in the sixth, seventh
and eighth rounds, and in the seventh
was badly tired as he went to his cor
ner The finish was spectacular, full of
midring slugging, but Burns had no
chance at any stage.
Jack Burns was first in the ring, re-
ceiving a good hand, and Flynn came
in shortly afterward. Jim jumped into
mid-ring and cut loose at once, worry
ing Jack by playing for the wind.
Flynn forced the pace all the way in
this round and would never let Jack
get away. Flynn continued his famous
boring-in tactics in the second, always
trying to beat Jack to the punch.
In the third Jack rallied and caught
Jim several good Wallops on the nose,
bringing the blood slightly. Flynn saw
agely rushed his man in the opening
of the fourth. Jim drove in repeatedly
with his right and in a rally at the
ropes uppercut thrice hard to Burns
jaw. Jack seemed unable to penetrate
Flynn's defense hard enough to hurt.
They stood shoulder to shoulder in the
center and slugged it out to the bell.
There was no attempt at science, both
men trying only for a wallop that
would hurt.
Flynn Bores In
Jack opened the fifth by rocking
Flynns head with an uppercut, but
Flynn evened it UP by rapping over a
straight left. Flynn brought stream
of blood from Jacks mouth while in a
chneh and moment later opened up a
cut Under Jacks right eye. Jack was
stung hard by these clips and opened
his guard, Flynn reaching Jacks face
with several vicious swings that had
Burns groggy at the bell. Flynn had
big lead in the sixth and up to this
point. Burns reach actually seemed to
initiate against him, as he could not
reach Jim at close quarters. Jim never
gave him a moments peace, boring in
like demon. intent on a knockout.
Every moment Of the seventh found
the men locked together in ring center,
| fighting desperately for the body, Jack
seemed unable to solve Flynn's rushing
style. Rushing in regardless of receiv-
ing a wallop, Flynn outfought Burns
and bewildered him by his chops to
the chin in the eighth and ninth. Jack
ceased leading, Flynn doing all effec-
| tive landing at close quarters.
! Flynn came UP with a smile in the
tenth and waded in. They mixed il
| furiously and Flynn showed his man tc
the floor, lifting him up bodily. He
/ staggered Jack with a fearful swing,
forcing him to the ropes and upper