Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-03-26
LANGFORD WINS FROM
FLYNN IN THE EIGHTH
Pueblo Fireman No Match for Negro
BoNer-Defea6ed Man UncOn-
conscious for Five Minutes
After Fight Ended.

After Fight Ended.
Los Angeles. Cal. March 17.-Sam
LangfOrd, OF Boston. today did away
with Jim Flynn. Pueblo fireman. in
the last half Of the eighth round OF
a fight that was sChed uled to 20 for
ty-fve rounds at the old Jenries
Arena
The knockout was not a clean one.
The uppercut which Langford de-
livered with his left hand merely ac-
CELEBRATED Flynn's fall, after he had
missed a RICH swing at Landlords
Jaw, and lOst his balance. Flynn fell
prone on the mat with his arms ex-
tended, and dislocated his Jaw.
Referee Charles Eyton counted the
fireman out before Flynn's seconds
were able to realize what had hap
pened. The fighter staggered 70 his
feet, and made feeble efforts 70 fight
again. though the opponent he saw
through his half-shut eyes was imag.
mary.
Flynn's chances OF winning were
dimmed in the first round. when
LangfOrd, breaking away from the
first clinch, delivered a right swine
TO the fireman's left cheek The blow
opened a cash and started the blood
flowing
With his face cut and swollen.
bleeding from the nose and mouth
and apparently weakened in body
and spirit by the terrific blows OF
the colored fighter, Flynn fought
through six more rounds and came
up for the eighth.
In the first seven rounds Flynn
had prevented the colored fighter
from setting himself for a knock. out
by closing in whenever he found his
arms free, and butting his head up
against his opponents chin. He could
not do that in the eighth.
When the round was half over.
Langford leaped backward from a
clinch. and started his right to
Flynn's Jaw. Flynn launched a swing
with his right, but IL failed 10 find
the mark. and his body followed
through. Langford's left hand shot 20
Flynn's jaw, but IL was more from
his own momentum than from Lang
fOrd's blow that Flynn went down
In the third round Flynn had fallen
70 his knees in much the same way
when Langford sidestepped a right
swing, and he was down for seven
seconds.
More han 1000 people assembled
az the Vernon Arena 20 see the Lang
ford-Flynn fight. Langford came
through the ropes at 1855. Bob Arm
stFong and Lew Byers were his
seconds. Flynn came in minute
later, and received the greatest ova-
ton. Abdul. the Turk. Billy Rooney.
King Hogan and Dick Aleen seconded
Flynn. Charles Eyton was referee.
The first round was Langford s.
Flynn fought close. and Rugged the
colOred man continually. He was
bleeding profusely at the mouth as
the round ended
The second round was more even.
with Flynn hugging and keeping his
head on Langford's shoulder. Neither
was harmed.
Flynn was badly punished in the
third round. being down at one time
for seven seconds. He was bleeding
from the mouth when he went 20 his
corner
Flynn stood back IN the fourth and
let go some long-arm punches and
then rushed into a clinch. He was dis
tressed and cut under the chin. Lang
ford appeared unhurt.
Langtord tried to force Flynn 20
open up his guard in the fifth. He
landed right and left in Flynn's ribs,
and Flynn clinched the round out.
The sixth round was a series OF
clinches. Langford came out OF IL
bleeding from the right eye and
mouth. Flynn seemed 20 be stronger.
The seventh round was a series OF
clinches. Flynn did not allow Lang
ford 10 set himself IL until near the
end OF the round. when Flynn ducked
under a vicious right swing.
Referee Eyton gave the fight 20
Langford in the middle of the eighth
round, after Flynn had fallen TO the
floor OF his own weight. In falling.
Flynn's face struck the floor, and
blood spurted from his mouth and
nose.
Flynn fell when he missed a right
swing, and was unable to get to his
feet. He was counted out He was
unconscious for five minutes after be
ing led to his corner. bleeding pro-
fusely from mouth and nose.