The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-18
FLYNN No MATCH
FOR SAM LANGFORD
Pueblo Fireman Is Knocked
Out in Eight Rounds, in
Hopeless Fight.
BOSTON GORILLA" SMILES
AS HE LEAVES RING
Contest Is Over Before Seconds
Realize What Happened
to Flynn.

LOS ANGELES March 11.-Sam Lang
ford, Boston's wonderful coloreG nghter
did away with Jim Flynn. the Pueblo fire
man. in the last half Of the eighth round
OF a fight that was scheduled To go forty
five rounds az the Old JefIries arena here
today. The Knockout was not \ clean
one the uppercur which Langtord de-
livered with his left hand merely ac-
celebrating Flynn's fall after he had missed
q right swing at Lanetord's jaw and lost
his balance Flynn fell prone on the
mat with his arms extended and diso
Gated his jaw. on which he struck first
with the whole weight of his body.
Referee Charles Eyton counted the flre-
man out before even F1ynnS seconds were
able TO realize Just what had happened,
and the badly punished fighter. sIagger-
ing to his feet his legs lettering and his
senses reeling made feeble efforts 20
through his half-shut eyes was imaginary.
Jangford had retired 20 his corner, smil-
ing over his victory and proud OF his
green trunks.
F1ynns chances of winning were
dimmed in the first round, when Lang
ford breaking away from the first clinch,
left cheek The blow opened a cash and
started the blood flowing Again before
the first round was ended Langford found
Flynn's face with his right. and In the
brought both gloves 10 Flynn s face and
neck The round was easily Lansford'
and 1t was apparent that something ut
lie less than a miracle could make Flynn
the winner of the fight.
With his face and mouth bleeding and
apparently weak in body and spirit by
the terrific blows OF tho colored wonder
drove To his body, Flynn braVcly fought
through six more rounds and came up
for the eighth still determined TO keep
the colorcd man close to him. lie had
hugGcd Langtord throughout all of the
previous rounds and Smothcrcd many
fierce and well-aimcd blow. but now he
was too weak and daZed To keep up the
uneven struggle. The first seven rounds
he had prevented the colored tighter from
setting himself Tor a final knockout blow
hy rushing In when he found his arms
free and buttinS his head up against
his opponents chin. But he could not
mercy and Kept him Oft with iabs TO the
face and swings with left and right 10
the body. II was apparent that Flynn
was not able TO fight much longer. Lang
ford leapcd backward with pantherlikc
agility and at the same instant prepared
TO swing his right TO Flynn's jaw. FLYNN
made his last desperate effort then and
when the blow he sent out with his right
failed 10 find its mark, his body followed
il. Langford's left hand shot like a
streak Of lightning 10 Flynn's jaw. but
it WAS not so much from the force Of the
blow as from the momentum OF his body
that Flynn went down.
In the third round FLYNN had fallen to
his knees in much the same way when |
Langford stepped aside. from a right
swing that Flynn had intended for the |
ebony jaw, Flynn was down for seven
seconds.
a crowd that iammcd the Jefrries
arena and was estimated at 10000 saw
the contest and the preliminary bouts. |
In one of these Al Rogers so severely |
punished Young Kenny That the referee |
stopped 1t in the third round.