Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-05

Theater to hear the returns from
 Las Vegas and the balcony was well
 filled with negroes, anxious to see
 their black idol bring home the ba-
 con second time in d championship battle with a white man.
 Local fans were not sure of the
 success of lFlynn's training and many
 Of them did not believe that he would | be able to stand the punishment that
 Johnson was supposed to be able to give him. When the rounds were read, one by one the tlynn admirers
 cheered every blow that was struck
 by the game fighter and were soon | convinced that either Johnson had gone 'Dack materially since his fight with Jeffries or was no match fer his smaller antagonist. When the de cision Of the referee was flashed ill advance of the eighth and ninth rounds the audience was puzzled. They could not understand why thh
 police should interfere and moreover why Johnson should have been given the dec sion when if appeared to be Flynn s flight with the possible eXcep-
 tlon of one round. Later bulletins cleared the atmosphere. Flynn had Violated the Marquis and Queensbury
 rules by putting Johnson and the ne- gro Was given the fight on "a foul, despite the fact that Flynn had batter ed the negro almost into submission and would have undoubt edly given him tine finishing sleep dose in the next two or three rounds.
 From the beginning Flynn found Jehnson's weak point, the stomach, and he pounded away at the negro's abdomen with telling effect in every found. This Weakened Johnson and although he continued his aggressive 'lgI1ing, using his heretofore fatal uppercuts and right and left swings, they had practically no effect on ltlynn. Johnson's stomach worried
 him and the more Flynn hammered it the weaker he grew. Johnson's blows
 lacked the force that had characteriz-
 ed them in former battles and he
 held onto Flynn to save himself fur
 ther punishment
 The report that Johnson has been leading a swift life since taking the championship belt from Jeffries has not been confirmed. He was said to ne in the pink of condition, when he entered the ring at Las Vegas yes trday, but Flynn had fought him be- fore and knew his weakest point. He played on it until Johnson was within a few feet of dreamland-then what happened, the police ilterfered and robbed the big fighting railroad fire man oi fame and fortune. But with it all Flynn will probably be idolized by American sports and reap a if nancial harvest from his Fourth of July showing. The true American sport likes game loser and Flynn comes under that heading. He was just unfortunate enough to- use unfair tactics, which weTe brought on by
 Johnscnfs unsportsmanlike method of
 holding him in the cl;nches.
 The general opinion among fight
 fans is that Flynn is Johnson's mas-
 ter The Pueblo man showed up to great advantage yesterday and with a fighter whom many sports believed
 h'2d no equal Flynns staying quali- ties and fighting style surprised those who have been skeptical all
 along If the men ever meet again. and the probabilities are that Flynn
 will insist on it, the white man will be the favorite at good odds.
 A few days before the fight we'll known sporting writers at Las Vegas predicted hard fight for Johnson. declaring that the atmospheric condi- tions there were not favorable Flynn
 is used to the Western air and they said that it. would nOt affect him dur-