The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-05

TO the understood fireman IKE Il cIsepei
to fence and wanted to be declared
winner on foul.
Crowd Gets Excited.
There was a brave Gathering of
tongues when the men hnaily WENT 10
their corners at the end OF bhat dirty
tba country muttercd excitedly: "If
Fiynn will only keep his head he will
i;ck the negro, for johnson is giving
Thoro were many, too. who bewailed
tbe fact that Tommy Ryan had left
Flyun's camp at critical time. If
some man OF experience and Of cool
temperament had been with Flynn he
might have controlled him and COM
noijed him To fight according to the
rules. But Flynn over in his angle
argued excitedly with his seconds and
kept repeating, "I want to fight clean,
but he holds on like grim death and
will not let me-"
AS they came together for the sew
enth round the minutes rest had done
johnson good. He was not laughing
now. nor was he standing straight, as
he generally is when waiting to receive
an opponent. He bent forward with
his arms poked well out and met
Flynn 8 rush with straight left that
caused the fireman's head to snap
back. Flynn rushed and rushed again,
and every time that left pumped be.
tween his eyes. Johnson must have
struck him a dozen times, and it looked
as if Flynn would be held at bay all
through the round When johnson
tired, however, the fireman worked
close, and this time johnson did not
catch an effective grip of his op-
20 L.
gloves loose, pounded away at short
ribs and stomach and swung over one
overland punch which knocked the
champion head aside.
Johnson pushed Flynn bodily away and
sent his head fitting with two uppcrcuts
and altogether II was a bad round for
Flynn. incidentally tho round was de-
void OF butting.
The eighth round was another foul one.
Flynn. who bad been warned by his sec
ceptlbly towards the close OF the previous
three minutes fighting. tore to close
quarters the minute the startling bell
rang. Instead of meeting Flynn with a
threw out his arms and clasped the fire.
man, thus strengthening the suspicion
that the pace, the altitude and the rough
work combined were having Its effect
on the champions strength, But veal;
as he might have been. Johnson knew
how to hold Flynn safely. Flynn tugged
IN an effort to get an arm free, and
finding himself baffled jumped from his
feet while he was still held In John
sons embrace and pounded with his fore
head against the champions chin and
throat.
Professor Burns flashed up from the
platform side again and drew attention
to the fact that Flynn was fighting foully
Johnson held on and gave the mute ap.
peal at the referee across Flnns head
and Smith promptly split them out. This
time Smith warned both men. Flynn fol
using his head In an authorized manner
and Johnson for holding on instead OF
bSealing and fighting back. The resi-
ON the round was repetition OF the
sixth, Johnson clInging and Flynn ram
ming Johnson's throat with his forehead
and during ii all there was tumult among
the spectators and confusion in the ring
1t looked two or three times as though
the referee was about to stop the flgh
and render a decision, but he probably
balanced Johnson's holding against tn,
other mans butting and allowed the thinE
to go on 1t seemed reasonably cleal
that Johnson at this time would have
liked nothing better than TO have beer
declared the winner on a foul.