Evening star., 1912-07-05
Agreement Had Been Made to
Make That Award if Fight
Was Stopped.
BOTH MEN GUILTY OF
USING FOUL TACTICS
Johnson Held Flynn and the
Fireman Butted During En-
tire Progress of Bout.

and shook warning finger at Flynn.
Flynn, whose fighting blood was up.
yelled excitedly: Hes holding me. He's
holding. Why don't YOU make him quit
| and fight as champion should?"
| Smith turned to Johnson and told him
that the charge against him was true
| and that, while he was not as culpa BILE
In the manner of unfair fighting as his
from the agreement that had been en-
tered into as a fair stand-up boxing
| match.
Then Smith waved them together again,
| and when the order to resume fighting
was given Flynn went at the champion
| head-on.
Once again Johnson clasped Flynn's
arms and pinioned him, and try as he
might the fireman could not free glove
| to deliver A blow. He was mad clear
| through and Immediately resorted to but
| ting again. While Johnson shouted to
the referee for help. and Prof. Burns on
the ring ledge. waved his arms and cried
| aloud about the unfairness of things. Not
| once. but four times did Smith have to
put the men asunder and shake a warm
| ing foreinger at Flynn. AS often he
did so Johnson stood there in a notably
1 limp condition. and Flynn, with his fight
ling spirit at fever heat, gesticulated and
rbelowed: What am l to do? What am
1 to do? l am licking the big stiff and he
| is holding me like grim death all the
| time.
| AS they came together for the seventh
round the minutes rest had done John
| son 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 F1ynun's rush with a
| straight left that caused the fireman S
| head to snap back. Flynn rushed and
| rushed and every time that left pumped
| between 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.
johnson Rocks Flynn.
| When Johnson tired, however, the fire.
| man worked close ,and this time Johnson
did not catch an effective grip of his
opponents arms. Flynn, with both gloves
loose. pounded away at short ribs and
stomach and swung one overhead punch
! which knocked the champions head aside.
| Johnson pushed Flynn away bodily and
| sent him fitting with two uppercuts and
altogether it was a bad round for Flynn.
Incidentally the round was devoid of but
| ting.
The eighth round was another foul one.
| Flynn. who had been warned by his sec
| onds that Johnson had slowed up percep-
| tibly toward the close of the previous
three minutes of fighting, tore to close
quarters the minute the bell rang. In
stead of meeting Flynn with straight left
or uppercut. Johnson threw out his arms
| and clasped the fireman, thus strengthen
| ing the suspicion that the pace, the alti-
! tude and the rough work combined were
| having their effect on the champion S
| strength.
| Weak as he might have been. Johnson
| knew how to hold Flynn safely. Flynn
| tugged in an effort to get an arm free.
I! and finding himself baff1ed, 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.
| Prof. Burns flashed up to the platform
| side again and drew attention TO the fact
! that Flynn was fighting foully Johnson
held on and gave the mute appeal at the
referee across Flynn's head, and Smith
promptly split them apart. This time
Smith warned both men, Flynn for using
] his head in an unauthorized manner and
| Johnson for holding instead of breaking
| and fighting back.
Flynn Continues Butting Tactics.
The rest of the round was a repetition