The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-05
REFEREE GIVES
JOHNSON TITLE
AFTER 9 ROUNDS
- r~fl
Flynn at No Time Is Able 10 Equal
The Black Champions
Strength
| - III;
FIREMAN TRIES BUTTINC
-- III
Repeatedly Warned and AppareDt-
ly Welcomes End Of
Struggle
FIREMAN TRIES BUTTINc

East Las Vegas. NJ NJ, July A.
The Jack Johnson-Jim Flynn forty4
five round fight for the worlds
championship was brought to a
close in the ninth round today, by
the state police.
Capt. Fornoff of the state force,
personal representative at the ring
side oil Gov. Mcdonald. declared
that ii was no longer a boxing con-
test. that 1T was brutal exhibition
and that Flynn's foul tactics made
its continuance impossible. He
Jumped into the ring with his depu-
ties and drove fighters and officials
to the corners. Referee Ed Smith
|announeed that Jolinson had WON
|and the fight was osef
Flynn Without Ability.
Flynn displayed no ability
throughout the fight. He was cut
and bruised about the face until
blood ran down his breast in
streams lie was utterly helpless
from the first round on, and by the
sixth was deliberately trying to butt
the champions chin with his head
Time after time when johnson held
him powerless in the cHnches Flynn
jerked his head upward. Smith
warned him repeatedly but it did
no good. In the seventh he began
leaping upward every time he
could work his head under John
sons chin. Flynn's feet were both
off the floor time and again with
the energy he put into his bounds.
Sometimes he seemed to leap two
feet into the air in frantic plunges
at the elusive blacks jaw before
him.
Referee Smith forced Flynn backs
ward towards his corner half
dozen times. stop that butting''
he would shout.
Shaking his finger in Flynn IA
face, stop it or I'll disqualify|
you"
Flynn Roars Back.
The ---- nigger's holding me
--nigger" Flynn roared back.
"He holding me all the time, he's
holding me like this" and then he
offered to illustrate on the referee.
Smith evaded the blood smeared
arms held before him and waved
the men together again. In the next
,rlinch-it was in the eighth round
Flynn flung himself upward
again. Smith jumped between them
md warned him once more. Next
time you do it I'll disqualify you"
he said, but changed his mind as ID
happened time and again and es-
Decially in the ninth before the po-
lice took hand.
Through 1t all the champion was
milling. He evaded Flynn's attacks
with utmost lead, whether the
Pueblo man led with his hand or
with his head. Only once In the
ninth did he show any wish to end
the fight and yet ringside opinion
was unanimous that he could have
pput Flynn out any time he hap
pened to fancy whether in the first
or in the ninth. The champion
opened up only once early In ths
, fight, when Flynn delivered his one
good blow, right hook 10 the jaw.
|, delivered during clinch. Johnson
, | appeared nettled at his own reck-
| lessness and smashed right upS
lpercut | to Flynn's guards, which
rocked the white man on his
feet Then the champion smiled
} again and went back to the monot-
onons chopping uppercuts. which
made Flynn's face a bloody mass In
each round,
Johnson is Calm.
Apparently Johnson did not att
: tempt to hit hard lie contented
} himself with slow. cold. scientific