The Detroit times., 1912-12-11
"HE WAS TOO
BIG" Is jim
FLYNN,S SONG
McCarty Praises Fireman as
Gamest Fighter He Has
Ever Met
THOUGH DEFEATED,
JIM MADE FRIENDS
McCarty Meets Palzer as a Re-
suit of Last Nights
Bout

| Los ANGELES. Cal, Dec. H.
Both eyes closed, his right ear pound
ed TO pulp, his nose broken, and his
lips torn TO shreds by the terrific bat
tering he received last night, at the
hands OF Luther McCarty, Jim Flynn.
OF Pueblo, today made, no comment
on his defeat, except the statement:
"McCarty was too damned big
And McCarty. at his hotel, paid a
tribute to the gameness displayed by
his vanquished opponent, by remark.
Ing to the newspaper men:
Il didn't know they ever made men
so game. I didn't believe any living
man OF Flynn's size could have stood
up SO long under the punishment l
was able to administer"
I, AS the result of his desperate fight
against overwhelming odds, Flynn, de-
feated. had more fri ends and admirers
here than he ever had before. In his
hotel, where he spent the morning,
doctoring his battered face, he was
the recipient Of the congratulations
of hundreds who saw him go down TO
defeat, game to the last.
With this fight out OF the way, fans
today are looking forward to the bat
tie on New Years day between Nc
Carly and AL Palzer, the only other
white hope" regarded here as being
| In McCarty,s class.
Palzer, two weeks ago, signed an
agreement to meet the winner OF the
Flynn-McC cCarty battle He came here
| from New York week ago, and be-
gan light training. Palzer was one
of those who witnessed the terrific
beating the Pueblo fireman received.
Today, he declined to comment on
McCarty's ability, except to say that
he was not frightened.
Luther McCarty, of Springfield, Mo-,
lad Of 81, put the seasoned cam
paigner out in the running in, the
sixteenth round OF what was sched-
uied TO be 20-round battle, at Tom
McCarey's Vernon arena, last night,
mauling Ills opponent SO numerically
that RefeSne Charlie Eyton stopped
the battle.
From the tap of the gong starting
the battle, Flynn never had a real
chance. The Missouri boy had him
at his mercy at all times and not only
eluded the freman's fierce rushes
easily, but landed on Flynn whenever
and wherever he felt inclined. From
the outset Flynn attempted to fright
en-" McCarty, by tearing In savagely,
and attempting in-Hghting. Luther re-
fused to be frightened. however, and
met his opponents rushes with a
series of straight lefts and uppercuts
that quickly Strengthened Flynn up.
After the second round, Flynn's
hackers abandoned hope, and from
then on 1t was only a question how
long the fireman could stay. Every
round was the same-Flynn rushing
in, refusing to give ground, McCarty
fighting cool1y, and steadily as a ma
chine, and meeting his man with ter
rife sledge-hammer blows that FEW
living fighters could have withstood.
In the ninth round, McCarty three
times swung his right hard to
Hymns jaw, and the veteran went to
the mat each time, only to rise again.
lIt seemed certain that the end was
near. but the bell saved Flynn.
Despite his condition. Flynn continued
to fight fiercely, refusing to the last
Ito give ground, and rushing In always
for more punishment. His gameness
won the admiration of the crowd.
which, while crying to the referee to
stop the fight, cheered the Puebloan
heartily. II was the greatest demon
stration Of courage ever witnessed in
Ia local ring.
In the sixteenth round. McCarty
sent Flynn to the floor for the count
OF nine, with a right uppercut to the
jaw, so hard that the crack of 1t
sounded like a shot. Flynn arose
groggy. and McCarty shot two straight
lefts to the jaw, and sent him down
again. Heeding the cries of the Spec
tators, Referee Eyton raised McCar-
|ty's glove in token OF victory.
No one needed Flynn's frantic pro-
tests OF the decision. His lace was
puffed until II was almost unrecogniz-
able and his eyes were swollen almost
shut. His seconds had TO cssist him
from the ring while McCarty walked
out as fresh as daisy. A dlscolora-
Ition OF the right eye was the only
mark he bore. He said today lSs
never had doubt of the outcome. and
that ne believed he would defeat Al
Palzer as easily when they meet here
New Years afternoon.