Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24
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Out of the two heavyweight fights
at Madison Square Garden last night
didn't come anything particularly all
Turing as championship aspirants, but
in the fights, to say the least, there
was enough action, enough excite
nnent, enough blood and thunder to
3 satisfy the most craving of pugilistic
g appetites. To use a. most fitting ex-
s. preston the fights were great-not
clever battles, mind you. between meh
of brains and skill, but contests that
had in them the punch" Out of4the
p bouts emerged two winners-one of
s them q decisive winner and the other
S a winner because he did the most
work and better work, for the longer
& periods of time. In my. opinion, Jim
q Ooffey, the dublin Giant" defeated
4 Jim Flynn, the Fighting Fireman,
8 IN their ten-round bout. and George
! Rodel. the Boer. won from Soldier
4 Kearns in their ten-round affair.
Il coffey won on points. as decisions
should go in such contests. Rodei
won on everything, and left no DOUBT
of his superiority on this particular
occasion The bouts drew a crowd OF
some 1000, and throughout the audi
ence was a large number Of Newark
8 patrons Of the game.
@
The coffey-Flynn bout was
daughter from the moment hostiiit'es
opened until the final bell was
sounded. There was no let-up at
any time. Tired and weary though
the men must have been. round after
round, they battled as for dear life
with small hope for rest. Flynn,
tireless fighter, wouldn't have rest
in his cup. He stood UP and edged
his way in and positively forced COT
fey to punch him, and then, when ne
believed the dublin Giant" to be ID
: q bad way. he opened up and tore
into his opponent with the ferocity
of a bull. Through these methods
round after round, Flynn, the under
= dog, won the sympathy Of the spec
tators who were rather inclined to
!. favor him in their heart, but who
knew we'll in their better judgment
that he had been fairly beaten--out-
pointed.
O.
6 Coffey, in his fight last night. wal
a much better man than most OF the
experts ever gave him credit OF
being. He displayed Judgment and
skill and generalship that wouic
have been worthy of an older head
He fought Flynn the only way tt
fight him and he beat him so decis-
lively, so continually, in the early
rounds, and he protected himself sc
intelligently in the closing rounds
that he should be given the victory
he honestly earned and all the credit
that Is due him.
, What won the crowd to Flynn was
the Fireman's great show of game
: ness. But you can't win fights on
gameness. To be in a position &c
show such gameness- as Flynn dis
played last night one must be a sort
, of receiver general. That's what
a Flynn really was. No better name
q could be applied. Round after round
Coffey jabbed his left into Flynn'sface
and now and then he would hook the
same hand and follow it with right
uppercut that would almost lift the
Fireman off his feet. And when
[, Flynn, riddled with punches. broke
away from the onslaught and made
efforts to land a. terrific right swing
Coffey was invariably either insiqe
the punches or out Of harms way
Really this youngster coffey made q
great impression and he put up 9
beautiful battle, but there was sc
much feeling for Flynn, who was Civ
., ing all he had in such an heroic man.
ner, that the cleverness and the
amazing generalship Of the Giant was
overlooked. Coffey is better than we
know. He is big. overgrown young.
ster, with baby face and a quiet
easy manner. He showed enough OF
= the fine points of the game to win
approval and he took enough lick
ing to proclaim MN gaihesier.
O.
The beating that Flynn took and
stood up under was surprising. The
number of blows that Coffey landed
) round after round couldn't be
, counted He jabbed and jabbed with
his left hand. and every now and then
he mixed II with rights and lefts
until the wonder was how Flynn
could possibly stand 1t. The Fireman's
head rocked from side to side as the
blows came at him like hail. His legs
! shook from the perpetual string OF
: blows and he rocked on his heels. tc
and fro, as Coffey battered him with
= punches. Round after round this con-
tinued until in the seventh, when