The evening world., 1914-04-25
coffey's Repeated Foulino Help
Him to Knock Out Flynn.

- the aid Of many fouls and a lax
referee.
There In little doubt that Coffey
would have knocked Flynn out any
. Way. but that Is no excuse for Billy
Job. who allowed the Dublin Giant"
TO DO al he pleased. merely caution
ing him gently when the indignation
OF the spectators was expressed In
Seolonsrd heoting.
Three times CofRey deliberately
threw Flynn to the floor. twice AFTER
landing heavy right hand punches
and once while breaking from a
essach. The foul was 70 haRrant that
Corey should have been Immediately
disqualified II there was any inten-
tiea ct oil Of respecting the rules OF
: eoxtng. The falls may not have been
directly Responsible for Ffynn's de-
feat. but they didn't do him any good.
ooce. when thrown heavily, he struck
the noor nat on his face.
u the Boxing Commission is not
9oing TO enforce the rules that pro-
vide penalties for fouiiny the com
+ 0lnsion would do we'll to resign.
Flynn was In much better condition
teAn In any Of his more recent bouts
u this city. He had taken on much
~ and was quick a. q cat. From
the start he took the aggressive, and
rushed Coffey 20 hard and hit him 30
often With damaging left overland
swings on the Jaw that Gunboat
Smith. who sat beside me, predicted q
ootck victory for the Fireman,
Hell knock the big fellow out In
q round more" said Gunboat. And
e surely looked a. II ne might, for
Coffey was daxed and unable to block
ylynn's blows.
Just twelve seconds before the cad
oS the hrst round CofYey sent a DOW.
Srful short right TO F1ynn's chin a.
be rushed. knocking him down. Flynn
~ nearly out. He struggled to his
kness and took the full count. He
vas Just getting up whom the bell
That punch entirely changed the
cemplsxIca Of the nght. Flynn caas
out rushing. displaying aStonishina
SDoe0 ana 0erongth even Whsn he val
reeltng from side TO side. CofISy
3abbed him neatly and drove IN
6erce right handlers until Flynn's
etreugth beGan 70 Dose away again,
tNe6 dropped him With another rieht.
Vet At the end Of thu second round
~ Fireman was hShting hard.
Hes gone," said ounboat between
round., He can't come back
: Just at that moment Flynn turned
, AZ head toward the Gunner and
Nobody home. poor Teller" said
60sth. He DOESN'T know he's Eot.
, ne next round was 4 tough On,
, 9Dr Flynn. He took a hard heating
mt came back with several heavy
, !eas when he looked all IN. He va,
koSeked down twice. Corey pumpec
: ~ snoe1h rights to stun an elephant
q eAir0 time Flynn vent 10 the Moor
CS9ey landed a right and, catchipl
Wynn around the neck with his lei,
4. - hs stood half stunned, threw hin
Violently 70 the hoor.
HLYNN was EoinG In again In tn
fourth. but holding his arms u,
catch Coffey's blows and hittinJ
mite IN return. Oncs he was knockes
down. When he rosa CofYsy drov,
rights through Fiynn's poor 9uard
and after stsgsering him came to
cIinch. A. they broke he whirle,
Tynn from his feet with both hand
end threw him fiat on the floor. Tn
soectators Missed and hooted loudly
end Referee job shook his finger a
ce6ey and spoke to him. That's nj
he dia. job vas very, very patien,
Perhaps there might have been cir
oumstances under which he woul
have disqualified CofYey for fouiins
but that 10 mere conjecture. Perhup
there were no possible circumstance
uoder which he would have disquaIi
NOD Coney. but that In conjectur
again.
Flynn took another nine second,
which he needed. Curiously, 10
didn't disqualify him FOR going dow
without being hit"
Flynn turned hin head until his eve
rested on Gunbost Smith. and winket
what d. yuh think OF that ?" quer
iod Smith In amaxement.
Flynn got up.
The fight went on.
Coffey damned In another har
right.
Flynn was Just reelinY over an
about to fall from that blow whe
Coffey again caught him with the lie,
AID threw him to the floor.
This time he didn't get up.
THE semi-final was a rattlin
ten-round bout between Tedd
Hubs. smiling. black EYE
youngster whose good nature wa
! uulimited even in ihs fisrcest mil!in
lad Walter Mohr. 1t was nip ar
tuck all the way, With Hubs haviI
. little the best OF It. pil!ng up
had that Mohr came near balancir
IN a rafting tenth round finish.
After the scraps Gunboat told n
little about his plsns.
There wasn't much money In thi
theatrical stun" said the Gunner.
1td i've turns a day and wore out n
IA clothes No fast changing them tn,
Y ny expenses ran up to what
earned. II made me miss Tomu
AnSphy's AFht. too. Tommy broi
~ hand In the second round. II
Sen't for that II might have b.
.Aasrsnt."