Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-18
FISTIC GAME HAS
ESCAPED WALLOP
Great Headwork Displayed in
Canoeing the Jack Dillon
Jim Flynn Match.
PROMOTER BADLY ADVISED

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capped another waliop when the Jack
Dillon Jim Flynn affair at the Madi-
son Square Garden was cancelled.
That this match was ever seriously
considered for a moment shows how
poorly advised the promoter has been
by the man who has had his ear ever
since he took over the Garden. When
the syndicate, which is endeavoring
to corner all the heavyweights in
sight, suggested Old Man Flynn as a
substitute for Les Darcy it appeared
that the promoter did not even know
that Flynn and Dillon had met be-
fore.
As a matter OF fact, Dillon stopped
Flynn in two rounds at Dewey July 4,
last year, and twice held him up
through ten rounds in subsequent af-
fairs staged in this city. Both were
disgraceful exhibitions, as Flynn never
had the ghost OF chance to win.
Such matches are as sportsmanlike
as bull fight. One contestant is not
expected to win, but is in the ring
merely to take punishment.
Flynn Has Stormy Career.
Flynn has had long and stormy
career as a trial horse. He began
fighting sixteen years ago, and as far
back as 1907, when Jack Johnson
knocked him out in eleven rounds,
ceased to be contender for the title.
Since then Flynn has fallen a victim
to practically every prominent heavy
weight to appear.
AL Kaufman, big California no.
vice, was the next to hatten Flynn.
Kaufman did the trick in nine rounds.
Then Sam Langford took him on out
in San Francisco. Sam was in
hurry that night, as he was jealous Of
Johnsons fame and anxious to i'm
prove on his fellow blacks showing,
so in the FIRST round Langford turned
loose right uppercut without any
strings attached to II, and Flynn went
to sleep for several minutes.
The next time Flynn and Langford
met the latter was in better humor
and he allowed the fireman to go
eight rounds before slipping over the
c. 0. D. wallop. Flynn, however, re-
fused to be discouraged by these
happenings, and having turned the |
tables on AL Kaufman by stopping
him in ten rounds, Flynn was match
cd with Carl Morris.
First Important Meet.
AT that time Morris was being |
smoked up as the most litely OPP
ponent for Jack johnson. The bout |
with Flynn was the Sapulpa giants
first important engagement, and after
a great flourish OF trumpets the men |
met at Madison Square garden In one
OF the first fights under the Frawley |
law. However, this was one time |
when the. much battered trial horse
upset the dope. Although hardly up |
to his giant opponents shoulder, lit |
tie Flynn tore into the big fellow |
with as much confidence % though
he never had known defeat and he |
battered Morris until the latter was
such a pitiful sight that the crowd
called upon the referee TO stop the |
slaughter.
On the strength Of th;s victory
Flynn was matched with Jack John
son for twenty rounds ct Las Vegas
by the freman's manager, who also
promoted the fight. From the very |
lrst the match was panned IN the |
press Of the country and nothing was
more certain thaa that the match |
would not draw even the amount that |
Johnson was guaranteed for his end. |
However, in spite OF the fact, which |
under ordinary circumstances would |
have been enough to stop further |
proceedings, the fight went on.
Handled Like q Doll.
Although johnson had not taken |
the fight seriously and was In poor
shape, he handled little Flynn like a |
rag doll, laughing at his attempts to |
land blow. Flynn kept yelling that |
Johnson was holding his arms and |
called upon the referee to award him |
the verdict on foul. But that Of |
fetal refused to comply and even
tually the police ordered the unequal |
struggle stopped.
Shortly after that Luther McCarty, |
then the leading white hope, picked |
out the veteran shock absorber as an
easy mark and battered him down and
out in sixteen rounds. Gunboat Smith |
was the next conner" to use Flynn |
as a stepping stone. Smith scored
knockout in five rounds with |
series OF right uppercuts to the chin.
Jim Coffey began to loom up |
strongly about that time, so he, too, |
took crack at the fireman. Flynn
lasted four rounds on this occasion. |
Coffcy became so excited when he |
found that he was winning handily |
that he picked little Flynn up bodily |
md slammed him to the canvas. The |
shock OF the fall added to the force |
Of Coffcy's wallops was too much for |
Flynn and he was counted out.
Coffey lately added another knock
out victory to his credit over the fire.
man, winning in nine rounds at |
Brighton Beach. Flynn might have |
gone the whole distance on this &C.
casion, but he was battered consid- |
erably, and his manager chose to be |
more lenient than usual and threw in |
the sponge, much TO Flynn's disguest. |
Despite his many defeats Flynn has
worn remarkably well, but he is now
getting on in years and the chances
something serious happening to
IN Il he Is allowed to take more
oeatings are much greater. Matched |
with men Of his own class, there
would be no reason to object to Flynn,
who is remarkably game and earnest |
fighter But because Of their greed |
Flynn's handlers have persistently
oyermatched him. With men OF his |
own caliber he would be no card, so
he has been offered up to be slaugh-
tered by the stars Of the ring at every |
opportunity.
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