The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-20
LEO FLYNN MASTER
IN ARRANGING BOUTS
FOR TEX RICHARD
BY FRANK C. MENkE
'ho is Leo P. Flynn?


A new fight manager, jealous of
his success. insists he's an individual
who wears a pair of elegant horns,
well manicured hoofs of the cloven va
helluva nature.
Those who know him best, know him
as blue eyed, gray matched Irish
man, with more intimate knowledge
of the fight game than any man alive
and not merely as the power behind
the throne" in New York, but more or
less the power itself.
obscure bloke within the fight game:
A few years ago, Flynn was rather
just manager of few youthful; fight
ers. And now they call Flynn: 1.-The
smartest, brainest of them all"
The success that has come to Flynn,
and his refusual to permit a coterie
of moneymad fight managers TO gouge
Tex Rickard for every last dollar in
the universe, has brought condemna-
ton upon Flynn and censure from that
clique. 1t tried by every means with
in its power to Gust him as the advisor
of Richard in matchmaking for Mad
ison Square Garden.
Doesn't Fear Threats
''You can bet all the tea in China,
remarks Flynn, that those birds and
their pop-eyed threats aren't going to
get a single dollar more out of Richard
than is their fair and honest portion. y
Flynn was born in Providence. r.
|. and in the later year ambled along
to Chicago. It was there that he took
his first flyer as high manager, large
ly through his interest in youngster
known as Young Britt. The kid had
been fleeceds by some former pilot and
Flynn stepped in to see to it that he
got a fair break from then on.
Then success that came to Britt
caused other youngsters to come to me
and ask me to manage them" related
Flynn. Through the years I handled
few fighters, but none of any great
prominence until l took over Knockout
Bill Brennan who, at the time had just
graduated from the amateur ranks"
A year ago when Richard took over
the Garden in New York he at once
took unto himself Flynn as advisory
COUNSEL He perhaps would have
/ signed him officially as matchmaker
| had not the rules of the State Athletic
| Commission of New York forbidden
that a man serve as matchmaker ii
| the same place where some of his figh
tiers are battling.
Flynn Real Brains
But Flynn as advisory counsef tc
Richard is the real brains aud tht
real genius in Madison Square Garden
| Richard never questions his judgment
Richard never disputes his activities
And there's a reason. For Flynn a
advisory counsel" has so arranged
the cards at the Garden that not one
show of more than score ever ha
been a "bloomer"; each has been al
overwhelming financial success.
It is a matter of record that not
single knockout in Madison Squar
Garden occurred in the first 20 or 3
bouts that were advised by Flynn. II
almost every instance the matching o
the fighters was perfection in itself
Nearly 20 times during the 1902
season one of the principals of bou
took sick, or a "run-out" powder
whereupon Flynn stepped to the for
and advised substitute-and no
a single substitute ever was knocke,
out, while half of them won their mai
ches.
Wanted "Set-ups"
The real enmity against Flynn cam
about some months ago when gan
of fight managers decided that as lon
as Rickard was in a liberal mood, the
would take" him for all the none
he had. They demanded the price o
ransoming pinochle deck full of king
for the services of their fighters
and then insisted that their men b
pitted against "set-ups."
Nix" remarked Flynn, lone thouS
and times nix"
It's all right for Richard to pay yol
fellows big money for sending you
champions against real fighters. Blu
I'll see to it that Richard doesn't pa
out dollar to any of you for fighting
lemons"
}, And that's exactly the attitude Q
Richard.
And because Richard follows tn
advice of Flynn, and refuses to b
fleeced or gouged by the Managers
Flynn has been a Joint target wit
, Richard for verbal brickbats.
"All of which" grins Flynn, annoy
us just as much as a prima donna
annoyed by the applause from he
. audience"
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