The Washington times., 1922-06-11
FLYNN KNOWS
EVERY BOXERS
RING STRENGTH
Manager Of Great Stable OF
Fighters Tells How He
Does II.
BY LEO r. FLYNN.
Manager Of the Largest Stable OF
Fighters In America.

BY LEO r. FLYNN.
Manager Of the Largest Stable OF
Fighters In America.
NEW YORK, June 1O.-Those
IN unfamiliar with the intrica-
cies Of ring affairs have an
idea that all fight managers do
most Of their business In haphaz-
ard fashion--and on the cuff. Per-
haps some do follow that system,
but in my own particular case, !
operate in the same way as does
q big commercial concern
Mine is an office neat but not
gaudy; it's fairly well peopled with
clerks. stenographers. muitigraph-
ing machines. addressographs and
all those trick appliances. Likewise
II has a file system which embraces
the complete up-to-date record of
every fighter. fight manager, fight
promoter and fight ciub'in the world.
My exchange list Of newspapers
perhaps Is az great as that OF any
newspaper itself. One man IL EN-.
ployed In my office to clip every item
which concerns fights and fighters.
Likewise he handles the card index.
| BY its use can get at q moments
notice the full history OF every man.
names OF men he has fought, result
Of battles, number of knockdowns.
strength and weakness of each
fighter-eyerything.
System II Great Aid.
The system 10 Of invaluable aid.
II has helped me a hundred times in
making matches for my men. BY its
use am guarded against bad match
ing.
decided upon that index soon
after became a fight manager. A
sad experience brought about that
determination.
] had corralled a rather promising
youngster, who however, was still
somewhat green" and needed sea.
soning. I was Offered a fight for
him against q youngster that I
hadn't heard anything about--simply
because hadn't been paying much
attention TO that particular young
ster's records. thought he was a
dub, too. But that stranger knccked
out my boy IN two rounds and prac.
tically ruined his career.
II had been reading the papers
and looking up all available records
I would have discovered that the boy
who fought mine had risen from
obscurity 70 greatness overnight:
that he waA a punching terror and
had beaten some truly great fighters
within a period Of three months be-
! fore he met my novice. And I then,
OF course. would have lodged the
unfair match.
I No More "Nspplng."
They haven't caught me mapping
since. When fight ls offered one
OF my boys turn to my card index
and can tell at a glance just how
good or bad the challenger IL. 4
half minutes study vf the card
which bears his name tells me hi
there is to know about him I need
look no further.
The chief duty Of my life Il TO
keep my boys happy-which meats
keeping them busy earning money.
How well I've succeeded I couldn't
say definitely without looking at my
records. But don't think it's any
stretch of facts TO state that the
fighters under my MANAGEMENT have
earned close to $1,000. 900 In a little
more than two years.
And, mind you, havsu't a worlds
champion in my barn.
Bill Brennan, the heavyweight,
gathered In nearly 1000 In six or
seven months; Dave Shade, nineteen
years old, the kid who fought draw
with Jack Britton, has gathered In
1 OlAaA 20 NEA AAA -,
| Panama" Joe Cans, who earned an
average of $500 a year, bought a
s15.0 900 house and has plenty cf
money In the bank. He's been with
me only a little more than a year.
| Norfolk on Easy Street"
kid" Norfolk. the negro light
heavy, could retire now and not
worry much about pork chops dur
Ing the rest of his life. Billy Shade
hasn't performed as sensationaliy in
America as he did in Australia. And
he hasn't fought 50 often. Yet Billy
has gathered IN about Swice as much
under my management as be did be-
fore.
Pete Hobin, the Belgian weIter.
weight, was In America three months
ago and couldn't get a fight. He
asked me to manage him two months
ago. Since then he has made 5000
and looks like q sure Garner Of
$4,000 to $4,000 this ycac.
How do ! do it7
Simply by forcing my fighters TO
keep In condition so they can make
good fights all the time and then
putting them to work without de-.
manding the resources Of the Bank
Of England for their services.
For always figure It's better
business to work fighter twice q
month for $3.50 each than tike one
fight q month for $500. because the
boy, in addition TO getting the same
amount Of money. In the end gets
twice as much work.
! And work II the thing = fighter
i needa NothinR kills am off n sfsy-