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Show I I FLTNH RO MATCH I FQB SilMGFOi Puel'Io Fireman Is Knocked Out in Eight Rounds, in .; Hopeless Fight. ' BOSTON "GORILLA" SMILES ! I AS II B LEAVES RING i iil1 Contest Is Over Before Seconds V yj Realize What Happened 'i j to Flynn. II 'jj.jfjj 1 ? LOS ANGKLKS. March 17. Sam I.iiiik- .( tord, Boston's wonderful colored lighter, 'W' did away with Jhn Klynn. the Pueblo flrc- I i ';', M man, In tho hist half of thn eighth round u of a. tight that was scheduled to go forty - I 4 J tlvo rounds at iho Old Jeffries arena horc ' v. '; today. 'The knockout was not a clean ' j one, the uppercut whloh Langford de- , J'j Uvcred with his left hand merely ne- .'; ' I celcratlng Flynn's fall after he had missed I (:! ' 5 a right swing at Lnngford's jaw and lost '.'.J'j his balance. Flynn foil prone on tho , ;,j j mat with his arms extended and dlslo- i 1 cated his Jaw. on which he struck first 1 1 with the whole weight of his body. , '!' ;fl Referee Charles Eyton counted the flrc- ,', ft man out before oven Flynn's seconds were !.' ' J ablo to realize just what had happened. ,'t'':! and the badly punished fighter, stagger- HI, I Ir.g- to his feet, his logs tottering nnd his , yi , senses reeling, made feeble efforts to n i fight again, though tho opponent he saw ') ; j through his hnlf-shut oyes was Imaginary. Langford had retired to his corner, smll- , ; 5 ing over his victory and proud of his ? , J green trunks. l i 5 Flynn's chances of winning were ' 'cj'iu dimmed In the first round, when Lnng- ' -U ford, breaking away from the first clinch. 1. i delivered a right swing to tlie fireman's : ) '! loft cheek. The blow opened a gash and started the blood llowlng. Again before . Ij the first round was ended Langford found .' 'jj Flynn's face with his right, and In the y . almost continual clinching he frequently ; k brought both gloves to Flynn's face and ij ' JJ neck. The round was cnslly Lnngford's 'K and it was apparent that something i It. jj jj tic less than a miracle could make Flynn IT' H the winner of the fight. .! With his faco nnd mouth bleeding and Q ' apparently weak- In body and spirit by ,'. the terrific blows of the colored wonder drove to bis body. Flynn bravely fought I'j ii Through six more rounds 4ind came up ' m $ ior t,u cl"lltl1 sti11 determined lo keep i J tho colored man closo to him. lie had ; j jj! hugged Langford throughout all of tho ' j'j previous rounds and smothered many a 1 f ,R fierce and well-aimed blow, but now he 'i j was too woak and dazed to keep up the , j uneven struggle. Tho first seven rounds T i r,; J he had prevented tho colored lighter from ' ' " setting himself for a final knockout blow 5 by rushing In when ho found his arum 'j , free and butting his head up against ,i j.'l ' his opponent's chin. But he could not ; . , do that now. Langford had him at his 'ij ; I mercy and k'epl him off with Jabs to the I , 1 ! face and swings with left and right to ijllj i I the body. It was apparent that Flynn :ljj!J was not able to fight much longer. Lang- iIt!. II ford leaped backward with paiithcrllke ifflM I agility and at the same instant prepared 'jiff, ! I to swing his righL to Flynn's jaw. Flynn fliL 1 made his last desperate effort then and , i f!1 j when the blow ho sent out with ids right Jii iS failed to find Its mark, his body followed ! flf p it. Lnngford's left hand shot like a hlieak of lightning lo Flynn's Jaw. but ',. It was not so much from the force of the ' m blow as from the momentum of his body i K.t i; that Flynn went down. Jl, In the third round Flynn had fallen to J! j his knees In much the same way when ',' ; l.angford stepped aside from a right f swing that Flynn had intended for the "i I j ehony jaw. Flynn was' down for seven , ' ! seconds. b A. crowd that jammed the Jeffries i ;: JJ arena and was estimated at 10,000. saw (l','.! tho contest and the preliminary bouts. ' i( Jn one of these Al Uogers so severely , Li punished Young Kenny that the referee ,'Ci jj stopjicd it in the third round. |