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Show JACK DEMPSEY FlITTEiEQ OUT II MCCflOS Jim Flynn Makes Quick Work of It at Murray; Local Man Unprepared ' for Onslaught. Jack Dempsey of filt Lake lasted about twenty-five seconds in his match with Jim Flynn of Pueblo last night at Mur-ra Mur-ra y. During those twenty-five seconds Flynn punched Demrsey' twice on the right side of the iWid, twk-e on the left side, hroke down Jack's gu:uN with his right and put the finish in -j; "Miches on with a1 steaming wallop with his lei I to the jaw. Dempsey was out. about half a minute. When he began to retain consciou.sr.e In his corner he evidently thought he wafV still in a pugilistic encounter, for lie put X,, up a strenuous battle with 'those wito were trying to bring him 'round. Although Dempsey well knew that it is Flynn's way to sta rt from tiie instant the gong sounds, hurling himself into fray with all the s; eed and strength of which he is pi :ssessod. Jack apparently niade no prepa ration to meet that first: onslaught. He looked like a man dazed by the swiftness with which things moved, and he was as helpless before those two " rushes of Flynn as though he were but a child. Taken by Storm. Those who have seen Dempsey fight have always admired his ability to take punishment, but usually the punishment came in t he course-of a battle, and to have it come all al once, like a bolt (jf lightning, was ton much for the local sera p; er. prrbups I empsey would have made a better showing had he been able to weather tiie going for three or four rounds, 'but he ceitairily was hopeless against the t ornado which caught him rlirht' at the start. During the few seconds the fieri I lasted Flynn made two attacks. At ihe beginning begin-ning he bent his head downward and boed in, whaling away with heih hands. Tin n there was. a wee bit of a lull, during dur-ing which tiie referee tried to do some separating, and next came the onslaught with its two-blow finish. Happened to Jim Once. Flynn himself is no stranger to t he lightning knockout. Along in B07. when Flynn and Joe Waleott were matched for a battle in San Francisco almost the Identical Iden-tical end was put to the fracas as that which occurred at Murray last night. In the San Fra nc'sco ;n'f;i ir Waleotl and Flynn had no soone.-.J shaken hands and separated than the necvo let fly with a haymaker which put-Flynn out for about thirty minutes. Prior to the apnea ranee of the men Kid Lgan and Slim Murphy gave a s (Continued on Following Page.) JACK OEMPSEV IS MED DOT (Continued From Preceding Page.) poor exhibition in four rounds. They were followed by Johnny and Alex Bratton, 9-year-olds, who sparred- three one-minute rounds, and furnished all the sport that was seen at Murray last night.-' Those midget twins are wonderfully clever, and whack away al each other with k lttsty ardor. Thoy are equipped with soft gloves, so that there is no fear of damage to either. A Tedious Wait. Following the Brat tons the spectators set tied themselves back for the main event. Then they unsettled themselves, because the main event didn't show up. For furry-five minutes the fans who had paid from $2 to $5 for seats waited with noisy impatience. The delay. it developed" devel-oped" later, was, due to financial argument argu-ment s in the box office. During the. tedious te-dious wait a rouple of firemen gave a three-round exhibition, and a good one, at that. ' Xaturally the crowd was much disappointed disap-pointed at the speedy termination of the tiling that was to have been a fif teen-r.iimd teen-r.iimd go. hut none of them doubted that Flynn'.s whirlwind tactics gave the veteran an easy victory, and they charged their disappointment tu profit and loss and let it go at that. Ernie Wright of Murray was the referee in the preliminary bouts and Ralph Armstrong Arm-strong was the referee for that part of the main event which took place. Jim Stanley was the announcer and announced cn such rare occasions as the crowd would permit him to talk. |