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Show SMITH SHADES STURDY FLYNN Gunboat Has Edge, But Crowd Is With Jim For Hit Gameness Cincinnati, Fob. 1. "Gunboat" Smith won a newspapor decision hero tonight over Jim Flynn In a ten round boxing contest. There was never a tlmo during tho bout that Smith did not have n shade the bettor of tho nrgument on points, but tho stamina displayed by Flynn won tho admiration admira-tion of tho audlcnjo. Flynn could bo called tho nggros-sor, nggros-sor, Inasmuch as ho used borlng-ln tactics throughout nnd whllo ho received re-ceived four blows In return for every ono ho delivered, ho was In Rood con ditlon when tho contest ended. All tho rounds woro practically Identical with Flynn boring In whorover ho had tho chance, nnd Smith doing damago with n left Jab and n right cross to tho Jaw whenever when-ever any open work wns possible In tho clinches Flynn showed at his best, but oven In this stylo ho was no match for Smith, who worked a torrlfli upporcut to Rood ndvantago and sent Flynn's head back In tho first, fourth, coventh and ninth rounds. In tho open work Flynn hardly struck a blow, Smith's long reach enabling en-abling tho latter to send In Jab after Jab to tho faco without a return. In tho opening round Smith brought tho audienco to its feet with a clean right flush on Flynn's Jaw. Flynn staggered for a moment and clinched, but thereafter showed no 111 effects of tho blow, desplto tho fact that ho took terrific punishment on numerous occasions. |