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Show SOME SURPRISES LAST LABOR DAY (By W. W. Naughtou ) San Francisco. Sept. 9. Labor day certainly furnishes a number of pugl-Ubtic pugl-Ubtic surprises. Jim Flynns victory over Charley Wilier waB nothing to man el at, of course, the top-heavy betting bolug the best Indication that the weight of expert opinion was behind be-hind Flynn. The defeat of Joe Rivers, the l08 Angeles idol, by Joe llaudot of New Orleans, came In tho nature of a shock to the wiseacres, however, and tho fact that Jeff Clark of Joplin shaded world's championship claimant, Joe Jeanetto in a six-round clatter at Pittsburg helped to rocall the old-time contention that flghtdom is a realm of upsets Then there was Eddlo McGoorty's quick handling of Dave Smith, the so-called so-called middleweight champion of Australia. Aus-tralia. While there is no evidence that any one in this country was thundorstruok over Sinlth'B sudden collapse, it goes without saying that there was diBmay in tho part of the wor"ld he came from when the news of his miserable showing was cabled there. It is Just poseiblo, though, that Smith will improve on acquaintance. It mu6t be that the fighter -who put up a couplo of gruelling battles with Billy Papko has more in him that Smith Bhowcd in his affair with MoGoorty. Bombadler "vTells, who was put out In quick time by Al Patzer, did not have to wait long for a chance to ro-deem ro-deem himself, and as there are over forty olubB in Greater New York raking rak-ing the scrap heap for suitable cards, it is a certainty that Smith will be matched again ere long. Did Charley Miller last 15 roundo with Jim Flynn? This question is being argued widely wide-ly although why there Hhould be any dffferenco of opinion on tho matter Ib Incomprehensible aB 15 rounds calls for 45 minutes of boxing and Miller certainly stayed in front of Flynn the full 45 minutes. Finished the Round. When tho gong signalled tho end of the fifteenth round Miller went to his comer and complained of a. broken lrib He finished the fifteenth Just aa surely aB he finished the fourteenth or the thirteenth or any other round in the fight. The controversy is confined mainly to the men who watered on tho 15-round 15-round phase of tho contest, those who backed Flynn to win in 15 rounds being be-ing loath to acknowledge that they are losers. It is a matter that can be safely stated (hat Flynn did not win in 15 roundr He won after the 15 rounds was over and done with. Spider Kelly is being congratulated by his friouds on the rool, deliberate manner In which he filled tho role cf ringmaster at the Jilllor-Flynn bout Just to show how much he was at homo Kelly puffed at a half-Bmokcd cigar for a round or two. Now, this is as severe a test aB a man in that position can be put to A follow with fair control of his facial muscles may feign a calmness that he does not feel, but the best actor in the world cannot Bmoke a cigar and appear ap-pear to enjoy It when he Is HI at case. Kelly handled his men like a veteran vet-eran at the game, and to their credit be it said that Miller and Flynn made It easy for the referee. The contest -was free from any unfairness or meanness. They say a fighter's opinion of a fighter Isn't worth its face value, but Jim Flynn must be given credit for calling the turn on the Rlvers-Mandot go And this in the face of a 10 to 4 market When Flynn arrived from New York recently he said. "I saw that boy Mandot at work and it's as sure as daylight that he will boat Rivers." rvi |