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Show M'CARTY A BIG HIT WITH COAST PUGS (BY H M. Walker ) - The best henvvwelght since the prime of Jim Jeffries. This was the indlc:ment returned by 12.000 people who saw Luther Mc-Carty Mc-Carty beat Jim Flynn to the floor, where he writhed physically helpless and benumbed of brain. In tho 10th rounfl of their scheduled 20-round batt'o before the Pacific Athletic club at Vernon last Tuesday. And this tribute from countless throats for the loser Tho gnmest ram that ccr set foot In the ring Beaten from the very start. Flvnn'-; real finish came in tho ninth round, whon a short right upporcit to the chin sent him toppling to the canvass. can-vass. Twice more in this round the fireman was driven tp the floor and at the bell bis eyest wgrq glassv and hli;'hugc legs were bending under him. For the next three rounds Flvnn fought in a dazed condition, battling bv instinct alone. At the start of the 13th Jim's chief second. Eddv Webster, Web-ster, scng out: "He's all right, now: he l-nows where lies at But all the Pueblo veteran could do was to s'nnd up under one long fire of punishment. pun-ishment. Bofore the If-th round ws manv seconds old MeCprtv placed his right to the jaw and Flynn drooped like a bog of meal golnc down a chute. Peferce Eyton held his face close to Flvnu's' battered ear and fpirlv screamed off tho count. At '"nine" Jim rame up, but asaln It was in- jstinct that brought him to hN feet j A short sleie of feints ond licht jab1; ono McCarty again drove his richt to .ho jaw. Flynn's knees sag-frod sag-frod under him. and as he tottered he threw both arms shout McCartv's bod and broke the force of his fall to Urn floor. There wa; no ne"'1 of another blow. Flvnn bd been whined hevond recall. re-call. Still came to the heart, the fire, man turned ond arose on one kne, onlv to see F.vton i"isinT McCartv's hand in slamal that the heavyweight bout was at an end. For fullv five minutes after the fight Flynn sat in his corner unable to iscognlze his close friends. Everything Ev-erything but his fighting heart had , been boaton out of the defeated man. I The suspicion that McCartv had been under a "pull" while working at the rrsinlnir camp was justified by i the cleverness shown by the big fel-low. fel-low. lie handled himself In such fashion that Flynn's wild rushes brought nothing but punishment for the latter. Long of arm and towering tow-ering in height above tho fireman, the victor played a steady ieft jab to tho face, n jab that kept Flynn at arm's length! and brought into play a right baud punch that scarcely ever missed tho chin mark. If McCarty was a disappointment at all it was with respect to his punch- ing powers. Luther had Leon advertised ad-vertised as a man capable of doing for an opponent with one blow. But If he landed his right to the jaw once, he landed It fifty times without taking tak-ing Jim off his Tect. Even during the three rounds while Flynn wns tottering around in a dazed and helpless condition McCarty sent homo lira wicked looking right time after time without a canvas credit. N'ot one of the 10 rounds could be given to Flynn. At long range Jim wes but the proverbial chopping block . and when tho fireman would rush to close quarters McCarty would effoc-1 tually smother the force of tho rush and pin Jim's arm tight until Eyton Ey-ton applied the "crowbar." Flynn's good condition was all that saved him from being carried out of the ring on a strotcbor. .JVhlle his plight was the worst In the ninth McCarty Mc-Carty stepped back and rammed In a long right to Jim's stomach The blow would have sent an elephant to the sawdust, but Flynn did not even wince It may have been Flynn's combineJ gameness and perfection of condition that took away the glare from Mccarty's Mc-carty's well advertised punching ability. abil-ity. Time will tell. As it Js McCarty deserved credit for decisively beatimc the gampst and ono of tho toughest heavyweights the game over knew Luthor. except for a "mouse" over his right eye. went bark to his dressing room without a mark. |