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Show SMITH MEETS FLYNN TONIGHT New York. Aug. 7 Vmerica's lead Ing white heavyweights, 'Gunboa'" Smith of California and Fireman ' Jim Flynn of Colorado, are iead for the big ten-round battle in Madison Square garden tomorrow night for the f.ibson championship belt Referee Ref-eree William loh will call thorn to gether about m o'clock for the contest con-test Each contestant says he will win by a knockout before half the distance has been trmeled. Plynn Is 34 ears old, five feet nine inches tall and weighs 17S pounds He has been fighting for fourteen years and has lost seven times in 125 encounters. The only men who have made him take the count are the necrocy Jack Johnson and Sam Langford, Tominj Burns a former white hea welch' rhamnlnn o rwl ii i Kaufman, who was In turn put to I sleep by Flynn in 1911. Flynn is a r tough, rugged aggresshe fighter who : can assimilate punishment and has a 1 stiff punch. Smith (s ten years younger, three I inches taller md atom trn pound-1 pound-1 heavier than the fireman The Cali I fornlan has beaten all comers with I the exception of Jim Barry, who defeated de-feated him in nine rounds three vears ago. Smith knocked out Bombardier Well in less than 'wo rounds before an astonished crowd in the Garden early last spring and followed it up by a quick Ictory over George Ro del, the Boer, in the same arena He got a decision over Jess Willard In twenty rounds 111 San Francisco also last spring, and prior to that he de feated Frank Moran of Pittsburg on points in a fight of similar length The 'Gunboat'' has knocked out "Soldier" Kearns, lim Stewart. Jim Savage Andy Morris. Hush MeGann W alter M..nahan. Jack Jeffrh Charles Miller. Mexican ' Pete Everett, Ever-ett, Joe Willis, Charley Horn and others. He began his ring career In lfiriR Flynn issued the following state mem tonight: For the first time I am matched I j'o box with an opponent somewhere' near my 0w n weight :mlth will have' a few pounds ..n me but that doe not amount to anything when It is figured that I have been boxing men! who outweighed me from thirtv to -event pounds I pax no attention to reports of Smith's knockout qualities quali-ties or to the prediction that he will ft me In three rounds. The man M -r lived who can put me out In three rounds I am glad I am on the short end. for I can upset the wise ones In their calculations Now that everybody has done their forecasting 1 want to show that I am some forecaster fore-caster myself Smith will IK I co fire rounds with me. All want him to : do Is to stand up and box and not run away and make a footrace of the |