Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-02-02 | Page 2 | "Gunboat" Wins Press Decision

1 "GUNBOAT" WINS j PRESSJECISION Smith Has Shade Over Flynn in Each Round of Contest. Cincinnati, Feb 1. 'Gunboat " Smith won a newspaper decision here tonight over Jim Fhnn in a ten round boxing contest. There was never a time during the bout that Smith did not have a shade the better of the argument on jiolnts. but the stamina displayed by Flynn won the admiration admira-tion of the audience. Flynn could be called the aggressor, aggres-sor, inasmuch as he used boring-ln tactics throughout and while he received re-ceived four blows in return for every ev-ery one he delivered, he was in good condition when the contest ended. All the rounds were practically identical, with Flynn boring in wher ever he had the chance, and Smith doing damage with a left jab and a fight cross to the jaw whenever any open work was possible. In the clinches Flynn showed at his best, but even in this style he was no match for Smith, who worked a terrific uppcrcul to good advantage and sent Flynn's head back in the first, fourth, seventh and ninth rounds. In the open work Flynn hardly struck a blow, Smith's long reach enabling en-abling the latter to send in jab after jab to the face w lthout a return In the opening round Smith brought the audience to its feet with a clean right flush on Flynn's jaw, Flynn staggered for a moment and clinched, but thereafter showed no ill effects of the blow, despite the fact that he took terrific punishment on numerous occasions. I