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Show MASTER MIND FOR TEX RICKARD IS LEO P. FLYNN I I I 1 1 1 - . eo. I Bit K (,K( E. .NLrc i.c.ses, . atillflowered ears, wise managers, Leo P. Flynn, In short, i that't II Madison square Garden. ISvery Friday night Tex Rlckard holds a bargain sale of fights at the garden in New Mork. Tea Rlckard is the guy who breaks Into the headlines, but Leo P Flynn 13 the master mind in arranging the bouts. Flynn is the power invisible. You don't hear much about him in com-parlson com-parlson with Rlckard He's the buffer buf-fer between the fighter and Tex. However, if you want to get ac-1 tlon at the garden, Flynn Is the "gink" who supplies it. If you seek an audience with Rl k-ard, k-ard, you generally get Flynn niek-ard niek-ard Is seldom around Flynn is always al-ways on the Job-Prior Job-Prior to the staging of the Friduy bout all Is confusion. Flynn Is the most sought after man In tho world. Wise managers and pugs are continually contin-ually on his heels for bouts. They motion hltn aside to dark corners cor-ners and private conferences. They whisper Strang" thlnus in his ear. They nod and wink after tho fashion of a wise guy. They slip him bits of scribbled paper, notes, tips, lnsld , stuff. Such is tho life of Leo The vugs and managers are herded herd-ed In a big room like so many cattle. Tney admit them In bunches. There Is usually a group on the street storming storm-ing the door, gang In his outer Of-' Of-' flee, and a mess In his own office , where the cross-examination is carried on. The athletes stand r,round while their trainers puff huge clouds of smoke Into their faces, telling them at the same time how to breathe properly nnd train for this and that fighter. O VjeCK6 "lb 5HT A, "GUT Swell riressers, champions, prelims, and the down and out, stand and chat. A big husky fellow stands with bis back to us. He is the Ueau Brum-mol Brum-mol Two-quart hat wonderful overcoat, over-coat, patent-leather pumps, cans and a marvelous physique. He slowly turns around, and wha' . picture. A rare denign In cauliflower oars, n nose flat against his fa uml a brow that almost covers his oyes But be he amateur, champion or has-been. It's always Leo The Duke of Madison Squaro Garden, he must see and convince. |