FLYNN BEATS MORRIS.
Cory Battle with 502. Cloves. Seats around the Madison Square (Ncav York) arena for the fight between Carl Morris and Jim rlynn, "tho Puebla Fireman," Avere all sold, and a £6000 house was the result. Gallery places fetched 123 6d each and front seats £4 apiece. Twenty trainloads of Oklahoma backers offered 2 to 1 on" their champion, thinking that the difference of weight justified the gamble. . . The Oklahoma giant, trained doAvn fine, scaled 2301b., AA r hile Flynn was only 1801b. Ten rounds were fought Avith soz. gloves, and the contest Avas under straight Marquis of Queenslierry rules. Flynn went down twice in the second
I round, but at the end of a gory bat. 4 tie he got the verdict.
A message to the ringside from a prominent London sportsman said: i"Johnson is intensely interested. He hopes the result will bring him an early chance of spoiling Morris's aspirations."
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 31, 6 October 1911, Page 14
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154FLYNN BEATS MORRIS. Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 31, 6 October 1911, Page 14
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