The sun., 1916-10-15
Successful English Midget
Proves Most Formidable
in His Class.
DEFEATED ONLY ONCE;
REVERSED RESULT
ID THE VETERAN.

classes. notably the bantams.
But oven the achievements Of ring
heroes like Piimmer. Palmer and Bowker
have now been thrown into the shade by
the brilliant work Of a fiyweisht m
Jimmy Wilde. This little chap. who was
born at Tylorstown. Wales. in May. 1892.
weighs In lighting trim only 90 pounds.
Tie gives away from ten to twelve pounds
to his opponents and usually puts them
"a sleep.
wilde has engaged in 1877 battles In
' the six years ne has been In the ring. and
Was victor In all excepting one. This de-
feat was handed him by fancy Lee. a
Scotch fyweight. and the title changed
hands on the result. Wilde had little to
say about his defeat beyond That his
health wal poor at the time. He upset
the theory that a beaten champion never
comes back. knocking out Lee In eleven
rounds In their second meeting and re-
ginning the championship.
AmonE recent victims OF his skill and
hitting powers are Ar Mansfield. knocked
nj In ten rounds: Young symonds In
twelve. Young Rosner In eleven, n
Johnny Hughes In ten.
Young Zulu Kid Is slated to tackle the
formidable welshman room
Lons K,ockovt Record.
wilde has scored more than one hun-
dred knockouts In the 1877 times he has
been In the ring. 1t Seems to have been
Q matter OF good fortune FOR those who
remained standing to the finish.
Although Wilde Is snail ans arrar-
entity frail ne Is we'll constructed and Ia
provided with the long. pliable muscles
that are so essential, for sreed and hit
ing IN the pueiiist. Those who have seen
him box declare he II a marvellous ring
general and those who have felt his
blows declare ne hits with the force Of a
middleweight.
A. ne was rejected nv the English
military authorities owing to his small
size there IL nothing to prevent him ~om.
Ing to America excepting Tire money de-
mandnd ny his manager W''de 10 earn.
ing s? mn a week in England In exhibi.
tion work.
Plimaer NsAs Record.
Among o'her notable little mon was
Billy P1immer. one OF ne g-eatest bsn-
tams ever produ"ed IN England. and I'M
80 wv ''t'N wv '-''''t t'N WV ~
Ped'a- Palmer regarded rs i~nv'nc'h'e.
Piimmer. who Stood & feet 3 lie inches
tall and scaled well under I1s. was born
IN Birmingham, February 8. 1850 He
beran his career az q boxer In 1890 and
d~eve,oped 80 rar'dly that ne captured
Q title bout at the National S,ort'ng
Cluh In the following year. beating the
champion. Jack Stevens. in fifteen
rounds.
In 1899 Plimmer. having heard th7t
America was a Q~ueensberry Golconda.
hastened here. arriving In New York
early IN January. In order to try him
out P''mmer was put In the ring win
kid Hogan. a shifty Brooklyn boy. vino
held the Fnvi'shman to a draw in an
eight round bout.
Piimmer may not hive extended him
self In the trial bout. as subsequently, he
made shor@ work Of a nunlbe. who de-
cided to take him OIL.
His first real affair was With Tommy
Kelly. whom he s'oppcd In ten rounds
AT the Coney Island a. g, Then came
Jerry Barnett. a clever boxer who Mas
stoned IN the eighth round. AIS At
Coney Island.
Settles Fellow Ountryman
Next there arrived from England Joe
Mcc-afh. who was a contender for the
English ban'am chsnipionship. Me-
0rath lasted onlv eight u
Co~siHevabie talk ensued as TO match
ing Piimmer with Dixon. then The ban
tam and featherveigh champion of
America, but O'Rourke. r'xon's mana
ger, was backward and did not consen,
20 o test of skill Ill six months had
passed and then only In a four round
bout In Madison Square Garden. Steve
O'Donneil was the referee. and At ths
end OF the fourth u he declared
Pnmmer the winner IN points. O'Roureo
never forsave O'Donnell, although the
consensus was that the referee was cor.
rect In his decision.
O'Rourke. however. did not insist or
q long bout TO settle The question OF SUI
.premacy. hut permitted the hackers %!
Johnny Murphy Sof Boston TO a or
the ski,fu, Briton.
Murphy was q rugged. comhat've ban
tam. and he 1--WE oiimmer the battle Of
his life. The contest iasted twentv-hv'
rounds. and while Plimmer was conceded
by fairminded spectators to v won or
points, the referee called the bout drawn
This bout took place at New Orleans
September -. 1884. and P'immer ther
decided to return to Enriand.
On May 25, 1895, Piimmer entered thu
ring at the National Sporting Club, Lon
don, his opponent be'ng George Corie'd
Piimmer polished on corie,d In shor
. srder. knocking him out In the seventh
round.
Soon Lost Tttle.
But Plimmer did not retain the it'll
for any length OF time. He was stopped
by Pediar Palmer In fourteen rounds II
the same club November 25, 1895. Thi
practically ended Planners short bu
brilliant ring career. as after gaining
twenty round decision over Corield. tn
former champion. Plimmer was beatel
In succession by Sammy Kelly. the New
York bantam: knocked out by Pedla'
Palmer In seventeen rounds. and ais
by Harry Ware In nineteen rounds,
Piimmer's last recorded fight was witt
Corfield. a twenty round draw. Septem
Der 81. 1899. Piimmer was a fine boxe
Of the English chool and hit straigh
and hard with either hand.
Ped'ar Palmer. who was born In Can
ming Town. Essex. ~ 1874. created
sensation when he defeated Piimmer 10
the title In 1895. and was hailed tn
greatest little chap England had eve
put forth.
Immediately after beating Plimmel
Palmer came To New York for the es
press purpose Of boxing Dixon. As I
tho case OF Plimmer. OItourke refuse
70 take chances on q long bout and lin
tied the contest 10 six rounds In Madiso