The sun., 1918-12-15
| MOORE'S DEFEAT OF
| WILDE BIG UPSET
Pal 0utpointed. Little Man
Whom John Bull Thought
Invincible.
O'D0WD EARNS PRAISE

While Mike O'Dowd. Augie Rather.
Eddie McGoorty. Harry Greb, r. c.
Laney. and other boxers in the service
Of Uncle Sam performed admirably
against the British military representa-
tives and rolled up many points. yet
It fell to Pal Moore. the Memphis ban
, tam, to create a sensation by outpoint-
ing the great Jimmy Wilde.
! The decision against the pugilistio
IDOL OF England really caused the great
est CONSERVATION, and even those who
were at the ringside were unable to re-
strain their chagrin.
/ Although the bout was but three
rounds In duration the worshLppers OF
the dminutiVe Wilde were thoroughly
upset by the result and 30 far forgot
themselves as to hiss the referee for q
decision that Wilde's trainer declared
10 be fair.
/ There Is no special reason for the
Englishmen to get excited over the de-
! cision, for Pal Moore Is quite apt TO
outpont any bantam in the world In a
short bout Among the bantams that
Moore has outpointed are Johnny Brtle,
| Pete Herman, now the bantam cham
pion Kid Williams. former champion f:
Battling Reddy. frankie Burns, Jack
Sharkey and others.
short Bout Artist.
Moore Is essentially a short bout
artist He Is speedy az a deer. good
boxer and can take a punch. But he
Is not a hitter, and in a long bout with
heavy hitter like Wilde would likely
be worsted There Is not much doubt
that the Furnishing Briton would be re-
turned the winner. 1t is questionable,
however. II Wilde can stop Moore much
inside OF twenty rounds.
There is not the slightest doubt that
Wilde and his supporters will demand
a match at a longer distance. and the
National Sporting Club or the Albert
Hall would be crowded to sufrocation II
the pair again are brought together.
The eminence gained by Moore in
getting a decision over the marvellous
Welsh boxer, no doubt has a tendency
| to make Pete Herman, the bantam cham
p.on Of the world, feel much DISSATISFIED
with himself. Herman had the oppor-
tunity Of going across the water and
meeting wilde. but declined, probably
because he did not care to have his
title furnished by a possible defeat at
the hands Of Wilde.
Mike Routs EN-.
BY his remarkable showing in the
| tournament Mike ODowd has assured
himself OF n warm greeting when he
returns to this country. Not only did
ODowd beat three opponents, including
Dick Smith, the light heavyweight
champion OF England. but the middle
weight champion Of the world went out
OF his class IN order to help out the
American team.
Augie Rather. whose clever boxing
caught the eye OF the English patrons
OF the sport, also performed creditably
So far as the heavyweight class was
concerned there was not n capable mar
in the service Of Uncle Sam. Joe Coz
and Eddie McGoorty were not equal &c
tho occasion.
Where the American team was sup
posed to be strongest was in the light
weight division. Richie Mitchell was
expected TO vanquish any las pound
man the English could send against him
but he was beaten in the preliminary
round by an unknown named Miller
Eddie Shannon. the other lightweight
was easily disposed OF.
Eddie Coulon and F. c. Laney OF tho
featherweight division were particularly
effective and scored many points