The sun., 1918-12-24
AMERICAN BOXERS
HERE FROM LONDON
Moore Says He Is Going Back
to Give Wilde Chance
for Revenge.


returned to this country yesterday on
board the White Star liner Cedric.
Among them was Pal Moore, the
Memphis bantamweight, who created
a sensation by outpointing the
famous Jimmy Wilde, England's pugilis-
tic idol and nyweight champion OF the
world.
Those who disembarked from the
Cedric under the guidance Of Eddie
Kane. well known promoter OF st.
Paul and manager Of Mike and Tom
Gibbons. we're:
Young CLANCY, Baltimore, feather
weight Cal Delaney, Cleveland, light
weight; Joe Cox, Springfield, Mo-. heavy
weight; Billy Whalen, St Paul. Mimi.
light weight; Kempie Collender. San
Francisco, fyweight; Eddie Newton
Nutley, n. j., welterweight; Otis Bryant.
Great Lakes Naval Station. feather
weight; Joe Fisher, featherweight cham
pion of the Atlantic fleet; Jack Hogan
of the destroyer fiotilla Eddie Trembly.
middlewelght champion of the Atlantic
feet; ]. J. Fawcett, bantamweight
champion, Atlantic fleet; ]. c. To~
masulo, Elizabeth, n. j., amateur ban
tamweight champion; Freddy Hayes,
Milwaukee; Dennie OKeefe, Chicago;
Willie Meehan, San Francisco. heavy
weight; Andre Anderson, Great Lakes,
heavyweight; Marty Cross, middle
weight, New York. and Jack Heinen.
Great Lakes, heavyweight.
Moore, VINO became famous overnight
by his three round victory over Wilde,
spoke modestly Of his victory. but said
he felt confident OF outpointing the Eng
ltal,, t.. lob mn
nquestionably take place in London.
81 had an ofer OF $4,000 to fight
Wilde twenty rounds in London and an
offer OF $1,000 a week TO appear in the
music halls before making a match,
said Moore. But | am still in the SER
vice and must report at the Great Lakes
Station. do not think l Will be mus
tered out for two months. But as soon
as / am i will go back to London and
give the English champion chance TO
reverse that decision. The money 10
over there, and they think so much OF
Wilde they will pay any price to see us
fight--and see the Yankee beaten, at
least, so they think"
No Trouble With wilde.
When asked about the heavy hitting
Of the little Welshman. Moore said:
wilde has a good right hand, but l
had little trouble getting away from 1t.
The fact is. forgot all about It being
the great Wilde when got into the ring
and fought him the same as I would
fight any one else. He is a clever little
chap and a good boxer. but feel that I
could beat him In a long fight just as
well as in a three round bout
Regarding the weights. Moore made
this statement: I'VE were weighed be-
fore the contest and the weights were
| announced from the ring. My weight
was III pounds with my shoes and
| underclothes on which stripped would
| have made me about NAY, my normal
fighting weight.
"Wilde's weight was announced from
the ring as IA. with his underclothes
on. Stripped he would have scaled at
107 or los pounds and I therefore had
an advantake Of seven or eight pounds"
When told that reports had credited
him with an advantage Of fifteen pounds
| over Wilde Moore laughed long and
loudly.
Moore said he wanted to go home to
Memphis TO spend the New Year. and
then on to the Great Lakes Station to
complete his service term.
Hazy About Point Scoring.
While the Yankee boxers were profuse
in their praise of the treatment accorded
| them in London, they were a bit hazy
as TO the method Of point scoring that
left them 80 far behind the Britons.
Kane, who had charge of the Ameri-
can boxers in the competition. gave some
! interesting details ss TO the tournament.
! He said that the points were counted
only in the final bouts and that the win
ner got two points and the loser one,
! Despite the fact that the Americans won
| Ave OF the eight Championships they were
shy on points.
| O'Dowd won the light heavyweight
championship, Augie Rather the middle
, weight, Pal Moore the bantam, Young
Clancy the feather, and h. o. Brown,
who was one OF the surprises OF the tour
nament and was not conceded to have a
chance, won handily In the fyweight
class.
According TO the American boxers,
the way they came 10 be snort OF
points at the end ot the competition was
accounted for in part by the generosity
/ OF the judges to the British losers.
| when a British boxer lost in the
| finals the judges would give him 'hawf
! a point TO- British grit or II he hap
pened to be in the navy he would get
! a point for the royal navy said Kane
Kane said that Harry Greb, who was
beaten. was unlucky in that he had a
series OF accidents previous to the bouts.
He was hit nv an automobile, fell down
and cut his head ana got an elbow wal
| lop in the eye from a sparring partner.
Kane declared that O'Dowd made n
| rema .kable showing and went into the
| light heavyweight scramble although
Weighing only 1876 pounds. II was n
striking exhibition OF courage on the
part OF the champion.
V. VI. c. 4. Man the second.
! Both Kane and Moore expressed the
| opinion that II was unfortunate that
Billy Whalen. the St Paul lightweight.
/ did not get into the final. 1t seems that
Richie Mitchell was badly advised and
made a poor showing against Sergeant
! Miller of the British army. II appears
that Y. NJ. c. 4. man named Ed Shave
was delegated by the American navy
officials to superntend the Yankee CON
tingent and that he insisted on being
the chief second Of the Americans, 60
| ing so far as to exclude all the regular
seconds OF the boxers
In an elimination competition among
the American lightwelghts Whalen beat
all his opponents, but was not pitted
against Mitchell who, without engaging
| in any preliminary bouts, was sent
against Miller. Although Mitchell made
n poor showing, the Anne -icans thought
he had a shade over the Briton.
Kane added that the work of Rather
o'Dowd and McGoorty was excellent
considering tho hard work they mad
gone through in service. Not only had
they been under fire. but they had PEI
formed heavy work and subsisted or
army fare.
Joe Lynch was handicapped by lack
OF condition and had the misfortune tO