Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-29
JIMMY WILDE WON OVER
pal MOORE BY GRAF T|NEss
English Papcrwcight Acclaimed by
S Nate Lewis One of Shrcwdcst
PugiliStS in Game.
USED TRICKS WHEN. PRESSED
To Gain Farley and Recover Breath
Charged Opponent Had Chemical
on, Gloves and Was Butting Him
IS Contrary to Rules.
by JAMES }. Co.snErT.

by JAMES j. COHBETT.
NEW YORK. Sept. 2S.--Natc Lewis
tossed this bouquet in the general di-
rection, OF Jimmy Wilde. the wonderful
z English paperWeight:
HE is AS shrowd and crafty a ring
man as ! ever saw in all my life
As Lewis is the manager of Pal Moore,
winter, and then took him on in a
bout in July. THAT contest smashed
all records for attendance and receipts
for a small man battle II was in
that fight that Lewis discovered many
of the irickcricS OF Wilde that have
made the little fellow famous.
Not only is he as clever Kid as
can he imagined or as heavy hitter.
but that hoy mas the most agile brain
that ] have seen working since be-
came identified with pugiliSm,' is the
way Lewis puts H.
Moore wen, out to beat Wilde TO
pulp with the tap OF the first gong
that started the twenty round battle
And every one who was at the ring
handed out heating 10 the English
hoy. Round after round Moore was
the aggressor. He was driving Wide
around the ring. and several times had
him in rather bad shape. But don
get tho idea from this that Wilde
didn't fight back.
quently before the onslaught of Moore.
but every time he backed away he was
fighting for every inch. lie knew that
Moore had it on him in weisht-but
he feared that not az all. He slugsed
with Moore time and again, and the
rallies in the center of the ring had
the crowd in frenzy OF delisht
But the superior weight OF Moore
began to tell toward the latter part
of the fight, and when the sixteenth
session OF battling began say, in al
frankness and honesty, that Il didn't
look to me as if Wilde could go the
limit. The English boy was badly
battered looking sight, and every new
punch that Moore was sending home
was weakening him still more Pal
sent home couple Of terrible blows
along about the middle OF the round
and 1 guess large number OF the
spectators figured that the uoom OIL
Wilde was sealed.
starts First of Tricks.
"And then the willy Briton pulled
the first of his saving tricks ne ran
over to the referee and made the claim
that Moore had som. sort OF chemical
on his gloves which was binding MN
TO make it look like irst -class claim
the little fellow blinked ms eyes III
pitiful fashion.
.Naturally, when a protes, of this
sort was made, the referee had TO malt
the fight and examine the gloves OF
Moore Very thoroughly When ne con-
cluded his Investigation Wilde stepped
over and insisted upon an even more
The referee then declared that there
was nothing on Moore's gloves, and
that the fight should proceed.
II don't know just how long de-
OF the gloves, bat daresay that II
was no less than fifteen or twenty
seconds. And such rest Is enough
TO permit almost amy one TO DO Il
b come back sufficient to weather out
the round. Through the seventeenth
and cightconth rounds Moore and
Wilde put up mighty thrilling bat
tie. l figured from where sat that
Pal was going to drop the little tel
4llow Wilde WAS bleeding profuscly and
Z. seemed very much IN distress
4 tina. Wide, in a very bad way, looked
u as if he couldn't stand up under very
much lumme.!ns. i'al was setting hlmi
4 TO finish h!n. when W!lde-thc tricky
kid-weut over 10 the referee and
muds complaint that Moore had been
butting MIN. That gave Wide some
z grace while he was making the pro
Iss and it gaye him the .S sN1r
Il charge Wide continued TO argue the
point. and i; vas perhaps ten or twelve
dcred the nshlcrti.6 prot:eed.
THAT little rest .s'lS enough to clear
WIde's ioggy brain, and steady him
Maze. ioInebnck and Wins Bout.
The wa. that boy ought IN the hnal
jumped out from his corner like shot,
although curing one part OF the nlne-
tecnth Il Cldmt seem poSsIp!c LOT MIN
He tore into ial like a tiger, and you
can take ii from me Wide fought wan
ell the acgressivunesS that wa> Au-
manely possible. lie put up an cXhios-
s ton In that twentieth round unlike
4 anything have seen in many years.
Eyes, the rcicrcc-EuECnc CORR, OF
I: England-gaye the decision TO the
& Engl!snman. / have no complaint 10
y make on that score. Even though /
sgfeIt that Moore had won, that he had
3Gpiied w enough points through the
9 carly pe-icd Of lighting 70 score a We
u tory But the referee disagreed with
4 NY views and the victory :or Wilde
II was u popular ole SO am not kick
= ing Pal Moore can get along very
x nicely without having the scalp OF
3 Jimmy WIDE attached 10 mis- belt.
Prank y. think that Tor the sake
s,of boxing III England, II is mighty
n good thing that the decision did 20 To
SSWilde. Ihey are crazy about That boy
sstaere. Il would be athletic caiaIn-
Nifty If he were soundly beaten They
s%consider kim as invinciblc. He is the
Honiy cut and cut champion they have
5 had for lnaLy years. and they are
s5 mighty PROUD OF h.m. And | will say
Mthat Wilde certainly is a champion that
Esiny nation should be proud of. He is
#just frail Kid, weighing around lO7,
&but he has taken on boys from five to
EtWelvc pounds heavier than himself
5and scored over each.
"a wonGer-thats the pale-faced
Nanemic looking but marvellous tightfng
sman-Jimmy Wilde."-Copyrigh 1915
81 MINORS MAY WAGE SERIES