The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-18

ed AT rot receiving n Neruict
over Wilde, as l believed, and .
stil believe. that / beat him 80
all the way and that | al en- %
titled to the decision. But l.
have no complaint TO make, -,
The fight is over and I'm now
figuring on another crack at
him and ] believe j can beat
him even more decisively,"
says Pal.
Don't let anybody tell you
that Wilde isn't game. He Is !
the gamest boxer / have eyer
met In my ring career, and I've
gone up against a lot Of tough
boys In my time. wilde has
all the aggressiveness and nat
ural love OF milling that any OF
them 4 have, and a little bit
more. Some OF the bantams On
this side OF the water who fig
ure they will have n setup
when they 60 up against Jimmy
have another think coming, for
he is a tough boy and one OF
the craftiest ringmen in the
game. Had he not been pos
sessed OF an abundance Of
nerve and the ability TO wealth
CT any kind OF storm, he would
have been knocked out, But
he held on, and by sheer nerve
remained the distance. He alb
Holutely refused TO go down, AL
though | rained lefts and rights
into him by the score, He vas
bleeding profusely at the end
of the fight from q broken nose
blood. q
81 have been accused OF but 4
ting Wilde and breaking his D
nose, but that was all n lot OF
BrttiFh bunk. What really hap
pened was that-I hit him with
two hard rights and his ose
split wide open, squirting blood
all over the ring. He was in q y,
bad way in the sixteenth, and 4
| thought | had him, as did 4
many spectators, quite a few
of whom started leaving, not
caring to see him knocked out.
He was bleeding from the nose
and appeared to be oil In, but
he managed TO stay on through
the round and to tho end Of the
twentieth, Hi
"You should have seen that
last round. Both of us were In w
the center of the ring fighting y
with all we had. Wilde was ~
still bleeding, and complained TX
to the referee that I had some N
thing on my shoulder that was "
getting In his eyes, something '
like ammonia. But tho truth
In the case was that Il was
blood from Wilde's nose that was in hi
Dyes,
when the bout finished Wilde wen
to his corne and I went 70 mine. Ref
cree Corri walked 20 hts corner, dellb
Grated a moment and then turned am
pointed to Wilde. was never so sur
prised In my life, Never for a momen
after the twelfth round had | doubte,
that j would receive the verdict, l hal
figured ] was an easy winner. and whel
CORR pointed to Wilde | could hardl
believe my eyes, l walked over to tn
referee and said; is that the best 70
can DOR CORR replied. 1T Is I the
told him that there was no use kicking
II was d rotten decisipna My manager
Nate Lewis, who was nj the ringsidl
almost had a fit. Nate was knocke
silly by the decision going against m,
and / thought / was going to have [
keep him from busting the referee 1
the eye. Nate figured ! had won, q
did many ring authorities there, an
he didn't like the idea Of seeing me los
what had coming" to me.
Big Crowd Sees 1t.
"A tremendous crowd witnessed tn
mill, which drew Sis, 900, or betwee
$4,000 and 8 1000 pounds The price {
seats ranged all the way from 10 pound
tt50l 10 10 Hhillings $3.50. and ever
seat was taken. with standing roor
being at n premium, My share wa
SIS. 900. Spectators and newspaper
said that II was the hest fight that ha
ever been staged in London,
There has also been some dispute O
20 how much Wilde weighed when | me
him. l saw him on the scales ana h
weighed 107h pounds, / was TO com
in at i16 pounds, but | got under weigh
and when | entered the ring | tippe
the scales at ll41s. ] had no troubl
Ia getting In at that figure, nor did
weaken myself.