New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
Jersey Boxer
Is Outclassed
By Champion
Referee Stops Battle in the
Seventh Round ; American
Boy Shows Cameness
By w. O. Mcclellan

Jimmy Wilde. the fyweight cham
pion, stopped Mickey Russell, young
and courageous American bantam, in
the seventh round at the Arena A. A.,
| in Jersey City las. night. Wide had
! Russell bleeding blinded and help e s
when Referee Harry Ertle showed Wi de
aside and ended the bout just as Scotty
Monteith tossed a towel into the ring.
Though Russell is little more than H
novice. with tough jaw and the cour-
age Of little lion cub, he put up
enough resistance for Wilde to reveal
to a somewhat skeptical gathering of
critics that he is boxer and fighter
with punch in either fist and that he
is consummately cool little ring gen.
| eral.
Russell was in pitiful shape at tho
finish. His nose was broken. his right
eye was closed and he was bleeding
rrofrsel from The month. After the
first couple Of rounds it was clear that
chance. The fight might as well have
been stopped in the sixth, FOR Russell
was HELPLESS and out Of il then. All he
had left was fighting spirit and that
was being battered out of him.
Wide, The t!ywe -gnt, p4obably viii
heat NOSE of our bantams. One Of the
reasons is that our current crop of
bantamweights is nothing to brag
about. The other reason is that Wilde
is the combination of boxer and fighter
that can beat them, though ne always
will have to give away from nine
rcn~ds upw"rd in we;gNt.
He is a deliberate and merci'ess lit
tie battler. He never loses his head.
He is will ing to swap at long range. or
he is just as wiling to welcome little
infighting, and in this he has some of
the technique oe Freddie We sh He
can wrap his arms ar und the WI 'ner-
abe SPOTS in his body ard then l"sh
out at his antagonist. He does not
seem 70 have long arms, but he reaches
with the long-distance punch.
While he is a two-fsted fighter, his
best is the right. His stra gAt lie
seems to lack direction, yet it lands,
and when it lands it hurts. If the
men had not been wearing eight-onnce
gloves last night Russell would have
With more experience he might hive
put up a better battle, for he is game
and tough, but he wss outhit and o.,t
boxed from the start. Not once did he
ev"r WORRY Wi'ae
! We've got to find better bu-ch of
bacntams or Wilde will go ba>k to Eng
land laughing at the prese-t crop By
! the way. the crowd Kissed the VS. tor
! rather unnecessarily last nj ht VIII n
he roughed Russell to the floor at one
point. But the mat was slippery and
Wilde fell himself couple of times
The local boxing fans are fairly par
tisan. but they were convinced a. the
I finish that Wilde is great little fighter
In The Preliminary Willie Kohler
shaded Jackie Sanders, who was earn
est and Industrious but bit wild.
The second bout was a lively one
between RedCap Wilson and Joe
Forgione. Both men were on the mat
in the second round. Wi son won the
bout by whi ker. Char e Rodden,
veteran bantam. refereed
The third bout prod 'ced Young Jack
Dempsey who bore considerable facial
resemN Nance to the elder Jack Dcmp-
sey, though he was not even a cousin,
Soldier Lewis was Young Dempsey's
opo" ont. Demn ey, OF course. being a
civilian. according to the Dempsey
tradition. Dempsey spilled the soldier
for ei"ht in the third round. The
bout then went the limit and tn men
Nere red; so was t crow
In til, fou~th Non+ c. ief Hall T vn.
the pensive Buffalo Indian. pummeled
Johnny Evans for six rounds. Evans
escaped with his scalp intact.
Oakley Reyes scored his sixteenth
Knockout. the victim being Abe Cod
berg, who retired from the ring in the
first round. Able lay down and played
dead, alleging that Oakley stu k his
thumb in his eye. Able did a picture
of the dying gladiator. but there was
10 camera, So e act was wasted.