East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-06-03
WALLOPS FROM LIPS
OF R|NGS|DE CROWDS
OFTEN GOOD AS K. 0.
Jimmy Wilde, British Cham
pion, Says Not Only Blows
That Hurt Come From the
Fists of Opponents in Ring.
BY HENRY FARRELL.

J Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, June Punishment
in the ring does not consist entirely of
being "beaten up All the blows that
hurt don't come from the fists OF the
other man. Crowds at the ringside
give some verbal joIts that have more
! kick in them than an opponents wal
| lop.
Choice bits of ring wisdom from
Jimmy Wilde. the wee Welshman and
flyweight champion of the world who
has been showing America that he's
just about the finest piece of fighting
machinery seen in the ring in long
time
when YOU speak of taking punish
ment," the bit of a Briton said zone
naturally thinks of hard right or a
singing left. But that's not the only
way Of getting hurt in the ring. 'Raz-
zine.' as you Americans call it, has
twice the dig on me as blow, You
don't know how 1t feels TO walk out in
the ring and be greeted with Back to
England. you limmie. Knock his
bloomin' block off Crown that little
boob Shots like that hurt me more
than any wallop / take and 1 know
they get under the hide of other boys
because I've heard them talk.
Yankee Crowds Different.
when l first came to the United
States l didn't understand American
crowds. Lots of people think that a
fighter is deaf in the ring or that he
Is SO engrossed in his work that he is
oblivious to what goes on outside the 4
ring. That is not 50. Things said al
the ringside, remarks from the crowd
+.
decide fight. The taunts hurled at
me hurt me until learned that there
WAS nothing malicious about 1t that
IT was just what the Americans call |
roofing
II saw the kilbane-Valgcr fight and
the way the crowd razzed Kilbane got |
me away from believing that the fans
were after me personally. j felt better
after that and now 1 can take 1t with |
very good nature. American fans
have been very good to me and j APP |
preciate it,
Wilde has been here since last fam
and outside of his first fight with /
Jack Harkey. in which he was out
pointed. he has beaten the best of
Americas little fellows. He is to re-
turn to England some time early in
June but plans to return in the fall
and may decide to make his home in
the United States.
Likes Walker BiIl.
THE Walker boxing bill is a fine
act and should put boxing on the same
plane here that IL is in England"
Wilde said, Fifteen rounds is the
ideal distance. believe. In England
we have twenty rounds. but 1 believe
there is just as much action and inter-
est in fifteen rounds. The provision for
two judges to give decisions may work
put, but / am rather dubious about it.
The referee is the only man who
should give a decision. lie is in the
ring with the fighters and sees every
thing at a better range than a man
outside the ring. Two judges seated
on different sides of tho ring may
have different ideas about giving
points and they never will get the
same view of blow. 1t may work
put fine. however.
Smoking is one of the most objec-
tionable features of fights in America.
II IS hard on the spectators and on the
fighters, over the 15-round route the
fumes will have a detriment-
Al effect on the fighters. Decision
fights will help to correct another lit
tie fault of the American fight game,
When the referee is allowed to name n
winner. it does not seem probable that
he serials between BENNY Leonard and
Johnny Dundee and Willie Jackson
md Johnny Dundee will be allowed to
Wilde denies that he has collected
1ata from which to write an indict- :
ment of the American fight game
when he returns to England.