Evening journal., 1920-05-31
JIMMY Wilde
TALKS OF GAME
"Razzing' Hurts Worse
Than Blows From Other
Fellows Fists
BOXING BILL
GOOD FOR SPORT
BY nENRY L. FARRELL.

lUnited Press stan Cores pondenll
NEW YORK. May J.-punishment
In the ring does not consist entirely
Of being beaten up" All The blows
that hurt don't come from he nsts
Of the other man. Crowds at the
ringside give some verbal iOlts that
have more Kick In them than an op-
ponents wallOp.
Choice bits of ring wisdom from
Jimmy Wilde The Wee Wclshmsn and
tyWeight champion Of the WOrli who
has been showing America that he's
Just about he finest piece of nghiing
machinery seen in The ring In a long
time.
when you speak Of taking punish
men, the bit OF a BriiOn said. lone
naturally thinks OF a hard right 0r a
singing left But that's not the only
way OF getting hurt in the ring
'Razzing.' as YOU Americans call it,,
has twice The dig on me as a blow
You don't know how 10 feels 90 walk
out In the ring and be greeted With
Back 10 England. you lImmic.'
. Knock hi blO0min block on. Crown
mat little boob Shots like mat hurt
me more than any waIlcp / take and
know they get under the hide OF
other boys because I've heard them
lalk.
when FIRST came 20 the United
States / didn't understand American
crowds. Lots 0f people think that a
fighter Is deaf In the ring or that he
is so engrOssed In his work that he is
oblivi0us 10 whai goes on outside the
ring That is not so. Things said at
the ringsidc. remarks from the crowd
often take a psychological turn that
decide a fght The taunts hurled al
me hurt me until I learned that there
was nothing malicious about it: that
10 was Just what the Americans call
roofing
Il saw the -Valgar fight and
the way the crowd razzed kilDane got
me away from believing that The fans
were after me personally. ] felt bet
ter afler that and now / can take 10
with good nature. American fans have
been very good 10 me and / appreci-
Wilde has been here since last fall
and outside Of his first nght with
Jack Sharkey, in which he was out
pointed. he has beaten the best OF
Americas little fellows. lie Is 10 re-
turn 10 England some time early IN
/ Iune but plans 20 return in the fall
and may decide tO make his home In
The United States
"The Walker boxing bill is a fln'
act and should put boxing on M
same plane here that it is In Eng
/ land" Wilde said "Fifteen round
Is the ideal distance, believe. II
/ ENGLAND we have twenty ROUNDS, Du
] ] believe there Is Just as mucn acuoi
and interest in fifteen rounds. Ih'
provision for two judges 10 give de
risions NAV work out. but an
= raiher dubious about IT, The refere'
h the only man who should give
! decision. lie is in the ring with in'
lighters and sees everything az a Del
| lor range than a man outside ui'
/ ring. Two may have different IDEAS
/ about giving points and they neNel
will ret the same view OF a blow. j
NAV work out fine, however
| smoking is one OF the most once
Ifonable lectures OF fights ~ Amer
/ lea. 10 is hard on the spectators anl
on the fighters. over me l3-rouh,
route the tobacco fumes viii nave Z
very detrimental effect on lhe ilsht J.
| ers Decision fights Will help u
| correct another little fault OF thl
| American fight game. When the rei
eree Is allowed TO name winner, D
does not seem probable thal hl
serials between Benny Leonard anl
Johnny Dundee and Willie jackson
and Johnny Dundee will be allowed
I 10 continue. r...,
I data from which TO write an lndlci
ment of the American iignt SAM
when he returns TO England.
.sThat story was started by person
who do not wish me we'll, he salcs,
"My definition Of real lighter
"A real fighter is a boy who can .
land tyke 20 and 'andle is ands'