The New York herald., 1921-02-20
Sullivan Seeks Reversal.


In the featherweight class. Boston will
send Fl. Sullivan, who hopes TO reverse
rhe decision against him in favor Of
Jack Stark. metropolitan champion. at
the intercity tournament held In Bos-
ION on February 9. The judges dfsa-
greed after one OF the most sensational
bouts ever held there, the referee giving
the award to Stark. Besides these two
boys in the class Pittsburg will have
Jack Mcfarland. champion Of the Allo-
ghany Mountain Association, and Phi'a-
delphia Daniel Gartin
In the middlewc. .ght class, Morton
SeEgman. Pastirne A. G., looks like "a
winner, judging from his recent per-
formance on January %, at Madison
square Garden, when no defeated p.
Murray, champion of Canada. stopping
him in the third round
Ano ther fayorite IN the class is Frank
Grayber OF Pittsburg. who is an old
timer. having competed many years. He
r. the present Allegheny Mountain mid
slewe!ght and heavyweight champion.
In 1919 Grayber was a runnerup In
tho national lightweight championship.
held at Boston. being defeated by Ed
Tagan Of Yale University In the final
fout. Philadelphia Will send a. Bessel.
who Inst month defeated w. Murphy OF
Pittsburg In four rounds, referees de-
cision. The fourth man will be Dan
Kelly OF Boston. the New England cham
pion.
All OF the out of town representatives
are expected to arrive here tomorrow
and will make their headquarters at the
Hotel McAlpin Annex
Herman on Wilde.
When Pete Herman. who recently
Knocked out Jimmy Wilde. arrived home
In New Orleans. he gave his views as to
the bout with the ayweight champion.
Wilde is the most popular fighter
ever saw In a ring, said Herman.
His defeat caused great gloom in Eng
Hsh sporting circles. Why. lots Of the
women who snw the fight fairly cried
when It became necessary for the referee
TO stop the fight TO keep me from knock
Ing their idol out
Pete denied enphaticaily the stories
sent out from London that he outweighed
Wilde by Is u pounds. lie says he was
ia pounds heavier than the little
Briton but not any more.
Il think my fight with Wilde proves
my contention that I was not Just right
whom / met Lynch and lost the title 10
him on points" said Herman. II feel
sure ] can reverse the verdict In another
match"
Herman had much praise for Wilde
He called him wonderful little fghtef.
and was almost fulsome in his kindly
phrases about the little EnSlishman.
Best at the weight.
Jimmy wHde is easily tho best
1ghter Of his weight in the world" said
Pete. II defeated him because l was
bigger and stronger would have
knocked him out with another punch
The referee picked Jimmy Up and helped
carry him 70 his corner in the third
knockdown OF the seventeenth round In
tho two previous knockdowns the Eng
lish lad had taken the count OF nine. ana
II seemed 70 me that the referee counted
most painfully slow tho second time.
II havo heard that the English were
bad loaers. but 7 didn't ind this to lie
true. They treated me royalty.
Hitch Tn Match.
There was only one hitch to the
match. This was on the weight The
articles | signed With the promoter
called FOR lis az o'clock. which Is the
New York bantamwcleht limit wilde
mad 4 separate set oe articles and IN
these Il was stipulated that ! wciyh 1l8
riugside. ! didn't Know anything apout
this other set of articles. SO weighed
IN NJ 2 o'clock as my own articles
h"tAIh 49, 49, NaRk'NA AtAs hNAAtA hN 4 ~ Is
pounds.
when nght time came Wilde de-
manded that ! weigh IT'S Sammy Cold
1nar. my manager produced my articles
wilde saw X was not my fault but the
promoters and they patched Il zip by
giving him nm additional $1,000 but
Wilde insisted that 1 weigh anyhow and
that the Weights Ia announced This
waa done ~ e'cpped On tle seCes
ana weighed 1l9ll .and ho weighed Il2."
FiywciEhts 80 Fore.
Tro revival III interest Ia 'hc I~.
weight ciars has been so pronounced
hat several promoters arc sceK ng %
stage elimination Journeys Arthur
Vaughan comments as follows on the
situation.
Buff, Wallace Gullstein and Indian
Russell have undoubtedly earned the
right TO compete for the honors, but
\ there are number of others who. while
not ar well known az the men mem
scned, possess sufficient class 10 be con-