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

In the featherweight class Boston will
send IL. Sullivan. who hopes to reverse
the decision against him in favor Of
Jack Stark. metropolitan champion, at
the intercity tournament held in Bos-
ton on February Q. The judges disa-
Creed after one OF the most sensational
bouts ever held there, the referee giving
the award to Stark. Besides these two
noys in ihe class. Pittsburg win have
Jack Mcfarland champion OF the Ale
ghany Mountain Association. and Phila-
Celphia Daniel Gartin.
In the middewe,ght class. Morton
Seligrnan. Pastme A. c., looks like a
winner. judging from his recent per-
furmance on January %. at Madison
square Garden. when he defeated r.
Murray. champion of Canada, stopping
him In the third round.
Another favorite in the class is Frank
Grayber of Pittsburg, who is an old
timer having competed many years. He
Is the present Allegheny Mountain mid
olewe,ght and heavyweight champion.
In 1919 Grayber was a runnerup in
tho national lightweight championship.
held at Boston, being defeated by Ed
Eagan of Yale University in tho final
tout Philadelphia win send a. Bessel
Who last month defeated W. Murphy of
littsburg in four rounds. referees de-
cision. The fourth man will be Dan
Kelly Of Boston the New England cham
zion.
All of the out Of town Representative
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 hyweight champion.
Wilde is the most popular fighter
ever saw in ring, said Herman
"His defeat caused great gloom in Eng
hsh sporting circles Why lots of the
women who saw the fight fairly cried
when 1t became necessary for the referee
20 stop the fight 20 keep me from knock
Ing their idol out"
Pete denied emphatically the stories
sent out from London that he outweghed
Wilde by Is ~ pounds. He says he was
IA pounds heavier than the little
Briton but not ANY more.
II think my fight with Wilde proves
my contention that was not just right
when I met Lynch and lost the title to
him on points.b said Herman. 81 feel
sure I can reverse the verdict In another
match"
Herman had much praise for wilde
Iie called him q wonderful little fighter
and was almost fulsome in his kindly
phrases about the little Englishman.
Best Mt the weight.
Jimmy Wilde is easily the best
fighter OF his weight In the world" sal
Pete. Il defeated him because / was
bigger and stronger. 1 would have
Knocked him out with another punch
The referee picked Jimmy up and helped
carry him to his corner in the third
knocSdown or the seventeenth round. In
tho two previous knockdowns the Eng
lsh lad had taken the count Of nine. anu
II seemed TO me that the referee counted
most painfully slow the second time.
II have heard that the English were
bad losers. but 7 didn't find this 10 be
true. They treated me royalty
Hitch I'm Match.
There was only one hitch to the
match. This was on the weight The
articles ! signed with the promoter
called for us az 2 o'clock, which IS the
New York bantamweight limit Wilde
had separate set OF articles and In
these u was stipulated that weigh fIg
ringside- ! didn't know anything about
this other set Of articles, 80 7 weighed
T. az o'clock MS my own articles
called for and tipped the beam at i17L
pounds.
When fight time came Wilde de-
manded that ] weigh us Sammy Cold
man. my manager produced my articles
Wilde saw II was not my fsuit but the
promoters. and they patched 10 up bv
giving him an additional $1,000 but
Wide insisted that weigh anyhow ana
that the weights be announced This
was done, $50 ! stepped on the scales
and weighed 1914 and he weighed l12."
FlyweiEbts 10 Fore.
The revival OF interest in the l1y.
weight class has been so pronounced
mat several promoters are seeking 10
stage elimination Journeys Arthur
Vaughan comments as follows on the
situations
Buff. Wallace. Goldstein and indian
Russell have undoubtedly earned he
right TO compete FOR the honors. but
there are a number of others who. while
not as we'll known as the men MON
toned. possess sufficient class 10 be con-