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Show ent because cf ii c'l ' Tince Albert to set In his place. Tha prince ctinfiialmaii . . welcomed the men of the AnuT.dn army and navy, who "with perfect co-operation co-operation and good will adopted our boxing rules, to which they weie n -t accustomed." Mike 'lnwd, American army, of St. Paul, and the world' champion middleweight, won all three of the honta in which he was engaged. First be defeated Harold Ralph of .na1a and In the semifinals accounted for Sergeant Major I n-k Smith of the Hrftish armv. In the fipn's )')i,v.I heat Sergei nt Ring of the Pi-ith armv. Kdilie Mc'loorty. American srmy. of Oshkosh rfter defaUng fhorrocks of Sonfh Africa. f1l before BMIv Wells of the British army In the semifinals Angle Ratner. American army, fought his wav through to the finals, where he defeated Sergeant Fuller of the (triiish armv on points. Ratner cornea from New York and is a former American Ameri-can amateur welterweight champion. Following the Itritish army and the American army with T and 3 points. repecttvelv. the final standlncs were: Royal s lr force. 3?S ; ro a I n.ivv, 31 : Aniericsn navv, 3?: Australia. C": Nw Zealand. 1 4 ; South Africa. oU. and "anada. 1 1 The result of the Pal Moore-.limmy Wild" contest bis aroused much discussion dis-cussion and efftrts have been begun to match Moore w ith the nuli-)! h-n tam weight champion in a contest of fifteen rounds. BRITAIN'S BOXERS1 NOSE OUT U. S. : CHAMPIONS Surprise of Tourney I De-" feat of Wilde by Moore ! of Mempiiis. j By Asaoclated Prets. LONPnv, pec 13 --American toxers won five finals in ths i liKhtweisht division In the clos- J intf bouts ..f the Interallied , bnxir.g tournament here last night j The Amerb-an aimy feani added 4 ; points t t"t'll. While the Am-ft-l 'can r.nvy's tot;.l was. advanced 3 The j ! fiinl points standtn.es of the Amert-jcan Amert-jcan teams were Army. 3V nnvv. 32. i The Rntish armv lei with points. I While the Ameru'tn armv tc.tm fnh'd lo epial the points p'led up bV the Ri't h arn-v eniiier In the n-tirnt- ! inent. the iiirprie of th" meeting wa the d'fil f Jtmmy Hdc. th- Fn- ' Elish btmiamwetirht cbarnpion bv Pal ; 1 Moore of Memphis, f-ghting with the j ! American navy. Wihle is a favorite here and the decisuc was unpopular. '.I. W. lrtscoll. trainer of the British j . teams, announced., however, that he ; w;s s.i''ted the decision was correct j I ot Ielaney of Detroit, American navv. w.ts def..ttcd bv Srcnnt ' 'Johnnie R ehs.m. Tt tt sh armv, (ham-1 (ham-1 pton we'tera eight f "!ie;it Britain, In ( the finals. Xhe tournament wis held In beautiful beauti-ful Albert hall and the Hnr wss, 'flanked on one de by the roval r.nd j (other noves. white on the other side was the rngn'f'cenf ttpe organ. TMir-I Ing pfrt of the tournament a padre. In ' J e v 1 1 1 n dres acted as timekeepers J ' The Americans were unieeu-Nuned t j RHttsh rules fo'l' nt wsrtllwrs i ' frm the refe-ee ouls'de of tjte ring ) betne necesta'rv , j 1 Manv of the Americans h-d never i seen a real prince before, but 1t 1 ' night thev herd a word of praise from Prince sliert as be itestowed I Individual sinlil on the winners and the royal trophy oh the British, army j team. i King George was unable to be preg- |