OCR Text |
Show WILDE'S PREVIOUS DEFEAT. NEW YORK. Doe 28. When Pal Moore, of Memphis." defeated Jimmy' Wilde, the pride of the Britons, in ihe King's trophy tournament,' it was the j first time thai the Welshman had suf-, fcrcd a setback in the ring since Tan-j cy Lee. the English boxer, outpointed him in a seventeen-round contest in London, January 25, 1915. After that defeat Wilde won all his battles fought that year eight. Two of the contests I were knockout victories, Wilde landing the wjnning blows of each battle in the second round. In 1916 Wilde took part in thirteen contests and was not defeated de-feated once. In half a dozen of these fights he knocked out his opponents. Wilde is five feet two and a half inches tall and weighs about 102 pounds ringside. |