The Seaforth News, 1960-02-11, Page 7Pon! Now Won
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Jimmy Wlide,r first flyweight
champion of the world and,
pound for, pound, possibly the
greatest fighter who has ever
lived, Was Itnociced out only once.
in his career of over six hun-
dred fights. It was the occasion
when he lost his title, in. June,
192, but although the story of
the fight is senational enough,
the story beim' It is even more
dramatic.
The little Welshman had vir-
tWlally retiredas no challengers
had come along and, in feet, he
hacl not fought for a couple of
years when, out of the blue, an
American promoter asked him
to go to New York to defend his
crown against Poncho Villa, a
Filipino who had just won the
American flyweight title,
Jimmy was not keen, and
when the promoter asked him to
name his own terms he thpught
he had effectively crushed the
idea by demanding £13,000 plus
expenses a fantastic, sum in
those days. But the bluff was
called, and after four months'
strenuous preparation Wilde
stepped into the ring in the
steamy atmosphere of New
Fork's Polo Grounds.
To the crowd he still looked
the same old Jimmy Wilde, a
frail little figure whose skinny
arms seemed parked with dyna-
mite. Though old for a boxer (he
was thirty-one) he appeared as
perfectly trained as always.
None of the crowd knew that
Cor the first time in his life
Timmy Wilde was going into a
fight lacking confidence in him-
self. Only he, his manager and
Mrs. Wilde, who was at the ring-
side, shared the secret that he
had lost the miraculous timing
that had made him so success-
fut.
In training he had discovered
that no longer was his brain
Working at its usual lightning
speed. Even worse, he was not
connecting properly when prac-
Using on the punchball—tell-tale
evidence that his punching had
lost its snap,
It took Villa just three min-
utes to realize this, Several times
in that first round Wilde • hit
him, but failed to inflict any
damage. To the Filipino and his
seconds it seemed too good to be
true. What instructions he was
given in that minute's interval
can Only br guessed, but it is
t?bvious that he was told to give
his veteran opponent no rest.
For practical purposes the
fight ended in the second round.
Throughout it, both men fought
hard. Neither gave ground;
Wilde because his fighting heart
refused to acknowledge that he
was up against a better man,
Villa because he was not,re-
ceiving the usual punishment
suffered by the Welshman's op-
ponents.
In the third round the ring -
wise veteran might have pro-
duced a surprise. But he never
had the chance. As the bell
sounded the end of the second
round and Wilde turned to go
back to his corner, Villa swung
a terrific punch that landed just
below the left ear.
There was no doubt that it
was a foul blow, delivered after
the bell had sounded. Yet the
referee took no action, probably
because Wilde showed no re-
sentment or visible effect. What
no one realized was that the
punch had sent Wilde into a
trance. Years later he said that
his corner suddenly seemed a
long way off and his seconds like
figures in a dream.
But his wife knew something
was wrong when, in the first
few seconds, he was forced back
on the ropes. This was something
that had never happened be -
ARMS AND THE MEN — Complicated arm action results dur-
ing Illinois -Purdue basketball play, Arms, from left, belong
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fore, and by it she knew the
fight was lost. Her fears increas•
ed when she saw his counter-
punching was feeble and out of
distance. "He's blind!" she cried
Out, but the seconds, though al-
armed, assured her he would be
all right in a minute,
The fourth round, however,
was only a repetition. So was
the fifth.
The big problem was how long
he could last, fighting by in-
stinet. The answer came in the
seventh round, when he was fin-
ally put down and out, Pancho
Villa was the new world fly-
weight champion.
But the drama of the fight
was only just beginning, As the
unconscious and battered wreck
of the ex -champion was carried
into the dressing -room Mrs,
Wilde took one look at him and
declared that he was dying. Dor-
tors who were called thought
so too, for they told her, not
venw reassuringly, that "if he
speaks your name, he'll live."
All through the night the fight
to save his life went on. Once
Villalooked in, .and gazing at
his victim sobbed: "I'm sorry.
They made me do it. They made
me do it,"
Everyone in the room was too
distraught or too busy to ask
what he meant. But was this the
explanation of the after -the -bell
blow and its sequel? With gang-
sterdom and intrigue rife in the
States, had Villa been forced by
threats to land an "accidental"
blow to make sure of winning?
The terrible injuries Wilde
had suffered had caused him to
lose his memory. He failed to
recognize even his wife, whom
he called "Nurse," Four months
passed before the doctors con-
sidered him fit enough to travel
home. He was still broken in
mind and body, but they thought
time and his native air might
effect a partial cure.
The ship was well out in the
Atlantic when Mrs. Wilde found
her husband, whom she had left
sitting in a chair, standing be-
side her. Grasping her hand, he
said softly: "You're not my
nurse. You're Elizabeth Ann, my
wife,"
After four months, Jimmy
Wilde had spoken his wife's
name. Recovery was quick and
complete.
A man telephoned the police
to report that thieves had tam-
pered with his car. "They've
stolen the steering wheel, the
brake pedal, the accelerator, the
clutch pedal and -the dashboard,"
he complained.
A police sergeant said he
would investigate. Then the tele-
phone rang again.
"Don't bother," said the same
voice with a hiccup. "I got into
the back seat by mistake."
Truman Is The
Worst -Dressed "Man"
By TOM A. CTILLEN
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
London — (NBA) — Someone
should tell Harry 8. Truman
about that old double-breasted,
gray suit he is wearing in Ma-
dame Tussaud's wax museum. It
has earned him the dubious dis-
tinction of being the "worst -
dressed man" in the waxworks.
Someone, likewise, should tell
Secretary of State Christian
Herter not to give Madame Tus-
saud's the brush-off. The Tus-
saud people are hopping mad.
because Herter has turned down
their request to do him in wax.
Pope John XXIII, Queen Eli-
zabeth II, President Eisenhower
and Sir Winston Churchill ap-
parently have no objection to
being exhibited as wax dummies
at the world famous wax em-
porium which is now celebrat-
ing its 157th year.
You can learn a lot of curious
facts at Tussaud's: that Danny
Kaye is regarded as something -
of an anatomical freak, that
Marie Antoinette had a 42 -inch
bust measurement, that General
Franco is a half inch shorter
than Napoleon.
The waxworks has remained
in the Tussaud family ever since
it was founded in London in
1802. It is now run by Bernard
Tussaud, the great -great -grand -
eon of the original Madame Tus-
saud.
Tussaud's uses only human
hair for its wax models, and
this, in turn, comes from con-
vents in Italy where the nuns
have their heads shorn just be-
fore taking the veil.
Blondes are the hardest to
match, accordint to Vera Bland,
the Tussaud beautician who does
the hair insertions. "Maybe it's
because blondes don't enter con-
vents," she explained.
Next to the hair, the eyes are
most difficult to match. Tus-
saud'shas the eyes of its models
made specially by a London
manufacturer of surgical glass
eyes.
Stanley Wismark, who is
known at Tussaud'r as the "body
builder," was in a tizzy because
he had just b en commissioned
to do a plaster body of King
Olaf of Norway.
"Oh, no, not two straight legs
again," he groaned, looking at
recent photos of King Olaf in
which the monarch appeared to
be standing at attention,
"The thing we try to avoid
in malting wax models is arrest-
ed action," he explained. "We
like movements to be natural,
flowing."
It was Wismark who explain-
ed why the model of Danny
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Kaye is all wrong anatomically,
"His . American tailor pads his
shoulders o u t and makes his
hips taper,"
The exhibition spares no ef-
fort to make its models accurate
and life -like, Wherever possible
Bernard Tussaud, wh o makes
all the heads, likes to have at
least one interview ("sitting," he
calls it) with the subject,
Tussaud's p. eters to use
clothes which have been worn
by the subjects, which is where
Harry Truman's old suit comes
in.
When Truman became Presi-
dent in 1945 clothing was ra-
tioned in Britain and Tussaud's
had no clothing ration coupons.
For his model Truman kindly
BERNARD-TUSSAUD dresses the
"worst - dressed man" in the
museum.
presented the. auseum with a
complete o u t f i t, which was
brought from Washington by
Clement Attlee, then British
premier, in his personal luggage.
But the most bizarre aid of
all came fro -1 John Haigh, the
acid bath murderer, who on the
eve of his execution willed to ,
Tussaud's the clothes which his
model is now wearing. He also
left instructions for keeping
them neatly pressed and brush-
ed.
Missing,, Prom Madame Tus-
saud's is Pandit Nehru, whose
effigy was recently withdrawn
following complaints that It did
not do justice to the Indian
prime minister.
Nehru's effigy bore "no re-
semblance to his dynamic and
charming personality," c o m
plained 29 Indian crew mem-
hers of the S.S. Corfu. "This
'pains the heart of every Indian
who visits the exhibition."
Now Bernard Tussaud plans
to wait until Nehru visits Lon -
d o n' for t h e Commonwealth
prime ministers' conference in
May, at which time he hopes to
make a nes model from first-
hand evidence.
The daughter of a preacher
had attended a dance, much
against her father's wishes. When
she appeared for breakfast the
next morning he greeted her;
"Good morning, daughter. of
Satan!"
"Good morning, father," site
replied,
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