1910-05-25 Jim Driscoll ND6 Pal Moore (Philadelphia, PA, USA)

1910-05-26 The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) (page 10)

PAL MOORE WINS FROM DRISCOLL
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Local Boy Holds Off Englishman; Who Fails to Show Best Form
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Jem Never Given Chance to Set and Is Peppered Good and Hard by Moore, Who Has Lots of Speed
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Pal Moore, the clever featherweight of Philadelphia, had the better of Jem Driscoll, of England, last night at the National Athletic Club in one of the classiest six-round contests witnessed in this city for some time. Driscoll appeared to have lost some of his former speed and Moore landed easily two punches to the Englishman's one.

Driscoll seemed tired at the end of the bout, while Moore appeared able to have gone six more rounds without any trouble. The Philadelphian surprised his many friends by the manner he fought and he also surprised Driscoll by his fast work, especially at long range. The Englishman did not show the form he did when he fought Abe Attell in New York, although he kept at Moore all through the six rounds.

Moore put up the best fight of his career and seemed to have improved much since his last bout with Tommy O'Toole at the same club. The Philadelphian kept up a fast pace and he fairly rocked the Englishman on numerous occasions with hard left jolts to the jaw. Driscoll appeared unable to get inside of Moore's guard, as the latter easily warded off any damaging blows that Driscoll sent his way.

ROUND ONE.

Driscoll sent left to wind and right to body. He then put two rights to ribs and jabbed left to face. Driscoll sent both hands to body and head and Moore smashed right to face. Driscoll jabbed left to face and Moore put straight left to wind. He then put three light lefts on face and Driscoll crossed right to eye. Moore jabbed left to nose three times, and Driscoll hooked left to eye. Driscoll swung right to ear, and Moore swung both hands to head. Driscoll jabbed left to face twice and they exchanged lefts to head. Moore jabbed left to nose and jolted two rights to chin.

ROUND TWO.

Driscoll sent left to wind and left to eye. They exchanged left jabs to face, and Driscoll drove right to head. He then hooked left to chin and sent Moore back with left swing to face. They exchanged rights to head and Moore drove two rights to chin. He then shot right to heart and Driscoll sent three lefts and two rights to face and Driscoll jabbed left to nose. Moore missed three straight lefts and then put light left on face.

ROUND THREE.

Driscoll put two lefts to body, and then complained to the referee of Moore's rough work. They fought around the ring with Moore landing the most punches. ???? drove right to ribs twice and hooked left to chin. Moore hooked left to face and then jarred left to mouth. Moore sent three straight lefts to face, and Driscoll chopped two lefts and a right to head. Moore sent right to ribs and Driscoll put light left on face. Moore swung right to jaw and they exchanged rights to jaw.

ROUND FOUR.

Driscoll's left went to wind twice and Moore swung left to nose. Moore swung left to ribs and they clinched. Moore sent both hands to head and Driscoll drove right to head. Moore hooked two lefts to ear. Driscoll jabbed left to nose and right to head. Moore hooked left to ear and Driscoll jabbed left to face. Driscoll drove right to body and each jabbed left to face. Moore swung both hands to head and shook Driscoll with two rights to jaw. Moore swung three rights to head and each sent right to body. Each swung right to head.

ROUND FIVE.

Moore jabbed three lefts to face and then sent two more to the same place. Moore hooked left to head twice and Driscoll jabbed two lefts to face and drove right to body. Moore uppercutted right to chin and hooked left to face. They exchanged left jabs to face twice and then repeated. Driscoll put right on kidneys and Moore swung left to neck. He then jabbed left to face and hooked left to ear. Driscoll crossed right to neck and swung it to jaw. They exchanged lefts twice, and Moore uppercutted right to chin and each sent right to face.

ROUND SIX.

Moore swung left to wind, and each jabbed left to face. They repeated the jabs twice, and Driscoll swung right to neck. Moore chopped two rights to face and Driscoll drove right to heart. They exchanged left and right swings to head and Moore sent right to heart. Moore then hooked left to neck and Driscoll crossed right to chin. Moore jabbed left to face twice, and Driscoll swung right to ear. Moore jabbed three lefts to face and swung left to jaw. Each swung right to head and Moore drove right to chin. Driscoll jabbed left to face and they exchanged hard rights to jaw.


1910-05-26 The Boston Journal (Boston, MA) (page 11)

PAL MOORE GIVES DRISCOLL A SHOCK
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Boston Journal Special Wire.

Philadelphia, Pa., May 25.--Pal Moore, the 18-year-old Philadelphia featherweight, caused a big surprise at the National Athletic Club by defeating Jem Driscoll of England in an impressive manner in a bout which went the limit of six rounds.

Moore landed two blows to the Britisher's one, and made his rival miss many of his leads. Moore's showing was a revelation. He walked in and shot lefts and rights to the head and body. Driscoll did not show the speed tonight that he has done here on former occasions. He was sluggish and Moore pushed him all over the ring. He was tired at the finish, the final bell being welcome. A big crowd saw the fight and cheered Moore at the finish.

The first and second rounds were even. Moore rallied even stronger in the third, which was distinctly in his favor. The little Philadelphian maintained his advantage in the fourth.

Moore started the fifth with several lightning jabs to the Englishman's face. He hooked to the face and Driscoll came back with jabs. Moore continued hammering Driscoll's head and body with mighty swings. He also put a right-hand uppercut to the chin and jolted a right to the face at the bell. Pal continued his tactics in the sixth and easily held his lead.


1910-05-26 Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA) (page 13)

PAL MOORE WINS FROM DRISCOLL IN PHILA. BOUT
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British Champion Loses a Six Round Battle.
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JEM WAS NOT AT HIS BEST
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APPEARED SLOW AND SLUGGISH AND TIRED TOWARDS CLOSE OF THE BOUT.
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PHILADELPHIA, May 26.--In one of the most sensational six-round bouts ever decided in this city Jem Driscoll, the featherweight champion of England, was completely outpointed by Pal Moore, of this city, of the National Athletic Club last night. The Philadelphia boy, who is still in his teens, carried the fight to the British champion after the second round and had the latter clinching, holding, side stepping and using all the artifice of the ring to escape punishment.

Driscoll brought the blood from Moore's nose with a straight right-hand punch in the first round. After that the Englishman did not land an effective blow. Moore's leading with his left hand, which worked like a piston rod, kept Driscoll blocking, ducking and clinching in order to keep his jaw out of harm's way. Frequently Moore, when Driscoll clinched, drove the Englishman completely around the ring, using right-hand uppercuts and forcing Driscoll to break ground.

Each round of the fight was a regular scream. The crowd stood on its feet and cheered Moore from bell to bell with his skillful left. The blows lacked force, otherwise the bout may have had a decisive ending. Driscoll showed great generalship, ducking blow after blow, and sidestepping Moore's lightning-like rushes.

In the fifth and sixth rounds the Englishman seemed to tire and Moore was on top of him at every moment. The Philadelphia boy tried hard for a knockout by leading with his right hand, but there was not steam enough back of the blows to do any damage.

The public is not assured that it saw Driscoll at his best, but in the exhibition he gave last night, Moore beat him all the way after the second round.

1908-02-24 Jim Driscoll W-DQ15 Charlie Griffin (Covent Garden, London, UK)

1908-02-25 Daily Mail (London, Middlesex, UK) (page 7)

GREAT GLOVE CONTEST.
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DRISCOLL BEATS GRIFFIN IN 15th ROUND.
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A glove-fight of considerable importance was brought off last evening at the National Sporting Club, London, when James Driscoll, of Cardiff, and Charley Griffin, of New Zealand, met. The match, which was of twenty rounds, was for the nine stone (feather-weight) championship and a stake of £200 a side.

The contestants took the ring at ten o'clock promptly, an additional interest being given to the contest by the presence of Tommy Burns in Griffin's corner.

Driscoll from the start showed superior skill by doing all the leading, and when Griffin made any particularly aggressive move Driscoll again showed great generalship in getting out of danger.

The rounds up to the tenth succeeded each other in much the same fashion, Driscoll going further and further ahead on points. In the eleventh round Griffin woke up and quite raised the drooping hopes of his supporters.

In the twelfth and thirteenth Griffin began to show signs of weakness, and frequent appeals were made against him for holding. In the fourteenth round the referee, Mr. Douglas, got into the ring and parted the boxers on more than one occasion. There were loud claims of foul when Griffin was seen to use his chin.

Again the cry was raised in the fifteenth round, and when a palpable foul of a similar kind was observed the referee stopped the contest and awarded the fight to Driscoll, who at the time had the verdict in perfectly safe keeping.

It is a great pity that the contest should have ended as it did, for Griffin was earning golden opinions for his stanchness and cleverness, although outclassed.

1908-12-08 Jim Driscoll W-TKO11 Charlie Griffin (Boston, MA, USA)

1908-12-09 The Boston Journal (Boston, MA) (page 9)

DRISCOLL KNOCKS OUT GRIFFIN IN THE 11TH AT ARMORY A.A.
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Bout Between the English and Australian Champions Was Fast and Scientific--Young Jack Johnson Wins Colored Lightweight Championship.
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Jem Driscoll of England knocked out Charley Griffin of Australia in the eleventh round of their bout at the Armory A. A. last night.

Had the bout gone the limit Driscoll would have received the referee's award, as he had the Australian outpointed in at least eight of the twelve rounds. As a scientific boxer Driscoll's equal has never been seen in Boston. The Englishman was never in danger, and during the entire contest never wasted a blow.

Griffin, while defeated, put up a game exhibition, and was far from outclassed. In the eleventh round, when the knockout occurred, Griffin started in well, but after missing several swings, Driscoll sailed into the Australian, and with a righthand swing to the jaw had him on his knees for a count of four. Griffin struggled to his feet and fought back wildly, but the Englishman soon had him against the ropes in a helpless condition.

Griffin Goes Fuzzy-Wuzzy.

A left blow to the stomach, followed by a right smash to the jaw, sent Griffin down and out. The Australian was not absolutely helpless, but could not get to his feet before the fatal ten was counted.

In the opening round Griffin started like a whirlwind, with Driscoll entirely on the defensive sizing up his man. Most of Griffin's blows went wild and Griffim seemed content to see what the Australian would offer. In the second round Griffin continued his offensive tactics, the Englishman evading his blows and waiting an opportunity to get in a punch that would count.

These same tactics were pursued in the third round, and at the end of that session it looked as if the Australian had more than an even chance.

Driscoll Gets in the Game.

In the fourth round Driscoll showed some of the marvelous work that brought home the victories over Matty Baldwin and Grover Hayes. With right and left smashes to the jaw he had Griffin wabbly at the end of the round, and Charley was in bad shape when he took his corner.

In the fifth round both men slipped to the floor, and on resuming their feet Griffin made a fair showing, but Driscoll came back strong at the finish and the round was his. The sixth round was a repetition of the fifth, the only signs of punishment being a slight nose-bleed that Griffin had suffered during the three preceding rounds.

Griffin made his best showing in the eighth round: two body punches seemed to weaken Driscoll in this period and a right swing to the eye caused a lump to raise on the cheek of the Englishman.

Australian Rallies.

In the ninth round Driscoll landed three right swings in succession and a hard left to the face. Griffin was apparently weakening. In the tenth, and next to the last round of the fight, Griffin made a wonderful rally. He fought the Englishman to the ropes and made the Briton show all his heralded cleverness in getting out of tight places. The members of the club gave the Australian a grand reception as he returned to his corner.

In the eleventh and last round of the bout Driscoll went at his man as already described, and while the Australian was game to the core he could not withstand the onslaught and went down to defeat but far from disgraced.

Baldwin's Challenge.

Matty Baldwin of Charlestown, who was defeated by Driscoll in New York, was introduced and challenged the winner of the bout.

In the semi-final Young Limerick of Haverhill defeated Jim McCullough of Belfast, Ireland, in two rounds. The Irishman never had a look-in. In the tournament for the colored lightweight championship, Young Jack Johnson knocked out Young Slater in three rounds. Jack Henderson and Young Gibbs were disposed of in the preliminaries.