Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-16
BOYS
MAY START NEW
BANTAM CLASS
By Ed. w. Smith.

TROM the looks of things right
now in the bantamweight
class the division will be split
up during the coming fall and the
men claiming membership will sub
divide into two bands.
One of these will be headed by
Johnny Coulon, who claims 116
pounds as the real bantamweight
limit. He won't have a great deal
OF company.
The other squad will be made up
of men who insist, for reasons de-
cidedly palpable, that 11S pounds
is the real International limit for
the bantamweight class. There are
some good men of international
reputation in this bunch.
The announced coming of Lee
douX, the French champion. threat
ems to make the split in the ranks,
which, at that, always have been
more or less torn over the weight
question.
1t is said that Dan McKetrick
will bring over the little Frencher
for shot at the best of them in
this country But, alas, Ledoux can
not or will not do better than lis
pounds. which weight he made for
Digger Stanley, the English star in
their recent International combat,
won by the Partisan.
Since the English authorities on
pugilsm have stipulated 11S
pounds as the bantamweight limit,
and their word goes in Europe.
LedouX claims to have excellent
grounds for his position.
Old Argument Up Again.
OF course, when he lands here, if
he comes. the fans will want to see
him hook up at once with Coulon,
but that old weight question is apt
to prove the draWback to such an
affair. Then it will be that boys
like Jimmy Walsh, of Boston. an
international scrapper of repute:
frankie Burns, the Jersey lad who
is an established and acknowledged
factor in the bantam class: Johnny
Hughes, claimant of the English IT,
tie, to say nothing of horde of
Eastern lads will band together
and by agreeing to keep the ban
tamweight limit at lis pounds con-
trive to keep the lighting pretty
,DI1nh thA,,,e,1,.,-
Burns Can Do 116 Pounds.
According to Tommy Walsh. his
manager, frankie Burns is willing
to make a weight of 116 pounds at
o'clock Cor Coulon for a ten round
battle, and would do 116 pounds at
the ringside only for a long con-
test that might involve the title.
But at the same time he would be
delighted to meet the French star
or any of the others at lis pounds.
Walsh is In the same fix.
1t appears that Ledoux's defeat
of Digger Stanley, the English star,
got him a great reputation in Eu-
rope, and he is regarded over there
as the real wonder But it must
be remembered that Burns trimmed
Stanley eighteen months before
that happening, 50 he Is entitled to
Just as much credit as the Partisan
is securing.
N. o. Wants Big Tourney.
New orleans is talking of giving
big winter tournament that will
bring together all of the greatest
Of the little fellows. who are ex-
tremeIy popular down near the
delta
Whether this is started or not,
the same old weight argument is
going TO be rehearsed To the fullest.
Up Baltimore way they have Kid
Williams, a 1l6-pound lad. who is
regarded as the real whale Of the
class. He is a Slammer for fair
and the predictions are frequent
that he will down any of them
including Coulon, before the winter
is over He's a short block OF a
boy, only nineteen years old but
with middleweight kick on either
side. Ideal symposium. isn't it?