The evening world., 1912-11-22
ledoux, at Least, Isn't Afraid
to Fight, Which 10 More Than
Can Be Said About Some Of
the "classy" Men Of the Ring.
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Drospects Into the discard after 81
glimpse ct his nrst Performance N
America
''Lsdoux ISN'T classy'-hs allowed
Battling Reddy 70 stay ten rounda
"Ledoux would bs sasy for KID VIII
lame"
But Battling Rsddy has . habit Of
staying ten rounds. He stayed ten
with williams and had little tho worst
Of IT, Some people even hought no
beat wuiama
On tho same evening that the critics
discovered Ledoux lacking " "c,assy'
qualities Johnny Coulon. champion ban
tamweight Of America. fought ten
rounds with Charlie Goldman-snd a.
loved Charlie to stay ten rounds. much
axaipst his Inclinatio Goldman never
caused any serious trouble AMONG the
champions. Hes Just . wiuinG Nfue
fellow with a hard Jaw and . fairly
hard punch. 80 ! suppose Coulon ISN'T
CLASSY"
KID Williams sat at the ring eide and
WATCHED Ledoux. After the night he
said to q newspaper man: Gee. n they
hadn't told me this fellow had . ter
rible wailop I'd have given him . nght.
They hsd me scared. I'm nght him any
time now"
WHICH was a "oiaAsy" position. 10
doubt. 10 be assumed by . boxer With
cbanspLonship ambiti0as.
However. ! notice that Lsdoux oams
here. q stranger IN . STRANGE county,.
and tried his best 10 get . match Win
Co,lon or Williams. He wasn't Afraid.
aithousA no doubt he'd bsen told AZ the
fighting ability Of the ohsmpion and the
rrnner-up from Baltimore. N>lAa,ar
Coulon nor Williams would Listen to
hls challenge
r THINK that Lsdoux has IRE one
most Important quality OF q classy
= fighter; he isn't afraid. I.edoux nights
twice as hard Immediately after bsinx
Ait. He's natural fighter. chuck full
Of aSgrsssi vsness--untmitsd aggressive
ness. He hes, ~ side assets, strength.
speed. endurance and Q good cool head
OF course the little Frenchman II far
from being the mastsr-boxer that little
Johnny Couion Is. He isn't ~ clever
As Williams. who has fair defense.
But his strength and aggrsAvensss and
discrimination will do much 70 Offset
obese ADVANTAGES u ne ever meets sithsr
Of them.
Many Of our American champions
have the old bike riders idea. Years
ago. when bicycle racing became popu-
lar. the riders rode . MnAs race Whsn
they started In a mile race. They rode
the mile At the top Of their spsed.
After . few years they began 70 Jockey.
They'd loaf through thrso-Quartem Ot
the distance. watching each other and
trying to get the jump" Then they'd
sprint through the last hundred yard,
or 80. Boxers have a trick Of doing the
came thing. AS rule they deliver nin<
rounds OF stalling ana one round ol
action. Give me the race or the bouI
that y ? drive from start to hn.sh.
YYARvARD 10 10 10 Q favo4ts owe
n YAls. These odds are quotes
- down In the Wall Street distrtc
and In Cambridge. II isn't often tina
Harvard offers such big odds on he
teams OF crews. Yale prestige Is har,
20 down. Every one expects Yale y
come up with a rush at the last moment
And then football II ono of the mos
uncertain games In the world. Re
member last Saturday. when Pumpelly'
D. yard boot turned q loo-l Yale defes
into lucky tie. Things like that ofte
happen on the gr!diron. The unusus
game 70 the game in which nothin
unusual and unexpected occurs.
Odds Of 10 to on Harvard are al
s-rd. although without a doubt Ha,
vard's chance OF winning the game
much better than Yale's.
DAcKEY M'FARLAND has been o,
Tered N,Go 10 box Jack BrittoI
Although this loo's like n mic
piece OF change. It must be remem bers
hat Mcfarland is a big money make
ana that he has seen purses OF thu
see before without going into fa!ntir
ft. Packey received Just 10000 In cas
for his hsht with Matt Wells. who W.
essier, ! Imagine than BrItton Ii Ike
10 be. ! know Mcfarland received u
5000. for by Packey's request Il
money was put up in my hands by Ma,
eyer Tin Hurst before the bout. II
Hurst handed me ten big fat 81, 900 bill
Yes regulsr money. too, no stage pape
deposited the bills In a bank. OF
hais an hour after the bout hand,
Psclsey n $1,000. check 80,
No one would take more enjoyms
than IN seeing a Mcfarland Britt,
fout But ] fear the promoters W
have TO make Mcfarland an offer mo
In k'eIing with his Anowledge OF VIII
the bout can draw In New York City.
- iBBoNs IL now on par wi
with Acjoorty. Down In Phil
de'phIa. according To reportx
logal miiGiewelght named Mccarr
broke even with Nike a couple OF nigh
aso. They say Houck did the sar
with McGoorty SO Nike ana Mac CT
so on with taeIr costing fracas secu
IN the thought that neither 10 suppos
10 be able 10 clean up the earth in Z
arsf round.