Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-13
STAR FIGHTERS WILL REST
UNTIL FALL SEASON BEGINS
Next Big Bouts Will Most Likely Be Held
on Labor Day-Gossip Of Boxers
and Boxing Events.

meeting men who were much heavier,
without complaint.
1t has developed that some of the for
elgn sporting men had in mind q match
heavyweight title holder, and Jack John
son. the colored champion, and that was
one of the reasons for Jack getting out
of this country as he did. News comes
from Paris that such a match was con-
templated, to be held in one Of the cOun-
tries near France, but that the defeat
of Wells by Carpenter, the French cham
pion. changed the complexion of things
considerably. Whether the promoters
hoped to get away with such a match
but, judging from other reports received
here from abroad, they would have had
a fine deficit to face If they had gone
through with it, as the sporting men
have not forgotten Jacks escapades by
a long shot. In England Wells is not
taken seriously as a champion any more,
and if the lanky one hopes to get back
ing from his own people he will have to
win a couple more fights before they will
care to take a chance on him.
Charles Ledoux. the French bantam
weight champion OF Europe, will have
his hands full when he tackles Kid Will
liams Of Baltimore at Los Angeles July
Is. Ledoux and the kid met once In a
six-rOund bout in Philadelphia, 1t being
The French lad can take q beating and
he can hit hard, but against tough
proposition like the Baltimore boy 1t viii
be very different case.
Williams is one tough nut to crack.
He can go the distance. asehe has demon
strated and he is fast on his feet and
fairly clever, with a hard jolt in either
hand His work against the classieSt
bantams has always been of the highest
order. and he should be able to turn the
trick against the French champion. II
he can win the title from Ledoux then
he will have the right to battle Johnny
Coulon for the worlds title Labor day.
Ledoux has clear title to the European
championship, and it was his aim To
match up with Johnny Coulon on this
side for the international championship.
II the little foreigner should win, it would
be the first time that a Frenchman has
ever held worlds championship In any
class OF boxing,
According to the San Francisco papers
Jess willard had hard time In his short
bout with Charlie Miller, the coast heavy
weight, who was never considered any
great shucks in the lighting line In the
close work Miller had all the better OF
the going and Jess was glad to remain
at long range, and try to outlook him. It
is certain that If the tall and ianky
Willard could not defeat man of Mil
ler's caliber. he will have to show lot
of Improvement before he can turn the
tide against Gunboat Smith. Miller. Of
course, is somewhat new to the game
himself, as far as big bouts are concern
ed, but he made a good enough showing
to warrant promoters in giving him an
other match with one OF the heavy
weights Tom Jones is plotting Willard.
and Tom Is pretty wise In some respects,
but he has quite a job on his hands max
ing a champion out of the Kansan.
Eddie Campi, the little California ban
tamWeight, may not be a champion, but
he is little gentleman, and one who can
sympathize with fellow being. Eddie
recently fought a twenty-round battle
with Charlie LedouK, the French bantam,
at Los Angeles, winning the verdict. Aft
err Eddie had returned to his home in San
Francisco one of the scribes asked him
why he did not challenge Johnny Coulon
for the championship. We'll, 1t Is just
this way" said Eddie Poor Johnny Is
q sick boy at present, and l am not
challenging any sick person to fight
Johnny has been one of the most willing
boys to fight in the world, and one of the
best who ever drew on a glove, and /
would be fine one to challenge him now
that he is sick and unfit to fight and do
himself Justice" The above speaks vol
umes for little Campi, and 1t is a safe
bet that If Johnny Coulon ever gets the
chance to offer Eddie try at the title
he will give him the preference over all
the others.