The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-26
SBy James J. Corbett, Former Heavy weight Champion of the WOrId.) (Written for the Evening Farmer.)

fpx James IT. Corbett, Former Heavy
 weight Champion of the Worldly
 (Written for the Evening Farmer.>
 If the latest accounts of the recent international bantam-weight contest between Charley I1edoux and 'Kfd' Williams are true the little foreigner was given, a pretty rough. deal. Press reports say that Williams had the better. of the bout for eight rounds and from that on, and until the fa- tai sixteenth, the < Frenehman held the upper hand. In the sixteenth round williams hooked his left to Le- doux's body The F'renchrnan held his hand toNsF13s groin and claimed he>had been hftfolais alia-nns' fol- lowed up his advantage with two more to the same place putting Le- doux to the floor. Referee Eyton immediately. and without counting the ten required by the rules, declar- cd williams the winner.
 Ledoux. protesting. was carried from the ring and later upon e4arninn7T n ation by physicians was found to have: been badly injured by the '.Kid's' foul blows Eyton, to Justify his de cision, saids that Ledoux quit"
 Seems to me this calls for an in vestigation bysTom McCarey in whose arena the boutswas fought. A boy so badly hurt by al foul blow that he was forced to take to his bed certainly should not be accused Of quitting This is not the first time complaint has been made that Referee Eyton runs things to suit himself and with out regard for the rules supposed to govern boxing contests Several times he has stopped bouts when there appeared to be no excuse for his actions. Tom O'Ruorxe has al- ways claimed that Eyton overstepped his authority in stopping the Mc-Car- ty-PaIzer light, that PaIzer was not hurt and was in shape to continue the battle. O'Rourke's claim has since been borne out by the testimony of ether eye witnesses of that bout.
 It is shame that a. visitor to our country should be given such shabby treatment as Ledoux received at Fly toms hands We have heard of in- fsances where American fighters have been given the worst of it In England, but this is the first time within my, knowledge that a foreign boxer has not been accorded fair treatment on this side.
 If McCarey does not take steps to prevent the possible recurrence of such an official break in the future he is a different type of man from what think he is. The least he could he fc offer a purse for the boys to. meet again-and take good care that both are protected by the referee.
 It was bad enough to rob Ledoux of a decision to which he was justly entitled as a result of Williams foul blows, but to accuse him of quitting is under the circumstances a case of adding insult to injury.
 Williams has been given the match with Eddie Campi, the coast ban- tam, as a reward for his questionable victory over Ledoux. As I said be- fore the very least McCarey could do would be to7ofer Charley another battle with Williams. Had the rules been lived up to in the recent match Ledoux should have been declared 
 he match with Campi-
 Speaking of bantam-weight boxers, isn't it about time the critics laid 1fr'' Johnny CouIon. the champion? i'Kid'' Williams is without a doubt great little fighter and entitled to a match with the title-holder on his record previous to the Ledoux bout, but it don't seem fair to continually pan CouIon because he refuses to take on this tough customer while in pad health.
 Coulon has a splendid record. For years he met and, what's more beat aIl corners in his class, and at times above his class, and now that he is laid up it hardly the manly thing to roast him on account of his disincli- nation to fight.
 Personally,I consider Williams a great fighter. His style reminds one very much of Terry McGovern's when ssS* former terror was in the bantam class-excepting that the ''Kid'' does not carry that terrible wal1op that made Terry famous in few short months. But at the same tune am an admirer of Johnny Cou1on, and a believer in fair play, and feel that the time for his return to active ring work should be left to the cham piora's own jud dgnent. He knows his condition better than anyone else, and should know soon whether he will be able to fight again or not If he finds that he can't round into condi- tton to defend the championship Cou-