Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-27


left to LedouX' s
body The Frenchman held his hand to
his=sroin and claimed he had been hit
foul. Williams followed up his advan-
taise with two more to the same place
putting Ledoux to the floor. Referee Ety.
ton Immediately, and without counting
the, ten required by the rules, declared
Williams the winner.
tSedoux, protesting, was carried from
thesAfing, and later upon examination by
physicians was found to have been badly
injured by the Kids foul blows. Ety.
tor .to justify his decision, said that
Lsdoux quit
SEEMS to me this calls for an investi-
cation by Tom McCarey, in whose arena
the bout was fought. A boy so badly
hurt by foul blow that he was forced
to..take to his bed certainly should not
be'aecused of quitting. This is not the
first tine complaint has been made that
Referee Eyton runs things to suit him.
se}f, and without regard for the rules
sftppsed to govern boxing contests. Sew
eISl times he has stopped bouts when
these appeared to be no excuse for his
actions Tom O'Rourke has always
claimed that Eyton overstepped his au-
th6ritE in stopping the McCarty-Palzer
figsst,-that Palzer was not hurt, and was
CLAIM has since been borne out by the
testimony of other eye-witnesses Of that
bS bop
mtnt as Ledoux received at Eyton's
ha46s. We have heard Of instances
wlsre American fighters have been given
the.werst of it in England, but this is the
tirSt time within my knowledge that a
foraign boxer has not been accorded fair
treatment on this side.
McCarey does not take steps to pre-
yetjt the possible recurrence Of such an
official break in the future he Is a diff
fersEt- type of man from what L think he
is. least he could do, it would seem
TO me. would be to offer purse for the
boys to meet again--and take good care
that both are protected by the referee.
tt Has bad enough to rob Ledoux Of a
decision to which ne was Justly entitled
asssa~fesult 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 bantam. as re-
wasd for his questionable victory over
Leqoux. AS | said above, the very least
MtCarey could do would be to offer Char
leys another battle with Williams. Had
thes rules been lived up to in the recent
m%tch Ledoux should have been declared
thas winner. and as such entitled to the
mstch with Campi.
Soeaking of bantamweight boxers, isn't
it about time the critics laid or john
nyssCoulon, the champion? Kid Will
liafhs is without doubt a great little
tighter and entitled to a match with the
utleholder on his record previous to the
Ledoux bout. but 1T doesn't seem fair to
Continually pan" Coulon because he re-
fuses to take on this tough customer
wlfie in bad health.
Gouion has q splendid record. For years
hosmet and, what's more, beat all COM
ers.in his class. and at times above his
hardly the manly thing to roast him on
account of his Discrimination to fight.
sfrsonally /. consider Williams a.
great tighter. His style reminds one
vcry much of Terry McGoyern's when
tlfaf former terror was in the bantam
class. excepting that the kid" does
not carry that terrible WALTON that
mape Terry famous in few short
months. But at the same time am
am. admirer of Johnny Coulon, and a
believer in fair play. and feel that the
tine for his return to active ring work
sheruld be left to the champions own
judgment He knows his condition
better than any one else and should
to..Hght again or not. Ii he finds that
he,,can't round into condition to de-
fessa- the championship Coulon will
probably retire and let the rest of the
nSHt LOT TUE. BUT I'M
til that time re should be left alone.
Coulon has been fighting for nine
years and worked hard to get where he
is Williams is only u beginner in
comparison and has penty of time
ahead to win the title Ii he's good
enough. Johnny would be a very fool
ish boy to risk his hard-earned 1aurels
if not in the best of condition. While,
like every other lover Of the sport. !
am anxious to see Coulon defend the
az no vi cell
would hate like the dickens to see
him come into the ring in no shape
10 do himself justice.
Mike Glover is the young mans name.
and he has been cleaning up in this
neighboThood the last few months.
Mike is a weltcrweight. who can see
no good reason why he shouldn't be
declared the champion. Among his re-
cent victims was Gus Platrs, the Eng
lish boxer. who came to this country
to show Americans how to fight. Gus
arrived here heralded as the best OF
the weight the old country has pro-
duced in years Glover found II no
very hard task to convince Mr.. Platts
that he did not belong"
According to Glovers manager. a
gentleman with the euphonious monaker
of Clarence Gillespie, the Boston boy
is anxious to box any legitimate weller
weight In the country. over any
TO 10. ringside. Which shows. that
Mike is liberal minded young man
and not inclined to fight over a pound
or two.
Clover has already issued challenges TO
a number OF the leading welters o. the
country. but complains that the stars are
AFRAID 10 meet him. Mike has even been
SO bold as to throw down the gauntlet to
Packey Mcfarland and Mike Gibbons
and will allow the latter to weigh lA6
ringside. Which Is perfectly safe for the
Bostonian. by the way. as Gibbons could
not very well do that weight without cut
ting of limb or two. On the other hand.
the offer to Mcfarland Il an exceedingly
liberal one. as Mike agrees to make 40
for~she Chicagoan.
There Is little chance OF Glover getting
Paokfl light away. A little later on per-
L;s.t. ut not just now. For the next
y - months Mcfarland will be busily en-
SsScd trying TO convince Willie Richie
thas he Packey) is the legitimate and
logical contender for the championship,
and therefore will have no time to waste
on welters, no matter how soft they look
Bigger game Is I'm sight. and Packey is q
good hunter.