The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-10
BOXING NOTEs
From T. s. Andrews.)

Freddy welsh, the new worlds cham pion lightweight, intends to make hay. while the sun shines, although he is. liable to grab off more than he can chew However, the boxing fansi througheut tho country will take kindly to his stand to meet all con- CTS instead of holding back and fght-1 ing when it suits his fancy. Freddy, through his manager. Harry Pollock has already booked half doezn matches for the future and they are by no means easy marks. The one man whom Manager Pollock says must toe, the mark for them is Willie Kit chic and they demand that Willie furnish a purse. that will give them S25, GOO for their end the same as they had to find for Ritchie when he 1ost the title Possibly they will chan3e and arrange a match, especially over the short route, between the cham pion and the ex-champion.
 Freddy is no spring chicken and he needs plenty of work to keep him on edge for inpor ta,nt matches.
 He has agreed to meet. Joe Mandot in New Orleans over the marathon route November 18th and then plans to take on Joe Rivers or Nfilburn Say Tor bit later. By the time Freddy has. gone through that list he will know he has been up against the real
 
 and Jimmy Duffy following his matches with the above-named boys If the present champion can weather the storm then he can well claim the distinction of being elassed with such past champions as Joe Cans and Jack NTcAuIiffe.
 Word has just been received here that the wonderful little French boxer I-Charles Ledoux=was killed in ac- ton during the. early days of the war in Europe. Whether the news is cor rect or not cannot be stated at this time but the chances are that the re- port is right. It is known that Le- doux was one of the first to enlist when. the war broke out, going to the front, but his brother champion- Georges Cafpentier-was assigned to the aviation corps, where the duty was not so dangerous. Ledoux was not only the French bantam champion, but he held the title of alT Europe, having defeated all corners for the championship He gave Kid Will Hams a hard battle of fifteen rounds at Los Angeles, July. 1913, losing on what he termed should have been 9 win for him. Ledoux claimed foul, which was not allowed, and Williams got the verdict of a win on a. knock out They were to have been matched again this winter, Tom MeCarey hay
 
 of the Frenchnan for the match. He was & great little fighter of the Will Hams style, and his untimely death will be regretted by the followers of boxing.
 There Is a strong probability that Eddie McGoorty, one of the leading contenders for the middleweight crown, will be matched with Jack Dillon, another dangerous contender. before one of the Milwaukee clubs this winter. Eddie, who has just re- turned from his tour of far away Aus tralia, wants to have the midd1eweight question settled, and he IS not back ward in stating that he considers Jim my CIabby the best man in the coun- try today at 158 ringside. Eddie pre- fers the weight att 60 at three o'clock. the same as the Australian and Euro oean scale. He is in fine shape and says he will bar none in future match es. He would also like to get another crack at Mike Gibbons, especially ov- CT the long distance route. Eddie could could not say enough in praise of the Australian sporting men and Snowy Baker. 'T was prejudiced before leav- 1ng,' said Edward the other day, "as I had heard so much about Americans being given the worst of the deals, l etc, but take it from nte there are no finer people in the world than the Australians. I want to go back ana will do so as soon matters are l stra ieshtanad spazt tsaeEs kssa<azx1 ASl1es