The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-27
LEDOUX ARMY SERGEANT.

A cat has nothing on Charles Le- doux, the game little French bantam weight who fought several battles on this side a few years ago. Ledoux has been reported killed in battle per haps a dozen times since the outbreak of the war, but has bobbed up again later If still in the land of the living he will celebrate his twenty-fourth birthday today, as he was born in Nievre on Oct. 27, 182. At last re- ports he had just recovered from in juries received by being buried in the wreckage of a bomb-proof, and had returned to the front with the rank of sergeant. Ledoux is a mite of man for a soldier, as he is only fraction of an inch over five feet in height. He began fighting professionally in 1909, and in 1912 he visited America, talk ing part in several no-decision bouts in New York and Philadelphia. He came over again the following year and fought Kid Williams for the worlds bantam title at Vernon, but was knocked out in the fifteenth chap ter. Shortly before the war Ledoux won the bantam championship of Europe by beating Bill Benyon, the British champ. Owing to injuries rereived in the war 1t is unlikely that he will fight in the ring again, even if he survives.
 Vean Gregg, the stalwart southpaw of the worlds champions, begins his thirtieth year today. with every pros pect that 1917 will see his displaying
 his old form. For a time this year it Cxy1xy c la big league proposition, and Carrigan sent him to Buffalo, but he did such great work for the Bisons that he was recalled to Boston. Gregg was a valuable first aid hurler in the latter part of the season. He didn't get a chance to show his wares in the big series, although once, when Leonard was webbing, Carrigan had the big Westerner warming up. Vean was born in Chehalis, Wash, Oct. 27, 1887, and played with Spokane and Portland before he joined the Maps in 1911. With Portland in 1910 he set a worlds strikeout record. For a time he pitched great guns for Cleve- land, and in 1914 he was sold to Bos- ton for $1O,000. A peculiar form of rheumatism in his salary wing put
 him on the blink soon afterwards, but
 the doctors say he is nearing ac ure,
 and he may star again next year. .
 Patrick H. Dougherty, once famous
 outfelder of the champion White Sox, will pass his fortieth milestone today. Pat was born in Boliver, N. Y., Oct. 27, 1876, and after long and active
 career on the diamond, has settled
 down in the old home town. The old game still has an attraction for him, and this year he acted as president of the Interstate eague, a circuit of New
 York and Pennsylvania towns. Under Pats able direction the league sur prised the fans by playing the season out, although only five of the eight clubs which started were left at the
 finish. Dougherty is engaged in the oil business. and is said to have amassed neat little pile of the long green. He got his real baseball start | with Bridgeport in 1899, spending
 three seasons in the Munitions City. He also played with Los Angeles in | the California State in 1901. The fol- | lowing year he broke into the big time
 with the Red Sox, and was with Bos- ton two seasons and with the Yankees | two years before he Joined the hitless | wonders of Fielder Jones in the Windy City ten years ago. Dougherty | played with two worlds championship
 clubs, helping both the Red Sox and
 the White Six to achieve the premier | honors of baseball.