ID EYTON H HAND ND CHARLEY LE DOUX i i A ROUGH DEAL According to Corbett Little F Frenchman Got th thY the Y Worst of It- It It t BY JAMES J. J CORBETT Former Lightweight ht Champion of or orr of'S S r the World Written for The Herald If Jt the tho lat latest st accounts of or the thc recent international bantamweight bantam t contest b between t een Charley Chancy Ledoux and Kid id j. j Williams are true truc the little Ittle foreigner was WM given a pretty rough deal deat Press reports say a that Williams had the better better bet bet- ter of ot the bout for tor eight rounds ant and from that on on and until the tho fatal sixteenth six six- E the Frenchman held the upper hand In the sixteenth round Williams hooked his left to body bod The Thc t Frenchman held his hand to his groin and nd claimed he lie had been hit foul Williams followed up his hll advantage i with two more to the same place putting putting put put- r ting Ledoux to the floor Referee Eton Eyton Eyton Ey E- Ey- Ey ton immediately immediately- and without counting r th tho ton required by the rules declared Williams 1 the winner r Ledoux protesting was carried from tho the ring and later lator upon examination b by physicians was found to have been r badly injured by tho the Kids foul blows I Eyton E toni to Justify ale 1118 hl decision said Bald that tl lt Ledoux quit Seems to me mc this cans calls for an investigation investigation gation gatlon by Tom In whose arena the bout was as fought A boy so BO badly hurt by b a a. foul blow that ho was forced to take to his bed certain certainly should not be bo accused of or quitting This is not the first time complaint has been rondo made that Referee Eyton Eton runs things to suit himself himself himself him him- self and without regard for tor th tb s rules supposed to govern goern boxing contests Several times ho he has stopped bouts when there appeared to be no excuse for tor his his actions Tom has always al always ni- ni ways claimed that Eyton Eton OV overstepped his authority In stopping the McCarty- McCarty Falser fight tight that was not hurt arid and was as In shape to continue the battle s 8 claim has since Ince been borne out by tho testimony of or other eyewitnesses eyewitnesses nesses of or that bout It is a. a shame sham that a n. visitor to our country should be given such shabby treatment as Ledoux received at nt E Eyton's tons hands ands We Ve have heard of Instances where American fighters have havo been given gl th the th worst wort of or It In England but this is the first time within my knowledge knowl edge that a for foreign boxer has HU not been accorded accord d fair treatment on this side Tom Torn Should If McCarey does not take steps to lre prevent nt the possible recurrence of ot such an official break in the future he Is a different type of man from what I think ho is The least lea t he could do it would seem to me would be to offer a purse for the boys to meet moet a again again- nin- nin and take good care that both are protected pro pro- b by the referee It was bad enough to rob Ledoux of ot ofa a decision to which ho was Justly entitled entitled en en- titled as a result of or Williams's foul toul blows but to accuse him of quitting is under the circumstances a case calSe of ot addIng adding add add- In ing insult to Injury Williams has been given the match with Eddie Campi tho the coast const b bantam asa as asa asa a reward for his Qu questionable victory victor o over oer er LedoUx Ledo As I said above the very ver lc least east st c r y c could do io u would ol L b be to o oner nane Dattie U LUC With WHO U- U llama Hams Had Hid the rules been lived up to In the recent match I Ledoux doux should have been declared the Ule winner and as such entitled to to the match with Camp Campi Speaking of ot bantamweight boxers laid off oU Isn't it about time the tho critics Johnny Coulon Coun the champion Kid Williams 1 Is without a no doubt a no great little fighter and entitled to a D. match with the title-holder title on his record previous lous to the Ule Ledoux bout but It dont don't seem fair to continually continual pan Coulon be because he refuses to take e on this tough customer while In bad health Give Olic Conic Coulon Chance i l Coulon has a splendid record For ears he met and what's more beat all comers corners In Ills his class and at times above his liis class s and now that he lie Is 18 laid up it is hardly the manly thing to roast him on account of ot his disinclination to fl fight sh 1 Personally I consider Williams a great gr at fighter tighter His style reminds one ver very much of ot Terry McGovern's erns when that former terror In the bantam class excepting class excepting pUng- pUng that the Kid does docs not carry that terrible wallop that made Terr Terry famous In a few short months But at the same time I run alE an admirer of or Johnny Johnn Coulon and a be be- lle er in fair tair play and feel reel that the tIme for tor his return to active ring work should be left to the champions champion's own judgment He knows know his condition better beller than anyone else and should hould know soon whether he will be he able to tofI fI fight ht a again aln If Ii he finds that he lie cant can't round Into condition to defend the championship Coulon probably will retiro rc- rc tiro and let the rest of the youngsters fight tight for tho the title But until that time I h he s should be left alone Coulon has haa b been en fighting for tor nine years ears an and worked hard to get et where he is Williams Is only onh a be beginner in comparison and has plenty time ahead to win the title If It hes he's good enough Johnny would be a ael el very y foolish bo boy to tn toi i. i i risk his hard earned laur laurels ls if it not In the th best of ot condition While like lI e every er c u 2 lover loyer of ot the tho sport 1 l am nm anxious lQ Coulon defend the title at the earliest r po possible date I TI would hate l e the theL L dickens to se see him come como into the ring f In no shape to do himself Justice Mike Uke Glover is the young youn man mans man name d. d and nd he lie h has s been cleaning up the last few months Mike is Ig a no welter welter-w welter weight I who can see sec no iio good reason reabon V why h he be shouldn't be declared th the champion Among Amon his most recent victims was chis Plaits Platts the Englishman who cameto came cameto to this country countr to show the Americans l how ho hoto to box bo Gus arrived d here heralded heral I as the best of the weight the tho old oM Lt tl y ti-y has produced In years tars J Glo bad bd no trouble to h convince con Mr h Platte hat liat L. L he doesn't belong of Loc Loc- Leeway ny I According to Glovers Glover's manager a gentleman with the euphonic r of ot Clarence GillespIe the Boston Doston bo boy i. i is anxious to box boic an any legitimate welterweight wel wol- weight ter in Sn the country over an any distance and azid at alt all any weight weigh t. t from 10 1 I tl to 14 ringside Which shows that Mike lIlu Is la R R. liberal minded young oung man T and not Inclined to fight over o a pound I or t two 0 Glover has alrea already Issued challenges es L to a number of the leading welters of or orthe the country but complains that tho the stars arc are afraid to meet him Mike has even been en so bold as to throw down the gauntlet to Packey McFarland andt and t Mike Gibbons and will vill allow tho the latter to wel weigh v h 1 11 lir It ringside Which Is la perfectly perfectly per- per I safe for tho the b by the well wa way ivay a as Gibbons could not vory ory do 10 that w weight wight without cutting off a I limb or or two On the th other hand the thc i offer to McFarland is la an exceeding liberal lib lib lib- oral eral etral one as Mike Mke a agrees rees to mako make HO 10 for or the Chicagoan There is little chanco chance of oC Glover getting getting get get- ting Packey PaCk right away A little later on ori perhaps but not just now I For or the next t few months McFarland will be he bushy engaged trying to convince con Willie illie Ritchie that he lie Packey Is the legitimate and logical contender for forthe I th the championship and therefore will av no time to waste on welters notter no matter how soft sort the they look Bigger er game ir Ip insight In sight t and Packey cy Is a good hunter On One Here Heres a 1 Funny That story about Joe Joo Rivers quitting lo to Willie Ritchie may ma or may ma not nol have ha tome some foundation III In truth but the Yarn about Ritchie flitchie wanting to quit and Thyera Thy Thy- era 18 beating bt him t to it It 1 Is III the funniest thing Ive I've read In iii a long bug time According to the Ole latest It tIl cam carn Willie Wn was In bad shape shapo during the early Jarly rounds and showed I signs 1 nH of the white j I feather As AsT S. far as that goes the tue le- le leU U tilled led accounts of Jf the fI fight ht gave fly RIv- us rs B the bC t t of or the tho first fow aw w rounds I 4 4 If It Ritchie Isn't game and wanted to quit why didn't he He was getting the worst of or it and would have had a first class alibi However he lie stood by his guns and took his medicine like a aman aman aman man and Instead of ot laying down Willie kept right on fighting until he had solved tho the Mexicans Mexican's style The rest is history As for tor Rivers's dogging It I dont don't know It is easy enough nough for some somo sore sorehead sorehead sorehead head to circulate a n. yarn arn about a boxer quitting under punishment and still easier to get tho the public to accept It as gospel But let me rae tell you ou something something- A boxer who has climbed so 50 high in his division as this young Rivers cant can't bo very yellow ow For that matter It takes a n. game man to be a D. fighter lighter if It only a a. poor one As I sized th the fight right up It was simply a case caso of ot a D. good fighter beaten by a better one Rivers RI rs had proved himself a boxer of or merit merU long b before forc the Ritchie contest and to m my way cf ct thinking the question of his courage should never have been becu brought up at all JORDAN SIGNS TO MEET HARBERTSON AUGUST 15 Ogden Jul July 26 To To Scanlon manager manager man man- ager agor of ot Chris Jordan who received the decision over Mike Yokel In the match held In Salt Lake last night signed articles with T. T B. B Kelly manager of or Jack Harbertson for tor the two wrestlers to meet in a finish bout in the Orpheum theater in this cl city t on the evening of ot August l 15 The weight is to be at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and it Isto Is Isto Isto to be two falls taIls out of or three Joseph Goss GORS manager of the Orpheum theatre will promote the match Harbertson will wIl havo have no trouble to make the weight as he at present is la but a few taw pounds over that mark