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Show JOHNNY COULON TO TAKE A VACATION (By Sam B. Hall. Jr.) Chicago, Aug. 16. Johnny Coulon, tho sturdy little bantum champion, was aVound saying good-bye to his friends. John Is going up into High Lake, Wis., leaving for a sojourn of six weeks, and says ho'll come home feeling good enough to whale all of his challengers in a week. Johnny will live in a log cabin, fish, hunt nnd row until late in September, then come back to fight his two greatest rivals this fall. Early In October John will mingle with tho lnd thnt gae him a great fight for twenty rounds at New Orlenns last January Frankle Burns of Jersey City Konosha will get the match, which will be for ten rounds. After the Burns quarrel Coulon will jump to New York to box Charlie Ledoux, the French bantam champion, cham-pion, before Billy Gibson's club Ledoux Le-doux rose to a high eminence pugl-Hstlcally pugl-Hstlcally by stopping Digger Stanloy. tho British champion, in 6cven rounds. Dan McKetrlck, who now Is busily engaged claiming the heavyweight heavy-weight title for Joe Jcannetto, is managing Ledoux and or course has much to say In praise of the French star. Daniel does not hesitate to remark re-mark that Ledoux will make mincemeat mince-meat of Coulon for ten rounds. Coulon knowB just row tough Burns and Ledoux are. Hence the trip Into In-to the wilds of northern "Wisconsin. Johnny will take a party of persona athletically inclined along with him and will endeavor to come back for the fall and winter warfare as hard as nails and fit to defend over any route tho championship he prizes so hlghl. oo |