Charles Ledoux

Circa 1920

The Great Jem Driscoll's Interview with the Executioner

The swan song of Jem Driscoll occurred at the National Sporting Club in London on October 20, 1919,...with Charles Ledoux. He was a wrinkled, sallow and seamed old man with a collapsed chest and tired eyes. Those who had not seen him since his glory days were shocked. Yet, when the gong sounded...the mantle of fatgue was left in Jem's corner: the tired eyes became again the mocking eyes of the mongoose; and for a while he was once more the gaunt ghost, supreme, untouchable. For fifteen rounds he made Ledoux look like a novice... He could go no further than the sixteenth. As it started, Jem, almost unmarked , looked down at his shriveled legs in disgust...his seconds, literally raised their man tohis feet. The fighters closed and Ledoux hit him over the heart, Jem staggered to the ropes. He was helpless. Surprized at the sight, young Ledoux could only stand and stare...Before he could move in for the kill, a towel came floating out from Jem's corner.

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