Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-26
LES DARCY, CHAMPION
MTDDLEWEIGHT BOXER,
SAYS SNOWY BAKER
Antipodean, Conqueror of Ed.
die McGoorty, Can Whip Any
one in the World at 100
Pounds, Declares Promoter
NEW STAR 10 YEARS OLD

Les darcy. Australia, middlewlrh,
champion OF the world. Thus the ANTI.
podean farmer is termed by Snowy Baker
fistic impresario. OF the kangaroo conn.
try. The Australian king-pin promo,..
believes Eddie McGoorty's conqueror can
defeat anyone under the sun at leO pounds
and he should be recognized as the tltle.
holder OF the middleweight division.
An effort was made by Promoter Bakw
70 have Mike Gibbons visit Australia for
a championship battle" with D'Arcv
However, the st. Paul flash re-cahlet
Snowy that following what he considered
to be a sure win over Packey Mcfarland
in New York, September H. his seryice.
would be in such demand in America /,
would not be advisable, financially. IA
leave for other fields.
In the latest mail receievd from Aus.
tralia, Baker describes Darcy as follows:
.'Gray eyed. brown haired, clear skinned. bean.
10 years not only is fighter, but he looks ons s
from head to toe. and his healthy mind and
and mean Always in fine physical trim hs 4
well liked by both friend and opponent = :
HE is a born fighter. on his fathers fam
only 10 when he took part IN his first nsht
outpointpg Balsar, railroad ganger II was
isnd tournaments both Of which he won l.'i, \,
was at these tournaments that the boys quick
gated mind told him that there was money IN
his rapid thinking brain, nne stamina and two
good fists.
with good advice the crude boy soon besnn
s snaps % s,x lh months the Maitland boy '1C Sss
lifted lifted himself from the position Of an unknown
formances make him the finest middiewelsht
of all times.
Jack Dillon will leave his home In In.
dianapolis tomorrow for this city. He
will put the finishing touches on his
training for his match with Sailor Grande
| at the Olympia next Monday, at local
gymnasium.
Tommy Houck, of this city, will be op-
posed to Abe Attell, former feather
weight champion, in the latter's endeavor
to "come back" Labor Day, at Sacan-
daga, N. Y.
'In like a burglar and no matches In
sight in Australia, JEFF Smith will leave
for American terra firma Saturday.
Eddie Campi, Frisco bantamweight
who made Philadelphia his home while
in the East, made up" with his old
manager, Moose Taussig, the man who
| unearthed him, on Campi's arrival home
Ed informed his home town friends that
George Engel still was his manager.
Among the bantamweights whom Jack
Hanlon expects to book for the Olympia's
all-bantam show September 13, are Pekln
Kid" Herman, Louisiana. AL Shubert.
Dutch Brandt, Young Solsberg and Billy
| Bevan.
New Orleans Pete) Herman, who will
arrive in Philadelphia the latter part Of
September, meets Nate jackson at Dem
yer in a 10-round bout, Labor Day.
Three special bouts-Andy Rivers VS..
| w
Ritchey and Joe Coster VS.. Young Perry
will be held at the Gayety Theatre to-
morrow night.
Sir-Kindly inform me through your column
whether Harry Stone. of New York, who was
city. Is he the same Stone who beat Fight.
ing Fitzgerald in New York the other nlgttl
L. "A. b
Harry Stone boxed Young Nitchie herr
January /, 1911. Yes. sa