Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-31
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

BY IL, y. u IN w
Srociai Correspondence Of The stnr
MILWAUKEE. October SO.-Fhose
critics and followers of the game VINO
have been skeptica1 as to the aolhtg o'
Les Darcy. the Australian nilooie-
weight champion, will have to give tHe
boy credit for what he has been ooihs
of late and also recognize Elm as
champion There are many VINO 'aSe
been claiming right along that ne was
false alarm and that the hrse goo"
man would put him out of the retiii.is5'
but he keeps right on coming ana oeat-
ing the best sent against hihh-
was a great cry raised ABOUT Ia
being favored when he won over 1eiA
Smith on foul. but he foilo"eo ms
by knocking out Eddie McSoor'F' '''e
Wisconsin middleweight, who was con-
sidered one of the real conteEqeiS io'
the title. in fifteen rounds .He>t NJ
battled twenty hard rounds with Buy
Murray of Cal.fornia-not champion
by any means. but Il hard nut ,or %,,s
niiddleweight to crack Now re niis
beaten Jimmy Clabhy IN tEEen 80, tbe
on points CIabbv was consltieEeS' '''e
American title holder for the. reasrn
that he put up his money TO defeF'o .ne
same in a legitimate manner a'te5
having claimed the clItliitttHti-'iiiP
was never beaten over tn" naratnoh
route or whore a decision WAS rem
dered In the states He vas ontp"inteu
by like Gibbons in a no-aeciston noul'
but that did not make GIBBONS ch'''h-
pion by any-means.
There is no doubt that e thhhoHs
were to meet Clahbv in twentT-ronnd
contest he would he a three "a enc shot
70 win hut i,Is, the -rrro. y" q y T'i'
meet him and, therefore. the Hammond
flash still had right to c1aiT7 the tl''e.
Previous to the Smith md MH'InortS
matches Les Darcy had beaten All the
contenders in Australia for t"e ttte.
and held tire championship without dis-
mute II there is such = :h'HE IS a
world champion. Darcy comes pretty
near to bong one. cnd IL INV o. me
middlewei"N-s IN this c0urt"r want a
crack ~ ITO r~cr-r 'h"'- VII have :"
tackle tive sI.St-aIia1 CHARLTON TO- the
honor Tho~o rae h~en t"'k &c Darcy
cor,irr - .t~on-ic3 i-''1>,'7iGf"f" 3ftnr
tho CiahSv match. h-t 49, = badly
co--ect for Nv in ~""Nf-- "f '"ttcr
from Snowy Boxer. thc S~f~"y' ---"7'0-
te- to the effect tHat D"rcr probably
will wait until af-e" tie Nv y ear
holidays befo-e 6ecfdin- On t-i2 to
tire states He would much 'lrefeT TO
tqva syct, NOV [-i'-e G,-rc'-7 I'D
Yorne Ahearn iourre" - Ntt"traiia
where thew can have rnaratNr1 contests
for the title w-fthaYt t1e a'-tNa~it'eG in
terferine He stated in his 1ateTt ro1a-
munication here that hn irte~ds max
ing the .~ip to the United StHt0s of
America. but that he wants to he nome
for the Christmas holidays Shouid !
Darcy come the latter prrt IF tne vim
Ter season Il is certain h. Will have
rlen1v ~ -,H+cres II ei~rr. ~~3 no
doubt he will have CHARGE to battle in |
ore or more championships sfair@ at
New Orleans IL he so d~ei~n-. Pro- |
motors Tortorch and Bu-ns already /
have made . bid Cor two Site matches. |
W;
lightweight. evidently IS ~ot "--e- anx |
ions to clash again viz, C;'7-'ei. Waite I
of Chicago In 'h"i- rr0oti7'- over n |
wear ago \: the Ni'rc'-'t~N t'1dito-irrn. !
White had the better Of :,a f-"i"c - tier |!
having p,,t over loft hoo,- that nearly |
deprived While If his it, =. t1e time |
Since thor several effo-ts hr~n hsen I
made to brir,- .rerr, toe-etr7or. hit with !
ont avail Richie offered IN make 1?5 |,
at ; O'clock fer White bit when it
came down to cnenc tra California bov
balked and a.i.eG sDr 1"7. even
catchweiehts, the ~ame as r~eva''e1 for
Whites rlanapor Nate T.er--S Fused /
to give in 70 Ritcl,ie "a MIG that 135
at O'Clock wrs oven e--~t"'inc~ the !
lightweight limit a11 FvieoI While /!
to give M tho 1iehtrvei~ht -Iac- # he
could not make rhs 'vciroi rt:tc!l'e i
has no right to dict~.n tho weight TO !
White for the lat:n- &c cn.ire'r within |
his rights in insistin" uron 125 at I!
Packey Mcfarland hut asks that the /
latter make 1i2 rir~sidn Tor hi-r, |
somethiro he -efuGe1 - do himself for |
White. Rftch'e -7ust krcw ne weIl as
any one that Packev car~.o. ran'-n f49
riresde. nor ran he maize 142 1T 3 (
O'clock Ahout the best ,h"t HcFa~-
land could rosSib'v do wo;'i1 ~ about |
1f5 ut 3 O'Clock an he --n'1'1 have TO
work Sor~,n 20 do -rat Tho Notch be- !
tween Ritch'o and T-ITarla-l v-or7d he |
interesting. if IT co";d bn arrar~cd. but |
not at the weight Willie G'or~e"e That
would he another Ease % the Mike Glib |
bars- Mcfarland Tnnnfch oye~ again. |
with one man making weight that |
saps his strength awav If Pitchie
cannot rake the lightweight limit any
longer .hen he should uriit thn class
and go into the weltArwei-ht division
Writing from Sydnev. the California
feht manager. Jack Kearns. SAYS his
string cf boxers r. having = graz
time in Australia and doire very wen
fnancialIv. 1T is n wonderful coun-
try. writes Kearns. and the best
sports in the world SNOWY Baker has
Treated all the boys with every consid-
Grafton and II is A pleasure 70 do bUsi-
ness with him. Pilir Murray lost a
twenty-round decision to Los Darcy
last Saturday and was also knocked out
by McGoortv in -four rounds. brit II was
whale OF fight while II lasted
Murray tore into NcGoo-tv like tiger
End Eddie flnany ought him coming
WIN StralSns iejI- ahc'JoOFtS atSo
Knocked out Joe Bonds in the first
round at Brisbane hut the big fellow
never had chance TO get started, or 7
am certain he would have done much
better. Red Watson has made a ire
ynendous hit hero. He knocked cut
Henri Demlen. big weIterweie.tt,
which no other fighter coul3 do. Wat
son is ready to hox lightwei ghts. well
tiers or rnidhIeweignts. We are having
the time of our lives and are in no
hurr2- 20 rush home Darcy will give
Clabby a great fight and should beat
him" (Srce the letter was written
Darcy has beaten Clabby.l
In Colorado, where boxing contests