The Washington herald., 1916-12-31
darcy IS POPULAR
IN AMERICAN ring
Australian Battler Is Real Sparkler
Among U. S. Fistic Fans.

| New York. Dec 30-Lester Darcy is
somewhat of a sparkler on his side of
the world. Fistiara admits 1t, and most
of the critics are of the opinion that
! Darcy is all that he is claimed to be.
| followers OF the game who have seen
| Darcy in action are agreed that he is
one Of the most peculiar battlers who
| has ever come to the front in his di-
vision. Darcy, they say. has a pair OF
hands that are abnormally large, and
\ when his punches land they carry the
weight of a sledge-hammer behind them
| "Darcy's wallop isn't as much of a
punch as 1t is fail" said one devotee
of the game, who has seen Darcy IN ac-
| ton. He strikes. rather than punches
| and when he lands the man who stops
the blow is jolted through and through" ."
| Several battlers of this good old L. s.
A. who have travelled all the way to
Australia to meet Darcy. have come back
with tales of his prowess. and for the
/ most part they are agreed that Darcy
can clean up anything in the United
States with the possible exception Of
Jack Dillon. who can probably stand up
under more bombarding than any other
boxer of his weight in the world.
| Dillon, they explain. would have bet
ter chance with Darcy than would Glib
bons, Levinsky or Miske. A boxer. it is
| said, is made to order for the Austria
fighter like Dillon to stave him OF.
But II Darcy is enjoying any day
dreams regarding the brand of picking
, ne will run into in this country someone
had better stick pin into him and end
is snoozing. The foremost quartet of
battlers who are eligible to meet Darcy
are Dillon, Levinsky. Gibbons and Miske,
and any one Of the four could be figured
to give Darcy plenty to do in the ring.
No better fistic card could be arranged
than a four-cornered elimination series
between Darcy, Carpenter. Dillon and
Mske. The last named boxer is not
u finished fighter by any manner OF
means. but he - tough and he can hit
| With a few more battles under his belt
he should show wonderful improvement.
10 match up Miske and Darcy, and
Dfl5nn and Carpenter. and then put the
two winners into the arena to battle it
out would be the thing. but of course
there are always obstacles in the way
Of promoting such affairs. The venture.
however. Is none too big for Tex Rickard,
and he has secret hopes of bringing II
about.
The life OF the preliminary fighter is
! anything but a path of roses.
lie is the lad who fills out every fistic
card. He goes on to help the promoter
pad out his show and keep the crowd
in a good humor, and for his efforts and
the beatings he often has to take be-
| cause he is mismatched. he gets but a
few paltry dollars.
The average preliminary boxer is lucky
to get a ten-case note. If he gets a
ive-spot he is happy, and he is willing
to take his beating along with it. Yet
the preliminary boy never gets his Just
dues. and he passes from the minds Of
the crowd just as soon as his part of the
show is over.
! With the passing of Joe Tinker as
manager OF the Cubs, and the talk OF
his becoming manager Of a minor league
club the end of the rope has been reach
ed for the one who, through jumping
from organized baseball. made the Fed
cral League a possibility. Had Tinker
| remained loyal to the organization. the
Feds would never have gotten the ad-
!VCI:;sing they were given when they made
their first real bid for recognition
T!nkcr's leap was the first big ten-strike
scored by the Gilmore crowd. And now
Genial Joe has passed from a command
ing position in baseball, and with him
goes one of the fondest memories of the
men who tried to disrupt the or
ganization.