The evening world., 1916-01-10
Military Authorities Refuse Les
Darcy Permission to Leave
Australia.


THE New York Evening Nofld.l
r ES DARCY In not coming 10 the
United States. according 10 the
statement Of his manager, JACK
kesrns. who has Just arrived In San
Francisco from Australia.
For months Kearns has been send
Ing advance notices to this country
announcing Darcy's coming invasion
for the purpose OF fighting our best
middleweights. When Darcy for a
second time knocked out Eddie Nc
Goorty II was supposed that he would
etart at once. lie was 10 have been
matched against Mike Gibbons first.
and American boxers who had seen
Darcy In action weren't At all shy in
stating that he'd glye Mike the most
exciting time OF his life. ~ Darcy
beat Gibbons, Mccoy and all the other
niiddlewcights who could draw well
With him he was 70 have gone into
tile heavyweight class. like that other
sreat Australian, Bob Fltzsimmons.
Darcy hoped to fight Jess willard for
the heavyweight championship within
q ye,,r.
But there's little chance the Aus
traiian will be seen IN this country.
He has been refused permission TO
leave Australia. No men III for mill
tsry service are allowed TO leave. Tho
Australians have a military system
under which he may be forced TO
serve In the army, and sent TO the war
in Europe.
II Darcy goes to the front the
worlds two greatest mlddlewcl gifts.
Darcy and Carpenter. will be fight
ing with bullets and bayonets instead
OF with soft five-ounco gloves.
Carpenter !. In the aviation corps
OF the French army, In active service.
ERANcls ouIMEr is to open a
sporting goods store 10 Boston.
according TO a despatch from |
that city.
Plat Adams Is running a sporting |
goods store In Newarl.. and it's said
that IL the new amateur definition In |
adopted by tho A. A. l.. he will be
barred from further competition as
an amateur athlete on that account.
The governing body In golf may be
little more lenient In It's view OF
what constitutes professionalism In
sport.
THEY say seven OF the eight men
who rowed in the Leland STAN
ford boat at PoughlIcepsie last
year, coming Within u few feet Of
beating out Cornell and winning the
intercollegiate championship, will DC
in next seasons crew.
II 80, Leland stanford will have a
flrst-cl..ss chance 10 win the big race.
The performance OF the crew last
summer was the most startling ever
seen on the Hudson River. None of
the experts thought stanford had an
outside chance to finish In the first
three. Physically. the Callfornians
outclassed the Eastern oarsmen, but
they entirely lacked experience and
PROFESSIONAL coaching.
Next time they come they'll be
much better than before. for they
learned lot about rowing on the
former trip, and have In addition to
Increased skill the confidence TINT
comes from having rowed tho best
crew on the river to a nose-and- nose
finish after coming up from behind.
GONE college Is going 20 get a
- first class athlete when Jimmy
Sinclair graduates from Stuy-
yesant High School. besides being
an "All-Scholast,c" selection IN rnut.
ball. he Is C crack shot putter. Sat.
urday afternoon ne won the S-puund
shot event in the 81. Johns College
games with put OF 81 feet 81.
inches, and In the evening won the
1s-pound shot put In the DE witt
Clinton High School games. putting
AZ feet. Sinclair Is growing fast, md
when in college will be about as big
a man as John II. De Witt, the IA
;. nous old Princeton football player
and weight thrower.
- OV. WHITMAN II TO be invited
NJ TO see the first boxing bout, be-
tween Welsh and Dundee, held
In N State armory. This is q good
chance for the Governor 10 see a
fight without fear OF being criticised.
It's his business. naturally, TO know
what Is going ON In the State arm
ories. I've talked over boxing affairs
with many Governors, Mayors and
other officials or much prominence.
and without an exception they want
ed to see some OF the interesting box
ing matches. but were little shy OF
the possibility OF public criticism.
Just why any public official should
fear criticism for taking an interest
in q mans sport is puzzle to mo
but they do. There was time when
Gov. Whitman rather liked ring.
side seat. Mr.. Roosevelt. before he
was President Of the United States
often went to SEQ twenty-round
iihtu III
fact. boxing always has been one OF
his hobbies, because II IL a mans anc
not a mollycoddle's sport,
TOMMY KILBANE resurrecteC
that long-burled punch OF hi
y last Saturday night in Philadel
phia. He knocked on Patsy Cline u
two rounds. kilbane Knocked elm
down with a left on the cnin, an,
when he rose finished him with
right.
II Kllbane only would fight Xix
that In New York he'd he one OF IN
most popular boys that ever vis!te
the big city. Unfortunately Johnn
has always stalled through his NeI
York bouts. so that to-day he /
practically barred from competitio
here because the public doesn't thin
ne can do anything but dance an