New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
Les DarCyLandS Here,
Will Box Carpenter

Ny. zoo, snd thst sheoPish smile Of his
/. r.ther lisa5le.
p-onoter Tom ORourke and Charlie
p,-ev. former manager of Owen
80. ucr, among the first 70 board
-. Cushing. They had their hands
,y - velIovback notes and blank con-
%. a.. which thcy fourished tempting
y ~ tNe faces az Darcy and O'Sulh-
"oo,snr,vsr and Darcy listened in
..i,toresto5 fashion 20 their eloquence
- cve5 fhc bills louginCly. But Tex
SHE stcrrcd on board the Gushing
~. moments later Darcy and O'Sul-
-, collected their baggage and
...,,e5 into fhe Jug with Richard. They
t.Ibs-S'v 'cft when another tug with
:. inn rrst on officer pufed up 20
=. cushing The officer demanded Les
n,-,y and started 'n pursuit OF the
AoTer.
L. S Omcials Get Busy
Tbs rsmor vas passed around that
NV uss % he barred from entrance
=, -. T'r,fct states as an undesirable
- Re was brought back 20 the
S~.bine. but after he was Intercepted
- rts permitted 90 20 on his way with
pi,ksrd The Australian boxer was
's-sed a. she Battery, where he faced
.Is cameras and reiterated his deter
-,,rstior 90 SIGHT "for king and coun-
~" As soon as he had made enough
money 20 support his family in COM
From The outlook the Darcy family
,,ovld be very comfortable by the time
Tsrev gets through with the logical
,ortenders" The least that Darcy will
Ne ,hle % send them will be in the
-eighborhood Of $4,000. provided. as
rr-io Johnston. the boy bandit, OBJ
s,rves. "he stays on his feet Also by
the tine he has fought all 81 the log
i-sl opponent the war in Europe may
he over.
Darcy and O'Sullivan are we'll provid-
Il With fund, and prepared 70 wait for
eerelopmcrts and offers. The nearest
ihey have Proceeded toward making
matches is 90 make a tentative agree
rent with Tex Richard and Sam Nc
Crscken which gives that pair FIRST
call on Darcy's services.
Il is prsct cslly settled that Darcy's
frst bout vii. be with Georges Carpen-
?
cs7 be arranged. Tex Richard has
Carpenters agreement 70 come 70 the
United States 20 box as soon as he can
arrange FOR q furlough Failing that
there arc dozen candidates for a
Darcy bout 100 The field.
Prefers Carpenter
81 want 20 start with the big thing
Tho CARPENTER match" said Richard as
Darcy sat blinking out through the
window 90 the white lights "Ot
course, there is the Gibbons match IN
reserve, bu, Gibbons has been mixed
with so many bouts that had queer
lock that would rather not have
hin"
Darcy nodded and grinned agree
mert as Richard indicated his prefer
,nce for the Carpenter match. il rs
known that Carpenter might show
some disposition 20 balk at a bout with
Willard as 4 starter. So IL looks very
ruch as though Richards first big at
traction next year would be Les
Darcy Of Australia versus Georges Car
pentier OF France.
Darcy was amazed and apparently
distressed when ne learned that one
Jack Kearns. q San Francisco pro-
mo,er. had sold an interest IN MIN 70
Ton Jones and Jack Curley OF the
Neutrality-suspicious. syndicate.
"Yet. know kcarns,' said Darcy.
aHe sent me q blank contract to Aus
trslia. but J never signed with him
an not tied Up with anybody on TINS
tip. Mr. O'Suiliyan. is my manager
and We viii take care OF ourselves.
A lot = people tried 70 get me to sign
contracts before ! left Australia
Threaten TO Bring Suit
Curlev and Kearns announced that
thsy would start suit against Darcy as
soon as possible. That's pure bluff
ssid Richard "They tried 10 get hold
Of Darcy and they couldn't. They are
lard losers Curley has annoyed me
considerably. but 10 hasn't got him very
much, has ltl
some OF nc same people claim 20
have a. interest in Carpenter. We'll,
hope that they will all be down a.
the dock en- the French champion
gets here. 700. They will meet the
same experience"
According 20 Richard, Darcy will not
be rushed r-0 action. He viii spend
week or so - sightseeing under Rick
ards guidance before he even starts M
70 DO any training Though Richard is
moneu,auiy expecting news that Car
peniier ha, arranged for his departure
from France. ne is not yet able 70 nix
even q tentative date for the spectacu-
lar bout. Then, too, there is the mat