New Britain herald., 1916-12-07
RICHARD MAY SAVE LES DARCY A CHANCE
Willard'S Excessive Demands May Mean Carpentier- Darcy Bout


 Rickard rose yesterday morning and looked through hls newspaper his ar dor about having Jess Willard meet Georges Carpenter in the proposed bout here suffered a cooling off. The first thing that met Richards gaze in the sporting columns was an item from Chicago to the effect that Tom Jones, Willard's manager, had de- clared he would insist on the cham pions getting $75,0O0 in addition to certain other royalties and emolu- ments arising from moving pictures of the bout.
 Rickard is not usually staggered by figures, but Jones' modesty took Tex by surprise. It will be remembered that Willard got something like S47,- 900 for his bout with Frank Moran here last spring.
 The size, of Jones' demand made Rickard believe that it might perhaps be 8 better match to send Les Darcy against Carpentier. Darcy is be- lieved to have landed in Chile last month and to be on his way here now. aa.-.s.a..
 Rickard declared that he expected cable today from Paris informing him that Carpentier> had signed the con- tract sent him some time ago.
 Will Be Fought Here.
 'As soon as I get Carpenters sig nature,'' said Rickard, "I will be in a position to go ahead and arrange with the man who is to be his op- ponent. It may be Willard but frank ly I would as soon put Darcy in the wi for it would be better match physi- cally, and the fame of the Australian might make him a better drawing card than Willard. However, that is 8 detail that will be settled after I get definite news from Carpenter.
 of one thing you can rest assured and that is that the match, no mat ter who the contestants may be, will be staged in New York. I confidently expect to get 8 lease of Madison Square Garden, but if there should be failure in that direction then I will build a club for the purpose. New York is the proper spot for so inn portant a bout as the one I plan, and it is going to take place in this city, My plans will develop rapidly as soon as the sale of the Garden takes place."
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 Among those familiar with pugilis- tic form, the opinion is almost unani- nous that Darcy and Carpenter would make better match than the Frenchman and Willard Even if Willard reduced to the 245 pounds he weighed when he boxed Moran, the worlds champion would still have the advantage in weight of 50 or 60 pounds. Carpenter, who is a clever boxer, might avoid the big fellow but it is unlikely that the smaller man would succeed in landing effectively on the Kansan, and it would look one- sided.
 On the other hand, there would not be any great discrepancy in size be- tween Darcy and Carpenter, except in the matter of height, the French man standing 5 feet IL 1k inches, and Darcy but feet inches. Darcy has had trouble making the 160 pounds, which is the middleweight limit in Australia, and! there is small doubt he could enter the ring very comfortably at 1855 pounds and be in the best pos- sibIe condition.
 Carpentier, in the last bouts he fought before going to the front,
  he IS said to have taken on consid- erable weight since entering the serv- ice, there is small doubt he would train down to 175 at the outside.
 There is little question that Darcy would be a great favorite over the Frenchman, for the Australians rec ord is much the better and he has a punch superior to anyone in the mid l Io JIcry,k T., irrL+
 The Australian is also able to take heavy punch. as was demonstrated in his bouts with heavy hitters like McGoorty and Chip.
 Carpenters is hardly rugged enough to stand heavy punishm ent, his defeats at the hands of Frank Klaus, Billy Papke and Joe Jeannette proving that his jaw is not of gran ite.
 Would England Object?
 Darcy has not only established a record as knockout hitter, but against clever boxers like Jimmy Clebby and. Jeff Smith he astonished his supporters by winning on points in @. clever manner. The question has been raised as to possible obstacles to Darcy getting into the United States without a passport.
 He was called to the colors by the Australian military authorities, and left his native land without saying farewell. An expert on the subject declares he can come in here unless the British government should enter protest. It is declared that so long as Darcy can show some money and prove that he is in good health there will be no objection to his entry of any United States port