The Washington herald., 1916-12-27
DARCY TO GET $4,000
FOR CARPENTER BOUT
Australian Also Considering Offer Of
$4,000 to Box Mike Gibbons.

New York, Dec. ai-onsrs from pro-
motsrs all over the country are Begin
ming to roll In upon Les Darcy, the
Australian middle-wsight champion. Some
. Of them bear the stamp OF good faith.
while others appear to be nothing more
, than publicity stunts" unworthy Of
eonsideratlon. With his negotiations with
oeatrical agents for a short tour in
vaudeville and dicksring with boxing pro-
moters, the Australian has become a
very busy young man. The job Of man.
aging him, which has fallen to e. ].
CNTtm-) O'sulliyan, his chum and COM
panicn on the Journey from the kangaroo
commonwealth, IL no sinecure.
Although Darcy has tentative agree
ment with TEX" Rickard to box in this
city. no specific terms have been offered
him for q match. II Is understood, how
ever. that Riekard VIII pay the akustralian
youth 5000 for a contest here with
George Carpenter, of France.
The next best offer came from d. J. Tor
torich, who says he will guarantee Darcy
. sl5. 900, with a privilege of one-third Of the
gross receipts, for a match with Mike"
Gibbons for the middle weight champion
ship of the world at New Orleans during
carnival week. Tortorich would like to
stage the bout on February 16 His offer
VIII stand regardless Of any 1O-round
matches Darcy may appear In here dur
ing January, except bout with CID
bons. =
II am considering the offer from Tor
torish," declared Darcy. Il would Ike to
meet Gibbons very much, but just now l
am not in a position to say whether or
not 1 could accept the offer from New
Orleans"
In view Of the fact Tex" Rickard has
declared he would not consent to match
Gibbons With Darcy in this city or any
ala he po IA
been connected with too many suspi-
cious Affairs Darcy may decide to ac-
cept the New Orleans offer. From a
source close to the Maitland boy 1t was
learned he was entirely satisfied with the
$4,000 guarantee.
Edward waldron. of this city. went
Tortorich one better. He sent the fol-
lowing telegram to Darcy:
VIII give you S75,coo for your first
three contests. Opponepts to be mutual
ly agreed upon. Kindly phone me re.
appointment for interview. Address Man
haitian Casino
waldron's offer was one of those which
Darcy didn't take seriously. Further
more, II is unlikely he will consent to
box in this city for any other man than
Tex Rickard. Although they have
known each other only few days, a
warm friendship exists between Rlckard
and the youthful pugilist Darcy has i'm
plicit faith in Tex and does nothing
without first consulting him.
Jimmy Wilde, the ninety-eight pound
marvel of Great Britain, who recently
knocked out Young Zulu Kid in the
twelfth round OF their scheduled twenty
round battle in London, may come TO
this country II the arrangements Of GER
tain British boxing promoters are carried
out. Wilde would like to meet kid"
williams the American bantam-WeiRht
champion: "Kewpie" Ertle or any OF the
other Contenders. despite the fact they
would have an advantage in weight
English boxing men have been in COM
munlcatiOn with Tex Rickard concord
ing Wilde. and Rickard Is anxious to
have the British fiy-weight champion
come here. He believes a match between
Wilde and one of the leading American
bantams would strike a popular chord.