The Washington herald., 1917-01-09
LES DARCY Will NOT
APPEAR in This CITY
Australian Middle-weight to Give Ex-
hibitiop in Baltimore Saturday.
BY JOHN A. DUGAN,

Les Darcy, the famous Australian mid
dle-weight boxing champion, is not to
appear in Washington during his present
theatrical booking.
The only chance for local fstic follow
ers to see Darcy in action will be to
jump over to Baltimore on Saturday aft
ernoon or Saturday night when the Aus
tralian battler is scheduled to appear as
the headliner In an athletic carnival at
the New academy Theater.
Darcy has signed for a fifteen-week
tour of the big Eastern and Central
Western cities, TO give exhibitions In a
series of one-night stands with a big
Pathetic carnival under the management
of Freeman Bernstein, the well-known
New York booking agent.
All. J. Harrington, representing the
Bernstein agency. was a visitor here yes
terday and attempted in every manner
TO book Darcy in this fair city. but as
| the local theaters and other booking
agents were scarey on taking a chance
at Darcy's big contract. local fistic fans
must be satisfied in taking a journey to
the Monumental City II they seek to wit
ness the Australian in action
Darcy's contract calls for 1850 a week,
and since six other athletic acts. includ-
ing wrestling and boxing, are with this
outfit, local theatrical people did not de-
sire to take a chance with this high-pric-
ed attraction.
| Fred Gilmore, the middle-weight who
has created g. great sensation through
out the Middle West, is Darcy's sparring
partner, and will appear with the Aus
| tralian. Darcy will exhibit all his train
ing stunts for the fstic followers and
reports from Hartford. Bridgeport and
| Trenton claim this middle-weight's act
Ita -
have been presented during the last two
years.
| Along with Darcy's act will be found
the Terrible Turk and other famous
wrestlers who will give exhibitions and
| are open to meet all comers. The
| weston sisters, the female champion
| grapplers, are also carded in this athletic
| carnival, while other boxers and athletic
stunts feature one of the best programs
ever arranged for the fistIc-loving public.
Darcy is today the greatest attraction
| IN the world in the sport line. There is
more interest in this wonderful Aus
tralian than there is in Jess Willard. the
! heavyweight champion. He appeals TO
all classes and TO both sexes. Never be-
| fore in the history of the prize ring has
| a foreign fighter come to this country as
widely exploited as the sensation from
| the Antipodes. His wonderful ring career
| III <NuoNidhd Hldtle ine earning OF IDe
Australian public men and women alike,
and newspapers here devoted columns to
| him long before he ever touched our
| shores. No foreign prince or potentate
was received as Darcy was when he
| finally arrived IN New York as stoker
on an oil vessel, after his flight from
Australia New York newspapers fought
to interview him. the greatest mana gers
of the boxing world spent huge sums
of money in private tugs and other means
to get to him first and get his name on
a contract He has already been offered
| over quarter of a million dollars in
| purses. some as high as $4,000 and the
| offers still pour in.
Darcy is not Stacker" or a quitter,
| as some people think. He is really an
| lrtshman, but is willing to give his life
and services TO England. In Australia
| however. he has his mother and reIa-
tives, whom he wishes to leave free from
want when he passes out. For this rea-
| son he is in America, to earn what he
can with his fists before he crosses to
| Canada to enlist and give his services
to England. AS soon as he thinks he
| has provided sufficiently well for his
loved ones. he'll take the big step which
he doesn't fear in the least