Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-20
RECORD NO so DAZZLING.
Les Darcy Has Not Achieved So
 Much in the Ring

After you peruSe the nStlc record or Lester Darcy there isn't whole lot about his achievements that is design ed to warrant all the hubbub that has been raised in his honor since he land ed in New York following his flight from Australia
 No matter how much one would de- sire to arrange the dope to strengthen Darcys claims to unprecedented dis tinction, the fact that Darcy doesn't stand out in bold relief from the cream of Americas 1ightweights isn't clouded in doubt.
 Charitable minded persons always are willing to stop over a new sensa- ton long before a fellow arrives at a stage where he could be termed a real star Darcy owes his popularity to the fact that he is a stranger in this coun- try, and not because he has accom- p1ished enough to cause his worship pers to become unduly excited.
 Close students of boxing on this side of the Atlantic ocean predict anything but an enjoyable time for the Antipo- dean if he ever decides to get active, and are awaiting with interest the re- suit of his campaign against the stamp of men who comprise our light heavy weight division
 According to Darcy's own admission he no longer is middieweight, there fore it is up to him to arrange his fis- tic affairs with Dillon, Miske, Levinslxy Moha and others of equal weights. If he can successfully hurdle that array of
  justified in honoring him as the king of his domain.
 Merely because Darcy whipped Clab- by and McGoorty in Australia doesn't ter how much the imagination might be stretched. It is conceded that neither Jimmy nor Eddy was 50 per cent. as good when they left here as they were known to be a year before, yet in Aus tralia the kangaroo's performance against them was lauded as the work of a wonderful fighter. It is doubtful whether either Clabby or McGoorty would have left this coun- try were it not for the fact that both felt they were through and saw a chance to pick off few prIfses where the truth of their condition wasn't as generally known as it was here
 Mike Gibbons doubtless convinced Clabby that the end was near when the St Paul flash administered a drub- 1 ping to Hamond'S favorite citizen. 1 Fair minded critics at the ringside 1 agreed that Gibbons could have stop ped Jimmy had he wished, but chari- | tably allowed him to stay.
 In view of this and the fact that l Clabby shortly before had whipped | McGoorty it wasn't at all strange why l they figured Australia would be a good | place to visit, inasmuch as the pro- | motors there were eager to hang up | regular money for their services
 So when Darcy beat McGoorty and l
 
 thing that Gibbons failed to do. Then George Knockout Brown, who recently fought Brennan in the o. A. c. ring, barely lost tor Darcy on points in 20 | rounds To beat Brown was one of the easiest things Gibbons used to do, so there again Iester's performance didn't to make close critics of the game excited.
 Darcy never satisfied Jer Smith of Bayonne, N. J., that he was superior at any style of going, either. Smith prac- tfcally accuses Darcy of quitting on 1im by claiming the American fouled There you can draw another comparf- ;on of Gibbons and Darcy. Young Ahearn always had something on Smith, while Ahearn's chief claim to anne was gained through his quick knockout defeats by Mike.
 While sensation seekers are fdoliz- ng Les Darcy the watchful element if pugflfstic fortunes is keeping quiet md waiting for startling events when lester takes up the cudge1s to earn hat money he desires to use for the purpose of keeping his family from want while he is at the front
 Gibbons. regardless of the weight he would be obliged to concede, is des- fned to carry a lot of American mon v on his chances in any bout limited o 10 rounds. while Miske. Dillon. Le- 'insky and Moha could get plenty of upport against the invader over the What a shame it would be if some Of UT we'll meaning but not overlauded 'luggers should happen to knock Darcy off first pop! There would have Q be lots of explaining under the cir The longer Lester re- nafns inactive the more convinced are he skeptics becoming that Australia,e atest contribution to the fistic pooi sn't the humding his press axents 7ou1d have us believe.
 
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