The Washington herald., 1917-01-28
Eddie Kane After
Les Darcy's Scalp
Native Son, Manager Of Mike
Gibbons on Trail of Aus
tralian Battler.

A few years ago the patrons OF local
stock exchanges and brokerage offices
will remember well smiling youngster
who was full of pep" that hung the
numbers on the board or used the eraser,
with the speed of a 2-year-old, when the
quotations of the ticker announced fall
or rise in prices.
This youngster, who worked on all the
big boards in this city, and was looked
| upon as being one of the fastest kids in
the line of business in those days, is
none other than Eddie Kane, now man
ager of Mike and Tom Gibbons, middle
weight pugilists. Eddie could not see
/ the stock market game, but loved the
thoroughbreds and prize ring artists, and
when old enough to do his own thinking
he packed up a few boyhood treasures
and hiked 1t to the "big city"
Eddie drifted from the East to the
West and back again on several occa-
sions, and about two years ago took up
with the famous Gibbons brothers acting
as an advisory second and manager for
them in most of their battles. Three
months ago young Kane closed out with
| the Gibbons to act as their manager and
Is at present handling their affairs.
AS the old saying will have it. they
will all come back. So did this prodiCal
! son of little old d. c. return, as pilot of
two of the greatest fighters the game has
ever known, and one who is the rtghtful
claimant to the middle weight boxing
crown. Eddie is the same smiling pep
| perry kid he was when he left the local
brokerage world few years ago, but
| the experiences which he has gathered
in his travels have made a pretty wise
bird, and 1t will take the entire ability
OF all New York's promoters to slip any,
| thing over on our native son"
To get down to facts on Kane's visit
! East, one can find no other intention
than to force Les Darcy, the Australian
| fighter, who claims the middle-weight
championship, into battle with Mike
Gibbons, the St Paul phantom. Eddie
is not holding back on what his business
East Is as every time Darcy's name is
mentioned Eddie is ready to spit fire
| Il do not know this bird Darcy but 7
have heard such a great deal about him
| during the past month that an,
beginning to think that he must be
something like one of those young dukes
or earls that come over here from the
other side looking for a fortune" said
Kane last night.
This Darcy has sure done the sliding
! act on us, az for the past two years
all we could hear from that far-or
country was that Darcy wanted a crack
at Mike. Snowy Baker kept handing
Mike this line of bunk and at one time
had the st. Paul phantom ready to pack
! his grip and invade Australia, but since
! Darcy has arrived In this country he
does not seem to want to talk of fight
with either of the Gibbons boys"
Darcy has sure undergone an awful
quick change of mind. as it seems he is
willing to take on all the McCoys Miskes
billions, and Chips, but when you say
! Gibbons he talks of that theatrical en-
gagement
Il am going to force Darcy into meet
/ ing Mike or will run him out of Ameri-
ca long before he figures on leaving,
will follow the Darcy crowd everywhere
! until I sign them for a battle. 1 am
not crazy for any of these ten-round
bouts in New York or Wisconsin, but
want Mike to hand this bird Darcy a
good trimming in a finished fight
You know that Mike Gibbons is the
greatest middle-weight that the game has
! ever known. and right now is the master
of all of them in this class. Why, my
honest belief is that brother Tommy is
Mikes only contender for the middle
weight title. Mike is in class by him.
| self. and is unquestionably the greatest
and fastest man the fight game has ever
produced. You can take your Welsh and
| Johnny Kilbane as speed demons. but
Mike makes this bunch look like heavy
| weights when It comes to putting on the
old speed inside OF those ropes.
Il saw Mike in all his encounters and
watched Tommy do little of the ex-
changing with some of the best in this
class. and when I say that Tommy IS
Mikes nearest contender for the middle
! weight title, am only voictng the serti-
ment of most of the fstic critics who
have watched these boys in action.
| IT matched Tommy today to fight TORY
Keller. the fast Scranton middle-weight.
| in a ffteen-round bout In Baltimore on
the 18th Of February before the American
Athletic Association. and fistic fans in
this vicinity are going to witness some
mixer when Tommy gets started.
Il understand that there is a bill in
Congress to legalize boxing in the Dis
trict. My, what a boom this would be
for the old city and I only hope that
those smart boys up there on the Hill
can put this over Many people are of
the opinion that the boxing game is a
! brutal and man-slaushtering entertain
ment that should be wiped off the calen-
dar of sport, but If these people wouId
only mix in 1t once in a while and see
the style and class Of boys that make
their livelihood in the roped arena. they
would soon change their opinion.
IF this bill ever comes to a test am
only too glad to bring Mike and Tommy
down here to give the Congressional fans
an exhibition and anything that l can
do to help along legalizing boxing here
remember i am Johnny on the spot.
fJust take little tip from me, If Mike
ever steps in a ring with this Les Darcy
person from Australia, there will be n,
| question as to who is the middle-weight
| champion Of the world
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