Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-13
DICK CURLEY HOT
ON DARCY'S TRAIL
Willing to Raise $4,000 Bid
for Australian to Box
in Brooklyn
By ROBERT w. MAXWELL

Les Darcy, Of the nonresident guards,
had his first taste of high finance yestcr.
day and emerged unscathed. He shrugged
his husky shoulders and turned his broad
back upon $4,000 in regular money as he
said nothing doing" after an offer had
been made him to box ten rounds with
Battling Levnsky In Brooklyn Perhaps
Les was not informed that Brooklyn is
In the United States,
!. Don Ricardo Curley, the Columbus Of
Flatbush-wherevcr that is was the man
with the hanirol. He represented jim
Buckley, n citizen of NNawk, and made
a heroic effort to land the match for the
cleremont A. e. Don Ricardo even went
! SO far as to dig down deep in his Jeans
and pull out ten 800 gold certificates. $1,000
in all, and told Darcy it was his just rs
soon as he affixed his signature to a set
OF articles. That was quite n pile Of
money to turn down in one fell swoop, but
the Australian simply smiled and the stuff
was off
But Curley is not to be thwarted He
was unable to procure a guide last night.
90 did not follow the puglist to Reading,
where he put on his act, To-Day, however.
Ricardo was waiting at the station and
bearded the same train with Darcy ana
Grated all the way to Baltimore. The
Brooklyn matchmaker is anxious, eager and
willing to stage the first appearance Of the
Australian and win remain on the job until
the ship goes down. More than that he
Is ready to raise the ante few thousand
II Les appears Interested
II might seem strange that Curley is in
the llmelght with the only real cash offer
when Tex Richard, Tom O'Rourle. Dan
heketriCk and other New York promoters
also are seeking the new puglisttc star,
but II happens that the Don is the only
person who has place in greater New York
to stage the bout
The litigation which has tied up NIadi-
son Square Garden puts the other guys
out Of the running at this juncture. for
II is not known when the Garden will be
ready for the fight. In the meantime, the
Claremont a, O., with n seating capacity
OF 1000, stands alone as the best bet
Curley is manager and matchmaker of the
club, has a big wad of money to hand
Darcy, and the chances are favorable of
his landing the match.
1t Is up TO the Australian to meet some-
body in the ring and prove to the public
mat he is not false alarm. The novelty
of his arrival has worn off, and the fight
rams are anxious to be shown. His
theatrical venture has not been bowling
success, for few people Will pay out good
com or the realm to watch him work with
MS sparring partner. You can see too
many real battles for less money. We can
not forget Bill SquiTes, who came here
from Australia with a wonderful reputa-
uon and hivved terribly in his first battle
with Tommy Burns. Bill was a pure un-
sdultrated ounce, yet he was billed as
ng as Darcy. And we must remember
mat history occasionally repeats itself.
Darcy told us yesterday that he would
meet flock Of managers tomorrow and
probably would sign up for his first bout.
nc Is anxious to box Al Mccoy the acc-
dental middleweight champion, and rock
Aipeft to sleep However the accident Is
hot anxious TO mingIe with any healthy two
handed person, so the promoters must turn
70 LeVinsky and Jack Dillon As the bat
yer Walloped Dillon the last three times
tnsy met. he seems to be the logical candi-
qale and II he gets the match there Is
10 doubt that Mr.. Darcy Will get a thorough
uyout