Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-21
AL MCCOY WILL Be
DARCY'S FIRST GO
Brooklyn Southpaw Will Be
First Opponent of Aus
tralian Wonder.
MAY PROVE A BAD MOVE

New York, Jan. 20.-To all appear
anccs AL Mccoy, the Brooklyn claim
ant OF the middleweight title, will be
Les Darcy's first opponent in case
Georges Carpenter fails to put in an
appearance Darcy is strong for the
match with Mccoy. He thinks he can
floor the awkward Brooklynite for the
full count and thereby win undisputed
possession OF the worlds middle
weight championship.
Darcy hardly can be blamed for Sc
lecting Mccoy. The Australian, being
a stranger, naturally does not realize
that he will leave himsel. open to
criticism by picking out the man who
is supposed to hold the title. In
Australia and other countries title
means something. so that to him at
least Mccoy looks like the logical
opponent,
II Darcy has the ability to win by
a knockout, the match will not be a
bad one for him in any respect. Stop
ping Mccoy in ten rounds is no mean
feat Every middleweight of any
prominence has attempted the trick
and every one Las made an ignomin-
ious failure OF it. II Darcy can do it,
he will not only acquire undisputed
possession OF the title, but he will have
done something well worth while. 1t
would add more to his prestige than
outpointing Mike Gibbons or Jack
Dillon.
viii Be Setback.
But il Darcy fails to plant c. o. d.
wallop on McCoy's sturdy chin, II will
be a tremendous setback for the
Australian. Beating Mccoy on points
will do him no good. He must win
by a clean knockout In order to live
up to the reputation that preceded
him. That is the chance Darcy must
take II he insists on meeting Mccoy
in his first battle. 1t Is a chance that
does not appeal to Mike Gibbons, who
carefully shuns battle with the
Brooklyn southpaw. These men did
meet once some years ago before Nc
Coy flattened George Chip, and Glib
bons won on points easily enough, but
apparently he became satisfied at that
time that he had no chance OF scoring
\ knockout. At any rate, he has
shown no desire to try again, although
he could win title II successful.
According to all reports Darcy 10
not one punch knockout. but wears
his man down by continuous fierce
attack. Fl always has fought twenty
rounds and the shorter distance ma
turally will make il harder for him
to score decisively. At that, Darcy
may be better hitter than some OF
the American boxers he has tackled
will admit. George Chip 10 one OF
those who are sure that Darcy can
not hit a lick and yet George admits
that he was put to sleep for several
minutes.
Doesn't Don Gloves.
In his daily workout at Grupp's
gymnasium Darcy has refused to don
the gloves, so that II has not been
possible as yet to get line on his
form. In skipping the rope and
shadow boxing he shows an amount
OF speed that Is remarkable in man
OF his rugged build. Apparently he
has all the strength and ruggedness oil
a heavyweight with the speed OF
lightweight
Darcy says he does not care to pull
on the gloves until he gets his wind
into shape and removes some Of the
fat that he accumulated during the
long voyage from Australia. He Ii
a sensitive fellow and he is being
watched so closely that he wants to
be sure Of making good impression
the FIRST time he takes on a sparrins
partner for a few rounds. Unlike most
Of the stars Darcy says he enjoys
training. This is very good sign
as It indicates that he has a rea
liking for the game aside from tn.
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