New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-03
Jim Flynn Substitute for
Australian Against
Jack Dillon
BY FRED HAWTHORNE


Governor Whitman's announcement
yesterday that he had positively forbid
den the proposed ten-round bout next
Monday night a: Madison Square Gar
den between Les Darcy, Of Australia,
and Jack Dillon, of Indianapolis, struck
promoters. principals and fight fans
Ike a thunderbolt. Grant Hugh
Browne, lessee OF the Garden and the
man who was to have staged the big
bout, was stunned.
Mr.. Browne gained some little salts
faction later when he arranged for Jim
Flynn to substitute for Darcy.
Mr.. Browne has been wearing the lat
est model shock absorbers ever since
his troubles in the realms Of pagillsm
began to mount up day by day, but the
Governors ultimatum hit him in vital
spot, and he was temporarily "out" for
long count. Just before ten" could
be counted over him, however, the
Squire OF Brownleigh Park rose to his
knees and made this statement:
81 have been told that the Governor
acted on information that Les Darcy
and Jack Dillon were to fight ten
rounds to a finish or knockout. Or
course. that is not go. I am also in
formed that the Governor states that
Darcy is a Stacker and should not be
permitted to make big money in this
country, when his fellow countrymen
are being MANNED in the trenches. |
hope to explain to Mr.. Whitman that
Darcy not only was under age when ne
left his home, but several times at
tempted TO enlist and was prevented by
his mother, whose consent was sbso-
lutely essential"
Jim Flynn Substituted
Whatever the Governors real rea-
sons for stopping the bout between the
middleweights. it is evident. even to the
layman, that he is in error when he de-
clares the fight contemplated is what
is commonly known as fight to
finish, or knockout"
The substitution of Jim Flynn for
the Australian was made last night
after it became apparent to Mr.. Browne
that the Governor was determined not
TO allow Darcy to fight.
The Dillon-Flynn affair is calculated
to save Mr.. Browne quite bit of
change, as the Pueblo fireman won't
draw down 100000 for his bit. There
will be, perhaps, a rearrangement OF
the scale Of prices, as the Flynn
mix-up will hardly fill the Garden at
twenty-five kopeks per.
As for Les Darcy being a Stacker"
that might we'll be grounds for putting
quietus on the fight. The Australian
denies the accusation, as does Mr..
Browne. but whether they will be able
to convince the Governor of that IS
something else again.
After Chairman Wenck Of the Box
inc Commission had been summoned TO
Albany by the Governor and had heard
the riot act read 10 him and his fellow
commissioners as 20 their duties in
stopping the fight Investigations along
other lines led TO other disclosures.
According TO a New York Life repre-
sentative, the Garden Tower Corpora
ton. the name of the company headed
by Browne. has no legal license to con-
duct a boxing club, because IL has not
years lease on the Garden, and never
did have. This was interesting, if true,
and we mooched around to the box
Office on the Madison Avenue side.
There a bright young man was busily
selling tickets for coin of the realm. I
eyes. my good sir, and how many will
you have today" he shot at US through I
the little wicket door.
Can't Find License
A shade of annoyance fitted across
his mobile features when he was told
il was not tickets that were wanted ,
the bout having been stopped any
wav). but a closeup" Of the clubs IL
copso Tho n 4 m eYnlainpd that he
didn't know anything about such
thing as a license. but if such an in
consequential detail was Of interest 10
anybody why the gentlemen IN. the
executive Offices on the second floor,
Twenty-sixth side, might be able TO
produce il.
The elevators have stopped running
in the Garden. but after a climb of
Sly lofty fights we landed in the execu-
tive offices of the Garden Tower Cor
poration. There another obliging gen
tleman, in answer 20 our query, raised
his eyebrows. shrugged his shoulders
and said the license must be IN the box
office safe.
Il was pointed out that the license
is supposed to be on public view in
the box Office, subject TO the beck and
call of any shopping citizen who
wished TO glimpse the same. ut isn't
here. young sir. Perhaps Mr.. Browne
could tell you about it," was the reply.
There are some who say that Mr..
Browne had shower Of horseshoes
thrown his way when the Governor or
dered the bout stopped, because the re-
ceipts would have been far short of the
cost Of staging the ring battle.