Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
LES DARCY MAKES
Hts DEBUT MONDAY
Australian to Box Len Row.
lands in First Scrap On
American Soil.
ENL1sTs WITH UNCLE SAM
By RINGSIDE,

sas cannot demand much by virtue of
his besting of Lightweight Champion
Freddie Welsh recently. If anything,
the battle tended more to show that
Welsh is through than that Kansas is
of championship caliber. True, he has
met and beaten some mighty good
boys and he has made a splendid
showing against some of the top
notchers, but he can boast of little
except good kick in either hand and
a rugged, tough body that is hard for
the other fellow to punish.
Kansas is not always a clean
fighter. In his bout with Red Dolan,
at Racine, which preceded the Welsh
battle, he did everything but kick and
bite his opponent and thoroughly dis
gusted those who were not on his end
of the wagering and those who 1--we
clean fighters. Just now Benny
Leonard is going at his best and
should the pair meet Leonard prob
ably would repeat prior victory over
the Buffalo entry.
Returning to Welsh, his work re-
Gently has been mediocre at best. 1t
is doubtful he ever will be able to
go through gruelling distance match
with any Of the good boys clamoring
at ..s nee.s. At his age--3l--it is
reasonable to suppose he is about
done. Recent matches have indicated
it is difficult for him to get into con-
dition and his miserable showing
seems to have thoroughly discouraged
him.
Welsh seems to have lost confidence
in himself. He appears downhearted
in talking with close friends and
frankly admits that he has slipped
greatly in the last few months.
Darcy Makes Debut.
Lester Darcy " III make his bow to
an American crowd at Memphis to-
morrow night. Len Rowlands, the
sturdy Milwaukeean, will be his OPP
ponent. Rowlands should put up
good, stiff argument, but it Is incon-
ceivable that he should be returned
winner unless the Australian has been
overly touted.
This may be Darcy's only fight in
the United States before he is called
to the colors. Determined to show
that he was no Stacker and angered
at being barred every place in which
he had match scheduled, he enlisted
in the aviation reserve corps at Men,
phis after taking out first citizenship
papers in Chicago. Darcy is anxious
to fight as many times as possible be-
fore he is called Upon to join the
army of Uncle Sam. He says he
wants to insure his mothers comfort
in her old age in case he should not
survive the war. Many matches are
in prospect for him, now that he has
come down from his financial high
horse which induced him to demand
huge purses before he had demon
strated his worth,
Coulon is Confident.
Two jumps and I'll have that title
in my fist again"
Thus Johnny Coulon, bantamweight
champion in days gone by, expressed
his confidence in his ability to regain
the honors. He will have an oppor-
tunity a week from tomorrow, when
he is matched to meet the present
champion, Pete Herman, in the lit
ter's home town of New Orleans. The
bout will be ten-round, no-decision
affair and Coulon must vii, by
knockout to regain his old pedestal.
If his showing is good the pair will
be matched over the distance route.
Meanwhile Champion Herman is
going serenely about his business,
meeting all Corners as rapidly as the
articles are signed. Herman is max
ing Chicago his headquarters just
now, and he has made an immense hit
with the fans by his simple, unassum-
ing manner, his supreme confidence
and the cleverness he exhibit in his
training. His left hand is great, and
he snaps the right over in cross that
spells disaster for the target which it
encounters.
"Pete likes to fight and he never is
so happy as when he has string of
bouts ahead of him." said Jerome
Gargano, his manager. 1--WE are look
ing for Coulon, Williams and any
Of the others who think they have
chance. Pete can make the weight
easily, he isn't afraid Of any of them
and he wants to show the public that
real champion is willing to battle
whenever and wherever possible"
Champion Stands Alone.
Once more Jess Willard stands out
alone in the heavyweight ranks.
Hopes that Carl Morris would de-
velop into a serious contender for
the championship vanished when he
let glass-jawed Jim Coffey stand him
off in their New York bout and show
him up in the final round. When
Carl trimmed Fred Fulton many of
them boosted him as logical chal-
lenger for Willard, but his sad show
ing against Coffey has induced for
getfulness OF his other performances.
The Fulton showing was not above
suspicion that Fred's heart was not as
stout as had been supposed and no
great credit attaches 10 Morris as
result.
The Oklahoman's big bulk enables
him to crowd and smother his smaller
opponents. He wouldn't be able to
do this with Willard, for he wouldn't
have anything on the champion in
size. Unless Morris can go out and
demonstrate he is able to clean up all
the others in decisive manner, Will
lard probably will be idle for some
time o come.