New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-09
Whitman Again
Refuses to Let
Les Darcy Fight
Senate Committee Favors
Boxing Commission of
One to Regulate Sport
By FRED HAWTHORNE

Les Darcy, the Australian middle
weight champion pugilist, will not en-
gage in any boxing bouts in this state
while Charles S. Whitman is Governor.
As Mr.. Whitman still has until De-
cember 81, 1918, TO use the famous
back stairs" of the Executive Man
sion at Albany. Les has his choice of
Joining Billy Sunday in knocking out
the devil or joining forces with Colonel
Bill Bryan in preaching the wicked
ness Of self-defence.
Governor Whitman, "the wilful man"
who rules this state, gave Darcy, Grant
Hugh Browne, manager Of the Garden,
and Fred Wenck, boxing commissioner,
an audience yesterday at the capital.
Les and G.. II. b. came to argue Darcy
right to box in this commonwealth
and also TO remove from the Austria
lian's 'scutcheon the faint placed there
on by the Governor when he publicly
branded the Maitland boy as slack
err"
Les Denies Charges
The audience was all the Governor
gave Darcy and Browne. He denied
the Australian the right to appear IN
the Empire State in a boxing bout and
he refused to take back that deadly
word Stacker"
After launching into his argument
and being met firmly by the Governor
Les rose 70 his feet and Remarked:
"But I'm not a Stacker, as you seem TO
think, and | want 10 be as patriotic
and as decent as any man. | want a
chance to make money in order TO
help myself and others of my country
men. am not unmindful of the duty
that owe TO my country
"You will never fight in this state
while | am Governor" said Mr.. Whit
man.
The Australian pugilst and Browne
we're staggering up against the ropes
by this time, and Commissioner Wenck
ushered them tenderly from the room.
Il was all over. and the little party
came sadly back to New York.
Suggest One Commissioner
An informal committee Of the Senate
Judiciary Committee which has Senator
Slater's bill 10 repeal the boxing law
will call upon the Governor next
Wednesday to ask him TO consent 10
better regulation Of boxing rather than
aOolishing il. They will suggest reduc-
ing the commission from three 20 one,
the latter 20 be man so well known IN
the sporting world as 10 be above sus-
picion Of any sort. They viii have a
hard task, however. persuading tho
Governor TO change his mind.
"The people Of the state have sup
ported me splondidly." said the Gov
ornor yesterday. ain this Darcy matter,
4 = rsseIl flcf,F q
the abolition OF professional boxing
Darcy will probably pack his "inde-
structo" within the next few days and
beat 10 for the West where Stacker
may slakc his thirst for lucre. Word
came from Chicago yesterday that
Frank Mulkern. Of Milwaukee, had
practically got Darcy's consent 10 box
Mike Gibbons in Milwaukee within The
next few weeks.
Bill Brown was selected yesterday
20 referee the match between Joe
yelling and Charley White. Of Chicago.
At the Garden on Monday night. J. j.
Johnston, the Bow Bandit. insists this
bout IS coming of according 20 SEIZED
ule. and what he says seems just as
logical as anything that anybody else
has said recently regarding the Car
den bouts.
Knockout Joe Burman, OF Chicago.
and Billy fitzsimmons, Of Yonkers. two
contendcrs for tho bantamwcight title,
viii appear in the star bout At the lIar-
lem Sporting Club tonight, with the
winner curing as the next opponent Of
Pete Herman or Frankie Burns. X. q.
Lew Williams and Frank Carbone. mid
dlcweights. meet IN the second ten
rounder.
Petr Herman latest bantam "cham-
pion," and Dutch Brandt, Of Flatbush.
will start ten-rOund dispute a. the
Broadway Sporting Club of Brooklyn
on Tuesday night, as a sort Of appetizer
10 the Gus Christie X. o. Brown mis-
understanding John Tea Dunn says
he's actually worried about what's
going 20 happen 20 the boys once they
start punching.