The Washington herald., 1922-09-23
YOUNG MAHONEY IS
TO MEET
DARCY AT BERWYN
Lightweights Sign Arti-
cles for 12-Round Go
Tuesday Night.


with Young Mahoney. Baltimore
lightweight, and Johnny Darcy, of
New York, for twelve-round de-
cfsion fight to be staged at Sport
land Heights next Tuesday night.
Mann had originally planned to
have frankie Rice, the Baltimore
Caveman, in the feature against
Darcy, but Sam Harris had already
for Rfce's services In
'Caveman will battle Earl France in
the semi-windup of the last OPEN
air show of the season In the
Quaker City.
Mahoney. however, is considered
almost as good as Rice Mahoney is
also member of Sam Harris stable.
He Is just coming. while Rice is well
on his way; II you ask Sam Harris
which is the best boy he'll probably
answer Rice" but he admits there's
little he can say about the Caveman
that can't be truthfully repeated of
Mahoney.
Darcy q Newcomer.
While Mahoney, who has a victory
over Young Bowen to his credit, is
more or less well known around
Washington. this Johnny Darcy Is
almost a complete stranger. Some
know his record, but Darcy's is a
new name just beginning to make a
noise in the lightweight circles.
To prove that the Spotlight
Heights management has at last
stepped out and made arrangements
TO bring a real fighter to Berwyn
we quote the following:
Another ex-sailor who is begin
ming to make his presence felt IN the
lightweight ranks is Johnny Darcy.
who halls from Long Island City.
This lad Is beginning to stand out in
the class ruled over by Benny Leon
ard. OF course, II cannot be said
that he is ready to jump in and
brush the lightweight crown from
the brow of the Bronx master, but
he is pointed in the right direction
and at the present time is hitting on
all cylinders and raising no little
dust on his way up the highway that
leads to the top. Before another
year rolls around Dancy may be the
man who Benny will have to meet
for his title.
"tth DdTNN KNOCKED
Jimmy Fruzetti, the best lightweight
in New England. When it is taken
into consideration that Fruzetti had
up until that time stood off all the
best visiting boxers who invaded his
section, as well as the local aspir-
ants for his honors. Darcy's feat of
sending him into dreamland in FIVE
rounds was no mean accomplish
ment. Fruzetti had beaten Johnny
ShuErue. the conqueror of Johnny
Dundee and Benny ValGar not so
long ago, so he is no ordinary ring
ster.
Darcy Does II Again.
"Darcy's annexation of the New
England title at Fail River, Mass,
closely followed his one-round X. O.
of "Wildman" Gould. another Down
East boxer who until then had never
been knocked off his feet, but,
strange to say, was decidedly un-
popular with the New England fans.
who wanted to see him licked
Needless to say, Darcy became
the white haired boy at once. Those
who, for one reason or another, had
not been on hand to witness the
downfall of the "wildman" demand
ed an opportunity to see the pair IN
action, so the Casino A. c., of Fall
River staged a return bout, and he
repeated. A few days later he
knocked out Joe Mooney at Stamford.
Conn.
Johnny Darcy has been boxing
about three years and it 81 yeaIs
old. He enlisted in the navy when
he was 16 and since then has crowd
ed more adventure into his life than
most men of twice his years.
wins - Fights.
After his experience in Bayonne
Johnny considered himself a full
fledged professional boxer, and he
did not 1etany opportunity slip by to
ply his trade on the side. The result
was that he got well toughened up.
and by the time the fleet reached the
Hawaiian Islands he was going
great guns.
About this time his enlistment in
the navy ran out and, as Darcy had
made up his mind that some day he
would be lightweight champion of
the world, he decided not to re-en-
list and the fleet steamed away from
Honolulu harbor without him.
since then he has taken part in
twenty-five battles, winning twenty
two of them-seven by X. O.'s. One
of his losing contests was a decision
secured over him by Johnny Dundee
at Providence, r. l. According TO
the reports of the battle, the present
Junior lightweight champ was lucky
to get the verdict. Darcy has never
been knocked out, and the other Two
decisions against him were scored
by Joe Tiplitz and Manuel Azevedo,
both of whom he Is anxious to meet
again, as we'll as Johnny Dundee,
for the title he holds.