Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-26

NEST words is 'I suppose which
means the nose, 1t has become
"a language all its own and
ratified off at fast clip 1t Is impossi-
BILE to pick up. IL one is not accus-
toned to 1t. Every fellow who ever
went to Australia seemed to become
fascinated with the lingo. 1t has
drifted across the seas and nearly
fell over. one day in San Francisco
when Billy Gibson and Benny Leon
ard started to fling 1t at me, thinking
didn't know anything about it. When
l came back with a real assortment,
Leonard out with his pencil and paper
and wrote down my vocabulary.
Stage folk pick it UP in dribs and
drabs, and to this day. you'll hear
Andrew Mack, Jim Corbett. Sam
Langford, and many others firing
away with this strange tumble of
words.
Have Public Bars.
They have their public bars much
as they do in England, and each is
manned by one of moro buxom bar
maids. It Is q strange custom, but
there is never any trouble in these
places. I don't know what the girls
would do IL it came to bouncing"
but that is never part Of their
duties, as was the case with my best
friends among the old-time bar keeps.
You had to be handy with your dukes
or you weren't a good barkeeper.
Folks are not quarrelsome in Aus
tralia, and the maids would soon talk
them out Of it If they were. Woman's
way. You know.
IL you're all to the good as a sport
or a character they say you are
"dinkum." II you are an extra
ordinary person you are rated as a
means a three A stamp Of approval.
Finally Signs Darcy.
The longer remained In Australia
the more / admired Les Darcy, and
before leaving I actually signed him
to q three-year contract to come to
the United States. He was tickled
with the idea, and when left had
the contract in my pocket. He wanted
to stay behind for several big shots
that were coming to him, and, OF
course, / agreed. He had not been
getting the best Of the breaks so far
as the money was concerned, and he
was quite willing to leave Australia.
The opportunities for the fellow In
this country were not to be sneeZed
at. I suppose that when I turned my
back ON him and started for home
there were hundred so-called friends
who pointed out the great mistake he
was making. Australia, Of course,
didn't want to lose him. They fairly
worshiped the ground he walked on.
A fine, good-looking kid with a win
ming smile, he would have been wild
fire over here had he ever gotten
away to a good start. I left him with
every assurance that he would follow
me to America.
/ had. matched him to meet Nc
Goorty and several others. He was
willing to meet any man in the world,
and his greatest ambition was to face
Mike Gibbons, then going at his best.
Australians had accepted Mike as the
best we had, and there was q keen
desire to see Mike and Les hook up:
I was convinced that Darcy would
win with plenty to spare.
Wins Title at Home.
/ had left for Frisco with my little
bunch and while we were stopping off
at Honolulu / received a cablegram
from Darcy telling me that he had
stopped his latest victim in nine.
That meant the undisputed cham
pionsfip of Australia. for the boy and
the chances of his being coaxed to
remain at home for unheard-of guar
antees. The promoters knew that If
he ever left their clutches it would