DARCY IN AMERICA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17419, 5 March 1917, Page 6

DARCY IN AMERICA.

NEW YORK GOVERNOR ACTS. I •' ; l ME NOT PERMIT « SLACKER ” TO FIGHT.

AwheSsa Had NJL table icmhttn. NEW YORK, March 2. The United Press announces that Governor Whitman has directed the New York State Athletic Commission to prohibit Les Darcy, the Australian pugilist, from entering the ring on Monday against Dillon, on the ground that he is nothing but a "slacker.” Daroy is also prohibited from partaking in any contest within the State.

Governor Whitman said he understod Daroy was a runaway from Australia, and was afraid to fight for the cause in which hia fellow-countrymen had sacrificed their lives. He preferred to give a brutal exhibition, at some personal risk, for a purse of £6OOO. - PROMOTER AND GOVERNOR. • Ancfcrah&n end NJL table Aasoeittioa. NEW YORK, March 2. Mr Grant Brown, fight promoter, believes that Governor Wbitman'bas been misinformed regarding Darcy’s departure from Australia. He intends to give Air Whitman correct information in the hope of induoing him to change hia mind.