A press cable from New York last Saturday announces that Governor Whitman has directed; the State Athletic Commission to prohibit Los Daroy, the Australian boxer, entering the ring against Jack Dillon, of America, on the ground that he is nothing but a slacker. Daroy is also prohibited from taking part in any contest within the State. Governor Whitman said he understood that Darey was a runaway from Australia, who isi afraid to fight for the cause in which his fellowcountrymen have sacrificed their liveß. He preferred to give a brutal exhibition, at some personal rißk, for a purse of six thousand sterling.

Free Lance, Volume XVI, Issue 871, 16 March 1917, Page 20

A press cable from New York last Saturday announces that Governor Whitman has directed; the State Athletic Commission to prohibit Los Daroy, the Australian boxer, entering the ring against Jack Dillon, of America, on the ground that he is nothing but a slacker. Daroy is also prohibited from taking part in any contest within the State. Governor Whitman said he understood that Darey was a runaway from Australia, who isi afraid to fight for the cause in which his fellowcountrymen have sacrificed their liveß. He preferred to give a brutal exhibition, at some personal rißk, for a purse of six thousand sterling.