DARCY'S DOINGS.
The following cables anent Les Darcy's arrival m New- York, appeared m the Sydney newspapers:
"New York, December 23: — Les Darcy, the " Australian boxing champion, has arrived; v
Six managers on some steam- tugs met the vessel, and endeavored' to secure a contract with him. <
Darcy went fo^<Tex Rickard's headquarters, where lie made the following statement: 'I transhipped at Chili. I intend going to the war, and do not want to be considered a shirker. . I Intend to engage m "boxing contests until I earn Ve^hough to support my parents and sisters m the event of my being killed at the '•war. I expect to enlist m Canada or England: within a few months.'". ■ ' •
DaTcy: was reticent as to his method of leaving Australia,
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NZ Truth, 6 January 1917, Page 11
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126DARCY'S DOINGS. NZ Truth, 6 January 1917, Page 11
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