THE RUNAWAY BOXER.
A BLOW TO DARCY
Elec. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.l 'Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.(Received March 3, 12.45 p.m.) __ IT NEW YORK, March 2. lTie United Press Association announces that Governor Whitman has directed the State Athletic Commission to prohibit Darcy entering the rm Monday against Dilion, on the ground that he is nothing but a slacker. Darcy is also prohibited from partaking m any contest within the State. Governor Whitman said that he understood Darcy had run away from Australia, being afraid to fight m tho cause wherein his fellow-countrymen had sacrificed their lives, and he preferred to give a. brutal exhibition at some personal risk for a purse of six thousand sterling.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14237, 3 March 1917, Page 3
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117THE RUNAWAY BOXER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14237, 3 March 1917, Page 3
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