Show CARPENTIER TO TURN DOWN BOUT WITH LES DARCY Term Slacker Employed With Reference to Aus l IAN FRENCHMAN SA- SA SAYS YS SO Says I Idol of Paris' Paris Cant Can't Take On the le Anti Anti- pod all NT EW YORI YORK Dec 10 There 19 There are arc N NEW jq two places In this country where the probability of a fight between Georges Carpentier and find and Los Darcy is scouted thoroughly Doth noth places arc nrc located In Washington ton Ono One is the French embassy and md the other the BritIsh Brit lInt ish The They are not denying the possibility of tho the appearance In this countr country of or eIther cither or both the much heralded pugilists pug The They arc not digging up legal barriers to such a match Nor or does either the French or 01 the tho h English Ush diplomat Intimate that either cither Georges Georg-es or Les Los tears fears the prowess of the other But It that there is iF In the French legation an who Is lq ono one of or the most fervent fight fans Cans within with with- in our borders it is safe safo to say that I he ho has not missed one of ol the real really big fights staged in Now ow York In years ears Incidentally he Is not at all alt I unable to give o splendid account of or himself with his flats fists despite his gray hair Ho boxes well enough to give numerous of ot our alleged rough boys boysa a l. l wretched quarter r hour Ilour It was ho he who related the gossip that Is now nov floating through h tho the two embassies during lighter lis-Ilter moments moment I We oc arc are not of or psychics course ourse we cannot foretell Just what hat Tex hick hick- ard may bo be able ablo to accomplish But there are a dozen of us ready to ta lay good odds that Carpentier will refuse to enter th the ring with Darcy Darcy Is not a deserter he deserter he has has' never been attached to either cither branch of or service He lie stood In no danger dong of conscription because Australia lJ 1 by pop FOP ular vote rejected conscription But DArC Darcy IB in a slacker cr of tho the most mosi despicable type J If he has lias fh fled II Australia Aus Aus- as his assiduous press a agents would have ha is s believe he hc Ins has the lh defense of oC the tho realm act For that alone Ione a man might be lie able to tu pro pro- luce ince mitigating alln circumstances nut But I If i he fled his country countr for tor or the sole purpose of at making mone money JI in the tho ring he ha has little to r recommend im to th the man of real sporting In Instinct In- In and supporting self-supporting ethics He stamps himself as a n mercenary quite read ready o to sacrifice over every stan standard ard to selfish greed This I must munt here hero declare is not tho the opinion of or the French alone It i. Is shared h by every overy sport loving Frenchman Frenchman French French- man Englishman German Russian Australian Italian and so BO on l that I Iha ha have ve spoken to nn Xo o 0 One We e know that Carpentier is a n. clean cican youth with healthy ideals and a a. commendable commendable com corn conception of or ones one's duty duly to toone one fl flag I will not without bein being thou thought ht Influenced b by sentiment say more about the French champion His record needs no And thus I Iam Iam Iam am brou brought ht to the point of m my atory ator As we wo have said we are willing to wag wager r that Carpentier will not meet Darcy in the tho ring He lie will r refuse tuse because because be be- cause us of ot Darcy's Darys conduct and I dare daresay daresay say a that ever every sport lowing American will applaud Carpentier for taking such a stand tand I am certain hat Carpentier Carpentier Car- Car can gain no glory tory b by me meeting a n. man so 10 vastly Inferior to him In every conceivable department of ot manhood man man- hood |