Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-12-28 | Page 8 | Scores of Offers for Les's Services

SCORES OF OFFERS FDR LEASERS Hundred and Fifty Thousand Thou-sand Dollars Thus Far Total in Sight. . 1 XtfW YORK, Dec. 27. Unless the fight promoters who are after Les Dmey are talking in "stage figures," he stands a chance to clean up a handsome fortune before he leaves American shores. Mike Donlin, representing a Cuban syndicate, syn-dicate, today came forth with the latest offer to Darcy $i'0.ft(0 for a four-round bout In Havana with any suitable opponent. oppo-nent. Tne offer from Havana boosts the total offers of promoters to 500, without counting what Tex Ricnard may offer for a bout in New York or what .Jimmy Coff-roth. Coff-roth. .who wants Darcy at Tia inano. mighty be willing to pay for his services. If Darcy could accept all offers he would be immensely wealthy within a few months' time. Matt Hinkel, Cleveland promoter. Is here today and it is believed he will attempt at-tempt to get Darcy foi a bout In the Forest city. George Chip, the New Castle, Pa., middleweight, mid-dleweight, who was scheduled to box Darcy In Melbourne, Australia, just before be-fore Les left the country, is also In New York and hopes to get on with Darcy here. "I traveled thousands of miles for several sev-eral bouts with Darcy." said Chip today, "and although he scored a knockout in our only meeting; I was anxious to get another chance at him in Melbourne. I believe he will be willing to meet me here. I do not blamo him for leaving Australia, considering conditions, and I will tint hp- su rnrtspd t n Kff him nettle down in this country." Dillon Is Willing. By International News Service. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Dec. 27.Ja.ek Dillon. the Indianapolis light-heavyweight, today accepted an offer of 510,000 to meet Les Darcy. the Australian champion, cham-pion, in a bout In New York. Sam Mur-barger. Mur-barger. manager for Dillon, received the offer from John Weismantel, manager of the Broadway Sporting club In Brooklyn. Weismantel said on the long-distance telephone that he was confident the bout would be pulled off and said he had the only available place for a big scrap. A big armory in Brooklyn was mentioned. Weismantel did not mention the size of the purse offered Darcy. but it is believed to be not less than ?25,0O0 for a ten-round ten-round bout. Andrews Offers $30,000. By International News Service. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Dec. 27. Tom Andrews An-drews today raised his bid for Les Dar-cy's Dar-cy's services to $30,000. He wants the Australian for Mike Gibbons In a ten-round ten-round affair.