AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 329, 4 November 1915, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

ALLIES DAY F'LVD. SUCCESSFUL OPEN! NG, (Reed. 8.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Allies Day Fund was opened i\iih contributions of r 3 j tlions■ ands. TERRIBLE BUSH FIRE. MUCH STOCK BURNED. (Reed 8,5 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Da r. The drought in the North Coast district is the worst since 18:0 Busk fires are ravaging a wide area, and: much stock have been buried. » BOXING. DARCY’S GREATEST FIGHT. DEFEATS CLABBY WELL. LOSER’S REMARKABLE TENACITY.-

Le r , Darcy’s brief ring record iscbackfill of stories of great battles. I fW. P. Corbett in Sydney Sun) do not think the boxer or lias even lived, who could point, or could have pointed, to the achievement of so much at his age. But the contest at the Stadium, with Jimmy Clabby was the greatest of them all. The occasion* required something exceptional, and Darcy rose splendidly to the calk Clabby is one of the most prominent boxers in the world. He has fated aif the big guns of America’s mi Idleweights, and the fore-fron ;e.*3 nu re than once. He entered the ring confident in hi s ability to beat the Australian champion. He had trained better than for a year or more past, and there were many people close to him who had equally asmuch faith in his power to succeed. < But Darcy shattered all those hopes and anticipations badly. He won from end to end in such a pronounced way that not a single discordant note could be detected in the bigburst of applause which followed theindication by Referee Arthur Scott that the Australian had beaten the American. And Clabby, frank and manly, as always, shock hands with his conqueror and smiled in a manner which, said as plainly as words: “You were Unquestionably my master to-night.” It was a remarkable night of boxing in more than one way. We saw our young champion whom we all hope to applaud before long as the holder 1 of the world’s middle-weight crown, demonstrate more than ever his rignt to be considered in that connection. He certainly did acquit himself handsomely against an opponent who had the acid on every moment of the combat. Had there been a weak spot in Darcy’s armour Clabby must have found it. His astonishing tenacity, hia magnificent pluck, and his years of experience In the greatest boxing school of the world—America —were all in service, and Darcy successfullycombated everything. “DARCY STRONG AS A BULL.” - - g? CLABBY’S OPINION. “You can say for me,” said Clabby,. when interviewed, “that Darcy is a. wonderful fighter, and he is as strong as a bull. The decision was a good one. Therefore I am perfectly satisfied. Darcy shivered my timbers some. If he goes to the United States he will-’ do well. I would like to fight hinr again a little later on.”