The San Francisco call., 1908-04-09
Chicago Man Rules
Strong Favorife
Pdckeu Mcfarland Has a Big
FOLLOWING for His Fight
With Britt
By r. A. Sn1ytE1

Packey Mcfarland the sensational
Chicago lightweight, will enter the rims
. strong favorite over Jimmy Britt Sat
urday afternoon for their 20 round
bout Mcfarland has been to II
public choice for several days and his
admirers have noteceased betting yet
The visiting boxer was in an automo-
bile accident late yesterday afternoon
snd was the only occupant of the ma
chine to escape unscathed. Al Adams
called for Mcfarland at Milletts and
took both himself and Manager Harry
Gilmore out for a ride. They started
out the new boulevard at the Colma
end, and at the first bridge the machine
skidded on the road. which had just
been watered.
As there is a steep embankment al
this point the driver turned the ma
chine sharply 10 one side, and one OF
the front wheels was dished- The three
occupants were thrown out Mcfarland
rolled over several times after he
landed on the ground. but escaped with
out a bruise Gilmore sustained 2
sprained wrist and bruised ribs. The
driver was the most severely injured
In addition to a sprained wrist he was
severely bruised about the head. He
will be confined to his room for several
days.
Mcfarland did but little work yester-
day. He weighed ls4A pounds, and
Manager Gilmore did not want him Il
20 lower so far in advance of the fight
He went on the road in the morning
and this was his most serious work
He will be on the road again today and
the amount OF his gymnasium work
viii depend chiefly on his weight
Mcfarland has made many friends
here who like his style of boxing. He
seems to have two styles, one in which
he moves about like a ballet dancer and
the other IN which he is fighting. He
changes from one to the other so quick
" that IL is difficult TO note the transi-
tion. In the former he can hit accur-
ately, but not with much force. In this
he maintains a high guard and hit:
with a downward motion When h,
suddenly sets himself to fight h'
crouches slightly and then hits true and
hard. II is the opinion OF men whC
have seen him at work that he vii
show to much better advantage as {
fighter when he faces an opponent II
the ring, rather than when he is train
fng.
Britt weighed 1s4 pounds yesterda.
and expressed himself as being vel
satisfied with his condition. He says
that If he cannot win this time h,
never can. He went beyond this anC
told Willus. the managing brother, tha
II he was beaten decisively this TIM
that he would never enter the rins
again. He does not look for defeat. g.
he has trained on nicely. He boxed /
rounds Sunday and this took some o
the edge of his work Monday whei
Jim Corbett visited him With a taper
ing of in the work he has picked u
again and is full of dash.
Britts seconds Saturday will be Til
Kreling, Spider Kelly, Willie Keefe an,
Eddie Madsen. Billy Gallagher will b
his time keeper. McFarlapd's second
viii be Harry Gilmore Dick Cullen an
Pat Kinnesly. The men must weigl
1ss pounds at 10 o'clock at Corbett'
and will enter the ring az 8 o'clock.
The sale of seats has opened at TIL
Willis. 1915 Ellis street and from tn
demand for seats it is evident a larg
crowd will see the much touted Nc
Farland make his bow before a coas
fight crowd.
There were no new developments Il
the Gans-Nelson match yesterday. Mel
son is away in the country and nothini
A.. has been heard from Cans. Coffrot
has Nelson signed for a match an
Gleason has Cans. He will probabl
--@1~~A NAC oGANAAlOIo indn Win som
other lightweight. although he recog
nizes that Nelson is the great drawinl
card.
Tommy Feltz did not have 70 wal
long for a match. Luke Marisch, acttni
for Billy Snailham. matched the boy
for a 20 round fight at Sacramento O.
April "a. The weight agreed upon wa
1ze pounds at 6 o'clock. Snailharn vii
be giving away several pounds to tn
eastern boxer
Brooklyn Tommy Sullivan settle
down at Shannon's yesterday 70 tratr
for his match with Abe Attell. He ha
some 1s pounds to take of and ha
nearly three weeks I'm which to do il
Attell is planning to take on Eddi
Kelly for six rounds at Seattle befor
the other fight. Fred Landers. who
20 night the preliminary to this month
fight, is training at CroITs AIameds
while Johnny Frayne.- his opponent /
located al Milletts. Attell will 20 Z
Milletts later on
Sullivan visited the Charleston yes
terday and boxed three rounds wit
Nike (Twin) Sullivan for the benef
OF the 500 sailors. The bout prove
so interesting that the boxers were in
vited TO return some day and repeat Il
The amateur bouts at the San Fran
cisco athletic club attracted a big crow
TO the clubrooms. The bouts wer
all good The results: Aaron Tausi
secured decision over Joe Truman
three rounds; Tom Hennessy beat 10
Rogers, three rounds; viii Robinso
beat Tad Sweeney, three rounds: E
Campi beat Spider Roche four rounds
John Donovan knocked out Joe Robin
son, two rounds. Thomas McFarIan
beat Kid Deenen, three rounds; Sar
= Nelson beat VIII O'Connor, thre
rounds. Harry Baker was the refere.
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