The San Francisco call., 1908-04-11
Chicago Boxer Will
Be Well Tried
Iwentu Round Bout Betpeen
the Lightwcights Should
Be Full of Action
BY r. A. S11ytEl

Although .Pacly" Mcfarland has
done al that has been asked OF him in
The prize ring. and IN a workmanlixe
manner, the California fight fans viii
not be ready 10 accord him niche in
the pugilistic temple OF fame until
after MS meeting with Britt this after
noon IN Cofroth's Mission street arena
Mcfarland Is an 10 10 public choice
over the Californian with the possibil-
ity OF becoming a still stronger IA
vorite
According 10 the men who handle
betting commissions more $1,000
wsgers have been made on this fight
than on any in recent years This IS
probably explained by the fact that the
eastern book makers are backing the
Chicago boy partly on what they have
seen him Go and partly on his eastern
form. Britt has had his supporters,
three men in Los Angeles making up
- pool Of $500 10 bet on him- Boots"
. DurneIl. the norseman. wired on from
New York last night that Britt is ia
vorite there. These odds are probably
based on the reports Of the last two
fEhts Britt had with Battling Nelson.
YOUTH AND CONFIDENCE
Il has been exceptionally hard TO
draw q line on the relative ability Of
tie two men Mcfarland has much
The best OF IL on gymnasium work. as
- Pc has shown the speed and dash which
stamp hlm as & likely fighter His ring
record. while u looks good. does not
6romise much when studied closely
Ee has not met any OF the men who
stand out IN the lightweight division
hut TO onset this he has been coming I'd
gradually and no one knows the limit
az his ability. be is in his nineteenth
W 81 Q 4 .f.-t-
is the endowment Of youth. His 4s
fghts have left him unmarked and he
seems 10 have taken but little punish
meut- That he knows his limitations
sr rhe present time is shown by his
drawing the line AZ Cans
He should be able 70 carry Britt along
at g fast pace, IS he has shown 10 good
advantage IN his training work Il is
the opinion OF men who have watched
him closely In the gymnasium that he
Wal show 10 better advantage IN the
ring than hs did in practice. Reports
rs 70 bis work in the east are conflict
Ing. Cans has sent word 70 his friends
here that the Chicago man is not
hard hitter Others think he is q good
hitter and point 70 his long list OF
knockouts as conclusive evidence OF his
ability tn this department OF the game.
Britt looks better today than ne
las for long time Whether he has
The old energy which made him so
formidable a man in the ring is
question While he has expressed
hDsef as satisfied with his condition.
others are not 50 sanguine that he has
lls old time speed and stamina To
TIE close observer he has shown signs
~ firing while boxing, which is nature
sending out signals that The years
have taken the FIRE ont OF his muscles.
SURE TO BE DESPERATE
The fght is sure 20 be desperately
contested as each man has much at
stake. The winner can go and fight
. other men. while Il either man is beat
en- decisively II viii probably mean
the end OF his career as boxer. IN
statement given out last night Britt
said Il an IN better condition than
have been for years. and II Mc-
Farland beats me nay seconds will have
70 sweep me out OF the ring. I intend
10 force the going and the pace will
be 50 fast that one OF US viii have 10
betting that I viii not be the man 70
stop
Mcfarland said: IF Britt win stand
up and hght me 7 viii knock him out
fu IS rounds or less I am younger,
faster and stronger than he is and
cannot see where he figures to have
chance with me. Manager Gilmore
and myself have bet s1,700 on my
chances. which means we expect TO
win
The fight VIII be held in the open
air and Manager Conroth viii have the
usual transportation facilities. the Of
fcials OF the United Railroads having
arranged 10 put on extra cars
WEIGH IN THIS MORNING
There VIII be one preliminary Of
eight rounds between Antoine Lagrave
and Nick Harty. This viii be put on
At 2-15 o'clock The boxers viii enter
the ring for the main event al 3 p. N.
They VIII weigh in at Corbetts, 1915
Ellis street. az 10 O'Clock IN the pres
aence OF Referee Jack Welsh and the
stake holder. Both men were IN the
city last night and went TO the thea
ter Before retiring for the night
Britt tried his weight on the Official
scales and weighed 133 pounds He
came or the road in the afternoon
weighing 1921 pounds. Mcfarland
weighed 1924 pounds Britts seconds
VIII be Spider Kelly. Tiv Kreling. VIII
lie Keefe and Eddie Madsen. McFar-
and viii be handled by Tim McGrath,
Stanley KetcheL Harry Gilmore and
Pat Kennealy.
The supervisors police committee
granted the June permit TO Sam Berger
yesterday and the July permit TO Luke
Nsrisch- The application OF the Ariel
club for the July permit was refused
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