Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-04

early days, each insisted upon making
| The championship limit thus making
their fight a strictly legitimate light
weight battle in every respect.
Each Has Great Record
There is little upon which to base a
choice between them, If their individual
records are considered, Until they met
In Milwaukee recently neither had been
defeated, and the result of that fight
has been discussed pro and con so
widely by the experts who saw 1t that
1t must be considered more in the ma
ture of draw than otherwise Each
boy has done all that ever was asked
of him, and neither has reached his
limit as yet, nor has he been extended
to any great degree to win.
Mcfarland has shade the best of
the records, in that he never has per-
mitted an opponent to get as good as
draw with him. He has had forty
seven fights, and has won all of them,
including thirty-four knockouts. True,
he has rot been fighting the real top
notchers of his division, but he has
decislvely whipped such good boys as
Charlie NeaTy, Kid Herman, Jimmy
Britt, Young Loughrey, Bert Keyes,
Kid Goodman, Benny Yanger and Maui
rice Sayers. Welsh has fought fifty
battles, losing only one doubtful decis
ion. Unfortunately for him, most of
his American fights were of the six
round, no-decision kind, that Philadel-
phia supports, but his press clippings
show that he whipped such good boys
as Tommy Feltz, Matty Baldwin, Hook
KeyeS, Young Erne, Jimmy Driscoll,
Willie fitzgerald, Cyclone Thompson,
Dave Deshler, Maurice Sayers, Benny
Yanger and Joe White, the latter for
merly being the .welter champion of
England.
Name Their Seconds
Each has announced his seconds for
the scrap tomorrow. Packy will have
Pat Kinealy, his trainer, as chief adr
wiser, and Harry Gilmore and Red Wei
mer will be in his corner during the
fight. Welsh will have Eddie Robinson
as his chief second, with Howard Bak-
er and one or two other local boys
assisting him in his corner.
There will not be any great necessity
for seconds behind this pair, however,
as they have met before, are trained
and experienced fighters, know their
own style of milling better than any
second could know, and have a fair
idea as to what to expect from each
other when in action. They are direct
opposites and each must figure out his
battle as it progresses. Mcfarland is
a clever slugger, while Welsh Is a clev-
er and speedy fighter OF the Attell
type. It also is true that seldom does
it happen that two fighters are matched
who are so clever and fast as this pair,
and that it will be a pretty and excit-
ing fight all the way is not to be
doubted.
Packy Predicts Knockout
Packy has no idea whatever that his
good record is to be punctured this af-
ternoon, if his talk is to be taken seri-
ously. He believes he will win by the
knockout route and sets the limit for
Welsh to stay at fifteen rounds. He
says he could not be in better condi-
ton, and cites that the fact that he is
betting heavily upon his chances should
be taken to indicate his idea as to how
the scrap will end. Evidently their
Milwaukee battle did not scare him
bit.
Welsh does not talk much about his
prospects beyond saying that while he
knows Packy is fast and hard-hitting
fighter, dangerous at all times, he be-
lieves that the Chicago boy is lacking
in speed and cleverness and will not
find 1t so easy to get to him with those
sleep tablets that he handed to other
boys. Freddie says that the to
odds against him are all wrong, and
should be even-money-take-yo
choice, as he figures that he has as
He win not say that he will win by
the knockout route, but he assuredly
does expect to pull down the long end
of the purse and is not disturbed in the
least by 1.-THE betting.