Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-08

EdChy NCI Lutl4
his record as the greatest lightweight
battler of the day when he stopped
Phil Brock in less than seven rounds
of one-sided ghtnig, in which the Chi
cago boy showed in his real form. In
cidentally, his fight proved how he
could have won the fight with Freddie
Welsh at Vernon had he started out
that afternoon as he began last night.
There was nothing to the fight last
night but Mcfarland. There never
was a time when ne was in the slight
est danger or trouble, and from the
tap of the first gong until the scrap
was stopped by Referee Charlie Eyton
in the seventh, when it had been dem
onstrated that Brock had no chance to
win. it was evident that the Cleveland
scrapper had little or no chance
A fighter certainly has big margin
of advantage when his opponent cam
not touch him. but Brock was so COM
pletely out of the running last night
that not only could he not land eff
fectively on Mcfarland, but he could
make no effective defense against the
swift pace and great cleverness with
which Mcfarland conducted his battle.
Packy cleverly blocked all of Brock S
leads, almost without exception.
ducked or sidestepped all other danger
Gus leads, never missed two of his own
leads in the entire fight and, in fact,
put up a battle that nobody in the
house would have believed him capa-
BILE of fighting after seeing his indif-
ferent battle with Freddie Welsh a
few weeks previously.
Billy Nolan sat at ringside and mar
veled at the exhibition. He gave an
opinion after the fight that finds echo
in the expressions of the fans general
ly. He said:
"Why this fellow Mcfarland is a
champion and does not know it. That
boy is the greatest lightweight battler
in the world today, and how glad l
would be If only had the chance to
take that $4,000 side bet that Welsh
proposed. Mcfarland fought as Cans
fought in his palmiest days. His foot
work, generalship and general clever
ness in boxing were a revelation to me,
and l think I know a fighter when |
see one. His work was the prettiest
all-around effort 1 ever saw in the
ring"
without doubt, Mcfarland deserves
all this complimentary talk. He now
stands where he stood before he came
to Los Angeles--in fact, he is a great
er card now than then. He has proved
himself in every particular and local
fans will listen to him in future when
he wants to talk of fighting the cham
pion. The precision with which he
measured distances, the accuracy of
his DiOWS ana LDe eilGCIlNtLCoS VI illo
wallops, not to mention his cleverness
with his hands, feet and head, stamp
him as the future champion with the
future only a short distance ahead.
Sailor Boy Beaten
The curtain raiser was scheduled for
a six-round affair between Al Vogt,
the sailor boy fighter, and Young Har-
lem Coffee Cooler, a negro scrapper
from Philadelphia. In their former
fight Vogt stopped the Cooler in two
rounds, but the negro boy came back
last night in fine condition and from
the tap of the gong he outboXed the
sailor boy. Although neither boy was
damaged, the Cooler had such lead
in each round that he had earned the
decision at the end of the fight. He is
a clever boxer by way of comparison
with such as Vogt, and still is & green
hand at the business.
Bubbles Robinson, the local black
wonder, and Kid Trennel of st. Louis
were second on the program, being
scheduled to go ten rounds. This was
put on the card as a tryout for the St.
Louis boy, who came to the coast with
lots of confidence and $500 to bet he
could whip Packy Mcfarland. Find
ing the Chicago boy engaged, Trennel
took on Bubbles just to show the local
talent what he can do in the line or
They went at it good and hard in the
first round with the st. Louis boy put
ting up a stiff pace and showing sur
prising cleverness and punch. Robin
son outboxed him, but Trennell was
strong at the end and fighting great
battle that called out vigorous ap-
plause Tfennel came up in the Sec
ond with another case of fmpatience
and seemed to be getting fairly warmed
up when the gong ended the round
after having outfought and actually
outboxed Bubbles.
Trennel continued his pace-setting
tactics in the third, and after about a
minute OF fighting caught Bubbles with
a right swing to the jaw that staggered
the black boy. However, Bubbles came
right back strong in the final SECONDS
and almost evened up the round. Both
were firing from the fast pace. Bub-
bles' left eye began to bleed In thls
round.
TrenneI came back strong and con-
tinued to set the pace in the fourth.
He outfought Bubbles who seemed
weary, and by constant tapping he al
most closed Bubbles left eye. They
exchanged many terrific wallops IN
this round, with Trennel having the
Fifth Round Fierce
The fifth round was the best thus far
Of the fight, with both boys willingly
mixing it. Bubbles opened up strong
er and they fought all over the ring,
exchanging terrific wallops to head,
face and body. Trennel split Bubbles
right eye and had a shade the best of
the round.
The sixth was Bubbles round. He
was faster and stronger and punished
Trennel more than in all other rounds
Trennel seemed to be slowing down and
his body was red with the evidence of
Bubbles' body punches. The seventh
opened up as did the sixth, but Tren-
mel improved bit in the final mo-
ments and evened up any advantage
Bubbles may have had in the round.
Trennel played for a knockout, but
RIibbIes was too clever for him, while
the ST. Louis boy plainly showed he
was the weaker OF the two.
Bubbles showed continued improve