Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-23
M'FARLAND is
HOT FAvORITE
BETTING SPORTS MAKE HIM
THEIR CHOICE
PLENTY OF MONEY IN SIGHT TO
BACK BOTH BOYS
Early Wagering Done at Odds Of 10 to
7 and There Seems to Be No End
Of Coin to Be Placed at
These Figures

Interest In the Northumberland
scrap July between Packy McFar-
land, the unbeaten lightweight. and
Freddie Welsh, the English champion,
at Jeffries club at Vernon is SO great
that already the betting sports are get
ting busy with offers OF money on both
sides and the unusual amount of money
in sight to back each boy has resulted
In Packy being made 10 to favor
lite, although the fight yet Is a dozen
days IN the future. No such interest
ever has been noted this far In advance
of fight date in Los Angeles and
clearly indicates that the fans have
made up their minds as to which boy
should win.
There is plenty of money In sight on
both sides, and indications are that it
will be the best betting fight ever held
, in Los Angeles. In fact, there never
was match arranged for Los An
geles where the diversity of opinion
was so great as exists in this match.
Packy's record of forty-seyen fights
without so much as a draw against
him does not awe the supporters of the
English boy, who so neatly and thor
oughly whipped Phil Brock recently in
the local ring, after Brock had trimmed
George Memsic, who was considered
the vice-champion of the lightweight
division.
The reports of the Milwaukee fight
between Mcfarland and Welsh also
enter into the consideration of the fans
who are. anxious to back their judg-
ment with coin and no amount of ar
guing will convince the Welsh sup
porters that the English boy was not
entitled to the decision. The great clev-
erness of Welsh, who Is likened unto
Atteli In speed and cleverness, encour-
ages his friends in the belief that he
will be the one to give Packy his first
dose of the bitter pill of defeat. 1t Is
argued, with much justification, that
clever and speedy fighter is better able
to go a distance than the whirlwind
mauler, and that the increased dis
lance, as compared with their Milwau-
kee fight, Is all to the favor of Welsh.
1t is enough for the respective sup
porters of Welsh and Mcfarland to
know that both boys will be betting on
their chances. Welsh money Is in sight
in surprisingly large amountssa all along
the rialto while Packy is SO afraid that
he will not be able to get his $500 bet
on himself that he is trying, to put a
portion of 1t in San Francisco. Neither
will think OF defeat and each consid-
ers 1t cinch that he will win In easy
fashion and demonstrate his right to
meet the champion In match at
later date.
Mcfarland is showing up most salts
factorily in his training quarters at
the South Side Athletic club where he
entertains large crowds of fans every
afternoon. Harry Dunn, who Is to fight
Kid Carsey in the fifteen-round prelim-
mary scrap, is chief sparring partner
to Packy and Is giving him all the
work he needs Pat Kinealy, trainer
of the great little Chicago fighter, also
spars with him each afternoon Packy
Is showing alts his usual speed and
punching ability, with an impressive
amount of cleverness that should en-
able him to avoid being made monkey
of by Welsh, and his supporters come
back to town every afternoon with their
hands on their bank rolls, waiting for
somebody to say bet you"
The same truthfully can be said of
Welsh. He Is so superlatively clever
and fast that his admirers cannot fig
ure where Paclxy, with all his wallops
can get an even break with him. That
the English champion will be able to
box rings around Packy and smother
him into submission with his extreme
speed is the confident boast of all the
supporters of the little scrapper from
across the pond. He did such a neat
lob of the scrap with Brock that ar
gument only ends up in the formal
Invitation to the Mcfarland admirer
to bet. Numerous large bets already
have been recorded and indications are
good for record in this regard.