Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-22
CROSS MET MASTER
Packey Mcfarland Had Him Going at the End of the Sixth
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room of the Fairmount Athletic club was packed to suffocation with sports men from all walks of life.
 McFarIand's henchmen were noisy and confident before the battle and many bankrolls were wagered on the little Chicagoan's chances.
 Mcfarland and Cross weighed in yesterday afternoon for their battle.
 The lightweights met for the first time at the scales, and after being in- troduced Cross began to guy the Chi cago boy. Later, when they were posed for pictures, the east side cham pion continued his joshing tactics.
 The spectators noticed Packey's ire rising and warned Cross to be care | ful. Cross continued, however, and af
 ter making sneering remark con- corning what he proposed to do with Mcfarland when they met in the ring
 Packey's right hand shot over and
 landed hard on Cross's neck. Cross staggered back, but before he could
 return the blow friends of both fight CTS interfered. The men weighed in dL % DOuuuD. DCtntlo OI thC UdttICs Round one--Cross puts light left on kidneys, Mcfarland rushed him to the ropes and put right hard on andthe stomach. Cross puts right and left lightly to head and Packey puts left straight to face. A hot mix-up follows and Mcfarland wres- 1 ties Cross to the floor. Mcfarland puts a right and then his left to Cross's stomach and forces Leach to cover up. Mac puts right to eye and then hard left to head, which jared the dentist.
 Round two-Mac staggers Cross
 with terrific left on jaw and Mac forces Cross to cover up to avoid pun ishment. After Cross put a left on Packey's stomach, the Chicago boy put Cross on the ropes with two ter rife lefts on jaw. Cross then lands hard left twice on jaw and Packey comes back with straight right and then left on jaw. Cross puts right to jaw lightly, and then Mac puts his right and left to face and raps. in right to stomach. Cross misses a wicked right for jaw and Mac forces him to cover up under fusillade of right and left blows.
 Round three-Mac immediately starts to force matters and Cross
 backs away. Mac jabs the face with right and left, and Mac then sends Cross to the floor with a right swing on the jaw. Cross immediately rose and put right and left to Macs jaw. Mac sends right to Cross's jaw, which put him down for the count of four. Cross gets up very weak and holds on.
 Mac continues to force matters and pays no attention to any of the blows landed by Cross. He puts Leach on the on the ropes with two hard lefts and rights at the bell. Cross was holding on in order to save himself.
 Round four-Mac starts things by staggering Cross with left to face. Cross for the first time starts to force matters, but It was only for a moment. as Mcfarland forces him in- to a corner. Mac then puts right and
 left hard to face. Mac wrestles Cross
 to the floor and after Cross got up he poked him through the ropes. Mac sends in right and then left to face without a return. He backs Cross into a corner and pounds him on the stomach with both hands. Cross puts right and left to face, but Mac pays no attention to them.
 Round five-Cross ducks right and
 left swings and then puts his right and then his left to face and brings blood in stream from Macs nose. Cross now forces the fighting and hammers him man with both hands. Cross staggers Mac with a hard right to face. and he follows It with a left to head. Mac comes back with right and left to face and Cross lands left on stomach. Mac puts two rights to head and Cross uppercuts with right twice. Mac gets his right to jaw. Cross puts right and left swings to jaw. Cross puts right to jaw.
 Round six-Mae puts his right to jaw and ducks right swing for the head. Cross uppercuts with right and Mac misses q right swing for the head. Mac then whips a hard right to head and Cross comes back with two hard rights to jaw. Mac forces Cross to cover up. Mac puts right and then left to jaw staggering Cross. Mac then rushes Crosss to corner and lands on jaw with his right and left and has Cross going. Mac puts hard right and then a left to stomach. He then lands on mouth with left jsb. Cross is forced to cover up. He sends Cross reeling across the, ring vfff1 a hard rf1hf fl, iaur buf fho hof1