Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-03
BOTH FIGHTERS
BELOW WEIGHT
ENGLISHMAN PROBABLY TWO
POUNDS LIGHTER
EACH is BETTING HEAVILY ON
HIS CHANCES
Training Ceased Yesterday Afternoon,
with Great Little Scrappers En-
tireIy Satisfied with Their
Condition

One day more and the semi-finals in
the worlds lightweight championship
race will be settled. Yesterday Fred
die Welsh and Packy Mcfarland went
through the last stages of their long
training grind, and the great little
fighters are ready and waiting to enter
the ring.
At the Welsh camp things went on
as usual. The English boy, in his
usual earnest way, ran exactly the
same distance over the hard-packed
sand that he has negotiated for the
past two weeks, and on his return re-
peated the familiar table exercises and
ropeskipping stunts. The long swim
in the surf was not omitted, and to
watch him perform one would think
that Welsh was a long way from being
in shape
Such is not the case however, for If
ever a boy looked good it is the same
Welshman, who is confident that nc
will prove Netherlands superior in the
Vernon ring tomorrow afternoon.
After his day of work he weighed
131 pounds. Hearing that the betting
was to l in favor of his opponent,
Welsh Immediately dug up the bank
roll. Here, JIM" he said to Morley,
take this money uptown and bet 1t
for me, will you. Nobody in the world
has a right to be to 1 over me-"
The money was brought to town, all
the line of the odds quoted. Instead,
lots more Welsh coin had put in an
appearance and the odds lowered be-
tween 10 to and 10 to all day, with
many small wagers being placed Oc-
casional instances of 2 to l betting
were found, however, earlier in the
day.
Welsh worked right up to the last
minute, and in the Afternoon he boxed
twelve rounds with three different
sparring partners. No round was tame,
as Freddie mixed in four-round bouts
with Carsey, Hennesey and Astle. This
completed the show, save for some
light stuff the Welshman will pull off
today.
Mcfarland decided to take it easy
when he began the day. and was hop
ing that, aside from a stiff brush
against the stop watch on the roads
near the South Side Athletic club, he
would be forced to do nothing but lay
around. After coming in off the high
ways, however, Packy found himself
tapping the Fairbanks at the 135-pound
mark so the looked-for easy time was
not forthcoming.
Instead, the stockyards wonder led
off after lunch by hitting the pulley
machines for ten minutes and tackled
the skipping rope in three two-minute
sessions. Three slugging rounds with
Charlie Anslinger held sway before
fifteen minutes of shadow boxing was
performed, and after his rundown
Packy found himself lifting the beam
at the 1321R-pound figure.
Now that he is down to weight, Nc
Farland expects to take it easy until
he enters the ring against Welsh. To-
day will be spent with some friends
near Eastlake park, and 81 little jog on
the road about dusk will complete the
fof- n nUf hing aXRnnt nlG1
Packy will pass the night at the South
Side Athletic club and go to the Jeffries
club offices to weigh in at o'clock
Welsh will not come to town at all
until the weighing-in stunt is to be
pulled off There is no possible chance
of him being overweight, for he has
been below the mark all week, and
once or twice had to stop work so he
would not get too light.
Both Select Seconds
Mcfarland has selected his corner
staff, and Pat Kinneally will be hold
ing the towel as second in chief. Harry
Gilmore, Red Weimer and Charlie An
singer will look out for him between
rounds, and one of Packy's closest
friends from Chicago is slated to hold
the watch.
In the Welsh corner Eddie Robinson
will act as chief adviser, which is more
or less of a formality so far as the
English boy is concerned. Freddie al
ways maps out his own battle, ana,
aside from the care a fighter of neces-
sity must have, needs no one to coach
him as to the style of milling which
would go best. Kid Carsey and Howard
Baker will assist Robinson in looking
out for him.
The preliminary between Carsey and
Dunn has not attracted the attention
it should owing to the fact that the
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to give them a chance to divide their
time. Both little fellows have trained
hard for their part in the program, and
each is sure he will cop the money.
Carsey wound UP his work at Venice
yesterday, and Dunn put the finishing
touches on his preparation in town.
The sports along the Rialto were
specializing from several points of
view yesterday in regard to the way
the big bout will terminate. The ma
jority seem to favor Mcfarland to win
by a knockout, but the consensus of
opinion is that should the affair go the
limit 1t will be Wesh's glove that
Jeffries must lift in token of victory.
Packy of course, strings with the
majority. He cannot figure where
Welsh, even with his wonderful speed,
has a right to stay more than fifteen
rounds, and even should the Welshman
manage to keep out of harms way to
the end Packy declares that his all
round fighting will be so strong that he
is bound to be chosen by the referee.
Welsh cannot be shown why McF'ar-
land is overlooking the fact that the
knockout, If recorded, will not be on
the other end. While the critics do not
give the English champion credit for
having a sleep producing wallop, Fred
die looks at it from another angle, and
has his line of campaign all mapped
out. His method will be gradually to
weaken Mcfarland with singing
blows, delivered at long and short
range, and. when ready, settle the mat
ter with one hard swing.
The odds that will rule at the ring
side probably will be settled on today.
as everything has simmered down to a
-your-choice basis, and both sides