The evening world., 1908-10-20
Pdckey Mcfarland Is a Real
Style Of Fighter, the Cool.
Swift. Crafty. Ambitious
Sort That Mako Cham
pi0nS.
r 1P at Capt. Bonds, in the little
L town OF StTatford, Conn,
many great fighting men have

many great ngnClnS men naFe
trained Terry McGovern made It
2 hi. camp in the old days. Young
Corbett worked there; kid" Bread
= "a score of others. I've seen a lot
Of famous lads at old Capt Bonds.
But, unless my judgment is off, l
saw the peer of them all yesterday
III Packey Mcfarland.
Here's q fighter for you! He's lean
} and sinewy. COOL smiling. swift, vicious.
game, enduring. crafty, clever. amoi-
stious. What other attributes can
nave!
Packey and his manager. Harry Gill
more, met me at the trolley. l noticed
! something ODD in the appearance OF the
two usually almost dudish sporting
men. Manager Gilmore was first to dis
close the secret when ne took on his
cap to pass his hand rehectively over
his forehead. His hair had been clipped
E down 10 a length OF about an eighth
Of an inch. So had Packey's.
Peckey grinned. u thought / was
Z booking too pretty with my long curly
nair.'' ne explained, 80 l dared Gill
more to take a clip with me. didn't
know how it would look. Guess this
will scare Cross into Mt And he
Sook of his cap too.
Packey Has Fighting Head.
n ever a man had a lighting head
Mcfarland is the gentleman in ques-
ton. Cnppsd-amost shaved-his bony
frontpiece has a foroidoins appearance.
Mci'arlands mead is wide ABOVE the
ears and we'll shaped and balanced on
q slnewy neck. HIS cheek bones stand
out sharply under a skin sunbaked and
canned TO the touganess OF leather by
continual training in open air. There
are few hardly noticeable scars of
battle on his face-a nose That mas been
hit once or twice-ears that aren't quite
as oe.!cate as rose leaves. But II Is
In me areas exposed by the baroer that
the Western lightweight carries the
record OF MS battles.
where did You get all those scars
on your head?' l asked.
Pachey rubbed his iland across the
top OF the article reiectiVely.
"Well-iigntlnS, ! suppose. When l
Z was youugster l led my gang, and we
were always nShtinS with Inc other
gags around. l Lave twenty or thirty
OF those white scars. Got them from
pe.E5 nix on the head win stones and
pricKs 1.c Things. and by oe.nS thrown
CT my mead or me cobD.estones. l was
4 aiWays Lgi.ti;.s wen Was q h.o out
IL Chicago. l i-hed ~.
Packey carries one fresh scar. This
is a nalf- healed cut on MS uper lip
za Joe Thomas accidentally Jauued me
@'there with his elbow WnlLc We We're
boxing q couple of days ago Packey
: Explained, and cut clear through my up
@tso mai my teeth STUCK oul through the
noe. / hea! up in Jew days. It'll De
all right by Wednesday n.gat when
; 20 on win Gross. cross won't open it.
aHe'll never hit me there"
.7uii OF Confidence.
You seem a l4l.Ie confident"
Sure. SAID Packey, srlnning. IT
ought 10 be conhdent. I'm IriAn. Cross
o. IS OaIy u sep On the adder. After
= aross. N lrpny. Then any other good
me, want AeisUn as soon as ! can
get him. us up to Bat. III beat Nell
Stson in time. II ne didn't know that
me a match. AS for Cross, I'm not
gong to ..unkey with him. Putting
Gross away aI,er all the advertising
), he has mad ISM going to hurt my repu-
v tatOn. Usually ! lake my time and
only make sure of & good winning lead.
But when I'm cut TO win Ia hurry !
., Always succeed IN setting the winning
e punch over. Watch me this time. This
will be one OF The short ones Either iii
gel him in hurry or he'll get me-and
II won't be ne unless I'm mistaken"
4 Here Packey went up into the gym
nasium to do a few stunts. because
OF his sore lip he cut out the boxing
yesterday, and only did lot OF shadow
sparring and sand-oag punching HI!
seven-mIlc run haa come on in IN
McFarland is q ,pcr;ec, hghtlng ma
cnlEe. He Is full Of nerve energy
Every mDvemen; has the sudden action
ys-of u steel spring released from a tr!g
: ger His footwork Is like a danc!a;
! masters. Cross Won't compare as IA
o. vorably wish this 'Ightning e,reak from
Chicago as he did with While Fltz
gerald, Mcfarland is the faster man
OF his lighting profile IS tho stamp OF {
Eameness that Cross lacks entirely.
don; know wh,t chance McF4rlant
WI stand with the Battler-althougl
IT'S probably a good one. Among IN,
New York lightweights he'll look verS
- much Ike the real thing. lie has all o
& Tommy Murphy's c!everness and game
ness and speed Murphy should be hi
next opponent That will be a figh
worth seeing,
1 Is a Business Man.
Mcfarland is business man, llk
Nelson. lie has bought Two or thre
lighthouses IN Chicago, mis- nome town
and Is building another. All vi his rim.
2 earnings so INTO properly. There ar
few among the Aghung men who thin.
longer than a good long drink ahead
4 MeFarland's business head Is Only an
other proof a. the intelligence ina
= make Tim a real fighter.
asked packey no" he Will try TO bea
Nelson " he ever meets the Dane.
/ "Wel.' SAID Packey, Il think Nelso
can b. Knocked out. Of course, for he'
only little tougher than most Of Ia
othera. Bul / hardly think that's M
best way 10 beat him. II / nght hin
5ill not try 10 hi him on the jaw a
Gall I'm put every punch over 10 M
eyes. and draw the punches so they
cut When he's blinded they'll have I
atop the fight ana declare me the win
ner. Nelson would never quit. That
tks sureat way 10 beat him"