The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05
Mcfarland Welsh
Fight a Draw
Pdckeu Has Best of the Fast
Britisher at the End of
Tweniy-fve Rounds


In a % round fight remarkable for fast
and clever work "Packey'' Mcfarland OF
Chicago and Freddie Welsh OF England
demonstrated their respective claims to
consideration as first class lightweights
before a crowd of nearly 5000 specta-
, tors at the JeGries club this afternoon.
II a decision had been rendered McFar-
land would have been given the victory
because OF superior showing made in
the last seven rounds OF the battle.
when his relentless pursuit OF Welsh
and his savage rushes which sent th,
Englishman against The ropes time
after time. led the crowd to believe
tharEthe bout would end in a knock
out. In the twenty-fourth round Welsh
weakened perceptibIy before a terrific
right swing that caught him unpre-
/ pared and from that time on Welsh
/ had all he could do to finish without
showing his distress in too marked a
degree In the last round Welsh went
/ TO the floor IN the only clean knock
down Of the night, a right swing that
carried all McFarland's weight and
strength.
( The effect of McFarland's showing in
/ these last rounds was rendered less i'm
some degree because OF WeIsh'S mis-
/ fortune in coming to the center time
after time with his shoes slippery with
7 the water with which his seconds had
1 drepched him. Several times he stun
/ bled straight into McFarland's leads
and once or twice he nearly lost his
| footing
| Mcfarland did not seem to have
taken his opponents measure until the
/ tight was half over. Then he mani
! tested his superior strength by some
4 i'll advised wrestling tactics, but his
swift, hard uppercuts TO his opponents
stomach gave him all the advantage he
had toward the end. Welsh was more
/ had things all his own way with q
rapid succession of left jabs
The decision was. on the whole a
| popular one. Mcfarland was a > To
favorite. The match was fought i'm
I open air under brOiling hot sun that
may have weakened both men. j. j.
I JeffTies refereed.
/ In the first Mcfarland feinted aud
they ciinched. Welsh missed a straight
| left and closed in without result
I Welsh missed a right hook and again
! they clinched- Mcfarland duCked a
left hook and got away from a left
swing BY using his elbow. landing lighf
left 10 the head. Mcfarland landed
right and left uppercuts. Again No
Farland ducked left. He seemed
calm and confident, taking his oppon-
ent's measure. Mcfarland loosened up
when Welsh came to close quarters
and landed a hard right TO the Jaw. the
only blow of the round
The fight in the second and third
rounds was very even. with little dam
age done on either side. Mcfarland
so far had outpointed his opponent
but had landed no damaging blows.
The men clinched frequently. often
without hard blow being landed The
crowd applauded Welsh.
Mcfarland forced the lighting in the
/ fourth and gained a slight advantage.
but Welsh made a much better show
ing in the fifth and sixth. landing with
greater frequency. Welsh landed the
most blows in the clinches. The fight
was not fast enough to suit the crowd.
The men showed more OF a disposi-
tion to fight in the seventh and eighth
rounds, but the heat slowed them up
considerably in the ninth. The eighth
round was the hardest OF the fight
Both men landed hard blows.
In the ninth round neither man
landed damaging blow
In the tenth. eleventh and twelfth
rounds the fight was comparatively
slow. Both men landed many blows
seemingly without serious injury 70
either In the twelfth round McFar-
land landed several hard blows. Welsh's
cleverness began to show itself in
these rounds, as he worked out OF sew
efal ndrd positions. McFarland'S best
blows were uppercuts.
The thirteenth. fourteenth and If
teenth rounds were about even. Welsh
/ landing the more times Mcfarland
put more power behind his blows. The
fifteenth round was very fast, McFar-
land Following his man, not giving him
an instant's rest
Rounds sixteen to the twentieth were
without apparent advantage for either
man, the two contestants exchanging
! hard straight lefts and clinching. with
the advantage first one way and then
the other. In the twenty-flrst Welsh
missed right and Mcfarland wrestled
his opponent. The latter was Kissed
| when he threw Welsh 10 his knees.
4 Mcfarland staggered Welsh with a
I hard left 20 the jaw. and Walsh hung
on until separated by Jeffries McFar-
land put two hard lefts and as many
rights full on Welsh's law again
forcing the latter TO the ropes.
4 In the twenty-third Welsh put three
/ let's TO his opponents head in the face
/ of the fact that Mcfarland was forcine
the pace. The latter put two left hooks
to the Jaw and Welsh slipped as he de
/ llivered a right uppercut to the chin
Mcfarland nearly swept Welsh OF his
feet with hard straight to the chin.
4 Followed with left TO the body The
twenty fourth and twenty-dfth were "a
/ repetition Of the contest from its in
lceptlon- In the last round the two men
| shook hands and then went at IL ham
mer and tongs. Welsh went to the mat
/ first. the result of a hard front right
l his opponent landing what almost
proved knockout a second later. Both
\ men worked hard and fast with Welsh
continually slipping away from the
ropes. He was hghting gamely against
a shower of right and left jabs and ap-
peared to be almost to the end OF his
tether when the round ended with a
decision of draw. The contest had
ended in a slugging match.
/ Kid Carsey of Milwaukee finally
succumbed 10 terrible beating admin
istered by Harry Dunn of Los Angeles
in the seventh round OF a Il round
scheduled preliminary.
Before the bout was finally stopped
by order OF the club physician Carsey
swayed and staggered around the ring
for four rounds practically without de-
Tense. During all that time Dunn