The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-15
M'FARLAND
TOYS WITH
BERT KEYES
Fighter Now Tout
ed as The Coming Light.
weight Champion

Packey Mcfarland. the Chicago scrapper.
now looms up as a promising candidate
for the lightweight championship. At the
time Young Corbett was in this city doinS
a sparring act with Terry McGovern. the
Denver boy expressed the opinion that Me-
Farland would wear the championship
crown one Of these days. Ties about the
best lightweight in the West now" re-
marked Corbett. BETTER than Nelson or
Britt. Guess Cans still has it on him, but
Packey is coming. while the darkey is
going. and the time will come when the
present champion will have to sidestep
in favor of a younger candidate"
Mcfarland opened his Eastern career last
night. He had been scheduled to mees
Tommy Murphy at Boston, but as the
New Yorker was injured a week ago, or
said he was, the fight was called off and
Bert Keyes was substituted.
Keyes managed to last the limit, but
that was about all he did do. He man
aged to give Mcfarland a battle in the
early rounds. but when the Chicago boy
had his opponent sized up he sailed in and
gradually wore him down. Time after
time his vicious blows to the face and
head had Keyes on the ropes or on his
knees, and several times he was complete
ly down. As the match wore on Reyes
tried TO keep out of the way and Nc
Farland was obliged to chase him around
the ring. Reyes continued TO get weaker,
and, with the exception of the eleventh
round, was almost helpless in the second
half of the fight.
At the opening of the first round the
two men spared for a moment and then
Mcfarland sent a stiff left TO the jaw
and Reyes rushed and planted a right
TO the head, which was followed by q
fierce mix-up with honors even. There
was an even exchange of blows to the
face and then Mcfarland sent a jab to
the face and tried to rush Keyes, but the
latter was clever and avoided danger.
Keyes sent his left to McFarland's body
as the bell sounded. Neither man had any
appreciable advantage in this round.
Reyes came out of his corner for the
second round with a rush and sent his
right to his opponents head. He tried to
repeat and there was a clinch. Mcfarland
then sent vicious blows to Keyes's face
and head and followed with a stiff left
to the jaw. Mcfarland blocked a blow
from Keyes and then sent his man to tho
ropes with several swings to the jaw.
Reyes retaliated slightly and then went
to the floor from one of McFarlands
rights. lie sent a right to the body as
the bell rang. This round was very much
in McFarland's favor.
Chased Reyes Around Ring.
Mcfarland chased Keyes around the ring
at the opening of the third and then pro-
tested to the referee that keyes was butt
ing. Keyes got in a hard left TO the head,
and they clinched. Mcfarland rocked
Reyes with uppercuts to the head, and
Keyes clinehed. Mcfarland sent a right
and left to the jaw and then staggered
Reyes with a right. Keyes was wild. and
Mcfarland had his man in trouble with "A
left to the stomach as the bell rang. This
was also Netherlands round.
In the fourth Mcfarland rushed his man
around the ring and got a left to the jaw.
while Mcfarland retaliated with a vicious
right to the same place. Reyes had to be
warned about hitting low. Mcfarland selt
Reyes to the ropes, and. after a clincn.
sent his right to the jaw, while Keyes
came back with two stiff jabs to the face.
Mcfarland kept on with these tactics and
stopped Reyes when the latter tried to
rough II. Keyes was breaking ground
when the bell rang. Mcfarland opened
the fifth with two vicious blows to he
Face. keyes sent a left to the jaw aud re-
peated with a wild right. Mcfarland
anded two lefts to the head, aud, after ~
clnch, sent II left to the Jaw, Wine Reyes
retallated with Il vicious blow 10 tn1
stomach Mcfarland had the better OF
The sixth opened with a clineh. and,
after a short exchange OF body blows, 4ig-
tafland sent "a Singing lett to the Jaw.
mere was another chncn, and Mcfarland
sent right and left to the body. Iney.
cIlnched again, ana McFariaRd set
lAeyes 5 head back with straight lefts to
the Jaw. Mcfarland had mucn the Detter
OF this round.
Mcfarland continued his rushing tactics
during the seventh and eighth rounds aud
mad Reyes on the run trying in vain To
dodge wicked lefts and rights 10 the f4,y.
Reyes made a game effort to reply, but It
was evident that his only hope was to stay
1.-The limit.
Mcfarland opened the ninth by ruhslng
Reyes all over the ring aud had Reyes in
serious trouble with hard rights aud left 10
the head, Mcfarland was trying Tor y
knockout, but could not accomplish IT..
Reyes came up for the tenth round very
tired and after being rushed around the
ring Clinched. Mcfarland got in rights ana
lefts to the body while Reyes was hOldiug
on at every opportunity. He sent Reyes
to his knees with some hard body blows
and had his man nearly Ill in at the end.
Reyes came up considerably revived for
the eleventh round and put his left aud
right to McFarland's jaw. The latter re-
taliated with hard blows to the face and
had the better of the miXup which followed.
Mcfarland repulsed KeyeS's PUSHES and
had the better of the round, though kcyes'S
recovery was a surprise. In the final round
Mcfarland was all over his man and had
him in serious trouble with lefts aud rights
| to the face and head. When the bell rang
Reyes was very weak, but still on his feet.
Farland.