The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
CHANCE FOR PACKEY
McFarland'S Future Depends
Upon Next Battle.
JACK O'BRIEN TO OPEN A CLUB
Philadelphia Heavy-Weight Expects
TO Conduct Bouts ia Conjunction
with Gymnasium-LikeIy To be in
Demand for Six-rOund Bouts ia
the City Of BrOtherIy Love.

So many boxers have come from the
West in the past two or three years Ia
beled cyclones. tornadoes, &c, who have
turned out To be very mild land breezes
that the Eastern followers of the sport
are not much impressed by the advance
notices of any of them.
Freddy Weeks, Johnny Thompson. and
Billy Papke, while all willing enough
fighters. turned out to have little knowl-
edge of the art of boxing. and were easy
propositions for any clever man whom
they could be induced to go in the ring
with, says the Philadelphia Record In
fact. they seemed more skilled at lodging
good boxers here than they were In dodg-
ing blows in the ring. The latest of the
Western terrors to invade the East is
Packey Mcfarland. and Philadelphians
viii have chance TO size him up on
Tuesday night. when he meets young
LOughrey the Manayunk lightweight AZ
the National Athletic Club.
Loughrey is something on the order Of
the Western cyclone or tornado lighters
himself His style of boxing always
causes a laugh from the sporting men of
this locality, for he has no use OF skill
and boxing science, and just wades into
the other fellow from the tap Of the bell
TIL the end OF the round. blind man
could have q good chance of hitting him
by just sticking his fists out straight,
with the certainty that Loughrey would
run into them any time ne got close
enough. AS for his hitting LOughreys
whole plan of action is TO just merely
swing his arms wildly If the other fell
low gets in the way Of the swings ne
viii get HIT and if he steps out Of the
way of them LoUghrey may fall on the
mat or out Of the ring. II makes no par
ticular difference 10 LOughTey where HIS
blows land. or If they land at all He
just keeps whanging away. He is will
ing TO take a punch or two or three
of them. provided he can get close
enough 20 the other fellow 90 get in
one himself That ne is a game fellow
and a gIutton for punishment was proved
by the contests he has had with Tommy
Murphy Murphy, as Is well known, is a
terrific puncher. and he landed on Lough-
rey often enough TO have put almost any
boxer out Of business, but the Manayuuk-
or was stil coming. hungry for more.
when the bell rang to wind UP the con-
test each time
Mcfarland Must show.
Netherlands first appearance In the East
was made in Boston when he met Bert
Keyes In "a ten-round bout, and while he
beat Keyes. and showed that he was
much better fighter than the little New
Yorker. he did not show any evidence Of
being possessed Of the ability necessary
for consideration as a championship prop
ositiou
He came East stamped with the ap-
prevail of Joe Cans, who was reported
TO have presented him with the light
weight championship. and it is known
that Packey would like 10 be considered
in line 10 succeed Cans in the high regard
of the followers of the sport In America
If Mcfarland could not stop Keyes in
twelve rounds there is not much chance
Of his stopping Loughrey I'm six. unless
he could show much better form than he
did in the Boston bout, and then the
critics VIII have 20 stamp the y. g. mark
on Packey and send him back to the
wilds Of the far West, where lack of box
ing skill seems 10 be the earmaTk Of all
their wOuld-be champions. No sane per
son would think of stacking Loughrey up
against Joe Cans. But If such a match
werea ever arranged. and il were 10 be
on the level it would be UP 10 Cans 10
stop the Manayunker In a couple Of
rounds
Few people familiar with boxing would
think any other result would be possible
than for Cans 10 knock LOughrey out
whenever he got ready, just as he did
with Kid Herman and a lot Of other
fourth-Tate scrappers he has been for
tuuate enough % get hooked up with in
his time With this line Of form or dope
In mind a good idea Of MCFarland's quali-
ficatiOns can be gained from what he will
do with Loughrey on Tuesday night
Should he knock Loughrey out in a round
OF two then. the Eastern sporting public
viii sit up and take some notice of him.
Unless he decisively defeats the Mana
yunk boxer then. he viii be considered out
Of the running as a candidate for cham
pionship honOrs, for ii is going to take
not only rugged. strong fighter. but
also a clever boxer. TO get away with
men WhO now have their eyes turned to-
ward the head Of the lightweight division.
Sensible Boxing Regulations.
The board Of supervisors Of the city Of
San Francisco seem TO be men above
the average in common sense. and it is
great pity that men Of their calIber are
not occupying like positions in other
cities.
knowing what attractive events 10 thou
sands of men big boxing contests are, and
knowing tha, the privilege of holding
such contests has often been abused by
promoters of fakes and crooked matches.
they take the matter coolly and instead of
shutting off all such affairs entirely. they
have made up their minds to continue
the boxing bouts, but only to allow them
to be carried on by men who will be
alive TO the nature Of the good thing they
have and are willing TO conduct the box
ing matches honestly and squarely.
As a result they have decided to bar
in the future ali men who have the repu-
tation Of having been mixed up in crooked
boxing contests in the past and allow only
well-accrediteG responsible men to man
age such affairs in the future and they
grant the privilege with the full under
standing that should there be any proof
that the boxing bouts are not conducted
properly then the privilege Of running
them viii be taken away. This announce
meat having been made, the chances are
that there sil be number Of big con-
tests held IN San Francisco during the
present year. and that the people. not
only Of that city, but Of the whole eoun-
try. can feel that they will be properly
conducted. This appears to be a much
better method of procedure than, as is
often the caea to mt M the bars en-