Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-16
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BY JAY DAVIDSON

BY JAY DAVIDSON
Nobody will dispute the decision in
favor of Packy Mcfarland last night in
his ten-round scrap with Fighting Dick
Hyland, yet the net result reflects al
most as much credit upon Hyland as it
does upon Mcfarland. With all his
cleverness, speed and generalship, the
stockyards champion was able only to
earn an undisputed decision and create
a demand for a return match over a
longer distance upon the same condt-
lions. Hyland was slow to get on his
stride, yet he made a showing that ma
terially increased his popularity here
and made him a better drawing card
than he was previous to the scrap. 1t
was the Al Kaufmann-Jim Barry bout
fought over, minus the result. McFar-
land outclassed Hyland in cleverness
and speed, but the native son has it on
the Chicago boy in the wallop and cool
headedness. Pacl1y hit Hyland three
times to one in return, yet his blows
lacked the steam that Hyland put into
his punches, and after the bout, while
everybody admits that Mcfarland won
rather easily, they want to see the boys
mix it over q longer route, believing
that Hyland would give Mcfarland an
awful hard rub in an extended battle.
Hyland was a distinct surprise. He
was considered q legitimate shortender
and due for an early trip to dreamland,
as the betting proves Mcfarland was
a to l favorite and evens were laid
that the Chicago boy would stop the
native son in ten rounds. The first
round encouraged the Mcfarland bet
tors, as the battle seemed to be one
sided and gave indications that Nc
Farland would win by knockout
easily within the limit He hit Hyland
almost at will, showed such superior
speed and cleverness that it looked like
a, shame to permit the scrap to go on
and easily blocked all that was sent
his way.
The story of the second and third
rounds, and it might be said that 1t in
Guided the fourth, is the same. Nc
Farland was travelling at an Attell pace
and showing things in the boxing line
that a finished boxer might be expected
to put on exhibition. He seemed to be
cleverly playing for an opening for u
knockout wallop, and that probably
was what he was doing. The opening
came frequently and he took advantage
of it, but he could not feaze the native
son. Throughout the battle there never
was a time when Hyland was in dis
tress. Even when Mcfarland hooked
left to the jaw that sent Hyland Keeling
half way across the ring he came back
and surprised everybody by his speedy
return and aggreSsiveneSs. He never
was hurt throughout the scrap, and the
decision was won solely on points, box
ing points, and no damage was done to
either and no suspicion of trickllng
of blood appeared during the scrap.
1t was a battle of little giants-both
contenders for the lightweight title
and Hyland proved that he will give
Battling Nelson a sitter fight over a
distance that Mcfarland could do. The
most apparent fact proved by the bat
tie was that Mcfarland cannot make
1873 pounds at any hour the day of the
battle and put up his real fight. He
did not fight as he did when he met
Phil Brock at catchweights, and at no
time showed that he was as good as at
that time. He fought better than when
he met Freddie Welsh, but this only
indicates the truth in the statement
that he is natural Welter and cannot
hope to be contender for the light
weight title because he cannot make
the lightweight limit at ringside, as re-
CURED by Battling Nelson, and have
any hope of winning.
It was a pretty exhibition and wholly
devoid of any offensive feature. Both
boys fought fairly, Clearly and honor
ably and the fans were pleased. No
blood was shed, neither sustained even
a black eye and it at the same time
was one of the fastest and prettiest
boxing exhibitions ever staged in Los
Angeles.
Swink Stops Otto
Three preliminaries preceded the main
event. The opening number was a
scheduled six-round bout between Kid
Otto and Young Russell, and despite
that the crowd was slow in arriving the
boys entered the ring promptly on the
dot at 8:15 o'clock It was announced
10 fol- Ia
to appear md Young Swink was sub
stituted.
The boys were a bit green, but will
ing, and after a few seconds of monkey
I-5iness they went to work. Swink
showed to better advantage liz the
opening session and had a shade on
Otto, although neither did very much
damage during the round.
The second round was livelier ses-
sion and found Otto getting in a few
good wallops for his own account. How
ever, Swink showed like a veteran in
refusing to be ratified, never swung
once, but repeatedly hooked his right
to the jaw and thrice staggered his OPP
ponent. It was Swink's round.
Otto showed improvement in the third
and had a shade at the end. He swung
hard to TIE ribs repeatedly and alter
mated q few times with rights and lefts
to the head. Swink came back in the
fourth with a varied assortment of
1oks and shifts that soon enabled him
to regain his lead in the scrap, and
after he had staggered Otto two or
three times with nicely placed right
hooks Otto was slowed down to walk.
The end came in the fifth round, after
Otto had stopped several right hooks
with his jaw and was webbing all
over the ring. Swink seemed disinclined
to land the knockout punch and merely
slapped Otto with his open glove. Otto
finally backed into a neutral corner and
when Swink drew dack to swing on his
jaw Referee Blake stopped the fight
Otto could not raise his hands to pro-
tect himself and Blake acted promptly
and very properly.
Jack Woods, brother of Billy Woods,
the clever negro middleweight, and
Dick Givens went on for a six-round
bout as the second number on the card.