The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-29
CURRENT SPORTINE GOSSIP
M'FIRLAND PLAYED 4 TRICK
ON DICk HYLlND.

his Refusal To Make the weight Agreed
lpoa Caught tho Californian In
AwHres- PAeky no Longer n Real
lightweight Roger COnhOr Talks.
-Packy Mcfarland weighed Ii"'i pounds
when he got into the ring to box Hyland
aid Jimmy Kelly. the veteran trainer
who - HylAnd's manager. yesterday NV
boy could have made i1S at the Ttngslde.
for he was under that limit when he got
on the scales l ue~day afternoon ~ o'clock
to do i1j We agreed 60 box Mcfarland
at that weight. but he refused to s"ale. and
a. he had no weight forfeit up We had TO
submit or back out OF tie match.
Mcfarland l. not lightweight. even
stretching the term lie II a welterSe eight
and should connne his efforts To that class.
lie was bigger ami stronger than Hyland.
vet believe in a rnish hght Hvlani would
wear him down. even at catch weights.
Mcfarland cannot hit hard. He's lust
one Of those looking glass bONers. while
Hyland ~ a fighter IN every sense OF the
word II Mcfarland had lived up Ia the
conditions ~ our match With him tuesday
night believe Hyland would have made
far better showing. hut Packv resorted
10 one OF his old tricks
Mcfarland when he meets Jack Good
man OF this city IN about three weeks at the
Farmont \. 4 will have o make 49, pounds
A. o'cloa X or there'li be no night " least
that l. the statement of sammy Nelly.
GOplman's manager. who thinks his man
under such conditions Can Outpont the
Chicago hover. Goodman outpOintsd hy-
land at O'Rourkes club recently. hut hs
did not have 50 wide margin a. M'faT-
land
N Mcfarland could biz like Hvland for
instance he would b. almost InVincihle
lie landed punch after punch. nr-t with
the left and then with the right On Iivland
Jaw. but al no time dad Hyland siagger
THIS lack ~ hitting power has ALWAYS been
PackyS weak point hose who saw his
SPLENDID exhibition Of CleveTneS- ] ueSday
night quickly realized Why Mcfarland
gave Freddie Welsh scientific trimming
In ondon several months ago A. Welsh
y taper. not a slugger. was also easy
10 see why the British champion and Nj
Fafland might have kept Gu boxing for an
unlimited number OF rounds II was aL-o
PLAN whv Ad wolgast would not meet
Mcfarland unless tho latter scaled iSl
pounds three hours before ring time. for
" Mcfarland had been allowed To weigh
i3S at = o'clock. IA he tried 10 insist upon,
he would probably have outponted Vol
cast with ease IA a Ten round bout. especially
In view NJ the fact that the con lteror OF
Battling Nelson i no harder hitter than
Mcfarland or Welsh
The preiminhrie- az the Fairmont g.
int roduced a very promising lightweight
in Joe Maudot MrFarland- pupil. Of whom
much ~ expected Maudot - both clever
and hard hitter He knocked Patsy
Hughes. a loca. boy. out In the first round
win a nsht hand swing on the Jaw
Among the spectators az he Polo Grounds
Yesterday was Roger Coanor for many
y aver hatred now bui still - a powerful
, ~ in Waterbury. Conn and comes here
Common and the veteran Dan BTouthen-.
once the National Leagues biggest hitter,
had tanning bee yesterday that revived
II cam see where the game has i'm:
proved. Dan sad tonnor In Tact
and Others. who can hit the ball any harder
than We did
that's been my argument all along
replied Brouther Ana furthermore The
pitchers and nelders aren't blt he'ter
eefe GARRISON. Ward Nnson. Hariie
Richardson. RAdbourn~, Nelly and william
"u can bct your Iife on that said
'ounnr Wt'h a grim smile tonnor nr~f
became famous - nr.' ba-enAn 81 The
1roy- Ne began playing with the Giants
IN s-s and remained with them until the
-sason ~ ist4. when John VI Ward, then
manager FenlNfl Nun ~ NiF lUtl "a Nhs
With lack bow" II was a hard blow 10
Roger. VII" shortly after tina, decided 60
mo rc =, ,r S he ys s2 siScs an. md
j. a thirty-'hird degre" fan.
BUSINESS Manager Frank Bancroft n the
Cincinnati Reds. Nho has been ideni Ned
With big league C'uh- for nearly ihirty
yesr- ~sy- ,ha, j. ii",ch.T he en-
take some star players on a tour ~ the end
81 the season. viii ind that he = ~ aga,nst
" Fletcher viii have 20 build new ball
parks al over tho country to show his
isam~ said bannv Yesterday The Ma
tionA. Commissions edict closes every or
ganiZed base hall park IN he country ~ far
a. he e concerned III. threat 10 organize
a new league and grab on all thestar PLAYERS
ins' so much no, air When the shoWdovn
comes Fletcher will hack w II costs a
mint ~ mon"y 10 STAR a new league and
nobody who knows anything about baseball
will take chance in war with the major
league
The Cincinnati outheld Re~ch~r. Paskert
and Mitchell " one Of the best in baseball
ThoS" men cover ground throw brilliantly
and are good hitterS and rlnners The
Red~ do not need a great deal Of bolsterinx
to make them dangerous factors IN neNt
wears pennant race. clark Grif1th will
remain manager.
Chase. by the wav, has carried out ono
important idea he has placed Earl Gard
ner on second base instead ~ IAporf"
Tor IN" reason that he believes Gardner
far better fielder and more efecttv"
factor IN team play
Rig Chief Meyers has materially improved
IN htz throwing 10 ha-eS A. one time he
was erratic IN 'hi- respect thar hs looked
like a failure Hut he's -teadied down and
j. nov catching better ball than a. any tim"
since he Wa- hrrt engaged
BroOklyn'- recent victories over tn"
pi'tshurg- would seem 20 Indicate that
newt year Dahlen's men will prove form'd
able Dahlen has laid the RroundNork
for a winner. BROOKLYN fans believe, and only
needs the proper amount OF encourage
meni.
lack Johnson. through hi- theafrica.
manager issued a challenge Yesterday 20
meet Barney Oldhsld IN an automobile race
Wtthtn -tNfy daV- tbs, Iat'ef to name all the