The evening world., 1911-11-07
So Dull Around Here That
! Packey Mcfarland Has Made
| sUp His Mind to Take a Run
Out to Chicago and Celebrate
His Birthday.

Copyisht. 1911. by Tie Pres. Publishing Co.
THE New yorh wofd).
- NILE THIERY thinks there isn't
much hope OF our seeing Packey
Mcfarland In action for some
time TO come. Emile handles Packcy's
matches. Yesterday afternoon he came
n 20 zee US Just before leaving for
Chicago.
mot . thing DOING aid Emile.
"Nobody wants to fight Packey. It's
ter dull around here that Packey made
~ his mind to take a run out to Chi
fago and celebrate his birthday. lie was
o~venty-three last Wednesday. you know.
Poor Packey has \ hard time keep
!ne busy. He was 30 anxious to box
here h q ne told Billy Gibson he'd 80
On At n Of his Saturday night shows
end Billy could pick out anybody he
wanted to. Picking 'em out WAS all
pGht, but getting them TO box McFar-
And was another thing. Honest. when
oome Of those managers OF the coming
yohtweight champions were asked 10
Out their boys on with Packey they
bed tsarA
IT'S the same way with the cham
Mons. We had to bull wolgast into
tbs tcn-round match at Milwaukee.
Tom Jones wouldn't consider II for a
second. but I got wolgast all alone one
day and talked TO Him for an holr. I
Mad TO tell him that Packey would be
elmost dead at the weight. and az last
~ signed to box Packey at i3S pounds
. O'clock. and put up a $1,000 forfeit.
Z s.Wolgast didn't think Packcy would
y too weak 10 box he'd never dream Of
NHyhting him. Why was the bout pre-
yPated? Mcfarland stepped on a pair
d scales a week before the date aud
showed q few friends that he weighed
ohH is5h then. and Jones heard about
II After that there wasn't q chance NJ
their coming together.
That would a been a nice piece
a money. There was an advance sale
q e<i.0o0. wolgast was 10 have had
u psr cent. Of the gate, a. champion.
and Packey IS per cent. After the Mil
Waukee match was called OF other
clubs tried to get Wolgast and. McFar-
land together. but Ad couldn't see II.
Tom McCarey OF Los Angeles offered
Wclgast s2s. 900. That was the record,
Hut Wolgast held out for a guarantee
a st26 .0co. And still Tom Jones says
US duck soup for Wolgast to knock
Mcfarland out In ten roundsi Do YOU
think he believes ~ There was a
Frisco offer of $50. 900 for Wolgast's
80. too. Pretty soft money for q
Duck soup proposition.
And Wells! Why, Wells and Nc
yarland were matched 10 box ten
rounds at the Garden Oct. 10. weigh In
It l16 pounds at 5 o'clock. That might
have come OF II the club hadn't gone
opt Of business. Then Gibson had Wells
peyUuaded into taking a chance with
1eckey. same weight. Gibson offered
wells $500. Then Wells and his man
ayers thought that wasn't enough, and
BILLY said that II any one else would
04er more they'd be welcome TO
packey's services. and he'd withdraw.
GIL Boag was there. and he promptly
stepped In with an offer OF $500 each
for Wells and Mcfarland. Wells
thought that would be very nice, but
the mex day he changed his mind and
SID the weight must be 1873 pounds at
o , o'clock instead of 49, at 3 Mean
while he had bought his steamer tickets.
and he left suddenly for Europe and
dropped the whole thing, can YOU bea,
ite What's tle game com'ns ID when
they'll refuse none like that for a
t%en-round match. with Mcfarland on
the other end?"
And the disconsolate manager OF the
matchless Mcfarland went uptowr
10 pack his grip.