New-York tribune., 1911-04-19
'PAcKEY' FAST AS EVER.
Drives Murphy About the Ring IN
a SIashing Bout.
HARLEM LAD 0UTP0INTE0
Shows Rare Gameness, but
Proves No Match for McFar-
land After Second Round.

Ioxins true to his remarkable form.
"Packey' Mcfarland. the Chicago iiGnt-
weight. outgeneralled. outpointed ana prac-
tically outclassed Tommy Murphy, OF Har-
lem. I'm a ton round bout at the Fairmont
A. {. Of Tho I,runN. last night. The contest
was fast at all times. and compared favoi-
ably with any ever held In this city AZ
the end there was no doubt that the West
,rn hoy was the winner, and all agreed
that Mcfarland is one of the greatest box
ers that ever entered the roped arena.
Throughout the bout the contending box
ers SPARED and fitted through the brill
liant light at great speed and hooked and
jabbed in an effort to put over the telling
punch. Blow. block and counter followed
In never ceasing sequence. The punches
thudded home through all openings with
the precision OF sharpshooters and the
frctionless rapidity OF a well oiled dynamo
High on his never resting toes the won
derful Chicago lad danced Aggressive
and confident, he forced the pace for eight
OF the ten rounds. He jabbed and hooked
his left 10 the face and crossed over his
right 10 the jaw I'm 2 way that had lis OPP
ponent dazzled.
Several times il appeared as If Murphy
lowered on the brink Of sudden ana de-
cisiVe defeat. but either "Packey S blows
lacked finishing force. or Murphy ~ pos
sessed OF remarkable recuperative powers
Circl,ng hack in stubborn. snarling retreat,
Tommy withdrew before the attack OF MS
man. lie directed his attack at McFar-
lands body in the hope of wearing him
down: IL was a hopeless task. for the
harder Tommy forced the more his man
called upon his great skill AT fence. ana
either made the Harlem boy miss or
blocked his punches
During the ninth and tenth rounds Nc
Farland boxed at top speed. His wasp
like left shot to the face and jaw almost
at will. Tommy closed IN. hut II was
escaping the pan to fall into the fire. The
Western lad toyed with him, and tie hnai
bell WAS music TO the local mans ears
when live boys shook hands Murphy as
sumed the offensive. He took several jabs
on ths face. but hammered away at the
body. Mcfarland used his height and reach
10 good effect He crossed a heavy right
TO the jaw. but the Harlem warrior closed
in and landed several hard blows In ex-
change Murphy earned an even break for
the round.
''Packey" started like whirlwind In the
second round. He jabbed away and landed
several clean blows. Murphy led left
but the Chicago lad blocked It and upper
cut a vicious right To the face. Cndaunted'
the Harlem boy tore i'm and sent the crowd
i'm an uprour. by knocking Mcfarland across
the ring with a terrific right cross to the
Jaw. "Packey" was dszed for moment.
and Murphy followed up the advantage by
standing him up on his heels with left
hook and had the honors OF the round
Mcfarland flashed 10 the fore I'm the
third round. boxing with all his mastery
skill. Murphy led hard and often, but the
uncrowned lightweight king drove hing
back with vicious counters He feinted
his man into making false leads and leav-
ing the openings through which "Packey"
shot home his blows with merciless pre-
cision.
Mcfarland gave the local boy @ terrific
lacing IN the fifth round and almost
! knocked him out. He sent Murphy crash
ing to the ropes with terrific right cross
on the chin. and leaped I'm 10 follow with
left and right. Murphy tried 10 fight. but
the Westerner feinted hin, into dacking an
imaginary lead which left a wide opening
Lake SnrihGlnR panther fhckey siiot
left and right 10 the jaw. Murphy's knees
sageed under him and his arms dropped
to his side. For an instant It appeared as
II he would be knocked out. but he lunged
into clinch and lasted the round out
Game as pebble. the Harlem boy took
up his hopeless task in the seventh round
Mcfarland beat him from post to post. and
il was evident that only a knockout would
turn the swiftly ebbing tide. Murphy came
upi smiling, but 'Peckcy" speedily erased
the smile with series of singing jabs and
hooks To the face. He measured Murphy
with LETT and right hooks to the jaw until
The latter cinched TO save himself So It
went To the end.
The members gathered slowly at first, hut
by the time tho preliminary bouts were
over fully $500 persons lined the galleries
and filed the ringside boxes. Roth boys
looked in the pink of condition when they
took their places, with Murphy appearing
bulkier than his clever rival
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