The evening world., 1911-01-16
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Packey McF arIand Easily Max
ing 1876 Pounds at 3 O'clock
for Goodman Bout To-Mor.
row Night, and II Looks as
Though He Could Even Make
a Couple Of Pounds Less
= Without Much Trouble.

The New York World.
xfD o | look as " Il hurt me to make
weight" asked Packey McFar-
= and with a wide grin. Packey
had just stepped on the scales ana
tipped the beam at exactly 1854 pounds.
Considering the fact tina he had n cou-
pie OF days to spare before meeting Jack
Goodman and only had TO make l35
pounds at 3 o'clock. It looked as II lie
could make even a couple of pounds les.
Without straining himself In the least.
I'm going TO surprise a lot OF people
who think I can't make 1873 pounds and
take that lightweight championship"
Packey went on. l couldn't help wonder
ing why he made the match with VOL
fsst at 1876 at ! o'clock. which would
make IL impossible for him 10 claim the
title II he knocked the present holder
dut. But there are mysteries IN the
boxing game. and Packey seems TO be
a pretty busy boy. with a steadily In
creasing income under the business
method lie pursues.
Mcfarland Is working hard at Can
mons. Yesterday he logged over the
muddy roads in the morning and In the
afternoon dome his blue tights and
worked in the gymnasium. A big crowd
rathered-in fact, such a crowd that
only half OF II could get into tho place
where Packey trains and the other half
had to stand outside and listen TO the
fhudding OF gloves and the rub-a-dub
Of the punching bag.
II was a hard days boxing. consisting
OF three rounds each with three willing
~siuggers. Sailor Stevens was first OF
the lot. The Sailor keeps on fighting
all the time and can give and take pun
ishment. lie gave Packey plenty OF
work. So did Mike Grady and the third
boxer. As the bouts grew hot Packey
smiled more and more. He likes the
milling.
Mcfarland Is In a class with oldtimers
like Frank Erne. KID Mcfarland and
other clever boys Of a decade or more
ago. He Is very fast with hand and foot.
and he Is necessarily aggressive. lie v
a beautifully straight. clean hitter. Not
that he favors driving over the knock
oat wallop: his blows are rather OF the
singing, battering sort. He beats his
men up. Their beauty is likely TO suffer
when they come gains Mcfarland. He
Piles In all the time. always hghtin&.
always hitting and coming right on top
of you with blows that shoot In from
every side and seldom miss.
Jack Goodman Is clever too. and lately
Las been developing more hghting spirit
than he used TO have. He Is getting a
habit OF standing up to the mixing and
taking q chance. Tuesday night will see
a classy bout at the Fairmont when
these boys meet.
FREDDY WELSH sends me a letter
0hrough his private press agency
4 In which Freddy tells me many
interesting things. He says that all
England Is still talking about his match
With Driscoll. Then he goes on TO knock
Driscoll and says that he butted hin
because he preferred losing on a fou'
10 being Knocked out. After this Fredd,
goes a little further and says that Fred
dy welsh Is the biggest drawing carr
IN England. and that all the fighter;
ever there. from featherweights to wei
te~rweights. and mot a small sprinklint
OF middleweights." want to meet hin
'.or the losers end"
Reading his remarkable eplstle hai
Impressed upon me more than ever be
fore az such q thing Is possiole) tina
FREDDY Welsh has the most initiates
dome on record. / wonder II Harr'
Lewis. the w~elterwelght. who Ia now 4
Eugland matched with Johnny Sum
mers. wants to nght Welsh FOR tn
losers end II Freddy was challenge
by Harry Lewis IN bet You could pla
ehecksrs on Freddy's coat tails II 20
could get near enough and hold III
pace.
And Just incidentally here 10 q para
graph or so from a Hugh McIntos
letter that arrived in the same mai
Note what Mr.. Mcintosh has TO 81
about the ebuIllent and throbbing deslr
of Freddy Welsh to fight anybody.
from feathers TO welterweights, an
not a small sprinkllng OF middle
weights"
1 quote Mr.. Mcintosh:
IAN efforts to get Freddie Welsh ar
Packey Mcfarland together at olymp
seem ~unavailing. Mcfarland abled II
at London stating hts willingness
come to London 10 meet Welsh on a
most any conditions, but the lightweig,
champion of England Is g!b5sng at Il
cbntest By putting up barriers TO
dnsummation that n be overcom
'Fours faithfully.
HUGH ID. M'INTOSH."
II asked Packey about that. I'm n
splng TO waste any more time
Xelsh,' said he. II went TO EnglaI
aid wasted months before . could &C
iler him and force him to fight.
whipped him. and ! suspect that not
itg In the world could get him TO hg
ste again.
"If they can make him sign articl
Sld guarai..se his ~appeara1.ee In I
ring I'll jump right over and get hi
hut won't waste time chasing a felix
who Is afraid of me and doesn't wa
ID fight. As far as the money &c
there's Just as much for me in match
IN this country as In England."