The evening times., 1911-08-15
WOLGAST IS NOT.
TALKING CHANCE
All Things Were Considered
Before Any Articles Were
Signed

Chicago, Aug. 16.-Win Packey Nc
Farland, the Chicago lad. share the
glory Of the lightweight honors with
Ad Wolgast, the present worlds cham
pion, after their meeting In Milwau-
kee, Sept. Is? That is a question
that is agitating the minds of the
sporting men hereabouts. and espec-
tally Tom Jones, manager for the lit
tie Michigan wildcat. says Tom An
drews Of Milwaukee.
Wolgast has made the match at a
weight that will suit Mcfarland bet
ter than any proposition ever before
made to him by the champion, and it
is a question now whether the Chi
cago lad will be able to take advant-
age of the situation and grab off a
share Of the honors as result. The
weight is to be 1873 pounds at 8
O'Clock, which means that Mcfarland
will enter the ring at about 1877
pounds, while Wolgast will handily
scale over 1872 at the most. Can VOL
CAST afford to give away that much
land? Ad thinks he can, but there
are many who think he is making
serious mistake for Mcfarland is a
different class boxer to what the
champion has been meeting and he
can also punch when he has his
strength with him, not being sapped
away by making impossible weights.
It will mean lots of hard work for
Mcfarland to make even 1873 pounds
at o'clock and retain his strength,
according to Manager Thiery, and he
should know IL any one does. If that
is the case then it will mean a hard
proposition for Wolgast to face. ii.
Considered All Points
Mcfarland and his manager have
considered all these. points before
hand. There is no doubt on that
score, for when Packey was asked
through his manager to go ahead with
the proposed match with Matt Wells
he balked and said it would be i'm
possible now as he had to post for
felt of $4,000 to guarantee return
match with Wolgast over the long
route. That goes to prove that VOL
CAST, while being confident, is taking
no chances on losing in q no-decision
bout. He wants to be protected should
the stockyards boy put one over on
him, as he feels that he is Packey's
master over the long route, no mat
ter how the short one may terminate.
It is McFarland's plan to grab off a
few weeks of easy stage money after
the bout with Wolgast, for he knows
that If he holds the champion even it
will mean big inducements from the
vaudeville or burlesque house, and
that is the goal just now. Manager
Thiery not only expects him to hold
Wolgast even, but to score victory
over him, a point decision that none
Of the papers can deny him.. After
that he will want a rest, for over the
long route he will be obliged to make
1873 pounds four hours before the con-
test, which will be harder, and 1t will
mean extra hard work to get down
gradually 80 as to retain his strength.
Packey knows that January is q
big date for boxing shows on the
coast, and it will not be surprising to
hear of the two meeting before Jimmy
Coffroth's San Francisco club and the
first Of the new year. Coffroth has
offered Wolgast guarantee of $17,-
900 for his end and Mcfarland $1O,-
900 or $4,000 for the match, and it
seems certain that the San Francisco
man will land 1t, no matter how the
bout in Milwaukee may turn out.
Should Packey score knockout it
would upset the dope somewhat, but
that would not cause the coast bout
to fall through; It would simply re-
verse matters with Mcfarland draw
ing down the long end Of the money
and Wolgast the short end.
Not Fully Arranged
There has been much talk about the
Wolgast-Freddy Welsh bout for
Thanksgiving day at Los Angeles,
but the champion stated in Milwaukee
the other day that the contest has not
been definitely arranged for that date
before McCarey's club and there is a
suspicion that it will not go through,
although Wolgast says he wants to
treat Tom McCarey right and give
him date, but it may be with some
one besides Welsh. He states further
that the side bet has never been post
. ed (Which, but the way. McCarey OBJ
jects to and rightly SOY for the battle
/! with Welsh, nor have articles been
signed. Reports from the coast say
Manager Tom Jones was left behind
to sign these articles, but nothing has
been heard Of late about the signing
Of the same. In the meantime there
have been reports of trouble between