New-York tribune., 1911-04-18
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Packey Mcfarland Holds Tommy
Murphy in High Respect.
LIVELY BOUT IN PROSPECT
Drawings Made for Positions in
Relay Races for the College
Championships.

Down 10 WEIGHT and ready put up the
battle of his careG. PA :key" Mcfarland
the Chicago lightweight. wound up MS
training yesterday afternoon fer his ten
round bout with Harlem" Tommy Murphy
, at The Fairmont Athletic Glib, Of The
Bronx, tonight. "I'ackey" has been work
/ ing at Cannon's I.osA House, on West
! chester avenue. for the last few days to
put on ehe finishing touches. lie engaged
, in several bouts In the West recently and
won them all with ease.
/ McFarlarsI expects terrific struggle
| and is not backward in. saying that Muir
/ ply made him work at toD speed to win In
, their bout In Philadelphia three years ago.
| When asked what he thought Of the COM
/ irg bout Mcfarland answered.: Il believe
/ that ! can beat Murphy, hut IL all remains
| 10 be seen. When we met In Phiadeiphia
y had the better OF him, but he made a
| furious rally His left hook for the body
is a ha.v blow 10 avoid. as is his uppercut
| IN the cilnches. Tommy has improved since
we met, but so have /. He will prove to be
a tough customer, but l think that my
| speed will carry NE to a victory on points
! Realizing that he is 10 meet the man
whom lightweigbts most feap Murphy has
trained long and faithfully for the bout.
| lie has been at work for tfAe last month,
and when seen IN his train ing quarters
yesterday looked the picture OF rugged
health. He Is down to 1873 pounds. and as
! he will meet the Chicago lad at I35 pounds
at 8 o'clock wifi take matters compare
lively easy to-day a run on the road and
some light sparrine will cotstitute the re-
mainder OF HIS work.
| Murphy is confident OF his ability 70 with
stand the remarkable scierce OF the lad
| from Chicago. He has entirely recovered
| from the attack OF malaria which necessi-
tated his cancelling bouts with Brown and
! Maloney and says he has regained the
! form which carried him to victory over
Moran and others. He Knows that McFar-
land is the master of a. great left hand,
but he says he has worhed ont counter
for the blow which will take the snap out
of his man and bring him down TO his size
and weight before the ten rounds are over
Murphy has been boxing with AL Green
wood, big. powerful welterweight While
pounds heavier ard much stronger, the lat
ter has had all he could do 10 keep Muir
ply busy.
In order to save time on the day OF the
PENNSYLVANIA relay carnival on April %
and prevent confusion drawings for posi-
tons i'm the championships races have been
made. Pennsylvania teams drew the pole
in the two-mile championship and In the
race for freshmen, got second position in
the four-mile relay and fifth in the one
, mile. Cornell drew the pole I'm the one
mile championship, second in the two-mle
and third in the four-nrie. Michigan will
be on the outside in the one-mile race, but
! drew the pole in the four-Tnile. The en-
tries in full for the six leading races OF the
big programme, in the order from the pole
in each, follow:
One-mile college relay championship Of
America-Gornel, Harvard, NotrS Dame,
Princeton, Pennsy!vania, Chicago. syracuse
Two-mile college relay championship Of
Americs-Hennsylvaria Cornell, Illinois
Harvard. Michigan, Princeton and Nir-
Four-rile college relay champioYhp OF
Amerfca-Mbhigan. Pennsylvania, Cornell
Princeton ard Nosre Dame.
Freshman championship OF ATnerica-
Pennsylvania. Princeton, Columbia, Dart
mouth and IllinoE.
Preparatory scfOol relay champlenship OF
Chicago prep" Nercersbure Brooklyn
Prep" Exeter. Lawrencevile and Hin
Hgh school rylay championship Of Amer
ica-Brooklyn Manual Training. Boston,
English, Barrtnger. Washinspn Central.
! Chicago, Philadelphia, Central and Phila-
I delphia Central Eigh School.
: Alfredo De ORC will defend his pool cham
pionship title tonight against Jerome
| Keogh. from whom the Cuban regained &,
last December The two famous players
will meet in join Doyles academy in West
/ .2d street and the match. as usual, will
be at GO points, in blocks OF two hundred
balls for three consecutive nights.
| While De orc has long been regarded ss
the master artist at the game, It Is re-
rne,nbered that in their last meeting .keogh
forced him 10 a record run Of eighty-one
balls 10 win. Keogh led De ORC through
/ the first and second sessions OF that match.
Keoeh is confident that he can turn the
tables this time.
No announcement was forthcoming yes
terdav from John T. Brush as to his plans
for rebuilding the grandstand at the Polo
| Grounds, destroyed by fire last week. It
leaked out that an estimate and plans would
| be submitted to-day or tomorrow for
concrete ard steel stand, but that final ac-
/ ton might be deferred for several days
The Giants were ont on the diamond yester-
day for their morning practice.
! William y. Doc) Scenlan, the at times
: brilliant pitcher. has changed his mind
about holding OUT and signed a contract
with Brooklyn. The breach between him
and Bill Dahlen is so wide, however. that
, the chances are IN favor of his being sold
| or traded to some other team. Scanlan It
| Is said would welcome transfer, as he
rebeled against a cut in his salary. and
| only signed al the last minute to preserve
his standing in organized baseball.
! Sheldon Lejeune. who was, injured in an
automobile accident while the Superbas
were playing in Knoxville. Tenn, several
weeks ago, reported In Brooklyn yesterday
The hard hitting outfeldsr. who holds the
long distance throwing record. may yet earn
a place on the team.
II turns out through an announcement
made yesterday by President Lynch OF the
National League. that Lew Richie, John
Paester and Jimmy Sheckard have signed
I three-year contracts with the Chicago club
! While Mcfarland and Murphy are spar
ring and jabblng in The Bronx, Browns
! Gymnasium viii be the scene OF a lively
conflict tonight. when Paddy LAWN, the
welterwelsht boxer of Buffalo. will try
conclusions with Jeff smith. one OF the
sensations of the year Smith has been In
The ring for less than a year. but in that