The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-05
MCFARLAND TO BOX
WELSH IN LONDON
Men Are to Meet in We elk B E
ginning February 10
M'lNToSH MAKES MATCH
Mcfarland Beat Welsh Last May
But Decision Was a Draw

Packey Mcfarland Of Chicago. and
Freddie Welsh Of Cardiff. Wales,
practically have been matched to meet
in England in February. Last night
Hi Mess er. Hugh McIntosh's Ameri-
can representative, announced that
Mcfarland and Welsh would meet in
the Olympia Gardens, London, on
February 9. Mcfarland, however, who
is in Kansas City training for his COM
ing fight with Jahnny Mccarthy said
last night that the arrangements for
his proposed fight with Welsh have
not been completed.
Packey said that he had informed
! the promoters of the match that he
would not meet Welsh unless Eugene
j Correl refereed the bout. The Chica-
goan also wanted the date for the
fight set two weeks later. Mcintosh
probably will agree to McFarland's
| proposals, and the men are likely to
clash In London in the week, begin
ming February 10.
The boys will weigh in at 1888
pounds at 2 p. m. on the day Of the
battle. This proposition has been
agreed to by both Welsh and McFar-
land. Neither Messier nor McFar-
Mcintosh has offered for the go.
When Mcfarland and Welsh last met
! at the National Sporting Club, in Lon
don they fought for purse Of SC, 5000
and a side bet Of $1,000
Mcintosh had intended putting on
Owen Moran and Ad Wolgast: He Of
fered a purse of $4,000 for the fight,
but as Wolgast made an exorbitant
demand Mcintosh washed his hands
Of the affair." and began to angle for
Mcfarland and Welsh. In England it
is thought that a Welsh-McFarland
match will draw better than the pro-
posed bout between Battling Nelson's
Nd ~f1o ~
lightweight champion. Welsh and Nc
Farland met last May, and the British
boxing fans still are talking about the
mill.
Mcfarland won by 50 big a margin,
that the fight was awarded to him by
every scribe at the ringside. Tom
Scott, the referee, however, called the
fight draw, a decision, which caused
a howl to go up all over the tight
little isle. The editor of Boxing, one
Of England's best fight publications,
characterized the mill as a. great
fight and bad decision Of the
fight Boxing said:
zone may describe the contest in
its entirety as decentralization of
the ring by Welsh, with Packey as
the compelling force. Time and again
was Freddie driven back on the ropes.
his only resource then being to close,
and, leaning against his steady and
round somehow into the wider reaches
of the ring again. only to be forced
once more to continue his persistent
and steady retreat.
Points in boxing contests are usu-
ally awarded for attack and also for
the majority Of clean hits delivered.
Well, Mcfarland did SO per cent OF
the attacking. and at the very least
scored a clear majority Of the points
in at least fourteen of the rounds,
and one could not cerdit Freddie with
more than three of the rema ming
six. Yet the verdict was draw!
welsh might dance from side to
side: might dodge and retreat: c'~e'e
slowly round the ropes, and employ
every vile or device of which he was
capable. in the van attempt: to dodge
past Packey, either right or left. Each
and every maneuyer was i'm va.n
There were, Of course, occasions when
Welsh did get by, but these m sn1
almost have been counted on ones
fingers
All the London scribes were enthusi-
astic over McFarlands showing. He
proved to be the most popular Amer
lean boxer that ever visited the Bril-
fish Isle and return match with
Welsh ought to draw, a big crowd
Olympia Gardens, where the bout is
to be held. has seating capacity Of
5000 and every one is provided with
a fixed chair. In describing the hall
Mcintosh says:
with the exception Of the seat i'm
7nediately round the ringside the whole
place is TERED and an excellent view
Of every movement may be had from
any position. The whole Of the inter
ior Is richly decorated in warm colors,
while the building itself is. artificially
heated. Huge pot plants and other
items Of the decorators art serve to
convert the place more into the ap-
pearance at first sight of huge
winter garden. All the taisles are
covered with thick carpet
Mcfarland will condition himself for
the battle with several fights in this
country. He has bouts scheduled for
ton to his ten-round go with Jack
Goodman, which is slated to take
place at the Paramount Club on Jan.
II, Mcfarland and Goodman have
agreed to weigh in at 135 pounds at
6 p m. on the day Of the mill. If Nc
sFarland can make that weight for
Goodman he should have little trouble
making 1873 pounds at p. m. for
Welsh.
The general consensus is that Nc
Farland will hand Welsh another trn1-
ming. Freddie recently won on a foul
over Jem Driscoll, the English feath-
erwe1ght champion. Gable dispatches
had it that before the award was
made and Dr'scoll was disqualified
that Welsh had handed him a hard
beating. The English newspapers,
however, all sad that Driscoll gave
Welsh a hard battle and that the re-
suit was in doubt when Driscoll was.