Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-26
philadelphian Has Ten Pounds
On Packey-BrOwn Beats
keyes.
DEL Jan. %.
ID ACKEY MCFARLAND. the stock
yards champion, of Chicago, de-

yards" champion, of Chicago, de
feated Young Erne, the Philadel-
phia lightweight, in a most unsatisfac-
tory six-round bout at the National A,
C. last night.
According to the statement of the
men, they agreed to weigh In at 13t
pounds for last nights bout, but nc
forfeit was posted. Erne, therefore, as
he expressed 1t, did not train foI
weight, but trained to fight" Referee
McGuigan declared from the ring side
that Erne weighed 1884, pounds with
his clothes on, which he said was IL
pounds overweight"
Mcfarland, on the other hand, while
he refused to post a forfeit to make
the weight, topped the beam at a trinc
over 1874 yesterday afternoon, according
to McGuigan. Packey at first refused
to go on, but later, McGuigan snid
agreed to box Ernc rather than disap-
point the crowd.
Erne Staggered.
Eliminating the unfortunate cream.
stances attending the bout, McFarian3
deserved the victory. He staggered
Erne several times with vicious ap'
percuts and right swings, while Erm'
missed practically every punch tina
might nave mussed Packey's counte
nance.
Erne was always willing to rush to {
clinch, and during the second, third and
fourth rounds, the men hugged so mact
of the time that the crowd Kissed them
continually.
The first round was tame, very tame,
but the crowd was patient. thinking
the men we're trying each other out
Erne landed n pretty stiff wallop and
Packey began to force him. The s7,ond
was still more tame, most of h time
being taken up with clinches.
Mcfarland, fresh as at the start. ap-
parently. went after Erne IN me sixth
session and again staggered the lilly
lad with vicious upper-cuSS.
Knockout Brown gave away much
weight to Bert Keyes at the Empire
Club, in New York, last night and won
the popular verdict at the end or ten
rounds of Indifferent lighting.
Keyes lost the chance of his life by
letting Brown do most of the leading.
and only in spots did he look to have
O chance to get home in front. When
he did start he beat Brown to the
punch, got In some good lefthand WORK
and shook his man up with rights.
| 1t surely looked like curtain for the
Knockout person In the opening ses-
sion when Bert stepped In with two
singing rights hat landed clean on
the jaw. The big crowd of members
that filled the hall were up on their
feet yelling wildly at the unexpected
start of the battle. Brown was about
the most surprised person in the house
himself. But he shook off the punches
as though they were mere taps, and at
the end of the round he was making
Reyes back up.
Young Soliy stopped Charley Burns
at the Sharkey A. c. last night, The
| referee called a halt in the eighth
round to save Burns. This bout was
substituted for the Brown-Scanlon
fight, the pair refusing to go on on
| account of the poor house. =
Eddie Sheridan, Of Chicago. had q
shade the better of Joe Phillips, OF
New York, in the e~ight-round boxing
bout, the wind-up event at the Wind
sor Athletic Club, at Windsor, Ont,
last night. Both men were constantly
on the aggressive, but there were no
knockdowns.
Harry Lewis, the American fighter,
defeated Johnny Summers, of England,
In the fourth round Of their battle al
Hugh McIntosh's Olympia A. c.. in
London, with left and right hooks to
the jaw. The fight was carded as the
~welterweight championship of England,
and was scheduled to go twenty
rounds.
Lewis had the better of the milling
from the start. He outclassed Sum
mers at all styles-being much the SUI
perior boxer and carrying q heavier
wallop. Summers was knocked down
three times In the final round, gamely
crawling to his feet the first two times
he was floored. When he arose the
first time he let loose a wicked right
swing, which no brought from the
floor, and 1t only missed Lewis's jaw
by the fraction of an inch. Had 1t
landed there is no doubt there would
have been another victor.
The bout between Joe Jeanette and
George Cotton, the colored heavy
weights. which was to have taken place
in Pittsburg on next Tuesday night.
has been transferred to the National
Sporting Club. of New York city. Tom
O'Rourlxe got the men to call off their
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