Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
BY T. s. ANDREWS.

4 Au WOlSdSt, Tie lightweight CHoihPi0AA
making a mistake in agreeing to meet
Packey Mcfarland. the pride Of the Chi
cago stockyards. in a ten-round battle IN
New York city? That is one point on
which the champion and his manager
Tom Jones. do not agree; the latter con-
| tending that 1t Is q bad match with VOL
CAST giving away SO much weight to q
clever man like Mcfarland. The tenn
porary articles Ad signed called for 13a
pounds at o'clock, which means that
Packey will go into the ring we'll above
that weight-probably around 1873 pounds
AS AID will not scale over 1870 at best. un-
less he should gain considerable between
now and October 1. he will be having al
least eight pounds the worst OF 1t. Can
he give that to Packey and win outf Tom
Jones has opposed 1t strenuously. but
Wolgast says that while no one can take
Jones' place, still he thinks he can whip
Mcfarland and Is willing to take the
chance. Il will put Mcfarland on the
defensive the first crack out Of the box. =
said the little champion here. and he
will never have chance to do anything
but act on the defensive. I will set q
pace that he will not want to follow.
even with his extra weight and 1t will be
Mcfarland who will be hanging on and
not me-" AS to confidence. why there is
nothing to 1t with the Cadillac wildcat
but he must not forget that his expert
/ ence with Joe Rivers was not the kind
that would bring extra enthusiasm into
fighter. Wolgast admitted when here
that he had felt the effects Of the opera
| ton and that he needed a good rest, but
He may have all the confidence In
| the world that he can whip Packey
Mcfarland or any other lightweight
but he will find the Chicago boy a diff
70 80
that l want to detract from Rivers
ability. for I think he is a little mar
vel. but because Mcfarland will have
away the best Of the weights and also also
find that Packey is q very different lad
to get into with body smashes than
some of those he has met in the past
honors even he may we'll feel proud II
is too bad that some OF the other stars
could not afford to give away q few
pounds In matches the same as VOL
CAST IS doing and against a man who
Is acknowledged to be a star by all
| critics. Wolgast is to be admired for
his gameness. even though his 3udg-
ment may prove wrong. but he may be
| right at that.
There has been a great deal of talk
Pro ,b ana S1n the oer OF
| moter. to Jack Johnson, the champion,
to meet Sam Langford and Sam Nc
Yea In Australia, but the facts have
| been mixed considerably. LII Arthur
| has stated that he wants to see the
money before he starts. which Is right.
but Jack has been the one to delay
the the posting Of the money ON Mr. Mein
| $4,000 to Johnson for the two bouts.
| and the champion signed articles for
the same at Las Vegas. 1t was stipu-
was to deposit at least $4,000 with
| any Chicago bank that Johnson might
| name as a guarantee that he would go
| through with the contract, and this
Mr.. Mcintosh was ready to do; in fact,
! the money order was cabled over to
the writer with instructions what to
do. when Jack insisted upon having
posted with AL Tearney. the well
known alderman and sporting man OF
Chicago. After spending another 800
in cabiegram soH Mr. Mcintosh agreed to
money be placed with any bank
Mr.. Tearney might name, as he con-
Sidered that 1t was only fair to both. and
ne also offered to let Mr., Tearney draw
up the contract to place with the money
agreement which the bank would be
expected to follow. Mr.. Mcintosh also
cabled as follows to Mr.. Johnson:
1T is unreasonable to expect mo to
deposit 50 large an amount with a
| stranger. I am quite willing to deposit
the $4,000 guarantee and also stand
5000 expenses. Mr.. Tearney car
treatment" From the above i,
will be seen that Mr.. Mc1ntoch
has been most fair throughout the nego.
| tiations and has been willing to take a
big chance with no guarantee to him
that the others will carry out their part
| Of the agreement All the guaranteeing
is being done by the Australian. From
the trend of affairs since Jack johnson
decided to come back" again 1t is evil
dent that the colored champion intends
| to take on several matches in the neal
future. as long as the big money holds
| out. but after that 1t will be to the Cafe
De Champion for Arthur. II Jack |.
really in earnest about taking on tn,
| two Sans in Australia he will no doub
make the trip. for the man who frs
gave Johnson q chance at the title ha!
come across in handsome style in Offering
to put up $4,000 for Jacks end and t
post $4,000 guarantee. He will get nj
deep down in his heart. If the two bat
ties go through as scheduled they should
attract q lot Of attention all over tn,
world.
Hugh D. Mcintosh. the Australian
| promoter. may defer his trip to the
United States and enter the political
field in the antipodes. For many years
he has refused to mix In the political
| end Of the game. but since his return
| to his native land from England and
America last year he has been ap-
| preached by his many friends to stand
for election to the general council
| Of Sydney; in fact, a meeting of bust
ness men in his district was held iI
May, according to reports. just received
here. stating that 1t was the unani-
nous verdict Of the meeting that Mr.
McIntosh's name be presented fol
election to the council. Should ISL
Hugh" enter the political game 1
would put a stop to any plans he might
have OF entering the fight game ir
New York city. Last winter three
well known New York men OF means
made q proposition to Mr.. Mcintosh
to Join them in launching boxing
club on q big scale, to handle only
matches between the stars Of the flstit
world. but the offer was declined a.
the time. owing to the fact that the
Australian promoter was busy trying
| to arrange a few worlds title matche.
in his home city. There IL no doub
but that Mcintosh would have made 9
big success of the venture. as he l!
not afraid to take q chance, and wher
he does handles them on q large scale
| Who knows! 1t may be Gov. Mcintosh
Of New South Wales before he gets
through Hugh has certainly done
more to put Australia on the world I
map through his big sporting ven
lures than any man ever sent out IRON
the antipodes, and his friends a
home are just beginning to md 1,
out.