The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-24

he took the limit off and bet them high.
 Ad has the worst of the bargain in the matter of weight. The articles say the boys must hop on the scale ! 2 at in the afternoon, the weight at that hour to be 135 pounds. Pretty soft for Packey. The champion is legitimate 133 pounder. In fact, he can do a couple less and still be good, and 1t would appear that Tn tnls
 match he has handicapped himself a bit. Mcfarland should weigh around 13S at DOS time, and he's a bear when not trained down too fine. But that $22,5OO is a lot of money for thirty minutes work, and Ad is willing to take the worst of the weight to get his mits on that big bundle.
 It may be the match will cause split in the relations existing between Wolgast and Manager Tom Jones. It is said Jones objected strenuously as he believes the champion needs more time to recuperate from the iil-effects of that appendicitis operation and the strain and wear and tear of training for the Rivers bout. Ads work In the Rivers engagement did not over please his admirers and Jones holds the view that if the champion could do no better than win questionable @ victory over the Mexican, youth of comparative inexperience, 1t is ab- surd to hope for decent showing in a limited bout with the wizard Packey. Ad, though, entertains a different opinion and belives he can beat Mcfarland under any old con- ditione. He iS a game kid anyway, and then it would be little short of criminal to pass up that $22.5o0.
 Ad is a wonderful little fighter. doubt if any one will attempt to ois. pute that statement. But am of Jone's idea that Packey is too classy for, Wolgast unless possibly the lat ter is at his very best. Another factor that will tend to lessen the chances Is the rule In, vogue in New York calling for clean breaks. Ad has scored his more i'm nportant victories in California un- der Referee Jack Welch whose liberal of the rules has greatly favored tfe schanpionss Style of nfu- ing. Mere Wolgast will not be all lowed to hit in clinches and 1t will handicap hinP on the other hand Mo Farland has many times proven he is in a class all alone when boxing with clean breaks.
 E. fail to see any great reason to get excited oyer a ten round exhloi- ton between Johnson and Jeanette. Over the long route it would be diff ferent. The men have met. num- Der of times in limited round exhi- bitions and nothing startling hap pened. True Johnson was awarded decisions in bouts of three and six rounds. but in the contests of ten and fifteen rounds duration tho honors were easy.
 Johnson is not aversatile scrapper. By that I mean he knows and enl- ployes only one system and clings to it through a contest. He is never aggressive, or if so has failed to show it of recent years. Jack is satisfied to play a waiting game in the ring and let the other fellow come to him. A clever boxer who could use his feet a little, just enough to keep the champion at long range, could stay in the ring with him for a week with out getting hurt. Jack never goes after man, should his adversary re- fuse to take the initiative and slow no inclination to carry the battle right up to his breastworks, then there's no fight, that's all.