The evening world., 1912-02-02

Tile New ioa woridl.
rat THINK | could give Mike Gibbons
good fght." said Packey NcFar.
land yesterday when asked about
the prospect of n match with the 1T.
Paul middlcwc.gh;. But what's the
use OF talking about IT. ! certainly
have no intention OF nghting him. II !
MI out OF my class and fought u
heavier man Ike Gibbons and beat him.
ia never be able TO get on another
match with n lightweight. I'm n light
weigh, and ] expect TO no on nghting
among lishiw cights. Just now I'd like
nothing better than a match with
X. q. Brown 81 iSl pounds at 2 o'clock.
There's a little difference between X. ..
and Gibbons, Isn't there? why should
jump from Browns class to welter
or middle weight Another thing. thc
light weight class has been popular cvof
siace Iavigno's time. It's the best class
for a fighter to be In for money making
There Isn't much money IN i-ipg h
bantam or a fcltherwelght. There's
very little money IN tho game FOR well
tsrweigh,s. because that class hasn't
had a generally recognized champion
since Wolcctt ncn out OF business.
The middlev elshis haven't attracted
very mech atieat!on since kctcheis
death. Papke. Thompson. klaus. four
S%uliivans. Buck Grouse. McGooTiy AMI
a lot Of others have been setting az
q claim 20 the title. and the public Isn't
very sure which one OF the lot is the
hest man. As for the hesvyweights, u
good heavyweight cant get a match
sar. ehop an. la doris nre
wouldn't want Ia be a heavyweight.
No. the lightweight ciass II the best ~
ell. There are so many good li9ht.
Weights all over the country that n
lightweight champion can box as often
~ he cares TO. and get. good money
every time. Battling Nelson lost his
title two years ago. hut he's boxing all
the time. and he gets more money out
Of tho game right now than any OF tho
big fellows. I'm going " box as .
lightweight rs long az l can make the
weight. I made Il for Welsh In Eng
land. and ! can make II Just az easily
new. was 10 have. made i5 pounds
FOR wolgas. In Milwaukee. and ] FOUND
then that the weight didn't hurt me
I'll do u with pleasure any time ! nave
! . ehAnce to nght for the championship
y IsroRY proves that Mcfarland
has the right deaf ne really
"a can nsht at the lightweight limit.
Nov easily Bob Fl,zsimmons could have
sone along beating m,ddlcwc1ghts hut
FOR the fact that he left the middle
weight class and whipped Jim Coroett'
OF course he bca, n lot OF other heavy
weights and won glory galore. and made
few hundred thousand In tho rlng
and ON the stage. But he held the
heavyweight cha mpionshiP only one
year, ana then los. 1t 20 JcTrles. whom
he never could defeat afterward. lie
Was second man In his class after that
II ne had always rema' med among the
middleweights he would have teen q
cha mpion for fifteen or twenty years
And Frank Erne showed the foolish
aess Of rghting out OF ones clasnblS Wrist
10 baked himself down TO lS pounds to
meet Terry Mc0overn. and lost because
he was TOO weak to stand tho gan.
Then he fought Rube Ferns. weller
Wajght cha mpion. going out OF his class
the other way. Ferns knocked him nut
These two knockouts took away hall
Of Erne's hghting stamina and made
him easy for Joe Cans when II came "a
defending the title he should have stuck
10 all the time. And even away back IN
Jayigne's time. saw Iavlgne fgh'
Mysterious Billy Smith IN San Fran
clsco. Laviyne was lightweight cham
pion, Smith weitcr weight champion
IAvigne was considered unbeatable III
wanted two titles. Instead &C getting
the second one he took "A beating tina
was about TO terminate In n knockoui
when mis- brother Jumped Into the rims
ana tossed up the towel. That was tn
END Of Lav,gne as a champion. fo'
shortly after ward he lost his title t'
Erne.
Ana Terry McGovern. teath.rwclRh
champion. fought Young Corbe,,. wh'
was a lightweight. They weighed I,
pounds In the afternoon instead OF T.
rlngalde-and Terry got his frs, knock
out. This was the end OF McGovern a
q great champion. Had he not gon. ou
81 his class to fEht Young Corbett hi
devious ring career might have ex
tended over several more successful
years.
~N BoAG wires from San Fran
c!s,o. saying that Tommy Muir
ply saved himself from a knock
out only by the foulest nghting eve
seen In . ring" oil (naturally) think
that Hogan should have had the decision
and he isn't satisfied with ,hc referee
declaration that the hout was a draw.
The referee" says Boag, had TO eau
ton Murphy about his foul tactics a
through tho nEht."
This. OF course. 10 only Gil Boa&'s cid
Of the cnse. and boinR IIogan's mana va
IL may 20 hard for him TO sec tho othe
side At all. however fair his Intention
may be. ] will say. however. that | ca
readily irrssins Tommy nEht.ng fou
Tor he has made a great study o. fou
fghtins. In his bouts with Attsll. VIII
e~xssperatod Tommy by o~utboxing hin
Murphy deliberately foulsd In ever
conceivable manner. In all OF his night
ne constantly hoids with ona hand an
A'ts with the other. which II q foul tha
would Iced to his immediate ~disQuai.A
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