Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26

Special Dispatch to The Star.
AYI VIZ IYKE I, W.T. Mar d

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, May 25-One OF
the most interesting matches carded for
next week Is the one between Packey
Mcfarland, the Chicago pride, and Ray
Bronson, the Hoosier champion, set for
May %. at Indianapolis 1t will come the
night before the big automobile race and
should attract large crowd of fans. for
there are many boxing fans among the
auto enthusiasts. The weight is to be
1873 pounds at noon the day of the fight,
and that should let both boys come In
at their best. 1t may be bit hard for
Bronson to make the poundage, but he
will have plenty of time to rest up after
making weight. and it will be like catch
weights for Mcfarland. The bout Will go
the ten rounds, for there is little chance
Of Packey stopping the Indianapolis boy
inside of ten or twenty rounds, but there
Is a good chance of the Chicago pride
outpointing Bronson. Packey is a fox,
and he will not take undue liberties with
the Hoosier, for he knows he carries a
good-sized waliop. and that Is what Pack
ey has great respect for. 1t will be a
ca Sc of the stock yards boy boxing at
long range, while Ray will be looking
for a chance to get over his right chop or
swing. Bronson has a splendid left hand
If he would only use 1t. more, but he
seems anxious at all times to use the
right chop or swing. forgetting that he
possesses a good left. He has just as
long If not longer, reach than McFar-
land and considerable power behind It.
The bout should be classy one, with
the shade in Packey's favor.
man these days. 1t required a lot Of
nerve to undertake the staging of the
Johnson-Flynn match, as so many people
We're convinced that Johnson was in
vincible. In the face of all obstacles
Curley went ahead and succeeded in
landing the match, and also finding an
ideal place to stage it, He has done more
than that; he has convinced many people
that Flynn really has a good chance to
take the title away from the colored
man There has been a lot of press stuff
about Flynn weighing 215 pounds and all
that, but | cannot see 1t. If he weighs
that amount then he Is not in good con-
dition, for it is not over eight months
since he weighed around $50, according
70 his own statement, and that is nearer
the truth. Flynn probably weighs about
1S5 stripped now and that is what he
should weigh and be right. He will be
better at $50 than at 30. as some figure
he will enter the ring at. The chances
are Flynn will scale about It's to $50
when he fights Johnson July 4. The
whole question now ariseS-is Johnson
as good as when he met Jeffries? L
doubt it very much, for age must tell
on a man some time. and Jack is at that
point in his career where he has passed
the spring chicken stage and entered the
second half of lifes race. Jack says he
is unded thirty five. but others claim that
the records at Galveston, Tex. show he
is thirty-seven. There have been few
fighters who were near their best at
thirty-seven. and it remains to be seen
whether the colored man Is better than
most others. Jack has had an easy life
since he won the title from Jim Jeffries
in 1910, not a life of dissipation. but one
Of ease for he likes to take things easy
and live we'll.
After a rest of that duration and alb
sence from regular boxing a man is bound
to slow up, and Jack has probably slowed
up a bit in that time. although he may
think he has not; they all think that way
until they are beaten in the ring. He will
find. Just as Jeffres did, that ii is much
harder after long lay-off to get his
stomach in proper shape. That was what
bothered Jeffries so much, and it may
bother Johnson. All these things must be
| considered when figuring out the match
and when these points are analysed they
give Mr.. Flynn additional hope. 1t was
John L. Sulivans body that beat him in
his battle with James J. Corbett. for he
had not the stamina there TO Withstand
continued attack. Will Johnson be weak
| in the stomach this time? If he is, and
| find IL harder job TO dispose of the
| Pueblo fireman than he at first imagined
| One thing is certan-F1ynn will be in ,-ie
| best OF shape-and IL he can go fifteen
rounds without being put TO the bad he
may stand pretty good chance to lane
that famous title. After the Jeffries fight
people would have ridiculed the match be-
tween Flynn and Johnson, but time works
many changes. and it seems that time is
working considerable change now regard
| ing various opinions as to the outcome OF
| the battle. 1t may be that the great
| regulator Father Time. will cut quite g
| figure in this affair before it is over
| With Bombardier Wells. the English
! heavyweight champion. on this side oil
/ the Atlantic to seek honors with all OF
our white hopes, there should be some
thing stirring in the near future. Wells
came over for the express purpose OF
| meeting AL Palzer, the white hope whom
| Tom O'Rourke thinks will beat the world
| and the match is supposed to be arranged
| for San Francisco July 4, although there
are still some bitches in the cards. i
/ Wells should win over PalZer there would
| be no preventing a meeting then with the
winner OF the Flynn-J ohnson fight FOL
| the British Champion in fact. he is tn,
logical opponent today for Johnson benf
| a foreign champion, but the Flynn match
was made after the Johnson Wells match