The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-21
Stock Yards Fighter Defeats
kid Burns in Eight
Rounds Last Night.
BARRETT Ard WAL HERS DRAW
Big Crowd at Coliseum for Show and
Women at Ring side Proves to Be
One Of the Observation-Disclosures
Burns Fight Proves Disappointment.

Packy Mcfarland, the stock yards
fighter of Chicago had an easy time
disposing Of Kid Burns Of New
York at the show given under the aus
pieces of the~Kenosha Athletic Club at
the Coliseum on Friday evening, the
fight proving great disappointment.
lacFarland was far too clever for
Burns and the eastern lad never had
la chance andA it seemed as il NcFar-
land did not care to extend himself to
land knockout punch After the two
boys had stalled through eight rounds
of the milling which was resulting in
considerable punishment for Burns, the
seconds for the fastener threw the
sponge into the ring. Burns was not
knocked out Or in serious trouble at
the time, but the crowd had enough
to be convinced that Burns was no
match for Mcfarland at any stage of
the game. Every round was McFar-
land 5 by'a big margin, but at that the
ehesty stock yards serapper did not
have the real punch. Burns seemed to
lack experience and be was unable to
break down the guard of Mcfarland.
He seemed to be playing all the time
for q knockout punch and once or twice
he SWING wildly and CHS furnished an
opening for Mcfarland to send in
rights and lefts to the jaw. Burns
was not a willing fighter and many
times curing the match the crowd hiss
ed the pair Burns appeared to have
a desire to get it over with and get
away with the eSboob money and
once or twice he stuck up his jaw in
an invitation to Mcfarland to land,
but Mcfarland failed to put in The
punch.
The sen1i-windup between Billy
Walthers, the naval station champion
and Lee Barrett Of Milwaukee, was
the real contest of the evening and it
was about as even a thing as had been
seen in a Kenosha ring. Walthers was
the boxer in the match, but Barrett
showed a ruggedness and a willingness
to mix things that made him a lot
Of friends about the ring side. Walth-
ers gained the advantage in seven of
the eight rounds Of the mill, but in the
one round Barrett made up for lot
He sent a haymaker into Walther' S
jaw which Jared the navy champion
and sent him to the floor, but he WasE
up in a minte and brought his skill to
bear to save him until the round end
led. lin the eighth round WaIthers
came back strong and had the better
Of the round. The mitigating by Walth-
ers was the best ever seen in a Keno
sha ring. Had Walthers been the op-
ponent of Mcfarland the stock yards
champion might have had another dec
GRATED eye. to take care of.
Jack sorrensen of Racine met Willie
Kramer of Kenosha in the second pre-
hminary bout and the battle was stop
ped at the end Of the fourth round on
account Of foul fighting by Kramer.
The Kenosha boy was new to the game
and while apparently making every eff
fort to fight fair he repeatedly hit the
Racine boxer below the belt and
Referee santry after four warnings
stopped the battle. In the opening
rounds Sorrensen had little the bet
ter of the argument, but Kramer was
lighting much faster when the foul
stopped him.
I'll the first preliminary Young
johnson and Joe Unit went at it for
four two minute rounds and johnson
had a hair line decision over the italian.
The boys fought at fly weights
and were about tie smallest pair ever
seen in a ring in Kenosba.
The Walthers- Barrett go made the
show a successful one. a crowd Of
1900 people saw the battles and one Of
the features was the fact that there
were a half dozen women present.
One Of the women sat within ten feet
of the ringside and she seemed to take
a great interest il the fights How
ever, the presence of the women u the
hail and specially at the ringside, was
disgusting to many Of the real light
sports and they protested against their
presence.
The sheriff and bis deputies we're
very much IN evidence and several
times the. men in the crowd were warn
ID against any betting on any ct the
battles and theywere advised that the
fights would be stopped if there was
any betting in sight.
CARvER, GRADE g8oTTER.
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