The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-20
M'FARlAND CARES
NOT FOR PUBLIC
Are too Raw, Says
Naughton, and Boards
. Should Suspend Him.
tBy W. W. NauEhton.,

tby w. w. NauShtOn.}
San Francisco. Dec. cO.-Wiscon-
Paclsey Mcfarland under the ban for
? year because he refused to weigh
in for Jack Britton recently at Mil
raukee and then gave a further ex-
hibitfon Of his independence by re-
susing to extend himself when turned
loose in the ring.
This 10 an right as far as 1t goea,
out unless other commissions and 9TH
er fight centers. where there are no
ruling, Packey will not be hampered
10 n extent In coping the shekels.
Harry Weldon, tn ewe1l-remebered
sporting editor OF the Cincinnati En-
.luirer. used to tell how a callow
young pugilistic critic in a small town
threatened to roast a certain boxer to
"a turn.
Go right ahead.'' said the ringman.
why ! can walk out Of your circula-
ton in 1--we minutes"
Considering the sfeat e1panee q
the pugilistic territory. Packey might
say something similar to the Milwau-
kee commission.
Therc are a million places where a
man of M~cFarland's talent can pick
ny money in thousand-dollar lots by
performing fndifferently."
When it comes to locating these
places Packey liz the original path
finder. There are towns in the United
States, in fact. which are never men
toned in print excepting when Nc
Earland visits them in his profession
al capacity.
Such being the case. about all Wis
Consin has accomplished has been to
limit the field Of Packey's operations
0lightly.
More's the pity. for while Packey
81 a terribly nice fellow" in private
vile. It is said it was a favorite trick
Ut his to agree to a certain weight
and then refuse to show how far he
had kept. away from the notch.
This fellow 10 lucky to get a match
with me at ALL" was a bit Of repartee
employed by Packey when asked to
weigh. And then he would o weigh.
And the crowd having gathered and
h money being all done up in paper
wrappers in the biz office, the pro-
moter and the other fighter felt con-
strained to let Packey have his own
way.
IL the Milwaukee incident has &C.
complished nothing more, it has
branded Mcfarland a trickster in
matters Of weight, and whether he
BOXES in four OF Owyhee,
aiC1S III US uO CildilCc III AlS COuCln.
uing his old-line practice Of dodgins
the scales.
In future when he agrees to do a
certain weight he will have to live up
TO his contract, for forewarned is fore.
armed. the contention that there
ss a fool born every minute does not
apply in the fighting belt.
He weighed away over 40 pounds
when he boxed Tommy Murphy in
New York. and a report comes from
Milwaukee that he scaled 147 when
lie weighed in the presence Of one OF
the commissioners prior to taking the
ring with Britton.
The truth about Packey evidently
1s that he is a full-bl0wn middle.
weight and a suspicion exists that he
1s not at all eager to earn distinction
in his proper sphere.
He has outweighed hts opponents
and has outclassed them to such ar
extent that what has been strenuous
endeavor to them has been simply
vaudeville to him.
He has been smoked our, however
and he will have to do some real
fighting If ne elects to continue in
the game.