The evening world., 1913-03-10
Mcfarland Deserves congratu.
latlons for His Sportsmanlike
Work Both IN and Out Of the
Ninq Against Britton.

rospsnsht 1918. ~ The Pm. ruSlishins Co.
tTbs New York wos'd.)
- VOW that the Mcfarland Britton
IN bout Is q thing Of the past let u:
= congratulate Packsy Mcfarland
upsa his sportsmanliks work both In
Gn1 out Of the ring. There are morn
congratulations coming TO Packey than
10 some Of the others concerned.
II the hrst place several efforts 20
annoy and unnervs Mcfarland were
made shortly before ring time. When
Packsy came 70 weigh In. according to
the Boxing Commission's ruling. the
opposing parties dared him to make .
bet With them. Packey replied that he
would not bet; that u was against his
principle to bet on his nights. and that
he nsvef does bet. This should have
settled the matter At once. But II
aAn't TIE challenge was renewed time
anA again. evidently for the purpose Of
''Ostting his goat" Also. the moment
Pseasy had been weighed In by tho In
spsctor . loud howl arose and Britton's
manager demanded that Packey weigh
again. claiming that he was . pound
heavise than the 10 recorded by the
e0s1aL Of course Il didn't mako par
ticle q difference. N the ringside weigh
isfs had nothing to do with the match.
TAe only stipulated Weighing called for
~ SQUADS 1t . o'clock. and both box
ere we're under the weight That too
was intsnded to worry Mcfarland.
Packey weighed Just four and . half
pounds more than Britton. ringstde.
That difference In poundage. with both
IN - condition. was Of little importance.
4 number Of Norgan's friends were
n De room where the boxers weighed.
a. they contributed more or less In
IT, Zine Of betting tank and slurrins re-
nasts msAs 70 Mcfarland.
Sertunatsiy Packey has . good head.
He paic no attsntion TO the annoying
eiseumsssncss before the eout. and did
his Aghting In the ring. But such
0ass even bout than that between NC
yprland and Britton. IT y unsports.
maaiiks to attempt TO take unfair id.
vaatases. A race should be run on the
traek. and . boxing match decided In
ths ring. by the performances Of the
eoAsFs. and nothing else.
- E@DDs all this. there y the In
fuencs on the public mind Of all
- this talk about betting. Nins-tentha
81 Il 10 mere BLUM. and In the other tenth.
- Q rule. isn't . wager at all. but .
surs thing proposition. II was tipped
aAeut In certain circles two days before
the bout Il certain paper would
give the decision to Britton." It's
eqel TO know these things In advance.
n you happen to have . longing for
ether peoples money.
u would be . good thing 70 cut out
"bstting talk" II We wish to have box.
Ing 90 on ~ well a. Il has been Golns
during the reign Of the Commission
Hardly day goes BY but ! receive 4
ae9en letters offering TO make matches
ala proposing winner take all and Z
st1e bet OF . thousand dollars" whsr
80 this line ] drop the letter into IN,
waste basket. because I know It's ai
. ,blu6. and not worth space In Q news
paper that prints the news. But bettiuI
talk can do ~ much harm - real bet
flag.
vHE fellow who bets, q Q rule
likes 10 have an ace In the hole
After each bout many peopl
psster the Newspaper men by coming VI
anl asking. "weii. who won?''
Some years ago there was one par
tieular party who sauntered around m
way after nearly every important bou
He was we'll Creased. neat, polite an
auiot OF manner. His conversatio
didn't start With the usual question. bd
he managed to bring up q compariso
OF views before he went One night
Sriead OF mine joggsd my elbow sfts
ths other had passed along.
do you know that feilowf" he asket
''Ngo," said !.
SWELL" said my friend. i've see
him looking for bets after he's bee
around to ask what you thought Of
bout. and insiting upon leaving the b,
TO your decision In next days paper
.cM. hes' said !. We'll have to loo
into this. Next week Driscoll and A
tell meet You stick around and folio
that fellow up after he leaves the clu
and we'll see what's doing"
A minute after the end Of tho Dri
coll-Atten bout the suavs strang,
stroiled past me. He stopped q M
ment, quite casually.
'Nice. clever bout. wasn't itr' sa
he
Zine"
'Driscoil was too clever for Attell.
my opinion" he went on. carelessiy.
II can't agree with YOU" said !.
think Able won BY Q mile" Driscs
he'd won. and intended writing ,
opinion TO that effect
she stranger said goodnight and hu
risd away. my friend lowering H. Il
omns ~ he passed down the aisl
Next Afternoon my friend dropped In
the once and sat down. He ehucki'
for . minute before he'd talk.
Guess Whist that guy did," he cal
\ ~ gust ssas Il down u tis Rsazl