Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-08
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SETTLE DISPUTE
Battle Between Mcfarland
and BrittOn to Prove
Great One

night of March Z. in Maulsoh 'fu"
Garden. the announcer will oe''oM'
'packey Mcfarland In TINS eorhei'
Iack Rritton In that corner, anu
then will begin what promises 10 W
one of the greatest ten-rouhd l's''e
aryagements ever staged IN any
ring This match. the culmina'ioh =.
vraneling for two years, OF esel
ance these two heavy lightweisnVs
hooked up in their first match "hioh
the record books called araw' III"
slly has been clinched.
In order 10 show why this ba''ie
should be treat for the pusN's'N
fans of Gotham, IL is necessary 10 ~
,.ck over a period of two years "
.So time Of their first meeting M
rarland at that time already hau re-
,ahlished himself as one oi ~
"smartest" millers in the light"''en,
-anrs Britton was coming an
.a.aIns fast II is the surest 'nine
IN the world that Britton was III 49, -,
hos, of condition to go those ISL ,,
.onnds NJ TOD speed. II Is wen
Known fact that Packey seldom Is o.
form. but whether he trained sur,
GENTLY for that battle Is ma''e' "
question. -
nraw I'm First Clash
uhar rho final gong sounded Doth
,o,s were in good shape and couiu
nave gone a longer distance wi'nou'
anv trouble. The bout was caileu -
araw I'M, many OF those who SAT az
Tho ringside gave the margin to bri'-
ton. So loud were the claims IN Ia
vor Of Britton that he has MADE cap
val ont of them ever since. lie IN
s,sts that he bested the clever O"''"
yoan and to all intents and purposes
ne has gotten away with H. -.
That fight took place on Jahua'
an ,ati. and what the interVehlhs
two wears have done for hoth l'sn'
ers will not be known until after '"e
clash on March Z A comparison u
the two would indicate that br'''o"
has made even greater strides IN au-
,ancement than Mcfarland. Ihal'
soxever. does not mean that PacKey
has not improved. for he has oeyohu
the shadow OF doubt.
Packey Long n Topi'ner
But the point that shou'u uo
n,ought out Is that there was more
room for improvement in Brittoh
case than In McFarland's. FOR ho
less than half a dozen years facAes
mas heen considered top liner III
,ha lightweight division, man VINO
With all credit to the promoter, cou,u
mo matched with any lihtweiht III
,hs world. On the other hand, Brit-
TON never really gained any grea'
fame until he fought Packey. ha'
bout was the making of Brittoh' 'o'
his battles since have shown ne Is
fighter TO be reckoned with. There
fore II is not hard to see the com
narrative improvements of the Two
must of necessity favor Britton
Unless all predictions go amiss
,he hattie in New York viii be an
exhibition OF everything that soe'
in the fistic game. and not even VIC
iousness will be eliminated. for there
"a 10 he mo love lost when these
Rows clash. 1t may be another Ia
nous "grudge" fight, for the cla'h''
OF Britton since their meeting ~
Memphis have not lmbued Packe!
with any great amount Of friendly
feeling for his rival.
Both Boxers Chicagoans
Incidentally there exists that riv
airy natural to fellow townsmen. FOL
Mcfarland and Britton both claim
Chicago as home. Packey was bori
there. but lived in Chicago for NAM
years
Past performances give little dop'
from which to pick a winner OF th'
coming combat. But there is on
fight on which Britton harps al
showing he is a better pugilist thar
Mcfarland. The victim used for th'
comparison is Eddie Murphy OF Bos
ton. Packey fought Murphy twic'
and won shades on each occasion II
ten rounds. Britton fought Murph
once and knocked him out In clever
rounds He claims superiority be
cause he stopped Murphy, whit
Packey failed to stop the Bosto'
fighter In two trials.
Britton the Harder Hitter
Comparing Mcfarland and Brittoi
Il is hard 10 see whore Jack has any
thing on" Packey with one exception
and that is hitting ability At ever
other angle OF the game. Packe
seems TO have the margin. Britto
- clever miller. but not as cleve
as his rival. he Is not the ring gen
eral that Mcfarland Is. and whe
Il comes 10 defensive fighting Packe
mus; be credited with being the be,
ter man ON the offensive II come
closer TO being an even thing
Locke saws ,hat 10 VII not eve
retain Donlln With the PhIllies. thu