The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-20

1 in the recent bout with Jack Br1CIOn As near as can figure it out the chief cause for complaint the Milwaukee patrons of the manly art and the crit ics have for abusing Mcfarland lies in the Iatter's failure to knock Brit ton out instead of contenting himself by outpointing his fellow artist from Chicago.
 Milwaukeans evidently would prefer a rough and tumble fight to an exh1- bition of clever boxing. That being the case Packey will probably give the brewery city a wide berth in the future, for in spite of his great skill his exhibitions are not calculated to please those who delight in slugging matches.
 Mcfarland has been Icensured for not weighing in agreed upon It seems to me the Boxing Commission CTS or their authorized agents are as much at fault as Mcfarland. One can hardly blame a fighter for taking advantage of an opponent in matter of weight when he is allowed to get away with it. It may not be good sports manship, but it helps to get the mon I ey. ''A match well made is half won'' is an old adage of the ring, and Mcfarland will certainly never lose one if allowed to make the conditions to suit himself.
 Johnny Kilbane is another who has tofended" in this respect. Recent ly he made some youngster in Cinc1II- nati weigh in at the feather weight limit while he came in at catch weight. There is a commission in charge of the sport in Cincinnati, also in Milwaukee, and if they. stand for it, the fighters interested stand for it, and the prom will stage such un- equal looking matches why should the public worry about it?
 It is up to the powers in control of boxing to enforce their rules regulat- ing the maximum difference in pound age of contestants, and if they are lax in their duties they should be re- moved from office as incompetents. Fancy a fighter who would not jump at the chance to have the edge on his opponent in weight or any other way. Not professionals anyway. have been identified with the game a. quar- ter of a century and I have never yet met up with one who would scorn to take every advantage offered. As I said above it may not be the highest form of sportsmanship, but boxing has developed into a business proposition and sentiment and busi- ness do not mix very well.
 Bob McAllister, the San Francisco middIe-weight made an impressive debut in the East by easily outpoint- ing Young Mike Donovan last week.
 
 the famous Mike of the old days, is a fair boxer and a hard hitter, but he could make little headway with the clever youngster from the coast sat back of McA1lister's corner the other night for I am interested in him to the extent that I would like to see him make good. was largely instrumental in helping Bob to arrive at his decision to turn ''pro'' after a brilliant record as an amateur, and wanted to help him so far as could in his first battle away from home. But Bob was quite equal to the task of outpointtng. Donovan without as- sistance of any kind.
 His greatest fault, and told him so after the fight, was that he hit with his open glove-a rather amateuris1 stunt. His desire to make good the first time out in New York, he ex- plained, made him hit lightly so that he could get out of the way of a re- turn quickly. With a few more bat ties he should acquire greater confi- dence in himself and, when he does. watch out. If he doesn't outgrow the. division McAIlfster may in time develop into the niddle-weight cham pion.