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ring. although he has never held title to

ring. although he has never held title to
the championship
Packey says he will stick around a
while longer, however. if Richie will
agree to give him a battle. And he says
he will make weight for Richie, too. But
not for. any one else. Hard training
does not appeal to Mcfarland any more
The novelty of the thing has long worn
off. and nothing short of a championship
match would be inducement enough for
him to make the lightweight limit.
If any boxer ever deserved a match
for the championship it is Packey Nc
Farland. He stands out today as the
premier boxer of his weight in the world
and is the only American lightweight
who looks to have as good as an even
chance with Ritchie.
1t will not be the fault of Billy Gibson
match maker for the Madison Square
Garden Club if a bout is not arranged
between Mcfarland and Richie for this
fall. Gibson has been working on the
match ever since Richie won the title
from Wolgast.
When Ad Wolgast was worsted few
weeks ago by Jose Azevedo he gave it
out that he intended to quit the ring
for all time. that ne realized he was all
in and had no desire to remain in the
game to be beaten up by second raters.
l was glad to hear that bit of news.
Nothing pains lover of the sport more
than to see a boy who was the cham
pion of his class beaten by second raters
when at his best. And that's what hap
pened to Ad when this Azevedo fighter
| trimmed him.
Now 1 understand that Wolgast has re-
considered and will resume his career in
| the ring after a short rest Strangest
| thing in the world about ex-champion
| boxers. Almost impossible to convince
| them they have seen their best days. l
know how it Is. So do all those who have
been through the mill Wolgast still
thinks he can best Richie and he Is
| honest in that belief, too. But Willie
would stop WOlgast in short order IL they
ever come together again, or l am no
judge. Richie was comparative be-
ginner when he met Ad. He realized that
/ he had to fight cautiously, that the cham
pion was In front of him, that he could
not afford to take too many chances. and
| therefore curbed his natural inclination
| to take the aggressive and force the
| fighting. Now that he knows he is Ads
| master he would win easily, barring ac-
| cident.
Wolgasts career as fighter of the
| first class Is over. But i suppose he will
| have to have it hammered into him before
he will be satisfied. A natural fighter,
| with little boxing skiM AID held the title
for several years and might have been
| on top a while longer but for the opera
ton for appendicitis, which robbed him of
! a great part OF his stamina. But sooner
or later Richie would have beaten him.
for Willie is of class considerabl
above that of Wolgast and to my mind
is the greatest champion since Joe Cans.
The white hope" crop is most plen.
teous one Possibly the current reports
of Jack Johnson's tremendous increase
In avoirdupois and the belief that the
black champion will prove soft for the
first fighter who gets him in the ring IL
the cause of the boom in the white
heavyweight market. Not since those
. lovely times following the defeat of JEFF
fries has there been such lively doings in
heavyweight society. No sooner is ont
! fellow disposed of by the elimination
process than another appears to take hi:
}, place.
The latest ''arrivar'-and. readers, h
; looks like one of the best OF the younger
, crop-is A, Reich, for several years ANA