Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-02
RACK M'FARLAND IS
ONLY INVINCIBlE
LIGHTWEIGHT
Chioage Stock Yards Fighter
Has Unique Record; Every
QtksF Man in His Division
Has Been Beaten.

~ WHAfINN - aHNWNs
The person afnlcted with punlumlt
Statistics ~ the intellect threw slsaef,
the penoll with which be- had been
in0untrloosiy nSurlnn. thrust this
years sippH book into his Rick. iabhta
. furofnfrf sieefuiiy Ia his Tfleud's
RIBS. and remarked
EVERY liehtWciRhi bnt oHr Il losefi
fIowa that. pal9
'Dont know what the Fag ~. bal
m fan shobtf"
"Jnst this. There's mora scrapplne
soins on Ia the lightweight diylsion
today Than Ia any Gther class The
lads ~ that grade hold the stage cene
ter Ia every pHrt OF the globe where
milling " ieeaiiaed amusement
f0u hear the critics announcing that
never before was there such a bunch
81 lss-pound naulels IN action. OF
Ian kinds. slneEefs and @ientlhe
fypes. There's Rtchle, Rivers. VOL
sRsl. Welsh. Cross. Moran. Mandot,
Wells. Mehofnn. Baldwin, BritOn.
Murphy ana x. o. Brown. ~ say
nothing 81 that ancient warhorse. Hat
Nelson. who slii persists IN occupy
ms a place In the picture. Every
time IN their respective careers.
Packy Mcfarland being the only chap
VINO has never heard referee decide
against him"
"Rut Mcfarland isn't q simon pure
lllghtweight"
Gle ~ according 20 International
standards. anyhow. he can make 1876
In the afternoon. and I'm nguFina
this thing to gather 'em all Ia. Now.
FIRST Of an, take our present cham.
pl0n. While Ritchie. 0n November
30. 1911. he lost twenty-round de-
cision 10 Freddy Welsh Of England
before n Los Angeles club. on. ycs.
know II wasn't dlscredit To him.
He stepped In to take Wolgasts
place on short uosice, and I'm not
saying that he couldn't trim the Brit
isher now; but merely want to show
that his record Isn't without a reverse
IN Il.
welsh. the man who beat him,
lost a yerdicr to Mcfarland. was de-
feated by Matt Wells for the English
title and won Il back from Wells re-
Gently. Wells came To- this country
with a clean record. bus when ne met
Mcfarland In New York. the Ameri-
can lad punched 10 many holes IN
hisn that Matt bore strong resent
biance 10 a swiss cheese AZ the ter
mination Of their argument. when
Wells returned home he was first
whipped by Hughie Michigan. the
Australian chamDiou and then got
what was coming to him from Welsh,
making three defeats on his iist.
Michigan was the recognized
champion Of the antlpodes. hut pre-
vious 60 winning the title he took the
small end ~ the purse on several oc-
casions. one OF his conquerors being
Rudy Unholz. the nttle Boer boxer
now campaigning In this country. In
q return match With Wells before the
National club Of London he lost the
verdict and WIS also defeated by
Welsh.
IA Wolgasi had one defeat scored
against him after ne became promi-
nent fgure In puglllsm. and with n
went the loss of his title 10 Willie
.Isitchle last November. Jose Rivers.
one Of the most prominent challeng-
ers for Ritch'e's crown. was knocked
out by Johnny Kilbane before he en-
tered the lightweight class. Later
Wolgast was credited with some
what doubtful knockout over him.
and he lost decision 10 Jon Mandot,
but reversed the verdict In second
meeting. Stlll that makes three
black marks on Rivers record. re-
gardless Of what the future may hold
for him.
Leach Cross. another youth with
championship aspirations and rated
las an uncommouly good drawing card
by the promoters. bumped his chin
against Dick iyland's right mitt out
on the coast In 1903, and took an
enforced nap while the referee aid
the arm counting on him, Also he
lost 20 Jimmy DUFFY ON foul in four
rounds last year. Most Of Cross =
lights have taken place Ia Gotham
under the pcrnicious no decision
rule and consequently his record
fails 20 show where such men as
Tommy Murphy Jem Driscoll, Matt
Wells. Young Jack O'Brlen and 9TH
ers slammed him around mertily ana
outpointed him by several miles.
Joe Mandot. the New Orleans
lightweight, who ANNOUNCES himself
aa still In the running, came along
the line "a express speed tqward the
title goal last year until hold up by
Jose Rivers in thler second encounter
az Vernon CAL. when the Mexican
won by big margin. Then, quite
recently, Leach Cross took hyinG
trip 10 the Crescent City and hung
la punch on the Mandot iawbone than
slanted him 10 the boards for The full
count.
Jack Brltton had rather hard
luck on the coast when he went there
IN 1911, having two decisions record
ed against him. Jerry Murphy win
ming from him In ten rounds and
Willie Richie In four. Not long ago
Mcfarland outpointed him In ten
rounds before % Gotham club, but he
has done remarkably well since mat
event, his latest victory being over
Maity Baldwin whom he shaded IN
eevry round of ten-scssion bout
Tommy Murphy's career has been