Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-17
BADGER RULERS
BAR MCFARLAND
Wisconsin Boxing Commission
Suspends Chicago Scrapper
for One Year.
81 DON'T CARE"-PACKEY
Stoekyards PugiIist 5lames sritton.
but Says Action Won't Hold in
New York City.

Packey Mcfarland has stalled
through his last fight.
For the first time in his career as a
bcxer the Chicago pugilist has been
accused. openly. of putting up poor
exhibition and the wisconsin boxing
commission yesterday ruled him off, "
in the vernacular. or suspended him
from taking part in bouts in the Bad
ger state for one year. McFarland's
poor exhibition against Jack Britton
on Dec. S was given as the cause for
the action.
Besides being barred from partici-
psting in Wisconsin fights, the Chi
cagoan also is open to similar action
from New York. Louisiana and Mon
tana clubs, the Wisconsin body having
a working agreement with those states
as to suspended boxers. a telegram
telling of the commissions action was
sent the boxing leaders in those states
and 1t is hoped that they will fall in
line with the action of the ruling COM
81 Don't Care"-Packey.
81 don't care If they bar me for life"
said when informed of the
action. 81 will not bother my head
trying TO fight that commission, but /
am satisfied that il did take the case
up they would be shown up in a wrong
light. | did my best that night and
il is no fault of mine that the exhibit
ton PANIED out poorly. Why don't
they censure Britton for not fighting?
He is the one to blame. However,
will shoulder the blame and | will
not starve. no matter what action any
One else takes.
II do not intend fighting now until
after the holidays, but when l do get
INTO action / believe l can go down to
New York and fight just the same as
before. can show them that ] am
light. The entire affair is caused by
he arguments over the weights, and
hat is where the commission is at
ault- II they thought / weighed too
much on that night why did they al
CIV me 10 come on. | jumped on the /
,cales in the presence of a commits /
iioner. and he had the power to call /
m the match If ] violated any of
heir rules. suppose had l been |
,eaten everything would have been I
ovely."
Says They Are Jealous.
Emil Thirty, one of McFarland's man
gers. agreed with Packey regarding |
he New York situation. saying that |
icFarland was bigger than the Badger
in Gotham and that a few
soreheads" in Wisconsin were jealous
Z McFarland's ability. He takes the
ntire blame for the misunderstanding
yer the weights, saying that il was on
is advice that the South Slider re-
used to weigh in public in the after
Don.
II developed after the meeting OF
be commission that il was their in
nntion OF barring the stockyards boy
Or only six months until one of the
lembers advanced the argument that
$ Mcfarland was going to make
rip around the world on a honeymoon
g would be gone six months and in
mis- case would not feel the penalty.
his same commissioner then offered
motion TO suspend Mcfarland for a
ear and il was carried without a dis
snting vote.
Following the announcement sus-
ending Packey the commission issued
statement giving reasons for setting
own the Chicago fighter. No men
on was made of the weight differ
noes, the commission stating that il
as their opinion that Mcfarland did
OF give his best efforts TO this fight.
hereby disappointing the fans who
aid their money TO witness the en-
)unter.