The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-16
MCFARLAND
 FOR BRITTON FIGHT

As a general rule, when two really clever boxers are matched, the result,
 that is from a fighting standpoint, is not very satisfactory, but promoters are compelled sometimes tc make these
 kind of matches in order to satisfy the demands of the followers of the game. This was the case with the match between Packy Mcfarland and Jack Britton, two rival Chicago boys, in their 1O-round contest before the Queensbury Athletic Club, at the pa latial Auditorium building in Milwau- kee the past week. The critics, that is, the great majority of them, agreed that Mcfarland had won the contest by a fair margin of points, but there
 were a few of them who stated very
 plainly that the battle was not what
 was to be expected of two men with
 the regulations of Mcfarland and
 Britton. These boys had met twice
 before and from the accounts of the
 contests, there was more action in them than the last one That, too, is usually the case where men are
 rematched, for they are more fanail- far with one another's style and nat ura1ly do not seek to take too many
 chances.
 There is noA doubt that Mcfarland is one of the cleverest men in the.
 world today, but he seemed to be off form in this contest, for frequently he missed Britton, and his judgment
 of distance was not, of the best. Of course, Britton must be given con sideration for being able to make man like Mcfarland miss. It is to the credit of Britton that he was able at all times himself to score on the clever Packy without a return. Dur ing the first five rounds Britton more than held the Chicago marvel even, but after that Packy began to gauge his distances better and to land with more steam behind his blows. He had an advantage of eight pounds in weight (this is very nearly correct
 over Britton, and this began to tell on Jack before the three-quarter way station was reached. It is all right for good man to give away weight to an inferior one, but it is @ hard proposition for a good man to give away weight to one who is consider ed even better.
 The fight itself was not as inter esting as it might have been, and of the 5000 people present. many were of the opinion that Packy did not extend himself to the limit I do not believe that Mcfarland tried to hold back in any way, but he fought a very cautious battle until the seventh round, when he cut loose and took more chances, knowing that Britton was tirfng at that time. The trou- b1e is, the fans have been led to be- Iieve that Mcfarland is in a class by himself and naturally expect more from him than an ordinary boxer. Britton deserves praise for the spIen- did showing he made against the odds and pitted against a boy of his own weight he will put up a much better battle.
 It was demonstrated that Packy is not a light weight and will never be able to make the light weight limit. Under these conditions he should en- ter the class above, which is the wei ter weight division, for that is where he belongs. There are half a dozen good we1ter weights in this country who are ready to battle against him at 142 pounds and it is ups to Packy to take them on if he wants to remain in the class where he really belongs. There is only one man whom he will make anywhere near a light weight limit for That is Willie Ritchie and the best he will do for the champion is 135 pounds, at 3 o'clock.
 It might be well to mention, too, that there should be some means of better protecting the public in such affairs. When the fans pay their coin to see two high class men in action, they. expect something more than. a boxing match These top notchers always draw down the bulk of the re- ceipts; in fact, nowadays the promot- CTS are lucky to get a look-irr at the money, and still they. go ahead and put up the poorest kind of contests. There is no reason why two high class men should not put up an excitin:, match, the same as two semi-inal men, for they are there for the pur- pose and paid their money for some action-not to pose for the fans. If some of the managers would pay more attention to their boxers and see that they do more fighting and less wrang- ling, they would be more successful and please the fans more, at the same time help the boxing game
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