New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-06
Thiery Withdraws Request TOR
JON To Be Referee.
TO ABIDE BY THE RULING
Boxing Commission, However,
Postpones Meeting-Jack
and Packey Busy.

Owing TO the absence Of Frank ,.
O'Noil, the boxing commission postponed
its meeting Yesterday until to-day, when
the question OF a referee TO preside over
tie round bout between Packey Nc
Farand and JACK Britton in the Garden
Tomorrow night may be decided.
Emil Thiery, McFarland's manager.
after a talk with Dan Morgan who looks
after Brittons affairs, said yesterday mat
he had decided TO withdraw his request
for the services of william job as referee
Of the bout. inasmuch ne he did not care
to provide Morgan with chance TO make
excuses i'm case of defeat for Britton.
Thicry also informed Billy Gibson. man
eyer of the Garden A. c., of his decision,
much TO the lattcr's surprise, but Gibson
told him that il would make no difference
to the club so long as the boxers would
agree to abide by the commissions ruling.
Thery said:
PERSONALLY. | believe job is the best
/ referee in New York, and | should like 10
have him preside over The bout. but do
net desire any friction. and therefore have
made up my mind to place no obstacles in
! tho way OF the match ! am ready and
/ willing to accept airy man that the com
mission names Tomorrow. for I believe
that the members Of the commission are
, absolutely fair and will do the right
thing.
THE commission has the best interests
Of boxing at heart and IL is a sure thing
| that the referee TO be named will guar
antee both Mcfarland and Britton a
square deal ] hope that the commission
will not insist upon jon, for do not want
| TO have Morgan say after the bout, il
| Mcfarland wins that Britton had every
thing against him. Mcfarland wants 10
| beat this man fairly and squarely. and
asks for no advantage. He is willing 10
leave the question OF supremacy 10 the
newspaper writer's OF this city,
! Mcfarland eased up his work at the
Mott Haven A. G yesterday, feeling that
| he needed little more. He weighed en-
actly 1S7 pounds after taking brisk run
IN the morning and tipped the. beam al
1 the same weight after three rounds OF
| lively boxing In the afternoon. He will do
n short bit Of road work this morning. He
says he will have no trouble in making
J lot POUNDS al - flOCh tO-HlOlloW
noon.
/ Britton covered several miles on the
/ road i'm the morning and spared half a
dozen brisk rounds with Jack Denning In
the afternoon. Many persons anxious 10
see for themselves visited Britton at his
! Rye Beach training quarters and were
satisfied that he will enter the ring in his
! best condition.
Britton weighed himself yesterday. the
scales showing l3ji2 pounds. He said that
/ lie would be under weight at the appoint
! ed time tomorrow and expects 10 concede
at least three or four pounds 10 McFar-
| land. Britton is confident OF success and
,says that the public will concede his SUI
! premacy at the end of the tenth round
\ special train will leave Chicago at
! 1899 o'clock this morning with. lI5 friends
! of the boxers who nave engaged ringside
seats The management of the Garden
will provide increased seating capacity at
! tie Fourth avenue end Of the arena 10
meet with the great demand for tickets
which overwhelmed the box office yester-
day.