The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-31
Pacley Mcfarland, Richest
 Of All Boxers, 26 Tomorrow

Packey Mcfarland may or may not be a uau9t1-uiI honaire. If I knew wouldn't tell. because Paclney Is a good fellow. and. goodness knows. the in come tax collector bears down hard on us pl1tocratss It is reasonably safe, however, to assume that tho stockyarda champion will celebrate his twenty-sixfh birthday tomorrow pretty solid citizen financially soeaae- ing, with a first class rating tn Dunss and Bradztreetss, s, and without any tzl= mediate need Of pulling off a benellt-
 Packey is probably the wealthiest pugflist in the history of the rins- Starting life with his two fists as cap ftaI he amnassed a juicy young for tune in the ring, More than that, he arnassed a host of friends aIacns whom were and are a number Of veal thy men Of affairs. The latter have promising investments, and every esalt he earned was made to pay good dtv1~ dex1ds And then Paclzey married eu heiress, whose property included brewery in Joliet, III. Since then Nlc= FarIand has taken an active interest the distraction Of being the only srspz- CT ever known who doesnit help to con sune his own product
 Packey has retired from the ring on several occasions, but the game has an irresistible attraction 9or hlna. and he will probably get space tn the sporting pages for many years to come Packey's recent challenge to Freddie We1sh to do battle 6oW 6he lightweight chanup4onship, lighting at 1s5 pounds at 8 o'clock, has been re- ceived with a. great deal Of increduIity by the fans There is a veIl-6ounded suspicion that Mcfarland has passed beyond the Hghtweight limit and that he could not get down to 135 bounds
 without ereatIy weakening himself. In H. ed to the nude eye like a rather heavy yeItervetght On this question the bugs are distinctly AGiasourian in their attitude, and they will be to be put Jop.
 Regarding Packey's ability as a box CT the testimony is unanimous Al his best Packey Is about as fine a fighting machine as the world has eve seen That he should be without 2 title after decade in the ring. meat- ing and beating all corners is nrenes terous Freddie Welsh, Jimmy Britt Maurice Savers, Charley NeaFys Leach Cross, Johnny Thompson Owen Nor an, Tommy Murphy, Matt Wells Jack Britton, Ray Rronson and many ota- ers-au the best HghtWeights, with c eration have been numbered amouE hds victims. Only once In hfs lCuE career has Pan1rey tasted defeat, and that wsas ten years ago, when AlcEas kELIlQ N24HS oT11Y s@1AL&oN ana &S 4GlN4ls sll the game Dusty ATdller was the name of the chap who turned that trick and if he is st1n in the land Of bae living. he has a right to congratulate haun- self. Dave Deshler, Ray Bronson Freddie Welsh and Jack Brftton aae the only fighters who have earned draws with the stocky9rds boxer.
 Mcfarland Is a credit to the sp.erts and in private life he $ a naOdest un- assuming gentleman able to ho8d hss own In the best company. Long Ii1s to hi1nand may the ring sec anany more like hizn.
 Bert Elmer. Daniels. the outhe4dsr who has been pasttrnang in Red7amd this season, will pass his thirty-sec- ond milestone today. Bert bong ces cupded the outer garden for the New York Yankees. but in 1913 MauageE Chance decided that he was no lone CT good enough for that rapid buueh. and sent him tp the Baltimore OEioleS in part payment for Frttz AEaaseL Last summer he did a conne-back, ana landed in Cincinnati Going from the Yankees to the Reds makes Bert an authority on how 1t feels to jump out of the frying pan into the fire.