El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31

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M Packey Mcfarland. the pride Of
= u Chicago for several years, re
turn to the ring and meet Freddy
Welsh, the champion lightweight Of the
world in a title match at the British
limit, or viii he decide 10 meet Mike Glib
Z hons Of St Paul al 145 pounds ringslde
and class II as being for the world s
welterweight title2 Reports have been
made from time TO time that Packey
had made uD his mind 10 go after
Welsh. win the title back for America
and then retire
Such q plan would not meet the ap-
proval of the American fight fans. as
was pointed out recently by a san
Francisco writer. II would only put
the lightweight title in a tangle, the
same as the middleweight and weller
weight championships have been mixed
up for the past few years. What we
want is an American champion who
will try TO defend the title against
all Corners as long as he can do so sue
cessfully and add TO the fame of this
country in the boxing world. Whether
Paczey can make 135 pounds at
o'clock and be strong is a question that
only the Chicago lad can answer. for
there are few who really know his cor
rect weight
Making Other offers.
A match between Mcfarland and
Gibbons would be even more Interesting
TO the fans, as II would bring together
two of the cleverest and craftiest ring
generals before the public today Both
are past masters at the game and il
would be a treat TO watch them with
out doubt A club at Denver is re-
ported TO have offered a purse Of
$4,000 for Welsh and Packey and
$4,000 for Packey and Gibbons. The
Queensbury A c. of Milwaukee has
offered to do even better than that on
either match. The Queensbury pro-
mOters have authorized a raise in the
bid of $4,000 for the Gibbons-M cFar-
land match and the distance would be
only half Of what would be expected
al Denver
Fight Fatalities Stir Legislation.
Why IS it that when a fatality Of
any kind occurs in the ring a great
hubub is made about IL in the papers
and by others, but with fatalities in
other lines Of sport very little atten-
ton is given TO it, Last week one Of
the occasional barn fights was held
near chicago and in this instance there
was a fatal ending. Two boys un-
trained, met and one was hurt by
fan resulting fatally to the youth. The
one boy who had been declared the
Wlnner-Jack Lundgren by name-had
gone into the bout to get money to
pay MS Wlte's expenses for an opera
ton at the hospital He was greatly
tucked 10 hand over the $50 he got
TO his wife. but was almost paralyZed
with fear afterwards when he learned
LnaI ms young opponent had died. II
was the old story Of a barn fight.
There were no precautions taken to
guard against such things in the ring
and II only tends TO prove that boxing
would be better off if placed under the
care Of a commission Of the proper
authorities
However, within a few days Of the
time the ring fatality occurred there
were seven deaths Of young men on
the football field. most of them in the
middle west, but very little mention
was made of the same. All the football
players were young men at high
schools and colleges. In addition there
were many others badly hurt. some
being crippled for life. Why should
one sport be made the goat" Of and
the other passed by almost unnoticed.
accidents are bound to occur in any
line Of sport even in tennis matches,
but because they do happen once in
a while is no good argument that the
sport should be abolished.
Willie Ritchie's four ROUND contest
with Johnny Dundee in San Francisco
must convince the eXchampion light
weight that he will have to get busy
and train properly if he ever expects
10 win back the championship Willie,
according TO the san Francisco papers, /
was overweight and secured only a
draw with the boy whom Scotty Mon
-ellh claims can whip any lightweight !