The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-23

wares. At some second class club and with some fellow who doesn't be outweightng him many pounds It was the same with Mcfarland. Packey found it SO difficult to get matches with his rival Hghtweights- and when he was 8 legitimate mem Der of that ,division-that he had of fered. Mcfarland was thus accused of picking easy marks, but it was a
 matter of necessity not of choice with Packey. None of the lightweight stars wanted his game. For years Battling Nelson, now praised to the skies as the ''greatest'' of champions lodged Mcfarland. He knew Packey not by reputation alone, but as a member of his training camp, and no one realized better than Bat that Mc- Farland was his master. Then there was Ad WoIgast, who side-stepped every chance to box Mcfarland. No, am wrong there. Ad did finally agree to box Packey in Milwaukee, but the authorities stepped in and prevented 1t, if remember correctly. Although it took several years to in duce lWoIgast to consent to take Packed on, he did at last agree to. box his clever rival. But fortunate ly for Adolph, and equally unfortun- ately for Packey, the bout never came off.
 Britton would no doubt make suck. CTS out of boys like White and Shu- grue in ten round affairs. Not that these youngsters are no texceedingly promising material, but Jack appears to outc1ass them. Britton stopped White in IS rounds about a year ago. With the exception of Ritchie and Mcfarland there is no one in the di- vision who has eyer succeeded in | did it in four rounds several years ago.. but Britton was not at his best at the time and in return bout it is a question if Willie could repeat.
 Britton also gave Leach Cross one of the worst beatings of his career l said 1t was the worst trimming he ev- CT took, and he has boxed the best men in the division in the last half dozen years. Another who fell victim to Britton's superior boxing and, punching is Young Milburn Say1or, who claims a knockout. victory over
 Welsh and boasts of 8 long line of victims both at home and abroad. Most, if not all, of the present | lightweight leaders would prove easy for Britton, although there seems to
 be small chance of Jack getting on
 with any of them. Possibly when
 Ritchie arrives in the East something
 may be done for Britton as Willyie has
 never played favorites. While un-
 usual cIeverness and real fighting abil- | ity is generally the open sesame to
 matches it appears in Britton's case to
 be a barrier to greater things His great skill and ring generalship would
 make him a. legitimate fayorite in a
 match with any lightweight in the lcountry-not excepting Freddy Welsh
 the recognized worlds champion.
 | Since it was announced in a Port
 land, Ore, paper that I had decided ! to take a white heavy-weight with me when leave for Australia next
 month, have been besieged with let l ters asnd inquiries from friends and l readers who want me to give them 'ssome dope on the latest aspirant for heavy-weight honors. This indi- cates that the boxing fans of the country are still watching and wait ing patiently for a white heavy who looks like the goods. From the tenor of the letters received should say that the fans at large do not rely on l Jess Willard to any great extent as nearly every one of my correspondents lhave expressed the opinion that the big fellow will prove an easy victim for Johnson in Juarez next March.
 | haven't the space this week to devote to my heavy-weight discovery lbut next week will give my readers | the information asked for. Mind
 YOU, am not touting this fellow as a
 stconning champton,'' but from what 1 have seen of him so far he looks good I enough to devote some time and at tentfon to, and that's what propose
 One thing feel confident of is that he l weighs more above the shoulders
 than the average heavyweight of to-
 day And that's something to start
 on.