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M’FARLAND WILL BOXBRITTON IN NEW YORKBig Match Arranged By Manager Gib-»on to Take Place in February.New York. JVc. 1!». Two important boxing boms have boon clinched by Manager Gibson ol' Urn Garden A. C. Puckey McFarland and Jack Urir* ton lmve accepted Gibson's offer to box ten rounds in the Garden early in February. The men have agreed to tbe weight—135 pounds at 3 o'clock— ad will box on a percentage basis. This match has boon hanging lire for more than a year. Brllion met Pack* ey in an eight round bout in Memphis in January, l!'ll. ami according to eye witnesses ilio scrap was an even thing. Since engaging I kin Morgan to look after his affairs lira ion has been hot-on M. Pa rlan d's trail, but i! was not until ycsurday that Packer concluded to si-1' arlicbv? of agreement.Britton lias •.••me so :h* from with a rush in the l;;-t six months. He has beaten all cou ors. Including Eddie Murphy of Bo : u and Loach Gross, and today he ic recognized as one of the best lightweights in the world. He is remarkably lt;i*-vor and a good, bard hitter. Incidentally he is cock sure that he can whip McFarland, who .'.eeds no words of praise here. The McFarland-Brition bout will provide an opponent for Willie Ritchie, the new lightweight champion of the. world, who is ready for business. It Freddie Welsh, tbe Knglish champion, comes here, as lie has promised, he also will have a crack at the winner of the McFarland-Brit ton and Ritchie os well.The other match arranged by Gibson will bring together Eddie !c-Goorty, the Oshkosh middleweight, and Jack McCarren of Phikulephia. McCarreti. according to Quaker boxing sharps, recently bested Mike Gibbons in a six round bout in that city. McCarrcn several weeks ago stopped Jack Dcnninc with a few punches and according k his manager, Philadelphia .Tack O'Brien, he can beat McGoorty. The bopt will be staged in the Garden j:i the latter par: of next week.With Jack Johnson permanently barred from further competition, tin-twenty round light between 1 .utllel* McCariv and Albert PaltfT at Wru-on, Cal.. on New Year’s Pay. will ▼clop a new heavyweight .champion of the world. Already Gunboat. Smith and Big Jess Willard have expressed n desire to meet, the winner, while Promoter McCarcy has received a «able from Bombardier Wells, the ■ngllflh champion, that he will soonbe hero to light for the title. Mm r FI in n. beaten to a standstill by Cai'.y. is out of the running for time. lie says that McCarty is - .• of i In* best heavy weights be has . McCarty is the lion of the hot'*- in:. California and will be heavily h:: -k- d j to beat Pal/.or. One thing is cer -t i -in comparing these big follows. It- i Carty possesses greater courage tkm . Tom O’Rourke's husky pupil. If : ..i- ’ zer doesn’t win in the first two or j three rounds, it is believed. Mof,,,r.vj will gradually outgame him . |jGood judges of boxing say that Me-i Carey might pit Gunboat Smith (' against Willard with the idea of se-1 curing a suitable opponent for the winner of the McCarty-t’al/.er light.: '•Vni.vd reeently eurpridcd everybody j knocking out Sailor White in Bnf*1 - in less than a round. Bob Ki'z-j •e.ms declares too tiia* Willard • better idea of lighting iliati any • white hopes. The present, ion to negro pugilists will bar | ..am-ite and Sam Langford fro to go- \ .*• : :;:|er the world’s title. Sporting •:: say liiat ilie blacks will be coin-;‘Yd to fight among’1'netnselves in !' ; j ! e.■ in- boxing Commission is busy re-!; isii'g a new set of rules to govern | the sport ill New York State. The rules may be public properly after this week's meeting of the commission. They will include, it is said, a new standard of weights at the ringside which probably will be accepted all over Hie United States. Ring followers who are up in such matters believe that the commission should pass a rule making boxers weigh at least four hours before gelling into their corners. Scaling- at ringside is considered both unfair and injurious.Charles T.cdoux, the French haul am champion, sailed for home today. He says that, he has agreed l»* box twenty rounds with Johnny Coulon. the American champion, at Monte Carlo oil February l*. I.vdoux also states that he will return hero alter that affair in till an engagement, at the Fori y. fourth Street Spurting Club. The Frenchman's defeat tbe other night at the .hands of Kid Williams •n Philadelphia s,,a’ have convinced him that he can do better on the other side.
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Kane Republican
Kane, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Dec 19, 1912
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