Can Packey McFarland afford to take a beating from Joe Gans for $17,500? A 'Frisco promoter offered Pack this princely sum, win, lose or draw. For a boy of McFarland’s earning power $17,500 is a lot of money. Wouldn’t it have been wise for him to take the licking which is coming to him, right away and salt the small fortune? Like most of the pugs, Pack Is getting the coin in dribbles. When he retires he will be broke.—Daily paper.