| Show BOSTON FANS WILL BET 51 r BRITTON CAN GAN BEAT Mf Now York Sept The U.-The 14 Th biggest sur surprise prise sprung in lightweight circles this year was the knocking out of Eddie Eddlo l I Murphy the clever clever Boston f fl fighter by Jack Britton of ot Chicago and up tho Hub way they are arc still discussing the Windy City boys boy's remarkable achievement and are eager to back him against anybody his Ills weight In the world According to Manager Danny Morgan who la is out to make mako a corner of all of ot the crack fighters In the world Bostonians Bos- Bos are arc willing to back Britton to the tho extent of to defeat Packey McFarland Morgan declares h ho he has been authorized to guarantee McFarland McFarland McFarland land for his end to meet moet BrItton before the Pilgrim Athletic association Alex McLean who Is the tho manager of Matty Baldwin and also the matchmaker matchmaker match match- maker of ot tho the Pilgrim A. A A A. A of at the tho Hub flub thinks that Britton Is one ono of the greatest greatest great great- est cst lightweights since the days of ot Joe Gans Cans and believes ho he is the tho peer If not the superior of ot Packey McFarland nd Almost Invincible Before o meeting Britton Murphy was regarded by Hub flub fans as good as the tho best lightweights In the world They think the same sarno now barring Jack Britton Britton Brit Brit- ton whom they thoy style stylo the tho nonpareil Murphy had hall never been defeated let lot alone knocked out before encountering the tho will wisp the from tram the Great Lal Lakes es region and when the Boston fans fan saw tho the easy manner In which he polished off ott Murphy the Murphy tho lad they considered con con- well nigh well nigh Invincible they Invincible they could hardly believe their eyes Ho So great an Impression has s Britton made mado on Boston that tho the Pilgrim Pilgrim Pil Pil- grim A. A A. A the A.-the the only club conducting bouts boats In the Hub hub ls Is willing to put up the bl biggest elt purse ever offered by the organization to stage tho the match Britton failed tailed to make mako any strong strong- Impression on Now New cw York fl fight ht fans be before be- be tore fore ore gliding gilding under the protecting wine of ot Never a Word Never a Word Morgan True he ha received credit for tor boxing McFarland a draw In n tho the south but cv even n this feat teat did not receive much publicity While out on the coast Britton didn't set lIot any worlds afire so 80 ho and his manager Jack Costello decided to come east Britton waited around town so co long without getting any work that he thought It best beet to hunt up a new new adviser ad ad- so so the first t. t one he went to was Dan Morgan Tho The latter had been betting betting bet bet- ting on slow alow horses It seems and his hili bank roll was rather depleted so ho he ho figured that another boxer added to his list lIet wouldn't do any hat harm barm Dock Back to Form Fona Hardly had bad Britton and Morgan Mor agreed to team up than Morgan had End Billy Gibson of the Garden A A. C C. C on en the phone and the tho latter agreed to 10 put Britton on with Eddie Smith amft one of f I Ithe the best local lightweights lightweight Britton went wont Into the ring that night weak a as asa a kitten owing to stomach trouble but buthe buthe buthe he defeated Smith to th the Queens queen taste although h not displaying displaying- an any real punch because he didn't possess the strength to use It After this bout Morgan sent lent E to the tho mountains to rest with th the ie- ie suIt sult that he attained the condition which resulted In the sending to of Eddie Murphy one Murphy one of ot the greatest surprises in modern ring annals Morgan wont won't be happy now until Britton is matched again with Packey McFarland 1 as he Is sure that his charge can decisively defeat the stockyard favorite Early this spring Murphy met met Hor McFarland lan land 1 and the consensus of opinion In Inthe Inthe inthe the west was that he easily lull earned a draw As Britton Britten has also allO drawn with Packey and has knocked out Murphy It would be interesting to see au how a McFarland Britton-McFarland contest would re so- so sult suit |
