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Show GOTHAM PROMOTERS ON THEIR KNEES TO PACKEY M'FARLAND Surely Fond of Money i , Ay " . .' t'i . : ,f .; ,' t , vm i-'U- fv-'i I - ,tfs-t... ' ' rV.-V-' Offer Him Everything Ex. cept FUtiron Building to Box in New YorK. JACK BUTTON IS HIS SLATED OPPONENT Cross Finishes Training for Boat With Shagrae Tomorrow. Ur International Nr . r.n. I BT ED CUIET. NEW TORS. Jn. 2. Wlra b-tWMn b-tWMn hr and Chicago wera burned TwUrday 1b an affoit to iin Vacktr McFarlaad to bos tan roonda with Jack Brtttoo at thrao local elnba. Manafar PoUok of tha rorty fourth Btrott BporV lng club telocraphad an offar of a 17000 fuaranta to tha atock yarda boxer, aay-ln( aay-ln( that Dan Morgan. Brttton'f man-afar, man-afar, had acraod to box at hla elob. McMahon, ho opera tea the Emplro Athletic club, wired a aimllar 4!vt to EmU Thiry, Mcrarlaud'f auHUer. William (iiUeoo, nianaKir ot the Garden Athletie elub, raped the climax hj Mailing a hurry op mr'Re to Pmrhey, .aakinR him to rome here at ouee aid ifn art idea calling fur 30 per eeat o' the groaa teeeipti with the pririlme of taking; a tM iruarantne. Uibaon had a talk, with itullok and Mor-gaa Mor-gaa and reminded the latter that he already had a Breed to accept -0 per rent of the Rata in tha Harden for a bout with the (.hieaftn iiTht weight. Mi'Karland and liibsua -nre rlube friondi, auil it ia llieviul that if Brit tun will ruiiM-nt to box in the Kardnu a match will be arriigi-l wilhin the next J'ortj eipbi houra. It ia ndmiltnt Kenernllr that MrFarlnnd and Hrittou would draw at lit t-S.I0 in the .r den and thnt under the roaditionii named by tiibKon they would receive' more money than nt emn other cluli. MeKarland received a IO,0M) guarantee guaran-tee for hia bout with Malt Wella lat May, and the bout drew 24,0K. Fur that reapon ttibeon haa been authorized by the Harden Athletie club to eecure the Hritton match if inch a thin ia possible. If the match I made by Gib eon the men will box on February 7. Leach Crow will finiiJi training tu dar for hia ten-round bout with ii"iu Khugrue in the Harden tomorrow night. hhuKTitfi. ia tinuaually confident of auc-c.eaa, auc-c.eaa, for he pomta to the fact that he haa improved atndily during the punt aix montha and haa beaten auch kimkI men aa Johnny Dundee aud ljouin (c Ponthieu, the JVeneh ' lig-lit weiuht champion. He ia heavier and l router now than ever before and bidievee thrae ' nualitiea will carry him to victory. vic-tory. io nlo will be etronucr than when he boxed Kivero. fur the lisbt eiRht limit for hugruo ia a pound more at 'the riniride. Young .lack O'lJrien, who uieeti I'hil CroM in the name rinu, haa a eplendid ring record, whi-h includca victoriee on points over K. . Itrown antl Ad VYot-gaet. VYot-gaet. lie ia lightning faat and one ot the cleverest young men in the pro-fenrtion. pro-fenrtion. Dan Morgan predicts a brilliant future fu-ture for K. O. Brown. He eaya that Brown hiiped Ynk KumcII to a frar-r.le frar-r.le in w Orleana recently and will furniah Jon Rivera with a dinaEreeahle aurpriee when tlioy meet nt Vernon, CbI., on Washington 'i birthday. "Twenty rounds will auit Hrown," aid Morgan. "Ho ia the atrongest light weight in the world, and when it cuuiee to endurance and plugging be will prove Hivera' mnater. A victory over the Mexican will put ltrown in line for a fight with Willie Ritthie for the light eight title." Freddie Welsh, the Hritiah light weight champion, has cabled that he will arrive here licit month prepared to make a match with Willie Hitchie for the world 'a title. Welsh wants to meet Kitchie in a twenty or twenty-five-round bout on the coast. I |