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Show M'FAfitAND MADE A POOR SHOWING San Francisco. Cal. Dec. 2. Now that the hien who make a study of the prize fighting game hae had an op-portunltv op-portunltv of analyzing the Packey-McFarland-Tommy Murphy bout of Thanksgiving day, tJie opinion appears ap-pears to prevail generally that Mc-Farlands Mc-Farlands stock as a ring attraction has dropped considerably. Many expert ex-pert expressions of opinion have been made that the Stock Yards prido would stand a poor chance of making it IntoroHtlng for Ad Wolgast. Mdst surprise was expressed at Mc-Farland'a Mc-Farland'a Jack of punch and lack of . r..yn j-1 i in in an . ii.. i.,i,.miii I 1 II I vitality. In the minds of fight fans there is little doubt that Packer tried to knock, out Murphy. Emile Thlry, McFarland's manager, admits that the fight hurt Packey's reputation. "I never saw him act that way before," said Thiry. Both I beforehand during the fight he 'ndlca ted to mo that something was wrong. ; Both Packcy and myself believed that I he would win inside of ten rounds and I I would rather have given -SL.000 and have lost the money we made than to have the affair turn out the way I it did." It was said by betting men that the odds on the chancps of McFarland, in some cases G to 1, record the high-water high-water mark in odds on fights. oo |