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Show That is spt to tiro him badly before the tind Iti reached and permit WeUh to corr.o on and either even things UP lor go out Into the lead. "So, If it were to be ten rounds instead in-stead of twenty 1 would imagine that I'ntkey could rush Welsh off his feet and make such a hard battle of it that I Welsh's boasted cleverness would not be of much avail. i "If on the other hand tho bout were to be forty flvo rounds, during which Packey might rih and rest, conserving con-serving his strength over the lon stretch of ground. I would consider Mm a sure winner. Just Get Draw. 'But twenty is Just in between tho two and Is liable to give Paekoy a lot of trouble. Take their fight of twentv-flve rounds In Los Angeles. Welsh -piled up a long lead of points during the first 18 rounds and then when Pnckey cut loose in the nineteenth nine-teenth and rushed to the finish, he, according to Jeffries' Judgment, baro-ly baro-ly evened matters. ' Packey must never permit Welsh to take the lead at all He must be all over and around this follow and never leave the result In doubt. Otherwise ho is apt to suffer. Welsh is courageous uutlj stung and then he lei not apt to bo so much "McFarland must train long and earnestly to reduce. Ho gets heavy all over, that's the trouble with him. With mo It Is a lot different. My weight comes on my waist line and nowhere else One good run and I can take off four pounds. That's going go-ing some, eh? "I dry out well at tho last. I can loso four pounds more by refraining from the liquids for twenty-four hours. Two pounds will depart during a good night's sleep. "With such an easy task getting tho weight off, it Is no trouble at all ror me to get Into good condition. For an important match I take plenty of time to harden up and perfect my wind, but the weight question is never a bother to me at all. "Should Packey win and return tt thl3 country seeking a match with n-o for the titlo he certainly would have to do tho weight I soggeHt. which, of course, would bo the usual v. eight in such cases 133 pounds at the ringside. It is true that I was on tho verge of a match with him once at a higher weight than that, but I wasn't champion then. That makes a difference, you know. "If Welsh wins, tho same goes for Mm I d..n't care which of the lot I do battle with. They all look alike to mo at tho weight," SPORTS WELSH ILL BE PACKETS EQUAL (By F.d W. Smith.) Chicago, April 20 Ad Wolgast believes be-lieves Fackc-y McFarland will hae i big own troubles beating Freddie ' Welsh In England. Also the Cadlllic ' man fears that Packey will have euc'a ' difficulties with the weight as to seriously seri-ously impair his chances In tho May 30 battle with Great Britain's star. The champion fell to discussing McFarland Mc-Farland and Welsh, along with othi-r prospective opponents, last night while awaiting to go on at the Empire theater, thea-ter, where he , Is showing, and 'gave out sorno Ideas about weight making that will astonish the average reader read-er who knows little about the art ol getting down to a certain figure at a certain time and retalu one's airrngth ' Packey is a grand little fighter and a nice boy, and ho has my host wishes wish-es in this scrap." the champion said. ' Itul thf fight fans over here don't appear to fully urpn'dato the difficulties diffi-culties Packey Is apt to run Into on the other side. One thing will .stand out first of all. No matter bow friendly friend-ly they may feel to the Yankee over there, the undercurrent will all be for tho homo bov and everybody will wa.it to see him win. Diotance to Hurt Packey. "As for tho fight itself, the distance Is certainly against McFarland. Either a shorter route or one much longer would, to my ny of thinking, suit the Chicago man a whole lot bettor. That may seem 6trange. but I will explain ex-plain my reasoDs for making such a statement. "Tho fight is to be twenty rounds. Now In order to beat Welsh, vho is one of the fastest things afoot. Packey Pack-ey will have to go after him from the Jump and chase him the full distance. |