Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1916 — LAYS CLAIM TO RECOGNITION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LAYS CLAIM TO RECOGNITION

Fackey McFarland Ready to Meet Any of Welterweights Who Aspire to Championship Title. Interest now centers in the strife among the welterweights as to who is entitled to call himself champion in this class. One of those who thinks his claims entitle him to recognition is Packey McFaTland. Packey intimates that he is ready to meet any of the

boys who aspire to leading honors in the welterweight division and prove to them that he is their master. The Chicagoan has announced on more than one occasion that he was through with the ring, but finds it hard to forsake the arena for good. It is more than probable that Packey will be found in action against some of the prominent welters before long.

Packey McFarland.