Fight:179338

Packey McFarland 138 lbs beat Ray Bronson 138 lbs by NWS in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1912-05-29
• Location: Independence Ball Park, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
• Referee: Edward W Smith

• Bronson was down twice in the 3rd round, and once in the 9th and 10th. This was according to three different round-by-round reports in Chicago newspapers. Indianapolis Star only mentioned one knockdown ("if it could be called a knockdown"), in the 3rd round. Indianapolis News had no mentions of knockdowns at all, with no round by round report, only the final tally by rounds. A wire in Logansport Journal reported Bronson down twice.
• Indianapolis Star scored for McFarland 5-1-4 by rounds, but concluded the round-by-round report with a draw decision.
• Newspaper decision for McFarland from Indianapolis News (4-0-6 by rounds), Walter H. Eckersall (Chicago Tribune; 9-0-1), Gordon Cloyd (Chicago Inter Ocean; 10-0-0), Chicago Examiner (9-0-1), Fort Wayne Sentinel, Logansport Journal, Pittsburgh Gazette Times, New York Evening World, AP (8-0-2).
• Chicago Examiner printed the International News Service report of the fight, including round-by-round, but didn't have their own correspondent at the ringside. The INS report starts with "Packey McFarland gave Ray Bronson an artistic lacing in a spiteful ten-round fight".
• "McFarland's shifty foot work and ability to keep out of the way of Ray Bronson's swings and punches gave him the best of the match" (Fort Wayne Sentinel)
• "No decision was given from the ring by Ed W. Smith the referee under the city regulation but the general opinion was that McFarland was the winner" (Logansport Journal)
• "McFarland, who was fast, in and out with his jabs and uppercuts, and clever in his foot-work, had all the better of it" (Pittsburgh Gazette Times)
• "McFarland had a shade on points, but he wasn't in sight of a knockout at any time." (New York Evening World)
• "McFarland had the better of eight rounds and Bronson managed to break even in the other two" (Associated Press)