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1BtPqyft'T?'gygB''y ' t'U&'VeW WINTER SPORTING DOPE FROM EVERYWHERE McFarland-BritEon Go Fine Financial Affair. Rain May Affect Scores of the Big Football Games. Since the managers of Packey Mc Farland and Jack Britton. got to gether and, in an unguarded moment, matched their men to meet in a Mil waukee ring, we may expect all sorts of stories regarding the impending clash. The bill must be well press agented, and Emil Thiry and Dan Morgan are artists at spreading the publicity stuff. The latest yarn is that father pro moters regard the tussle with sus picion. They point out that Thiry and Morgan could not get together on the weight question, and then failed to agree on a cut of the gate receipts. The haste with which arti cles were signed as soon as the two managers met in. New York is held up as a questionable proceeding. It is argued that Britton has lost prestige since being licked by Mc Farland, and that he figures a draw with Packey will regain for him his lost ground. So, argue these dream ers, Thiry, rather than let the money that the fight will surely draw escape, will instruct his man to work under a pull. In consideration of this Britton agreed to sign at catch weights and allow McFarland to take the lion's share of the gate. Which is the veriest bunk, from where we sit. McFarland can lick Britton sitting in an arm chair, and everybody knows it, no matter what the outcome of the next battle may be. And Britton's share of the com will not be small. It will be worth taking a licking for. Britton, by a victory, would not gain prestige as a lightweight, as he is too heavy for the division. He declines to fight the middle or wel ters. He and McFarland are in a di vision all by themselves. Wipe off the dope sheet and be pre pared for anything in this afternoon's two big football games, Chicago vs. Wisconsin and Harvard vs. Yale. The heavy downpour which started here this morning has upset the cal culations of Maroon adherents, who counted heavily on the dashing runs of Gray, Norgren and Russell to smash the oval down the field and over the Badger goal line with pleas ing frequency. Stagg Field will be heavy, and the fast footwork of the trio of Maroon scorers will be greatly checked. There will also be a handicap im posed on the kicking of Norgren and Russell. With a wet ball, bound to increase in weight, the Maroon quar ter will find it difficult to boot the leather over the cross bars on a drop kick, and the distance of Norgren's punts will be cut down. One satisfaction is gained from the fact that the heavy ball will also prove a burden to Quarterback Bel lows of Wisconsin, touted as a grand punter and a better drop-kicker than Russell. So far as the heavy field will affect the speed of the two elevens as a whole, considered from a standpoint of weight, there will be little to choose. Both teams average a trifle over 176 pounds. Chicago's backfield outweighs the Badgers two pounds to the man. But the Badgers rely on line-piercing and smashing cross bucks more than spectacular open-field work. The muck will not prove as great a drawback to this style of play as the Maroon end swings. Chicago remains the favorite, how ever, though the score will be smaller than on a dry field. Weather conditions in Cambridge were reported to be unfavorable this