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It WINTER SPORTING DOPE FROM EVERYWHERE McFarland Is Still BarredSeats for Ritchie Fight Are on Sale. A court decision yesterday held that the suspension of Packey "Mc Parland, ordered by the Wisconsin boxing commission, Dec. 16, was ir regular and could not be enforced. But this opinion did not affect the suspension ruling of last Monday, when Packey was invited to come be fore the commission and state his case, but did not appear." The sus pension, therefore, will probably run for a year from last Monday instead of from Dec. 16, which puts McFar land in a worse position than before he went to law. It probably makes little difference to McFarland financially whether he is barred in Milwaukee or not He wanted the suspension lifted mainly to erase the stigma against his name. Packey can make more fighting soft bouts in other sections of .the coun try, and change" is what be'ia.after. Seats were'p'ut on safe yesterday for the Ritchie-Wolgast fight in Mil waukee March 12, and they immedi ately began to disappear. Prices of the pasteboards offered ranged from $7.50 to $1Q., The general ad mission seats, wnicb will cost $2, will be placed on sale probably the day before the battle. Tom Jones, who has personal charge of :the sale, said he would" do everything in his power to prevent scalpers getting hold of the tickets. Jimmy Clabby has been matched to battle Billy Murray of Sacramento twenty rounds in San Francisco April 3. Mickey1 Sheridan showed strongly against Phil Block in Windsor, Ont, last night, and fairly earned the draw decision that was given. In the early stages of the battle Sheridan sailed out in front, but the pace was too stiff and Brock pulled up even toward the close. ' Construction at Federal League Park4 Actually Begins. Some of the magnates in organized ball, who were predicting that th(,tS Feds were paper powers and wouldf never turn an actual spadeful of eartl in erection of a ball park, probablj are willing to change their opinions today. Legitimate construction work is under full head of steam np at Addi son and Clark streets today, and th( contractors nave faithfully promised to have the stands in readiness for a grand opening April 25, 12 days aftei the inauguration of the new circuit's campaign, Weeghman's denial of the., report from New York that he was to mrj the Cubs also sapped some: of the confidence of the organizeii gents, and by now they are firmly convinced that the Federal Is a 'real organiza tion and will use regular balls and bats in the coming pennant fight. Where this story about Weegh man's purchase originated has no! been discovered. It appears to be on a par with other empty pipes thai have had their birth in New York, bul disappeared in thin air when they struck the region west of the Alle gheny mountains, This is the third denial Weeghman has been .forced". to make that he was to purchase an interest in a team in organized ball.- They started by mak ing him a paper offer of the St Paul A. A. team. Weeghman scorned it The ante waarajsed, and there was talk that Weeghman would be given a chance to control the St Louis Browns. Again he declared he was with the Feds to stick. Now cornea this story of the Cubs. Each time1 the caliber of the club supposed ta7 have been offered Weeghman has? been higher, but this seems to haw hail no effect on bis determination