Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-13
PACKY'S OFFER
is REAL ISSUE
CARSEY AND BROCK OUT FOR
MATCH WITH HIM
PROVES STRONG INCENTIVE TO
GREATEST EFFORTS
Each Boy Training Hard to Win That
He May Earn Right to Meet
Great Lightweight Next
Month

There Is a new incentive to win for
Frank Carsey and Phil Brock when
they meet in the Vernon ring next Fri
day night, the fact that the winner will
get match with Packy Mcfarland for
about August II being an unlocked for
and unhoped for piece of good luck
offered as a reward for the winner, In
addition to the winners share of the
receipts Of the fight Friday night. Both
boys want to be the lucky one to pull
down the juicy financial plum that goes
with a match with the champion.
Neither ever has had such an oppor-
tunity in the past and neither expects
to pass it up now that 1t has knocked
at their doors.
Frank Carsey was asked yesterday
afternoon IL he wanted to fight Packy
and would he accept the offer of a
match with the peerless one for a. date
next month and he said:
Just bet your life on 1t and you will
| win. need the money and think
| can find no shorter cut to the topnos
rung of the ladder than by giving
Packy deserved licking. 1 think
can beat him, too. l am in the gams
| to go to the top and bar nobody in ms
division, Mcfarland, Welsh, Nelson OF
Gans-all are welcome to my game any
time they want 1t, and / will see to II
that they get all they want of 1t, too.
"I'll get the match with Mcfarland,
all right, and I will not require twenty
five rounds to earn it. I am going to
whip this kid Brock and do 1t long
time before the limit. Have done 1t
before, when was not as good as NOW
and when was shy on ring experience.
and guess 1 can turn the trick again
easily enough"
Big Crowd at Vernon
There were about 1000 fans around
the outdoor ring at the South Side
Athletic club yesterday afternoon when
Frank Carsey began his daily workout.
Owing to his love for baseball and the
fact that Young Otto, Jim Konkel, Al
Vogt and Willie Fairbanks also wanted
to workout for their approaching bat4
ties, Carsey did not begin work until
after O'Clock, but the crowds grew
larger instead of smaller and were
amply rewarded by the fast boxing OF
the Chicago boy and his sparring part
ners.
Carsey boxed ten rounds, going five
rounds each with Charlie Anslinger and
Jim Konkel, and they were featured
by the earnestness with which the boys
went at their work, none of them spar
Ing the other fellow to any extent.
Previous to the boxing stunts Carsey
worked with the weights, pulleys and
punching bag, doing six rounds each
with the punching bag and at shadow
boxing. When he stripped for begin
ming his workout he stepped on the
scales and tipped the beam at 1874
pounds. wearing his fighting trunks and
shoes at the time. His actual weight.
therefore, probably is 1874 pounds.
Brock Is working impressively in his
Venice camp and. according to his
manager, entertained about 1900 per-
sons yesterday afternoon. The big
show came off in the three-round bout
with Freddie Welsh, the English
champ going on with Phil just to show
that there is no Ill feeling between
them and to help his late opponent
in his training Phil showed up most
satisfactorily in his brief bout with
Welsh and then took on Danny Web
ster and Young McGovern for short
bouts.
Webster got championship wheel
buzzing in his dome and famed into
Brock as If he wanted to show up the
Cleveland boy. Phil tumbled to the
game and entered heartily into 1t, and
before he had concluded his argument
had convinced Danny that 1t will be
to his interest to stick around the
bantam and feather fighters in future.
Phil is in excellent condition, just
as good as when he made his great
fight against George Memsic. and be-
lieves that he will whip Carsey SO
decisively that there no longer will be
any doubt as to who is who between
them He weighed yesterday and Man
ager McRea says he tipped the beam
at 1876 pounds.