The San Francisco call., 1913-11-10

- Tvs all a matter Of condition,
this thing of going 10 rounds
: without getting hurt mucn
yourself and at the same time
messing up an opponent until his
friends don't know him. At least
that is Packey McFarland's opin-
ion of the whole thing, and he
doesn't mind exploiting the little
trick he has of coming out OF his
shell once every three or four
months whaling the life out OF
some prominent lightweight ana
then creeping back into the Sc
clusion of his South Side nome
and the privacy of fast automo-
bile.
~T,s all a matter Of condition.
:" and this time ! never was
! quite in such perfect shape.
said the young fghting financier.
"YI have to blame 1t on my new
handler. Ike Bernstein, this time
for he trained me for 10 days LOT
this contest. and / must say tnat,
although I'VE thought before that
was In great shape. never
really knew what condition was
until he took hold of me. Because
don't take on flesh rapidly 1
never have found ii necessary 10
train long or hard for any or my
bouts. but, of course, TINS oeins
NV first one In some time, want
cd to be in perfect shape AND
was Rernstein is wonder, ana
intend to keep him with me
right along now and let MIN
handle my affairs.
sKED If that meant that bern-
"A stein would be the man
IA aeer of the camp and attend
70 ALI of his business affairs,
paekev smiled and merely re-
marked that his affairs managed
themselves, that he didn't need an
adviser other than one ABOUT MS
training quarters and man III
tba ring to handle the bottle for
him. and that in the future ne IN
+arded 10 let 1t go at that. 1t is
evident that Packey is quite wild
over the Bernstein method, and as
TIA was the "original Packey
80. having been his first man
ager or handler In the ring when
tha stockyards kid was mere In
fant as far as boxing was con-
csrned he still possessed great
deal of fondness for him.
n X
ERNsTEIN, 1T may be re-
X marked, has the experience
- necessary for the job of han
ding a star fighter. He was
trainer Of the various teams for
three wears at the University or
WISCONSIN and later spent nearly
two wears at the University OF
indiana at Bloomington, con-
ditioning all of the athletes at
both places. He won the nisn-
eat regard as trainer OF the col
lege athlete and the varied ex-
perience he gained IN tnese
Schools has made him one of the
hast in the country So 1t Is
small wonder that Packey be-
lieyes he has prize in Ike.
y
-HE stock yards pet does not
believe that the proposed
match Will 01f nc 1AobOhc -
CT paul will ever materialize.
The weight is going to be the
sticking point, as Packey. even
while not admitting that he Is a
welter weight in the true sense
~ the word, does not consider II
would be wise to let any oppo-
nent go beyond the 142 pound
notch. Perhaps. for consider
alton. Mike might do something
like that. as he was well inside
the 145 pound limit the night he
boxed Spike Kelly in Kenosha,
but he he was down pretty fine
that evening. and 1t looked as IL
three pounds more would neces-
state an operation or an am
uutation OF some sort.
X
YY AIRY BREWER, q Kansas
city welter weight who is
something of globe trotter,
was in the last week visiting his
parents here after one of hts peri
odical trips to Europe. Brewer
was away for several months and
travelled extensively on the other
side. But he had time enough to
train for battle they gave him