Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-17
CORBETT SAYS M'FARLAND
& IS MASTER MATCHMAKER
Both Packey and Gibbons Are
Commercial Boxers, De-
Clares ex-ChampiOn.
BRITTON is GOING BACK
Timely Comment on Ring War
riors Written Especially for
Evening Star Readers.
By JAMES ]. CORBETT

BIZ JA1ES ]. C0RBETT
- After squabbling over terms ant
weight conditions for several months
Packey Mcfarland and Mike Glib.
bons have arrived at an agreement
and will meet in a ten-round contest
at Madison Square Garden, New
Work, on Lincoln's Birthday, Feb
gQary Il.
4. Looks Like Ideal Match.
3. This is one bout fight fans and the
Newspapers have been roofing Tor
On paper it looks the ideal match
.frue, Gibbons may have to worh
harder than usual to make 145 pounds
at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of the
Contest, but he will have at least siz
Yours TO eat a good meal. digest It
and take on few pounds. Prob
ably guess Of 14s or 149 would come
close to hitting his weight when he
enters the ring TO box his clever
rival from Chicago. And Mcfarland
q what he recently told me is correct
and I have no reason to doubt It,
Yill weigh in the neighborhood Of 142
o. 14S
Packsy Knows His Business.
SO while in a sense it will be re-
garded as a Handicap" match we
will likely discover that Packey very
well knew what he was about when
he signed the articles Of agreement.
don't know whether ne was present
ct the MEG oorty- Gibbons bout held
M Madison Square Garden year ago
last fall, but no doubt he figures
That Gibbons under $50 pounds is
saof the Gibbons who shows so well in
bouts around the country at catch
weights, any more than he himself
Is when compelled to do figure near
The lightweight limit.
So Will Not Take Worst Of 1t.
alnIcFarland has had considerable
experience in weight making and
matchmaking, and can be depended
Upon not to take the worst of 1t.
especially when the other fellow
seeks the match and happens to be
such a clever fighter as Gibbons.
when Packey finally consented to
eiae match at 145 at 4 o'clock you can
bet he was reasonably sure that that
IS the lowest possible weight Mike
can make at any time. and that he
6Fso knows that the strenuous work
which the st. Paul man will be
@sgced to go through to make that
low figure will certainly not tend to
s;ttrt his own chances any.
A-''s Both Good Business Men.
ssdcFarland and Gibbons are both
good business men. They are fair
specimens of the "commerciar' boxer.
lSeither scorns to take advantage of
every opportunity to put one over"
Qe an opponent, and the, old saying
that a match well made is half Won''
II tfie guiding principle of both men.
HtIt it ought to make q great mill,
hadn't .it-from scientific point of
xlsW2 n..
xS4ibbons sensational defeat of Bob
Mcskflister may throw a scare into
he more timid of the Mcfarland ad-
lsrsnts, but will have little effect on
those students of physical condition
Sfiiof can realize what it sometimes
s2asts. q man to take off an extra
Qollnd OF two. Mike was at his best
lighting weight last Monday, and as
Strong as a bear. He will be from
shf.ee to five pounds lighter when he
boxes Packey. That difference may
spell his defeat.
-. Gibbons, at Weight, Marvel.
a-But / believe Gibbons, allowed to
Weigh in at his heaviest, can beat
Eny legitimate middleweight in the
~une today. If he were to fight
63eorge Chip, for instance, as he
Fought Bob McAllister, the coal
miner would be lucky to stay ten
rounds With the hard-hitting clever
boxing st. Paul man.
Or Britton Follows Packey.
s,Following Mcfarland in his plunge
Into the Welterwegi1t division is the
stock yards boxers old rival, Jack
Britton. In q recent match at the
- IaE z q
nounced, 1873 stripped. His opponent,
Phil Bloom. a local lightweight,
Yssigher 134. or it was given out that
way If Bloom weighed that much,
then Britton must have scaled at
least 144, for he certainly looked ten
mounds heavier. Possibly his appear
sace is deceptive" ike McFarland's
md others who frequently out-ma-
Qeuvre their rivals in matchmaking
Rfrategy. Britton is matched to box
Mike Glover at Tom O'Rourke's Ma
tfona1 Sporting Club. New York, next
week. The, poundage agreed upon is
10 ringside. That should suit Jack
much better than any lower weight.
Britton Neglected Training.
aBritton and Glover have met before
s-about six weeks ago at the Irving
H. C. in Brooklyn. A majority of
newspaper. accounts at the time gave
Glover the better of the milling. But
doubt If Brittou realized that he
Was TO meet a man with so much
class, and like many another before
him, neglected his training, thinking
he had sucker" match. Of course,
that's d poor abb after bout which
does not turn out as one expects
However, Jack promises to turn the
tables this time.
Watching Britton box this Bloom
sey one was impressed with the
1Sbtion that he is a long way from his
fest form Young Bloom is a novice
sbmpared with the Chicagoan, and
naturally, was outpointed, but Jacks
showing was hardly fattering to such
hsrecognized expert, 1t looked as ii
tie veteran has begun to back up
Old rather Time slows us all up In
our turns. There is no lodging him
"On Again, on Again.
Lightweights will hold the centre
Ok the pugilistic stage for the next
few weeks. Willie Richie, the cham
Dion. and Tommy Murphy are
seheduled to climb through the ropes
at Jim Coffroth's arena on January
20 say scheduled" because these
aoys have been trying to get together
for year or more, and something
has always prevented. They were
practically matched last summer
when the Vancouver offer to Ritchit