Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-17
Nm CHANCE FOR
'PACEEY To CALL
| DIFF GIBBONS CD
:nl Thirty Says McFarIan d Is
Confident He'll Defeat St.
Paul Speed Marvel.
Br Sol Pick.

urrAG0 Jan. 16.-When word
came over the wires from New
Y York the other night that Mike
c.b,ors the apple of St. Pauls eye,
,.s vsn0nei all the fight out of
.r.ro, Rob McAIister, San Francis
.,,s Orymn5c Club sensation, friends
| a, paokey Mcfarland here in Chica-
% Suddenly became faint-hearted.
When it was learned that McAilister
scaled 1850 pounds and Gibbons 152 IL,
ens that Mike stopped the coast crack
cold in the seventh round, Packey's
admirers got weak in the knees. They
trnrd'e6 home, shaking their heads
and mu.tering that Mcfarland at last
had made a bad match and was in
| for certain licking.
Naturally, we wanted to know what
Emil Thirty manager. and Packey
himself thought about it. A report
was circulated that Mcfarland would
crawl ont Of the match. His trainer,
E Ike Bernstein, was said to have re-
marked that Thirty had made mis-
lake in signing the articles. So when
We got hold of Thirty last night we
were mildly surprised as he unbur-
dened himself of the following con-
rrsatioH
"CaU off the match? I should say
mt We are more determined than
ever to go through with it now. Pack
av feels lust as confident as ever,
That does not mean that he is posi-
tive that he will win He knew be-
| fore the MCAllister fight just how
good Mike was. He knows now. as he
knew then, that he has the fight of
| his life on his hands. He will get
| READY, too, for a desperate conflict,
Land ! think he has better than an
even chance Of whaling his man.
az CONFESS 7 did not expect Glib
hons to do quite so well with Nc
Alliser l honestly did not look for a
| Knockout But | told Eddie Reddy,
Mikes manager, before they went
East that McAllister could not hit.
| When Gibbons became convinced of
this he simply tore in and made use
Of his punch 1t was a great victory
for the st. Paul man, and it does not
scare Mcfarland. l expect to call
Packey the welterweight champion of
the world after the meeting Of the
pair in Madison Square Garden.
There Is no chance that the mill
will be postponed until March, as was
reported. The White Sox and Giants
are due in New York February 6.
Two hundred South Side fans leave
here on the 4th on special train.
We want them at the ringside, as
well as the worlds tourists, and the
battle will be held on either the 9Th
Or It'll Of February. Billy Gibson
wants to postpone it to February II,
but we won't stand for that. I ex-
pect to hear from him definitely on
the date tomorrow"
NATE LEWIS left last night for
~ Buffalo at the expense of Charlie
murray, the leading promoter of that
guy. Murray wants Charlie White
Tor series Of three matches, all to
oe decided in Buffalo within 80 days,
ana there is fine prospect that Lew
y VIII sign up White while in the
New York town. Here is the way
Lewis explains the deal:
- Murray wants White to meet
Jimmy Duffy. Young Shugrue and
Leach Cross, in the order named, all
within 80 days, over the ten-round
route at Buffalo, If he meets my
,.e'ms Will accept the trio Of fights
10Y my boy. the weight to be 1873 at 6
o'clock for all the contests and the
. aa,e OF the first miX-up being Janu-
a o. Murray offers me a contract
", an'n forces him to go through with
,sle three matches unless White is
Anoched out In either the first or
sg.oho lights, l know. there is not
nance OF that, so will not hesitate If
ssl what | want in a financial way.