The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-10
PACKEY AND GIBBONS
AGREE ON JAS POUNDS
At 4 IN AFTERNOON
Match Clinched Between Two
of the Greatest Boxers
To Clash Next Month.

A FTER weeks Of wrangiing ~
n che wslsht question. . uaAsA -,
= at last been arranged So9N0Gn'
Faoksy Mcfarland Of chicago and 49,
gibbons q B. Paul. who 10 a1Gno4 ~
for . ten-round bout with Bob NnA1D-
ter. which viii b fought At ne 'SOoDA
A. @. on Monday night. The e0ue42
was arranged in chicago at n confssenee
held between Eddie Reddy. manaeor q
Gibbons. and Emil Thiery. who leoes
after McFarland's interests. The uat0
was confirmed by the receipt Of tsle-
gram by Gibbons from Reddy. who oes4
that all details had been cknched -
the bout. Packey and Mike VIII elo1o
ut 1S pounds. weigh In at y. He =
one Of the shows to be held by the oar
den A. c. the early part OF next moq0.t
Freddie Welsh. the English ehsnvaeA.
has . hard task to perform to-utght. Ne
u to meet Sam Robideau. the NgO8
quaker city light weight. in . six-eGD1
bout at the National A. c. Of PhAlo4e
phA, and in order to defeat him Wooo
will have to battle in his best Nh.
Robideeu 10 q clever. hard HITTING
younsster and has many knookouD -
his list. :,
sapper O'NeiL who has made Sag -
preston with the local fans And oo9e0eo
has won both nights that he has - ~
this country since he arraved from -
land, 10 signed UP for two more ootooD.
HIS nrst will be with frankie 4aek e.
New England at the Garden A. q -
Monday night and his second with WlnlN
Houck at the olympia A. A. OF Ph0a4o04
phia on Monday evening. Jan. n ~
Eight clubs will hold shows to-nisht'
a. follows: Fairmont A. c.. YoaAQ
Brown Va. Johnny Schumacher: Brown
Gym. A. A.. Andy cortes W. T0mmy,
Moore: Sharkey A. c.. X. O Dggere ~
Ray Campbsll vs. Jimmy coffey: VAN
deribiit A. c.. Brooklyn. Mel CooGan W.
Jimmy Burke; Dexter Park A. c..
Brooklyn. Red Ames W. Irish Jack
Smith; New York A. c.. finals. Amateur
Tournament: Atlantic Garden A. C..
Young Fulton W. Charlie Pareili: West
Brighton A. c., o. l., Jimmy Fasans ~.
Jack Hansen: 0owanus A. c.. Frankie
Burns Va. waiter Nelson.
Tom O'Rourke 10 anxiousiy waiting to
hear something from Jim Buckley In
Frisco In reply to his wire asking .
match for Porky Flynn with 0unboat
Smith. The pair met once before and
put up Q NIP and tuck battle. O'Rourks
evidently hgures Flynn will surely bsa<
Battling Levinsky In his next BATHS 1t
the National Sporting Club next Tues.
day.
Joe Rivers has started training q .
Chicago gymnasium for his tsa.ro0o4
battle with Ad WolGast at the Htpoo-
drome In Milwaukee on the night Of
Jan. a. II Rivers beats Wolgast he vtu
b promptly matched to meet Cha1ooy
White Of Chicago before the same SluA
In two weeks. -
Young Mike Donovan. the uA1o0D.
weight Of this city. hes anothsr an1uA
on. He has been sgnsd up - Ooue
Tommy Connors Of Scranton IA Q -
round bout at . boxinS chow - -
brought OF at the Peerless A. @. q
wSIkes-Barrs. Pa, on Jan n 4
Tony Rou. me italian hsavyWaUo1
New Castle, Pa. has arrived b ~
In ssarch Of fights WITH any a ~ ~
6eiiows. Ross tried to st On . uo1dA
IN New Orleans. but nsht promotes -.
torich could not seem 20 secure -.
able opponent for him. Joe BrannAo0
vii manage Ross. .-.