Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
Nd CHANCE FOR
PACKEY To GALL
0FF GIBBONS GO
Emil Thirty Says Mcfarland Is
Confident He'll Defeat ST.
Paul Speed Marvel.
BY Sol Pick.

~HIcAGo, Jan. 16.--When word
cane over the wires from New
- York the other night that Mike
c,hbors the apple of st. Paul's eye,
r,5 U7roped all the fight out of
clover Bob McAllister San Francis
eo,s OLYMPIC Club sensation. friends
os Packey Mcfarland here in Chica-
on suddenly became faint-hearted.
When It was learned that McAllister
scaled 100 pounds and Gibbons 15z IL,
and that Mike stopped the coast crack
cod in the seventh round, Packey's
sdn7frers got weak in the knees. They
,rurdled home. shaking their heads
and muttering that Mcfarland at last
had made 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 out Of the match. His trainer,
Ike Bernstein was said to have re-
marked that Thirty had made mis-
take 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-
versation:
Call off the match? I should say
not. We are more determined than
ever 10 20 through with it now. Pack
ev feels Just as confident as ever.
That does not mean that he is posi-
tive that he will win He knew be-
fore the McAllster 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,
and ! think he has better than an
even chance of whaling his man.
81 CONFESS aid not expect Glib
L bons to do quite so well with NC
Alister I 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 he postponed until March, a 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 a special train.
We want them at the ringside, as
well as the worlds tourists, and the
battle will be held on either the 6th
or It'll Of February. Billy Gibson
wants to postpone 1t to February ~,
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
city, Murray wants Charlie White
Tor series Of three matches, all to
be decided in Buffalo within 80 days,
ana there is fine prospect that Lew
IS 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 30 days, over the ten-round
route at Buffalo. If he meets my
terms l Will accept the trio of fights
i9r my boy, the weight to be 1873 at 6
. CLOCK for all the contests and the
cate OF the first mix-up being Janu-
ary IS, Murray offers me a contract
winch forces him to go through with
me three matches unless White is
knocked out In either the first or
second fights, I know there is not q
ghahce OF that, so will not hesitate if
j gel what l want in a financial way.