New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-10
Mike AND PACKEY
DO THEIR FINAL
TRAINING STUNTS
Crowds Fill Camps of Both
Boxers to See Them
Wind Up Work.

hioNViy ""NH ivy H"NNN LUZ Ten r0Erfs
at Brighton Beach tomorrow niy.,
wound up their training yesters.,
afternoon. Packey, smiling and ham,
his keen eyes swapping with soss
nature, tipped the beam at l47 pound,
and appeared to be ready TO Fight N,
weight in wildcats. Never before va,
he in such high spirits On the ey. A.
an important match. his handler, "a.
clare, and they accept THIS as g,os
omen. Gibbons, surly and suIl,,
tipped the beam slightly below "a,
pounds, and his brother Tom Ar.
nounced that this was certain ind.
cation of perfect condition. The No,
will weigh in at l47 pounds ringsid.
Indeed. two more perfectly cond.
toned athletes never entered riry
and to-day the men will confne ths',
efforts 10 running on the road. puIiu,
the weights and the other Conventional
training camp routine. No boxing xiI
be attempted, for neither viii risk IN.
juring those hands that will reso
golden harvest in a little more la,
twenty-four hours from now
Both entertained crowds vhi,i
packed their gymnasiums 10 the DOOR
1t was not at Brighton Beach yes,s,.
day. but the crowd sat and sweltsr,t
willing 70 endure any amount OF ia,
comfort TO watch the boys add n,
final touches TO their work Of prep,r,.
tion. Packey, perhaps, entertained ii.
larger crowd, for he is the unknos,
quantity which will make or break 4,
battle as a spectacle for the erov.
Packey went thrC ugh the entire rou,i,,
from pulley pulling 10 boxing six fsg
rounds with Tommy Burke and Diei
Peters.
Gibbons did no boxing in the s.vr.
noon. but he went ten furious rOcna
with brother Tom in the morning. IA.
deed. Mike did all mis- hard work in he
morning. but consented 20 do son.
bag punching. shadow boxing and roo
skipping for the thousand or more s.
thusasts who swarmed into his syn.
nasium, tearing down a perfectly ser.
vicable door as they entered.
For those who have not seen Ne.
Farland since he made Tommy Nsr.
ply look foolish in ten rounds az Mad.
son Square Garden some two yesn
ago. a distinct and agreeable surprs
awaits. Added poundage has vorke!
for the better. il would seem. He es,.
ries himself with all his former tan
and grace and there is an indiestm
of latent power that inspires the coz.
fdence of all who see him.
His shoulders have grown much
heavier and his chest deeper. IL
slopes down TO a slender. but none he
less sturdy waist. his torso forming
wedge that suggests 20 some extent
that master of all fighters. Bob Fi;:'
simmons. His legs are light and b
prances around with the easy grace 4
a dancing master. Once inside y
ropes. Packey's every move is Or
ture. His muscles are long rolliu
and play easily as he calls them int
action. Packey is ready.
The preliminary manoeuvres. sue;
as skipping the rope-and many Of ts
girls who held down front row chair
LEANED their admiration as PAGER
executed difficult skips over the whir.
ling rope-bag punching, pulley vc!t
were short when measured in minute
But the crowd. gathered TO see biz
box. thought that an aeon or two b.
passed before he finally put on ns
training camp pillows with Tomrl
Burke. the ST. Louis middleweight fU
three rounds.
Burke is young and aspiring, srt
FrrnaffipD all ,pctrnrsiNre AZ tff
Chicago boy with intent I, kill. Is
the third round Psckey slipped 70 q.
floor, aided somewhat by a right hs,s
uppercut, and when he got up thsr
was a real fight.
Packey in many respects is the sane
Chicago wizard. He beat a merry az
too on the face OF Burke with his lss
h d, and picked off many a well mean
return by the St. Louis lad. He e.
ecuted a neat maneuvre Of steppiH
back quickly from a clinch and rlppns
right back with right hand hook 'fa
never missed. He used a looping pun',
to the body that landed neatly and si
a world OF power.
Th,re were times when Pses'
dropped his right hand straigh on IN
to the chin. but for the NOS
part he swung his leads. and a mis's
swing has paved the way for many
knockout.
One look at Mike Gibbons tells ~
story of the perfection Of his eore'
ton. His brown skin shines win
rudy glow of health. 1t was said nn
Mike was forced 10 resort 10 dryi+
himself out TO make the weight. 'H
how false that rumor is was prove
yesterday. After about fifteen minute
of work Mike was dripping, wrlnea
wet. "Wurra, wurra, It's hot! 81
Mike. as he skipped the rope. I'll
didn't have TO say that. we all knew
Nike pulled on the heavy wire psr
leys fOr fifteen minutes without ros
and wound up by standing head coss
and Staging an imaginary enemy ~
five minutes Ii was terrific WORK: ~.
10 add bit OF color, he yelled; s'sa
up AMI fight. Packey," and tnen 80
loose with a particularly furious n''..
Mike delighted the fans WIZ
skill at bag punching. but ne eviden.
wearied OF hauling the defeneei.s
leather, fo- after about two mIna
he cut loose With a right-hand sDs
that broke the rope and sent the w
whirlins into the gallery.
While the actors in the drams
morrow are resting on their ATE
some ~ the lesser lights will Try ~
illusions at the local clubs to-nus.
Jimmy Riley and Danny Davis sr
entertain at the Long Acre Cluo' We
the other bouts will be Paddy Dsi,
VS.. Kid Thomas. at Browns Far no.
way A. A.; Billy Bush VS.. Kid 49, usa
at the Vanderbilt A. g.. and Leo ~ o. t.
VS.. Wild Burt Kenny. at the New ~
A. A. III