The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-12
PACKEY BEATS MIKE
IN FARCICAL AFFAIR
Gibbons Runs Away From Open
Hand Slaps Of Mcfarland
Through Ten Rounds.
GREAT CROWD PRESENT
Second Section

pacsey Mcfarland and Mike Gibbons
,raulsed In a s32, 500 Shaping match at
.hs brighton Beach Motordrome last
r,sht and finished the tenth round with
,hs greatest crowd that eve saw n box
,ns match singing Home Sweet Home"
18th a vim that all but burst their
,hroats. II Is ridiculous to call IL a
ami Mcfarland danced through the
,sn rounds without hitting a solid blow.
when he did land II was with the open
sloye. lie was not hitting lard enough
10 knock Mikes hat Off, yet Mix backed
and ran away with a look Of terror pic
,ured on his face.
Jus, why Mike ran IL hard to say.
packey was slow and couldn't hurt him.
70, Mike ran like a deer when Packey's
hs,s began TO fly.
Mixes wonderful punch was evidently
i,ft In the archives Of ST. Paul, for he
Admit have IL with him last night. When
he did attempt to punch he either swung
sround packey's neck or missed him
entirely. The crowd jeered his work,
Some w1g who had come n long way
IN see the affair called loudly for the
Management, TO emove the handouts
from the s22. 500 beauties.
Even the bell rsbelled and refused to
~ INV ANANNfNh 'shH At'N "
Of A hammer In the hands o, Time
teeper Ben Rosenthal cracked II.
When the bout end ID Mike dropped
ne hands a momen as II In doubt
about takirg up the next piece OF busi-
ness. The cue was lost somewhere In
the shuttle. rackey walked away.
turned as II he had Just remembered
something and walked toward Mike
again He drew back his hand TO hit
Nike. but even then Gibbons didn't
live the crowd a run for It's money.
Nobody seemed to know just what
Nr. Mcfarland was pcevei about. lie
aid not shake hands, but kept walking
ahou, the rims for ten minutes after
the ne:'. He drew on his trousers and
walked some more. lie leaned over the
ropes and called to the newspaper men
81 want TO thank the boys for being
with me while | vas In New York nc
said. 81 hope some n has he nerve
70 call It a fake now
II was so bad that perhaps ever
packey vas in doubt about Il himself
Tire only persons fooled were the unfor'
Inmates who sat perched W over thC
Mo,ordrome track In the dollar seats
They could see the motions. bu; coult
no. even hear the reports o. the taps
one man IN a box seat arose after th'
third round and basled in a loud, vul
mr. Voice: so this is the Brighton
Beach H.ppodrome, Is it,
He was a good man and he could se'
what he could see. He had a decided
advantage over the villagers roosting Z
third OF a mile away. II they protested
Il was lost on the night .Wr. II woult
take a wonderfully 'lunGed Kicker u
relay his roar that distance. They mus
ka., 1901 L.,s ALlra Cd bns .1tl 80
hear.
Who'd YOU give It to- asked n Chi
cago roo,er as he leaned over the head,
Of the saribes.
To the Sheriff Of Kings county-botl
n them-if We n our way came Z
grand chorus.
The most thrilling thing ~connec:s,
with the farce was the attempt Of Emf
Thry 20 start "A demonstration for Mil
ioGa,Ie M-F'arland after the fight. Thir,
rhooped II up in good old ballyhoo fash
lon' hut FOR some reason or other h,
couldn't stampede the convention TO,
Mcfarland In all that great crowd u.
was me only voice heard above the dy
is strains of Home. Sweet Home
4ae largest crowd that eve. sax a,
athletic event IN his country, with tn,
pesfI".o execution ~ the last Harvard
ihNt game FI"T'cd the contest. fertainl'
,hsH. never M been n neht crowd 4
Nquai q Good judges said that ther,
were ur'ween $4,000 ard 10000 In tn
nI'ordr"n", wI.h n possible gate o
$4,000
Announcer Humphries fred = revolve
10 oh'l'" ordc- wheH making the an
7-unoeu'Qts
Just after he first preliminary tn
gro"d M the dollar seats. fully a thir,
pa mile away from the ring. swarme,
over the barrier and .ock possesslo
" any seat that was ~unoccup!ad. Tn
attendants were powerless before IN
shlnp"Ho. Men who had 70
uof seats found thor chairs filed whe
,hel arrived and many an lmpromptr
AZ ''' possession { ok place.
Inc SIZE OF The crowd seemed to aw
ven ne management Itself. Hundrc cd
~ ''ck'. holders rushed the insid
sales without waiting TO give up thel
lasSpOris. lust before the men entere
~ ring iherc must have been Mt ieas
.H."'l iows gOiig on over the owner
Pap ~ box seats. Fists were nying furi
'"N N an parts f the giant bowl.