Evening journal., 1915-06-10
HERE'S N 'FARLAND'
chance TO FIGHT
If Chicago Lad is Willing,
Gibbons VIII Get
Busy at Once
THEY'RE POKING FUN
AT COFFEY AGAIN
BY BARRY FARIS
United Press STAFF Correspondent.


NEW YORK. June 1O.-If Packy
Mcfarland, the Chicago fighting mar
vel and Joliet H.. brewer. wants TO
pick up a nice little pile OF change
he can be accommodated easily. All
he has to do is TO agree to step in
side of a ring which also holds Mike
Gibbons. st. Paul citizen.
II is the one burning desire of Glib
hens life to exchange wallops with
the Mcfarland person Here few
weeks ago u looked like Mike and
pacl1y were going to come together.
But iust at the "croocial' moment
when the articles were 10 be signed -
Packy had am important engagement
elsewhere.
Gibbons win concede a lot TO en-
tlce Packy into a match. In the first
place he viii agree to make l45
pounds for the Chicagoan. The St.
Paul wonder admits that making l45
pounds is no easy feat for him, but he
is willing TO run a risk Of getting
down too fine just to get a crack at
Mcfarland.
Just why Gibbons is so anxious to
clash with Mcfarland IL Is. hard 10
tell. or course. there would be a
nice wad of coin in such a match for
both fighters But q talk with Glib
bons will convince one that there rs
something more than money con-
sideration behind his anxiety 10 slam
tho Chicagoan.
II is possible that Mike Is keen
to demonstrate that he Is the cleverest
fighter i'm the world. He has been
called so q great many times And
them he has heard that he Is the
cieverest "next to Mcfarland Mike
may want 10 remove that next TO
McFarland' thing
stores jealore are circulating about
Jim Cofey. the true son Of the
Emeral3 Isle. who is battling for
fetic h8nors in the heavyweight divi-
sion ubdor the guidance OF Billy Glib
son. but his manager told the bos
onc,a few DAYS ago when he related
.ANIW Coffey broke into the night game
Vi happened three years ago.
Coffey was matched with "A battle
bv the name of al Benedict A
this time Coffey didn't know boXinl
glove from a toy balloon. He wa'
as green as his national color III
was taken to a gymnasium and coach
cd In the gentle art Of self-defense
on the night of the fight he was
fhe most bewildered man in the worlC
when he was led into the ring. h'
had never even seen a prize fight h'
didn't know anything about rules
referee or time. but he did know h'
was 10 slam the other person wh;
wore big mitts
In the first round Cohey stopped
WALTON with his chin The hoor stop
ned him. As he gazed up from th'
canvas he saw the referee standinl
over him. counting zone, two, three
Cofey got up at the count OF eight
Not that the count made any dit
ference to him. He didn't know tina
tho count of "ten" would end the fighi
He Just thought It was up TO him Z
get up.
lie finished the round The sec
ond was barely started when tn
fchters clinchod The referee rush
ed in TO break them. In the scrambl
an three went down in a heap. Cone
and Benedict got up. The roferrel
having been on the bottom, didn't
Coffey reached out with one han
and held Benedict at arms length
With the other hand he began tollin
OF the count
"Wan. tooh. tray nc was e
ing. when the roars OF the crowd an
the yelling Of his seconds stoppe
him
To the manager after the fight
which he won-Coney declared
had lust wanted to be polite 10 II
referee. The latter had counted Il
him when he was down.