The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13

"DIDN'T THINK THEY HAD
THE NERVE"---SEC. HARVEY
State Athletic Commission Secretary Deplores Dancing
Tactics of Packey and Mike Before Mammoth
Crowd Saturday Night.

II Packey Mcfarland and Mike Glib
bons did their level best at h Brighton
Beach Motordome Saturday night then
they fooled every person around that
ring who is supposed to- have any knowl-
edge Of the boxing art. Not one of the
smart followers of boxing believed that
che men were going at anything like top
speed.
Gibbons was the one who came In for
the most censure. A great and sure
hitter at any stage of a contest, he de-
liberately turned tail and walked and
sometimes even ran from Packey, who
was simply standing up and using his
open left, much as n man would while
whitewashing the barnyard fence. There
wasn't the least bit OF sting to Packey's
taps. When he wearied Of the open
palm style Of attack he resorted TO back
handlers that wouldn't have spilled a
four year old child. Yet Mike seemed
terrorized every foot OF the way. When
he did punch at Packey there was a
caucus flavor to his actions.
Relentless In the clinches OF other
fights he has had around here--save the
McGoorty hasco-Mike was as docile rs
a barbershop cat every time he en-
braced Packey in this one. He held his
arms Imply without trying 10 rip n
tear and the clever Mcfarland did the
rest.
Many wondered what all the row was
about when the light was over. Packey
made az II to thump Mike. Flo a second
II looked az though the real fight was to
come off. But Mike wasn't In a fighting
mood and Packey walked away. The
chances are that Packey had a great
big business idea In his head just at
that moment. II seems that in the
afternoon before the fight he went to
the management and held them up for a
share of the moving picture receipts,
He probably realized that none had
passed. away OF heart failure because OF
any excitement Mike and himself had
created during the out and a little free
for all at the finale would look pretty
good on the films that were being rolled
along at that very instant. When Mike
refused to partake OF the little aftermath
Packey burned up a lot of film by walk
ing around the ring shaking hands. He
even pulled on his trousers and fingered
"A little longer with a weather eye on the
boys at the camera franks.
Emil Thirty and others In his corner
were doing their little bit, too. They
NfIt "dNlIk NoNSlS dllu ihs ~ a
not half bad mob scene. Thirty ran
over 10 one side OF the ring and called
to the newspaper men Tina poor
little fellow is crying like a child over
this reception. boys"
Everybody looked Packey's way and
found him laughing over something one
OF his henchmen had said. Packey
didn't cry. hut some Of those who had
come thousands of miles 10 see the great
Motordome mazurka did. Kid Mccoy
and Abe Attell wanted to simply be-
| cause they had fought and lived In a
different age.
Even the good secretary OF the State
Athletic Commission. Charles Harvey,
ouldn keep his seat without protest
Ing. He has a badly crippled leg. but he
I mounted his crutches and worked his
way toward the ring and yelled TO
Referee job to make Mike and Packey
fight just about the time that n dis
grunued boxholder demanded that the