Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-09-11
PACKEY CONFIDENT;
MIKE SILENT, GLUM
Welterweights viii Meet For
Ten Round Bout at
Brighton Tonight
By George H. Holmes.

NlHlltu iIcss otdfI 'WIesponurht.)
New York, Sept, ll.--With the time
for tneir bout only matter of hours,
Packcy Mcfarland was smiling happy
and confident today. while Mike Glib.
bdns was as glum and silent as though
he were preparing for his own funeral.
The men will meet tonight in q ten
round bout at Brighton.
The most conspicuous feature of Glib.
bons training has been the crouch
which Possessed him, although he never
let 10 interfere / the least with his
work Despite Mikes apparent air of
| detection, many of his followers pre-.
idlcted today that Packey will lose his
smile before ;he bout has progressed
ialr Ten to eight odds on Gibbons
were being offered with no takers.
| Although Paekey himself obviously
mas no fear of the outcome of the fight.
many experts are not so eonfideat.
Packcy has been our of the ring for
quite q while. and opinion among fight
fans is that he should have taken on
one or two BOYS OF smaller calibre he.
fore meeting man OF Gibbons class.
That is the reason Gibbons is running
a Sligut farorite, for he has been fight.
ing right along.
Both men have trained consistently
and uard, and as far as it is possible TO
Judge with the eve, both are in prime
coadition. They will weigh in al 81
o clock at lI7 pounds. and neither will
have the slightest difficulty in making
the weight.
Tie pugilistic world has been fed up
for month for this bout. Past records |
have been delved into, almost everyone
VINO ever heard of boxing glove has
speculated ol its outcome. and when il |
rs all simmered down this big feature
stands out above the rest-that no one.
not even Mcfarland or Gibbons them.
Sclves-knows any more about il than
anyone else. And that is nothing.
Jim Jeffries proved to the boxing
weld at Reno five years ago that
there no dope on a fighter who
has been out of the game several years
Jefr was going better than ne had ever
gone in his life, according to the men
who watched him tain-he had speed, /
agility, the everything that mad I
carried him to the front ranks of box. 4
ers. But after he got in the ring he I
didn't have anything except memGy |
OF what had been, and mighty sore
head.
Mcfarland has been out of tae game
over two years. In that time he hasn I .
boxed much even in practice and any .
dub OF an athletic Judge can testify
that II doeSn Z take man long to 70
back when ne isn't working; that a
paunch is easier acquired than removed. 4
Not that Paekey has paunch, how
ever at least externally He looks,
aud says he is, in shape.
There eau be but little doubt that
the 81. Paul phantom is right. He ass
been boxing steadily, working se54t
aloag, aud boxing critics consider him
now at the zenith OF successful ca
rcer
There is pleuty OF Gibbons dope.
There is none OF Mcfarland. And for
that reason fight fans generally aave
picked the little Minnesota man 10 win.
Chances of Knockout, either way.
were regarded today as about as prob
able as Bryan 5 aScendency TO the
Waite House Il takes good man TO
put away even Seco,d rater in a ten
NMNW NAANAlt lA@lAiNNlANlN " thNt ~oNNuu
rater has pair OF legs that conceal the
'peed IN getting away from sleep
Nallop that Mcfarland : does.
Mcfarland is morc or less uoted Tor
The fac, that be never acquired tin
'ar or any other disfignriug marks in
.ac ring,
Nobody : going to spoil my man,
: the Mcfarland slogan. And nobody
owen the best ones-have spoiled
N'kc's 60 any great extcnt, 50 fight
ANS particularly New York ones. are
ook'ng Tor rattliHg gool exhibition
'i seicniitie boxing and little OF no
duggipg
Next to the possibility Of \. O..
interest uas hceu eeuterd largely ia
.ac amount tie boxers arr TO yet. Me,
Narlsnd is scheduled to pull down coin
4 'he rate of nearly $500 = minute II
.hc battle goes ten rounds ne is guar.
'n'etd $1,000, win, lose or draw. Mike
Is soing to collect $4,000 Tor his end.
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