Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-27
PACkEY Plans :
TO come BACK"
Mcfarland Proposes Going After
Three Titles On Re-enter.
ing Ring.

Chicago, Jan. 26.-Packey McFar-
land has decided to return to the rims
after a absence of i've a year. His
action is prompted by the unique de.
sire to win three titles-lightweight,
welterweight, aid. middleWeigjht-by
meeting three different boxers. il,
After his return yesterday from
Grand Rapids, where he completed a
weeks theatrical engagement, McFar.
land told Manager Emil Thirty to get a
match with Freddie Welsh, light
weight champion. Packey instructed
his manager to have the weight Sc:
at 1876 pounds at either 3 or 6 O'Clock
in the day of the fight.
Coos After Others.
Thirty then was instructed to get in
touch with Jimmy Clabby and Miko
Gibbons to arrange twenty round con
tests provided Jimmy or Mike WOuiG
agree to make 145 pounds at 8 o'clock.
AS Gibbons is considered weller
weight title holder as we'll as lead
ing candidate for the middleweight
championship, which Clabby claims,
mcfarland thinks he can win the well
ter and middle titles by defeating tho
Hammond and st. Paul boxers.
Takes On Weight.
Although ,Packey has taken on
poundage during his years idleness,
Manager Thirty said it would not take
long to bring him down to fighting
weight. According to Thirty, McFar-
land asserts he can make 1876 pounds
in two weeks of hard work, while 145
pounds a be done in a few days
of strenuous training. Followers OF
the fistic game don't believe Packey
can get down to 1876 pounds and DO
fit for a hard battle, but Manager
Thirty is certain his charge can make
that weight.
Thirty already has received an offer
of $15,0 900 from Jimmy Johnson OF
New York for Packey to box Glib
'bons. Tom Andrews of Milwaukee
has offered Mcfarland a $4,000
guarantee with a liberal percentage
of the receipts. Thirty said he would
accept the New York offer if the pro-
motors can stage the bout the latter
part of next month. ..
Talks to Packey. .
While appearing in Grand Rapids
Packey met all Corners in three.
round contests. On the closing night
of his engagement Eddie sDelosh, the
michigan middleweight champicn. un.
der the management of AID Wolgast,
was selected to spar with Packay.
Before the fighters pulled on the
gloves Delosh walked over to Packey
and said: !,
"Ill go easy with you, Mcfarland,
and will not try to hurt you" Packsy
then asked his manager who his en-.
pone1t was, but Thirty refused to di.
vulge the name of the Michigander.
Time ,ls Called.
During the first round Delosh cut
loose with right and left swings. but
none of them found a resting place.
During the intermission Packey was
Aold the name of his opponent. At
the close of the time for the second
round Mcfarland cut loose. He lane
ed a right cross ON Delosh's jaw and
followed by sending a left uppercut
to his opponents chin. That was
enough AID time was called.
MiddIeweights in Demand.
Tommy Burns, match maker for a
newly organized club in New Or
leans, yesterday wired Tommy Wels:,
to close a match between Clabby and
McGoorty for February 12. :Burnp
has offered the fighters sixty per cen:
of the receipts, to he divided equally
McGoorty accepted but Manager
~11ichtenstein, who is in Hammond,
could not be reached last night.
In order to beat Clabby to a match
with Gibbons, Jim Mullen, manager
of McGoorty, will leave Chicago today
for Hudson, Wis.,, to talk over terms
for a proposed match between Eddie
and Gibbons on February %. Ac.
cordiag to McGoorty's manager, the
terms offered by the Hudson promo
ters ara satisfactory. If the promo,
tiers post a forfeit to stage the bout
Mullen will sign articles and post a
forfeit fer Eddie's appearance at LIS
pounds at 3 o'clock.