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Show TONIGHTS BIG BATTLE Here are the pert iiient fact s concerning con-cerning the Packey McFarland -Mike Gibbons bout to take place In New York toniaht : Principals- Mike Gibbons, St. Paul; Pa'-key McFarland. Chicago. Scene of bout Orean A. '.. Brighton Brigh-ton Motordrome, Brooklyn, N. Y. Time of bioul -10 p. m. Promoter Will id m C. ("You're On") Marshall. Purse--McFarland. $1 7.500 (guaranteed): (guaran-teed): Gibbons, $15,000 (guaranteed). Weight 147 pounds, ringside. Favorite Gibbons. Referee--BIlly Joh. Ring recorda McFarland, US fights; sixty-seven victories (referees decisions deci-sions on points and knockouts); five draws, no defeats. Gibbons, seventy-eight seventy-eight fights: forty -one victories (referees' (ref-erees' decisions on point and knockouts knock-outs ; four draws, one defeat. Seating capacity ."-2.4X0. Money capacity $126,752. Prices-Admission, $1 and $2; reserved re-served seats, $:t;.hox seats. $5. Number of neats in sections 6556 box seats. $5, $34,280; 16.224 reserved seats. $3. 148,672; 14,400 neats. $2, $28.-800; $28.-800; 15.000 seats, $1, $15,000; total. $126,752. Mere are the measurements of Gibbons Gib-bons and Mi Farland: Gibbons. McFarland. 5 ft. 9 in Height .5 ft. 7 In 147 pounds . - Weight . . . .147 pounds 72 inches Reach 60 inches 10 in-'hes .... Forearm .... PB Inches 12i In-hes Biceps 13 inches :i6j Inches. .Cneal (normal i .. .30 inches 38-j Inches. . .Chest (exp.) ... .42 inches 7 Inches Ankle 81 inches 134 lnab.es Calf t3i Inches 10 Inches Thigh 101 Inches 6 J Inches Wrist 7J Inches 2JS Inches Waist 83 inches Here are t he ring records of the two fighters: Gibbons. McFarland. July. 1888 Born Nov., 1888 1008 First fight 1904 78 No. fights 118 41 'Victories 67 25 Knockouts 61 4 DrawB 5 1 Defeats 0 Includes referees' decisions and knockouts. McFarland's last fight was on December De-cember 8, 1913; Jack Britton. ten rounds, no decision; Milwaukee. Gibbons's last fight was on May 30, Soldier Bart field, Brooklyn, ten rounds, no decision. |