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Show BOXERS GIVE THEIR VIEWS 10UTC0I Writers Predict $ 1 25,000 Crowd Will Attend the Bout Saturday. By International News Sen tee. NEW YORK. Sept. 7. P. McFarland and M. Gibbone, the prominent K. O. manufacturers, entered upon the final stretch of the training grind today. Tomorrow To-morrow they will work out to the limit and after that will take it easy until the night of the big match. Between rounds today Mike Gibbons went through the process of being interviewed. inter-viewed. Mike's general trend was as follows: " I '11 win by a knock-out. McFar-land McFar-land 's got to lead some time, and when he does he'll leave an opening. T know he's fast, but then I'm fast myself. I won't mind him hitting me for tho first few rounds. Remember my right with McAllister ? McAllister made a boob out Of me for six rounds with his cleverness, but he couldn't hurt me. He was. six feet tall and weighed 160. Packey is only five feet, seven. Remem ber w'hat happened to McAUistert I flattened him. Stick around and watch me repeat, on McFarland any time after the sixth round." Packer Determined. This interview was gingerly submitted submit-ted to the McFarland ''amp, and much language immediately fillerf the atmosphere. atmos-phere. Packev himself didn't have niu'h to sav. Ilis general remarks were to the effect that Mike will nee all his wind on the night of the battle and that no battle yet waa ever won on a linotype machine. The pride of the stock yards declare? that his layoff on Sunday did him a world of good. He has returned to his training with the old pep, and says he feels ready to go any distance right now. The promoters are wearing their fingers fin-gers in the armpits of their vests these days, the advance sale already having passed sSfSOO, the amount put up as a guarantee. Many Will Attend. In the last three days a checker has been on the gate at Brighton Beach motordrome where McKurland and Gibbons Gib-bons will thresh out their slight dispute, and it is learned that more than 1,0,000 persons have passed the gate, just to look around. Sport in c writers here predict pre-dict that the gate will roach flM.OOO. Checks, one tor $17,500 for McFarland. McFar-land. another for $15,000 made out to Gibbons, have been placed In the hands of the official stakeholder bv Promoter W. C. Marshall. No official decision will be rendered in the Paekey McFarland Mike Gibbons match. The boxing commission, which was slated to hold its meeting today (the last one prior to the flght) did not go into session, owing to the lack of nusiness on its schedule. |