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Show FIGHTERS QUIT HARD TRAINING; BOTHJ SHAPE Gibbons Continues to Rule Favorite, but Price Is Likely to Be Even by Saturday. By International News Service. STEW VOKK, Sept. 9. Mike Gibbons and I'ackey .McFarlaiid. who are H'-ltetl-uled to do $32,500 worth of fighting in a ten-round bot.t at Brighton Beach Saturday night, ended their training late this afternoon. All that now remains is for Joe Humphries to make his offu-ia) peroration perora-tion : ''In this corner, ladcese aud genis. we have Packey McFarland, undeteated pride of the stockyards, veteran of many a historic ring; and in this corner (business (busi-ness of a wide sweep of the left arm), we have Mike Gibbous but J need say no more.'' As they took off their gloves for the last time beforp the fight each man declared himself to be in tiyi-top eon ititipn and ready for a hard battle. l.'ibbons tipped the beam at 147:l4 pounds and Packey weighed an even 148. By the time "both have dried out tomorrow they should have no trouble in making 1 17 pounds, the stipulated weight. Look for Big Crowd. The advance sale of tickets has reached about $33,000, according to the promoters. They figure -now that the house will run over $70,000 end possibly possi-bly may reach $100,000. There are seats for 52,000 persons. The prices range from $1 to $5 and before tomorrow-night tomorrow-night it is likely that all the top-price seats will have been sold. Already large rolls of currency are making themselves evident. Gibbons has been ruling a 10 to-S favorite up to today, but with the arrival of the advance ad-vance guard from the west the odds began to shorten. Several wagers were recorded oti Brondwav this evening at 10 to f on Gibbons. McFarland 's backers back-ers are asking for a better price, but. right now it looks as though the boys will enter the ring at even money. What They Say. Both men issued statements tonight. Packey said: "1 don't expect to stop Gibbons, but 1 am sure T will outpoint him. f really taught Mike the rudiments of the game and know his stvle from soup to nuts, f expect to 'make' the fight that, is, to do the leading. ( I can keep Gibbons Gib-bons on his heels he wou 't have a Chance to hit mo. H will be a great sera)', with yours truly the winner." Mike said: "1 was never in better condition. You fellows that have seen me work today know that. T understand that McFar-land McFar-land thinks that he can outbox me. Well, T know he can 't. 1 hit straight-er straight-er and faster than he doPS. Tf lie comes tearing in at me T will upperctit his head off. T am sure of winning, with chances about even that 1 drop McFar-land. McFar-land. ' ' Quarters Are Crowded. The train irig quarters of both men were packed today when thev gave their public exhibitions. Among the spectators specta-tors at both camps were a number of girls in bathing suits who drifted in from the beaches. The experts contented themselves with contrasting the styles of the two boxers. They noticed that McFarland merely blocked and covered up against the littlo fellows and was only really aggressive against Tom Burke, the big St. Louis middleweight. Burke came here to assimilate Packey 's preliminary wallops, which he has done with great succasa. He is beginning to wear that tired look. To see Packey w-ork one would think he was just starting off on his training work. He boxed like a wizard and when he got. through with his sparring I (Continued on Following Page.) BOXERS QUIT ID TRAINING FOR BOUT (Continued from Preceding Page.) partners he wasn't even'taKing a long nrcath. McKarland did his public work early in the afternoon and thou the crowd drifted across to Gibbons 'a quarters. Mike went about the daily grind in the same old way. The Gopher State Ghost never looked better in his life and it is seldom he has gone into the ring far from good form. He says he has lost no strength through the "wright-re-ducing method he has employed. G ibbon s wa s ni ore aggressi ve in h i work thnu was McKiirland. He started with Marty Farroll, a big, rough welterweight, welter-weight, nnd went forward all the time. At the end of three rounds Marty called it a dav's work. Then came little AJlie NncU, light but clever. Gibbons ate up bis opponent's speed, but pulled his punches. Then came Brother Tom. The Gibbons boys mixed it as if hrotherlv lovo were unknown to them. Mike has often said that Tom was the better boy, but Tom has never proved it. He is heavier than Mike, and tough. Thev traded blows that made some of the spectators feel like lying down and being be-ing counted out. |