Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-01-23 | Page 7 | Packey M'Farland and Tommy Murphy Matched at Last

PACKEY M AND TOMMY MURPHY mm MATCHED AT LAST Boys Will wili Me Meet t at PacKey's ackey's Light W Weight ight L Limit mU Pounds B By International News t Service Sc CHICAGO Jan 23 It It Is positive that th the Packer Eddle EddIe Murphy Murph round ten battle will go to Lo Kenosha I Wh Vb The The Badger Athletic club pf pt th that t place appears appeals to have grabbed oft off tho the battle and ha has set setS it t ici 91 January 31 or ar ary 2 the exact date tt to be named Friday South Bend It Is thus left In th the lie lurch despite the man many offers and propositions tIme the town made macho to t secure ec re tho time prize The rie boxers bONers have agreed d t to 6 make mak 13 pounds at 3 o'clock and till all o of the re re rc of the terms are fixed tori 13 The articles of f arc agreement ment have not nol been signed 1 actually but that formality willbe will wll be gone one through h with F Friday mornin morning when hen Emil Thiry Packey's acles manager re returns ye- ye turns to the this city Pack Packey bo boxes bojes s Jack Yard Ward an l star Ita In Philadelphia lIhla tomorrow night bu but anticipates f so 80 o little trouble with th the talman tall limit tallman man that he intends to return at once and start active training for fOI the battle with the tho Boston boy The stock yards ard star is likely to be giren sven sv gir- en quite a whirl b by Ward Waid if iC all aU his stor stox- stories lea ies of his prowess pro are aro correct Ward Yard wa waC was l lIn In the country countr before but failed to get geton geton t ton on with WIll any n of ot the good Rood ones He Is 18 ex exceptionally ex- ex c tall taU and rangy for tor the weight and amid Is la said paid to b be bc able ablo to handle himself I with consummate skill The Packey Murphy battle Is a corker as far as cal ical cleverness Is concerned Unless Unless Un Un- less the men's mens styles are aio too much alike nUke and there Is too much sh sheer cr skill 1 shonn tho the struggle ou ought ht to be one ofle of of the tho bC best t ever seen in this section of the thc country Murphy came camo out to th the middle west cst once olite before this trip to tr try and hook hol hIm hIm- up with P Packey but failed utterly to conn connect t t. t although he got ot a couple of ot eli engagements a here hero lie He slashed a It boxer ParTied named t to pieces In hi Kenosha and and then lien basted sted George Geore out at Gar Gary Ind In- B But t he failed ailed to catch Packey's eye ec