Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-09-09 | Page 10 | Not Necessary for Pugilists to Train Long

NOT NECESSARY FOR PUGILISTS TO TRAIN LONG pACKT M'FARLAND'S manager sayn that tlve days' training for a ton round bout is sufficient for any boxer and ten days for twenty round bouts and upward Says Packy's manager man-ager on tho subject. "Many fighters lcavo their strength in tho gymnasium They go along nicely for seven or eight rounds and then explode as quickly as a toy balloon aftor It has had a pin stuck into it People wonder why I advise thorn to Inquire Into the exploded one's preparation for the fight In question. Other fighters becomo 'all In' comparatively compara-tively early In their careers boys that Uvo right too. The answer? Too much training, too much weight making "Nothing saps a boxer's stamina like putting hlmsolf at a certain weight without knowing exactly how to tako care of himself. If a man obsorves all tho laws of health llttlo work Is necessary to condition him, and he can make a certain poundage readily "Packy worked only five days" for 1 Tommy Murphy and Owon Moran. It was plenty, as tho results of theso bouts showed. Flvo days is the limit of his preparation for any bout, because be-cause he follows a sane course of living liv-ing and nover dissipates. Tho main thing about training Is to got lots of sleep and havo regular hours."