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...that Cagney would ever admit to doing anything all that complicated or rationally thought out. His strongest admiration is for people who make things look easy. Packey McFarland, a prizefighter from his youth, comes to mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Some Kind of Genius | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

Tiara-bearing Betty Henderson, 72, antic favorite of Manhattan society columnists (she's the one who hoisted her leg on to a table at the opera opening last fall), wore a bandaged hand after a recreational workout at Packey O'Gatty's Gym. She busted it hoisting the jaw of her sparring partner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Coming & Going | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

Died, Patrick ("Packey") McFarland, 47, famed oldtime lightweight, welterweight boxer; of a streptococcus infection; in Joliet, Ill. In eleven years (1904-15) he fought 108 fights, scored 48 knockouts, lost the decision only once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 5, 1936 | 10/5/1936 | See Source »

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