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MO WES ENABLE TUNNEY TO STUDY HEENEY
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FOE IN
BING
By Gene Tunney
SPECULATOR, N. Y., July
r2.—There may be some specu
• lation as to how I shall pre
pare for my bout with Tom
Heeney, in the Yankee Stadium
on July-26, when I have never
seen the New Zealander in
action either in a gymnasium
or an actual ring contest.
One of the most important parts
of the equipment my trainer, Lou
Fink, brought to Speculator when
we settled down a few weeks ago
to steady work, Was the moving Pic
tures of Heeney’s most important
bouts, those with Jack Sharkey and
Jack Delaney during the past
winter.
I had heard a great deal about
Heeney, his style of boxing, his
mannerisms in the ring, apd, along
with all that, received much advice
as to the best way to oppose him.
Every man whose judgment of ring
men I have had reason to respect
told me that my coming opponent in
th® championship match was a
tough, strong, game fellow.
It is best always, of course, to
see a probable opponent in
action before meeting him. In
that way another boxer can get
an idea of Just how the man
shanes up in the ring—his style,
footwork, his favorite punch or
punches, and little things that
one boxer notes in another that
no one else sees*
Borne things that do not seem im
portant to even the -manager of a
boxer have great effect on the
boxer himself. Close engagements
are won by little things and it is
best to be thoroughly prepared.
Sin£e it was impossible to see
Heeney in action, the pictures cf
his contests with the most important
men he defeated were the next b*st
thing.
A few days after I arrived in
eamp, before actual boxing began,
and when I still was confined to
roadwork and the building up of my
system generally. Lou Fink and I
arranged for a private showing of
the films at the movie house in the
village.
We had them projected and I sat
beside Lou in the darkness, watch
ing Heeney go through his battles
ail over again with - the two men
most favored by critics to beat him
last winter. We compared notes
and from what I saw I realized why
Tex Rickard chose Heeney as the
one opponent from the present crop
of heavyweight contenders who
could give me the' most strenuous
engagement of my career.
Unquestionably, Heeney showed
himself in those pictures to’ be the
absolute master of both Delaney and
Sharkey, and there was no doubt in
my when the showing was
over, that TorA would keep me busy
on the night of July 26. He is a
man I shall be proud to face, a
worthy opponent capable of extend
ing any man to the limit.
The pictures showed me that
Heeney is both game and courage
ous, and is a man of tremendous
strength. At no time were either of
his opponents able to bull him or
tb force him into a style of milling
that would react to their advantage.
He showed me that he has im
mense vitality and a punch of
such power that when it lands
it is capable of shaking up any
man in the ring today. Heenc.v
Is a far better boxer than he is
given credit for being a cagy
opponent, and an astute ring
general.
I do not believe, however, that
I would have employed against
Heeney the ring tactics that both
Sharkey and Delaney used. I be
lieve that there is a more effective
I system of combatting the New
! Zealander’s bull-like rushes, his tre
mendous strength in the clinches,
and the short right hand punches
to the body that weakened both
those men.
That system I am working on
now but I am frank to admit that
as yet I am not sure just how
potent it will prove. As my box
ing in camp improves and speed
comes with daily training, then it
will be possible to definitely fore
cast its chances of success. If 1
find that system will not work then
I shall be forced to adopt another.’
One of the things the pictures
Impressed upon me was the ease
with which Heeney landed his right
hand on the bodies of both gharkev
and Delaney and the difficulty witli
which they in return landed their
rights to Tom's head. While train
Ing for hoth bouts, I am told that
Heeney was easy to hit with a
right hand.
Perhaps that was Tom's way of
Inviting Bbarkey and Delaney to
throw that punch his way. When
ever It did come. Heeney stepped
aside and drove his own right to
the body. After the first round or
two neither of those opponents
threw a dozen right hands all told
during the remainder of the fight.
A man as clever in his ability to
fool two opponents of the type of
Sharkey and Delaney will beat
watching. 1 can take no chances
with him.
(Copyright. 192«. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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By George A. Simpson
Georgetown University will be
well represented in the final Olym
pic field and track try-outs tomor
row and Wednesday at Franklin
Field, hi Philadelphia, and Friday
and Saturday at Harvard Stadium,
Cambridge, Mass. Nine Blue and
Gray tracksters, including four
aces of the present squad, will
seek places on the United States
track team.
Fiddle Swinburne will step with
the field in the 300-meters event.
Jerry Gorman, who placed third
in the 880 yards at the intercol
legiate meet, is also listed as a
starter.
Tony Plansky will be cne of the
leading contenders in the decathlon
trials. He won this event in the
Penn relays and last Saturday
showed he was in top form by
winning two events and placing
second in three at the New Eng
land field and track champion
ships. He won the shot put and 56-
pound weight and was mnner-up in
the high jump, discus and javelin*
Eddie Hoctor, Hilltop sophomore,
is to go in the 400 meter and will
race against a crack coterie of
speedy quarter milers. Hoct<F has
never reached the pace he set dur
ing his freshman days at George
town.
Walter Gegan, who switched
from a miler and two-miler to a
steeplechaser, is apt to place in
the 3,000-meter ’chase and thus
earn a free trip abroad. Gegan
was second to Mel Dalton, the
20-year-old Seton Hall College
hoy, in the Eastern Olympic
try-outs. Dalton’s time of 9
minutes 35 3-5 second was 2
seconds slower than Willie Rito
" la’s world record.
Russell Payne, former Penn U.
star and now sporting the colors
of the Illinois *A. C., held the for
mer American mark at 9:47. estab
lished four years ago in the final
trials at Cambridge, Mass.
Gegan’s time of 9:40 3 5 was
nearly 7 seconds faster than Payne's
record, while Jesse 1,. Montgom
ery, of Penn U., bettered Payne’s
time.
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Player—Club G AB B H HR Pct
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Gehrig, Yankees . 68 257 72 94 18 .3«6
Ruth. Tankers.... 68 237 78 76 30 .321
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6051111'5 MEO
Hi GOOD
Gooas Goelln is leading,our Bill
Terry by a wide margin In the bet
they made in the South this year.
Terry bet Goalin 95 that he would
out-bat the Washington outfielder.
With the season half over Goslin is
leading Terry by 129 points.
Goslin* is showing the way
to his rivals in tlie American
with an average of .414.
Terry is only batting .302. Gos
lin also bet Terry a new hat that
he would turn In the greatest num
ber of total bases. "Memphis Bill”
has a slight edge, as he has a
total of 113 bases and ■ Goslin only
102.
Pare Reaches Second
Round in Net Tourney
■Emmett Pare, of Georgetown U..
advanced to the second round of
the Western tennis singles cham
pionship at Dayton, Ohio, by elim
inating Frank Gray, of Dayton,
6—o, 6—o. Pare, with Fred Mes
mer, was runner-up for. the college
tennis championships.
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Helen Wills to Engage
Coast Woman at Nets
WIMBLEDON, Eng., July 2.
Elizabeth Ryan, of San Francisco,
will meet Helen Wills, also of Cali
fornia, in the semifinals of the
British lawn tennis championship,
as, the result of her victory over
Mme. Nicolopoulo, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. ihls
afteFnoon, Although a Greek. Mme.
Nicolopoulo is playing a« a member
of the French team. Miss Ryan’s
chop strokes won the first set, but
her opponent’s- deep driving took
the second. Mme. Nicolopoulo tired
in the third.
Washington Red Sox
Defeat Eastport, 6-2
Bill Jenkins’ fast stepping Wash
ington Red Sox, performed in great
style, yesterday to down Eastport,
Md., 62. Mickey O’Connor pitching
in rare form, ha£* no trouble In
conquering Eastport. Usllton, Bowie,
Turner and O’Connor starred at
bat. The Red Sox travel to
Scaggsville, Md., Wednesday to play
a dual bill.
STILL IN SCHOOL
Eddie Mack, Denver lightweight
whose services are in demand by
promoters throughout the country
i«, still a student at Regis College.
He is a member of the class of
1929.
By Tad
MONDAY, JULY S, I®2B
TILDEN TKKLES
TOUGHEST FOE
WIMBLEDON, England, July J
"Big RIH” Tilden, America’s main
hope in the men’s division of the
Wimbledon* tennis championships.’
today faces Jean Borotra, th*»
French star, in his hardest test
thus far this year.
Miss Helen Wills, who Is
favored to win the champion
ship in the women’s division,
does not play today. John
Hennessey will be pitted against
Henri Cochet, the defending
champion. Miss Elizabeth
Ryan, the only other American .
left in the tournament, faces
Miss Nicolopool.
Tennis fans are looking forward
tq’ today’s match between Rene
and de Morpurgo, the Ital
ian ace. The latter, who almost
single-handed has brought the Ital
ian Davis Cup team victoriously
through all its matches so far, is
one of the most spectacular and
colorful players ever seen here.
He Is amhl-dextrous. and instead of
using a backhand, he switches his
racquet from hand to hand while
playing. .
Georgetown A. C. Fit
- For Contests With Sox
The Georgetown A. C. is In top
form for the dual engagement with
the formidable Washington Black
Sox Wednesday afternoon at the
Union League Park, Fifteenth and
H Streets Northeast, with the first
fray starting at 2 30 o’clock.
The games will bring together two
of the strongest unlimited combina
tions- in this territory and close
hatties are the prospect. George
Ford and his mates from the Sox
are intent upon making matters
warm for the West Enders.,
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Flayer and duh G. AB. R. H. Fct-
Goalin. -Waahlnstnn.. 68 181 33 76 .414
Gehrig, New York... 68 257 72 94 .366
l.vxxvri, New York... 61 230 46 84 .366
Koenig. New York... 48 186 4t 67 .3<e
Dugan, New York ... 46 178 32 61 .843
Loader a year ago today, Gehrig, New
York, .389.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Player and Club G. AB. R- H. Pct.
Hornsby, Boeton .... 61 211 *9 83 .394
Grantham, Pittsburgh 6<P168 33 66 ,387
P. Waner, Pittsburgh 68 269 63 97 .361
Herman, Brooklyn ~ 64 198 26 70 .864
Hot tom ley, St. Louis. 71 271 64 96 .354
Leader a year ago today. Barnhart,
Pittsburgh, .398. (
Charlottesville Team
Visits Here Wednesday
The S. and R. Silk Mill team of
Charlottesville, Va., will come here,
to oppose the Chevy Chase Bear
cats Wednesday afternoon at 3
o’clock, on the Friendship field
grounds. Manager Jack McAuliffe,
of the Bearcats, is expecting stout
opposition from the Virginians.
The visitors have a top-notch
aggregation and will be accompanie d
oy a gang of loyal rooters. Willie
Greene and Clarence "Dyke” De;-|w
will likely form their cheering sec
tion from tbl* section.
Crow and Cornell will he the bat
tery to face the youthful sub
urbanites. The silk mill club is
.nanaged by Curtis’ Breeden.
Connor Leads Bikemen
In One-Mile Open Race
R. Connor was. the winner of the
one-mile open bicycle race of the
Century Road Club Association of
the District yesterday morning
around the Potomac Park polo field.
The riders from Baltimore did not
appear. The results were:
1-mile open—Won by R. Connor* e«c
ond. J. Barnee; third, A. Horner. Time.
2:zl *'*■ ™
16-mile handicap—Won by E. Bieber;
•econd, R. Cbnnor; third. A. Horner; W.
Horner, E. Peter. J. Barnes, W. Peters
(Ito in race. Time,. 241:58. - '
Junior mile race —Won by J. Wright;
second, C. Hall; third, W. Ireland. Time,
3:3«.
3-mlle ra»;e —Won by R. Connor: sec
ond. E. Bieber; third, A. Horner. Time,
7:25 3-5.
TEX SEES GATE
OFSI.SDO.OOD
By Bfd’M.rcr
NEW YORK, luly 2.—Threa
weeks from niext Thursday nighr
Tom Heeney will come to the end
of his trial of heav weight conqu-st
when he dimbs into the ring with
Gene Tunney at the Yankee
Stadium.
It Is the first heavyweight cham
pionship fight in seven years that
has not been proceeded by a mighty
clashing of ballyhoo cymbals for a
month or six weeks.
Promoter Rickard, however,
sticks to his prediction that Tunney
and Heeney wUI draw at least
$1,500,900 and supports this conten
tion by a statement that he has al
teady banked >250,000 that ac
com pan led orders for ringside seats.
This, he points oat, indicates
a ringside sale of at least
>600,000.
The public sale opened this moru
Ing at Madison Square Garden with
more than 80 000 tickets availabia
at prices banging from >4.00 to >32
with Federal tax added. More than
sS.OOO tickets have been printed.
Champion and chllenger wiO
plunge into training earnestly thia
week. New sparring partners are
at Tunney’s camp in the
Adirondacks. Heeney, who has fol
lowed a light boxing program at
ilalrhaven for the last two weeks,
has added his brother Jack,,* middle
weight, and one or two Other,
leather pushers to his rgtinue. 1
HISERS’ HOSTS j
The Hiser’s All-Stars will flay
hosts to the Rolling Field diamond
era doubleheader Wednesday after
noon on the Riverdale (Md.) field.
The first contest opens at 2 o'clock.
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