The evening world., 1922-05-23
Only the Unexpected viii Save
Tunney's Title Tonight.

Only the Unexpected viii Save
Tunney's Title Tonight.
n ENE TuNNEY. the Greenwich
VI Village light heavyweight
champion, is going to step out
Tonight. For the flrst time in his
career he is asked to meet n regular
tighter in the person of Harry Greb,
and the tough ling about IL all Is
hat the honors that Gene recently
won from the time worn veteran, Le-
Whisky, are at stake. Tunney and Greb
are to meet in a fifteen round bout
ut the Garden with two judges and a
referee on the job to keep track of
The points scored and arrive at n de-
cision at the end.
At a-st glance we feel sorry for
Tunney. Not because we believe he
will be annihilated by Greb, but be-
cause we feel that barring the possi-
.lility of his landing a knockout punch
IN the hitherto elusive Mr.. Greb,
Gene is likely to lose his title, such as
4 Is, by the decision route.
Greb is a very busy and bother
some young person with a pair Of
boxing gloves on. He 10 all over hts
opponents like the well known ny
On the molasses barrel, We dis
tinctly remember the clever Charlie
Weinert trying to hold him of and
being slammed to the floor early in
the midst of his attempts. Greb
didn't hurt Weinert much, but he had
him completely flabbergasted through
out the bout. The Tom Gibbons bout
isn't so long ago. Remember what
Greb did to him. And Tom was con-
ceded a good chance of beating him
by all the students of boxing.
~ REB is big Johnny Dundee
only his work ON his opponents
is more effective. Unlike
Johnny he doesn't fight In spots. He
IL going all the time. AZ We said
before he never massaeres anybody,
but he can certainly plaster most any
body he meets most discouragiBsiy.
Anything can happen In q ring,
and 1t is just possible that Tunney
will spring the unexpected. He Is
big enough and strong enough 10
knock Greb out. He has the neces-
sary punch, but so did Tom Gibbons.
Tunney has trained hard and faith
fully for this bout because IL means
a lot to him. He will go into the
ring with everything. and the best
wishes of all New York. He isn't
lacking in confidence, either; m fact
he probably will be more pugnacious
than ever for he has something 10 de-
eend. to protect, ana that sometimes
helps lot In battle.
~ YER in Philadelphia the night
fans have gone almost mad
over Bobby Barrett's fight
with Lew Tender at the Philadelphia
ball park on June .. Jimmy Dough-
erty, who discovered Barrett. seems
to have "buffaloed'' nine out OF ter
of them into believing that the sen
sation of the decade will come Il
pass with the entire elimination ot
Tender from the ranks Of Benn,
I.eonard's challengers. Dougherty II
serious, too. After June Jimm!
says there may be no need for 1
Tender Leonard bout.
OF course he Is looking toward tn
ignominious knockout of Tender b,
his punching fool Barrett, and IL thi
happens then, says Dougherty, Bar
Fost viii be a bigger ring attractio
than Jack Dempsey himself.
Dcugherty is not altogether q TO
raancer. Down deep in his heart
believes that II Bobby ever gets
e-hA - OH ~
the same way as Hymie Gold. Tn
Frisco welteTweight who came with
great blare of trumpets. It will
remembered that Gold was taken owe
10 Philadelphia by as wise a pair {
guys as Jack Kearns and Dan Me
Aetrick to flatten Barrett, and inc
Bentally do ineir mutual frien
I1ougherty a favor by getting out 4,
the fight game. Gold was a to
shot, as Tender is now. Barre
knocked Gold out for half an hot
with a careless clip on the chin. The
say thai Kearns and McKetrick didn
come TO until the next day. Go
packed his grip and ran back hon
10 San francisco
n ARRETT Is a tall, rangy kid;
product of the golf links. II
father, a bug on athletics al
physical development, drilled the b'
since he could walk in muscle bull
jng. When other youngsters were o
shooting marbles Bobby was out
he back yard with legs stretched o
behind him, raising his body up a.
down from the ground until the 20
Nan" was satisfied TO cah the exc
eises off. This and the old fashion
pulleys were used. and to-day the
IRE no better set OF back muscl
from shoulders 20 loins 20 be fou
ON any fighter In the comparative
5ew fights that Barrett has had /
panching power has been the featui
lie is no fancy boxer, but, as Doug
eIty remarks, he Is one OF those DO
VINO goes over the top fighting all I
time. The Tender camp regar
bobby as a set-up for Lew.
BAsEBALL g9-DAY. 9.ss p. N. 20
oEouilds. Yankees vs. 81. Louis.