Evening star., 1924-07-20


Tunney is coming. He is no old
hand at the ring game. His first real
experience as a boxer came in the
war. Before that he was a New York
clerk and had done only a little ANA
teur boxing. He has got a lot ahead
of him.
A picture of Tunney living the life
OF a country gentleman on the estate
of his friend and patron. Harry Nc
Cormlck, in the Fairhaven section
OF Redbank, on the beautiful Shrews-
bury River, or loafing about the
shrewsbury River Golf Club in linen
knickers and imported stockings,
some how carries the old timers mind
BACK TO the summer evening when
Young Griffo had to borrow a dime
FOR the ferry trip to Maspeth. l. J.,
"here he was to fight Kid Lavigne.
Gene Has Maine Map.
Times have changed in the pugi-
IIstic world since then. But at that
Tunney leads all modern fighters in
the simple elegance of his life and
In personal attractiveness.
In appearance Gene suggests the
story book fighter, the polished young
| ~ as a means to higher end. How
the movies have ever missed the OBJ
Nious hint of the classic strength and
good looks that are registered in
Z
That is, it is a mystery unless it
be explained on the ground that the
| hleig lights have no lure for this
young man. He is deep in real etsate.
In fact, the realty operation embodied
in the building of the new Shrews-
bury Golf Club finds him associated
with Harry Mccormick, who, in fact,
built the club and laid out the links
in the way of investment
Tunney Has Made His Pile.
When fate sends to Tunney's jaw
! that four-Ounce glove with the legend
| knockout appearing thereon in fam
! ing letters, the ex-marine Will not be
caught unprepared. Already his
realty interests have pyramided his
ring earnings well up toward the
clouds and no one will ever find him
trying to pick up a little coin as
second. Sparrlng partner or trainer
after his ring days are over.
Turney's ambition is the heavyweight
championship of the world. He figures
that he Will be ripe for the crucial test
at a time when Dempsey is beginning to
hit the slide He is very ambitious and
clear thinking, and is leaving nothing
undone to perfect himself for that great
day.
Tunney looks as rugged and strong as
a man could look, and his sparTing
partners say he works out very strong.
In picking him to beat Carpenter. one
reservation will have to be made in def
erence to the Frenchman's right Some
pretty keen critics of the sport, while
looking for Tunney TO win, hold the idea
that Carpenter might lay his right upon
the button in an early round.
Carpenter Is Slipping.
He might, but the writer thinks that
even if he does it wont make Tunney
sit down. This may be wrong dope, and
if so the writer will cheerfully eat crow
But Carpenter has been fighting long
time now. When he let Ski beat him so
badly he gave the tip-ofT of his condi-
ton, and the fact that he knocked out
Arthur Townley. the Englishman, in
! Vienna does not get him anything. Any
American Second-rater could have done
that.
Carpenter probably will be strong for
! three or four rounds ana should then be
gin to sag. He doesn't even look to be
the Carpenter that was training for
Dempsey. His face is pUffer. and he
seems to have lost a certain snap.
man can be outdoors in the salt air and
get all Drowned uD and look pretty good
| as far as that goes. But it is the stuff
! inside that counts in a fight-and in
this respect Tunney holds big advan-
| tage.
Copyright, 1921