Evening star., 1926-10-14

MS -HStS. AS the rFellcH Say, oIlo
shuddered.
and ask him if he was impelled
by any personal dislike for me, or
was just stubborn about not admitting
that he'd made a mistake. Talk 1t
over with him reaSonably-See"'
We talked for two hours. There
were those aboard who had business
with the hampion--moStly reasons
why he could not decline this or that
invitation to a celebration in his hon
or. In decency, I yielded my place at
the right of the throne, passed down
the car to my own seat.
The conversation flashed out to me
in hoarse snatches. 1t bore a rldlcu-
lous resemblance to those first lines
of act /, scene 1, of an old-fashloned
play, which led up to the entrance of
the star. All about Tunney-Tunney
and the big fight. A rich man of the
party was on the subject of the cham
pionS vocabulary. -
Game back to the training camp
after he'd played that trick. Gene
backed him into a corner. And took
down his Introductory remarks SO l
wouldn't forget them.
Sir he said, Apparently you
have for years built up about your
self an inpenetrable barrier of COM
placency and self-approbation. I pro-
pose to show you to yourself exactly
as you are!
"Self-approbation and complacency!
Well. I'm university man. but I'm
free to confess that those two words
aren't in my working vocabulary
Must Stop Parties.
Over in the corner two of the older
and wiser heads were close together.
Hes got to stop all this pretty
soon. Here he is-no bad habits.
Never smoked or drank in his life,
and probably never will. You can
count on that. His control over him.
self is more than iron. It's high-speed
steel But there's other ways of
breaking down the nervous system.
You remember Blank when he
came back from the war q hero?
What the trenches couldn't do to him
entertaining did. He ended up with a
light stroke of paralysis, just by way
of warning. And it isn't as though
Gene weren't Gene. Look at him 1r
the smoking room there. You noticed
how he introduced every one who
came in--took personal responsibility
for making the whole party happy.
''He has natural good manners. And
that's the trouble. People will wear
him out Think of the round he's
been through-including two house
parties ON Long Island, and another
coming next week end. And Bill,
YOU and l know the strain of that
when you go up against it for the
first time. l shortened my life year
worrying about what fork to use
next"
House parties on Long Island and
the champion Of the world" laughed
the other, Jim, do you remember
those nights after Sullivan won a
fight? l wonder if John l.. Is looking
down on Tunney from a pink cloud
and calling this the better way-or
did he turn in his grave last night?"
Subsequent events have no bearing
on this story-the march to the sta
dunn behind Marine guard, the
shrill welcome from half the small
boys on earth, the military drills, the
comforting of Sioux Indian chieftain-
ship by no less than Crazy Horse, the
speeches and presentations, the gap
ing, intent-eyed crowds. Now we
were on our way home.
Tired, stated at last with talk about
the big fight. and much absorbed in
the first sporting extras with the
world series score, the retinue Topped
down into its seats. Gene Tunney sat