The Washington times., 1928-07-27

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one and uninportant. when con.
sItlered III the light Ok subsequent
Developments, but II was rife with
Significance at the time. 1t came
late in the third round.
Tunney, with the mistaken ze0l
&c B man who wants to c0nfound
his critics, tried to play the other
fellows game In the first three
rounds and barely held his own for
two or them. Then came the
inevitable. They were having at II.
Toe to toe. late In the third when
sleeneg suddenly got home with z
right cross To the jaw. It was an
Authoritative punch In every re-
siect and 1t turned Tnnney almost
completely around and sent MIN
spinning toward the ropes.
Great chance, that, for an up and
coming fighter. But IIeeney simply
stared III wonder at the havoc he
mad wrought and when he finally
0tcided that something further
should be done about tt, there WAS
nothing further To do Tunney was
completely himself by the time his
challenger rushed ia with his f0l.
low IN and even the fact that he
was clipped with another right
handler near the bell failed to make
further Roadway upon Genes
ru.nerabiIify
The round was Heeney s his only
he. In fact. the incident marked
the last effective gesture he was tn
make during the fight. For Tlln-
ney, warne0 by his experiences In
this round, relapsed into the
aalbituaI role OF boxer and the thing
forthwith ceased to Be contest.
Ae wae slne n win sway or
hff1aNelK 0n Mn FiOrnlallee
from the fourth n the seventh
round but came then the
eighth and m Incident that
proved the turning point Of the
affair.
am taking nothing away from
Tunney II saying that the thumb
which found its accidental way into
Heeney's left eye in the eighth
round really laid the foundation for
the Knockout that followed. But the
facts OF the case are that, from the
fourth round To the tuncture In
question, Tunney had been Outscor-
ing his man by two to one. After
that the score became twenty to one,
IL any. For Heeney. blinded and dis
trait had nothing with which to COM
bat Tunneys attack and the blows
that were rained upon that bloody
head slowly but surely pounded 1t
cut or all conscious reasoning.
Heeney, blinking and bobbing and
Siding Hneasily away, managed to
weather the storm In the eighth with
out visible trouble, but undoubtedly
these punches were having their
cumulative affect, The challenger of
fered slightly more fight IN the ninth
but took 4 cruel beating just the
same and, In the tenth 1t was readily
seen that the end was not far off.
Dancing and eircllng In and
out, Tunmey continued tn snap
his singing left 10 the face, bring
lp his right to the chin, curl
his left inside to the liver and
otherwise buffet his man at Will.
He next shot three stiff lefts to
the chin and, with each, Heeneyss
tortured head was snapped back on
his shoulder blades as though on q
hinge. He staggered back, clearly
goggIe-legged from the last one and
Tunney. quick to sense the beginning
or the end. leaped in with a storm Of
lefts and rights that finally drove
Tom through the ropes. where he.
lay battered. bleeding and without an
idea In the world.
He wasn't due to get up from
that one at a count OF IN days
and, II 1t had ended thus, they
would be singing Gene Tunney's
praises in louder and firmer tones
this morning. But the bell inter-
yened to save the challenger.
First aid ministrations We're APP
piled and out he came again Tor
the eleventh, flying his right with
dying zeal. But Tunney. icily cool
with the deadly certainty Of the
master. slipped the punch and
went out to the finish he knew
must be his. For upward OF two
minutes and a half. he buffeted
Heeney about with his short, burn
Ing but not altogether lethal
punches. Another one might have
done for Heeney; two or three
more surely would have made the
job complete. But Referee ForLes
wisely would have no more.
il was q very good show
but, unfortunately. there wasn't
very good crowd there Ia
witness Il. The irreslstible
Dempsey no longer was avail
able 10 entlce the bOObia into
Richards lair and the pro-
mOter suffered his first finan-
cial failure III more than 20
years Of heavyweight cham.
plOmship promotion.
For once, his runners didn't find
1t necessary or eXpedient 10 rush
to the ringside with the snccnlent
statistics. But conservative esti-
mates placed the crowd at mere