Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-26
HEENEY OUTWE|GHS
TUNNEY BY / Z
POUNDS R|NGS|DE
Ticket Sale Slow as Time for
Championship Bout
Draws Closer.
TITLE DEFENDER FLIES
TO GOTHAM IN MORNING
Many Prominent Women Hold
Ringside Tickets-Movie Rights
Taken to Court.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 26.-Gene Tunney,
Tom Heeney and all the preliminary
fighters on the heavyweight champion
ship card tonight weighed In at 2
oclocx this afternoon at the Yankee
Stadium, the scene of the battle, before
the New York State Boxing Commits
/ sion. -
Heeney will have an advantage OF 1112
pounds over Tunney. Tunney weighed
1872 and Heeney. 203l2.
Previously it md been arranged TO
have the weighing in a5 Madison Square
Garden, but the commission feared the
| appearance of the boxers WOULD draw
| too n,uck Of crowd at the Garden.
Attorneys for a motion picture COM
pany claiming exclusive rights to film
the fight obtained an order at noon to-
day directing other motion picture con-
Germs which planned to fllm the fight
| to appear before Supreme Court jus
tice Vaiente at o'clock this afternoon
to show cause why they should not be
restrained.
Firm Names Secret.
The order 70 show cause was issued
by Supreme Court Justice Sherman.
Neither he nor Justice Valente would
| make public the identity of any Of the
| firms involved.
| ticket sellers yawned in their booths
while three times that many patrol
men loitered about with nothing to do.
In contrast to the last big heavy
weight fight held at the American
League ball park-that between JacI
Dempsey and Jack Sharkey last SUM
mer-there were no squads of deteri
mined customers bent on getting seatl
II 1t meant waiting all day. In fact,
there were no ticket seekers at all IN
sight and no fans.
The only adult crowd in the neigh
borhood surrounded an excavation
some distance away where the curious
| watched laborers at work. Even the
usual delegation of young boys was
absent, the juvenile element appearing
to find its chief interest in a Wild west
show nearby.
Job Seekers Form Sole Crowd.
There we're about 200 men IN front
of the stadium, but they we're after
Jobs as usners, refreshment statesmen
or program venders. not seats.
A number of prominent women are
listed as ringside seat holders.
Among them are: Mrs. James j.
Walker. wife of the mayor; Mrs John
Hertz of Chicago, Mfs. Theodore Roose-
Z NF,.~ Fe~
RoCSev 1t, Miss NeySa McMein. Mrs.
Vincent Astor Mr.. Cornelius Wander
bilt Whitney Mrs. Louis G. Kaufman,
Mrs. H. E. Talbot, Mrs. Raymond Baker,
Mrs. Charles II. Marshall, Miss Ina
Claire and Mrs. Elmer Schlesinger.
The first ticket purchasers who did
appear were wonen-Mrs. Estella
Mitchell and Mrs. Jenny Warshaver,
both residents Of the neighborhood.
Asked who she thought would win
the fight, Mrs. Mitchell replied. i think
Tunney is beautiful
Tunney Lands i'm River.
Tunney and his amphibian airplane
taxi landed on the Hudson River al
12:25 pm. The heavyweight champion
left SHeculator at I0:l2 am.
The Plane landed in the North River
Oft Ninetseth street and TAXED slowly
downstream until opposite the yacht
club. at Eighty-fourth street. wh3e
he landed.
Tex Richards announcement that
Jack Dempsey would second Heeney
was set down as Just another blast of
the ballyhoo when the former champion
failed to appear before the Boxing COM
mission this morning to apply for a
seconds license.
The commission had been called III
special session on the strength OF the
promoters declaration yesterday that
Dempsey would appear and ask tenn
porary license TO act as HeeneyS ad-
wiser and chief second The SolonS
waited around for an hour or so and
then adjourned, thus eliminating any
prospect that the old ManaSSa Mauler
might be seen again in the same
arena with the champion.
Accompanied by Friends.
The champion was accompanied to
New York by W. o, McGeehan. New
York sports writer. and Charles v, Bob
Of New York, his millionaire friend and
owner of the plane. Bill Winston, Cur
tiSS Field pilot. was at the controls, and
Louis Burnel, SiEorSky plant mechanic,
was also aboard
About 1000 persons. many of them
women. were on the Columbia Yacht
Club pier when the plane came in
sight over New Jersey. flew directly
over the clubhouse, banked and landed
on the water. One Of the first to see
the plane was Billy Gibson. ISlnney'S
manager. who had been strlding nerv-
ouSly up and down the pier. Tunney
and his companion stepped from the
plane, after it had TAXED near the
pier. to a speed boat. which carried
them the rest of the way.
Tunney was greeted ON the pier by
his brother. Detective Thomas Tanney
Of the police force. He waved 20 tha
crowd and then sped away in an auto.
mobile to the home of friend. He
declined to say who this friend was.
explaining that he wanted 10 remain IN
Seclusion during the day and set as
much rest as possible.
After welghing-in he went 10 hotel.
where he was to have 4 midafter-
noon dinner, after which he viii rest
until IL Is time for him 10 start for the
Yankee Stadium.
TOM uEENEY vANiSHES