Evening star., 1928-07-24
TOMS BEST ASSET
IS HIS DURABILITY
Greatest Chance to Win Over
the Champion viii Be to
Wear Him Down.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.

~ n Thursday night Thomas
Heeney the GlShorne Grizzly,
will climb through the ropes
at the Yankee Stadium and at
tempt 10 claw the heavyweight
crown from the blond head Of Gene
Tunney. The gods generally give every
man one chance. This is Heeneys.
The plumbers son, who was porn oI
Tyisa parents IN New Zealand, close to
the shores of Poverty Bay, will be shoot
ina at fame and fortune. Should he
win. he who has heen in hard places
NAV lie soft for the remainder or his
life. There will be no more work In the
blacksmith shop or the mine. Instead
there viii be white linen and tables set
with silver and gol6-rlmmed CHINA anu
shining glass and the cushioned seat OF
the mighty. All this waits for Tom
Heeney II he can beat his way 10 Ii
with stout heart and padded fists.
Tom learned the ring game in hard
school. Like Bob FitzsimmonS. once
amateur champion Of New Zealand, he
v,ey,: + Australia and beat Colin Bell
= Sydney This was the city when
sent FirzsinmonS. the blacksmith:
Peter jackson. the longShorcman, and
Young GYiTo. the cleverest boxer Of
them all. over seas to battle their way
70 fiStic glory.
Not So Hot in England.
In England. Heeaey wasn't any great
success. partly due to his notion that
= man could train on ale and fight
about four nights a week. Then he
came to America. but there appeared
"a De some mistake in the reputation
Il had as the land Of opportunity. Tom
cou}6nt make anyone take an interest
n the fact that he had landed on our
shores,
II wasn't until he landed on George
Courtney in gymnasium bout that he
could set by the door of a promoters
of1ce. Fortunately for him, he fell
into the hands of Rickard. As a re-
suit he is about TO fight for the cham
psonship Of the world.
Let Us Try 70 figure out what assets
he has for the job in hand. In the
first place he weighs around 200 pounds
and is lust short Of feet II inches in
height. That means that he is little
heavier and 8 little shorter than Tu1-
mex. John l.. Sullivan WIS about the
same height, but John L. was built
differently. Heeney's reach is four
inchs shorter than Tunney's, his chest
Is smaller. his waist is larger and SO
are his legs.
There isn't doubt that he is strong
and tough 46eY cali MIN the naTo
rock. ana it is an expressive title. He
has met Pauline twice, Maloney, Risko,
Sharkey and Delaney. The only de-
cision in that lot he lost was in his
first bout with Paulino-and I thought
he Won that match. Aside from the
champion. these were the best heavy
weights We had TO offer.
Tom Pretty Well Tested.
Sharkey stopped Wills and knocked
OUT Maloney and Delaney. Risko is
rough boy. as Godfrey and Sharkey viii
testify. Delaney had stopped as tough
E man Us Paul Berlenb3ch. when Paul
v-as good Pauline knocked out Wills
and gave a number of other heavy
weights unhappy evenings.
So We may say that Heeney has been
pretty well tested. Not one of is1ese
ether c0ntenders could do much 70
him. Delaney hit him smack on the
vf1iskers with that famous right and,
from 81 appearances. Delaney might
just as web have latllered his chin with
O shaving brush.
Sf1arkeg hit Tom at least three solid