Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-17


ly man reclining ut ease in the Of
flee Of a fight promoter. that guy
will be champion for two or three
years more, at least.
Genes fast, he'd good. and he's
clever. He's a smart lad. There
isn't a heavyweight in the business
right now who can lick that boy.
mark my word"
Swell words. these, coming from
Marvin Hart, the "Blg Fellow" who.
himself. once held the worlds heavy
weight championship, or. at least,
the best claim to it.
Hart had been hunted out OF his
retreat here for an expression of his
views on the coming Tunney-Heeney
fight.
Hart il strong for Tunney because
funny has demonstrated his smart
fighting ability to out-think the best
in the boxing business, even the age
ing Mr.. Dempsey.
Hart doesn't think Tom Heeney
has a chance to win July 20.
THE way I put this big brawl,"
says Hart. ais this way: Heeney's a
sluzger. A good boy Mt that game,
but q slugger. That boy Is made for
the likes of Tunney. He can't win.
Gene is far too clever a boy TO
be whipped BY a slugger. at least
at this stage. And I don't think
Tunney's layoff Is going to hurt him
much. Genes too smart not to keep
in shape. He'll never 70 into a bat
tie soft, no matter against who.
II also have been reading pieces
in the paper about Jack Dempsey
coming back. Wen. maybe he will
If they wave enough ~greenbacks un-
der his rebuilt nose. Why. son. Id
ever try IL. old as I I'm. If I thought
there was enough one in it.
"At that. | may DC a trifle over
weight"
That's a laugh. Tor Hart Is now
a fat man.
Marvin Hart doesn't think well Of
the new style Of fighters in gen
eral. He doesn't believe they COM
pare to the lads who were fighting
20 10 80 years ago.
I'm sure" he said. that the old
timers had il all over these BOYS. In
the good old days we hoped right
out and tried for a knockout from
the start. We didn't waste our time
with silly poking and boxing. No,
sir We loved those ks behind
our names. I'm telling YOU"
That's Marvin Harris opinion of
the boys who succeeded him as PROM
inent members OF the fistic frater-
nifty.
To review a bit: Hart fought Jack
Root in Reno, New, July 3, 1905. Jim
Jeffries- the champion. was the ref
cree. Tae day before the bout he
called I'll two together and said:
Hart. you're the best man in the
west; Root. you're .he best in the
east. I'm going to give my title 70
the winner tomorrow"
Hart knocked Root out in the
twelfth sound.
The -9ig Fellow" has but n
grudge in this world, and that is
against Tommy Burns, the man who
defeated him for the title in 1906.
Here's Harris story of that match:
"When the fight started, Burns
rubbed a handful Of ammonia in nv
eyes. He had ii concealed In his
glove and rubbed it right in. ! could
hardly see.
His arms were tapped with tinfoil
up to his elbows. Every time he
hit at me and missed, the tinfoiI
would rip me to pieces. He butted
me throughout the bout and once /
said to him, "Why IN the blankety-
blank didn't you bring some knucks?
in the twentieth round a dozen
cops hoped into the ring and all
Of them grabbed Me- / was -
surprised ! didn't know what to do.
Then the referee said, Burns wins!'p
Hart is spending his DAYS siust
puttering around" his little farm
about is miles from Louisville, Ky.
he still has an interest in the
squared circle and il a licensed Ken
lucky official. He referees hundreds
OF bouts yearly in Louisville, south
ern Indiana and throughout Ken
lucky.