The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-20

is still agog and there is no telling
what the grewsome affair Will lead
to, if nothing.
It all came with such terrifying
swiftness that no two reports agree
as to exact details. In a general way
the facts seem to be that Mr.. Gene
Tunney, performing before a private
party of friends who had flown
here from New York to watch him
perspire, cut loose with loaded
left hook that caught Mr.. Harold
Mays, Of Bayonne, N. j., flush on his
bibulous nose.
The man was hurt. You could
see that for yourself. A thin red
line trickled down his noble face.
One of the experts who had writ
ten football said it reminded him
of Gil Dobie's Cornell line last
fall.
Ut remained for MIR. Pants Law
L renee, a native hillsman, whose
business slogan is, Let me be. your
guide and you won't need con-
science" to establish definitely that
Mr.. Tunney had Socked Mr.. Mays
so robustly in the nose that the
violence Of the impact had caused a
slight blood hemorrhage.
"You can't fool me-" insisted Mr..
Lawrence. That's blood"
At the very mention of the word
in camp where up to the moment
all phase of primitive combat had
been vigorously suppressed, women
swooned, strong men wept and male
tenors broke down.
Obviously brutality in prize fight
ing is something that must be Of
fered to the customers by degrees.
There is mortal danger in flashing
it on them without warning or
preparation. This being so, Specula-
tor does not know what to think of
Mr.. Tunney today. Either he is a
changed man or it was the humidity
Il
Certainly when he reaches out
and smacks hired spar mate with
sufficient vigor to bring the GRIM
son or cIaret it is time to stop and
wonder. The presses will be
stopped at this point while your
popular correspondent stops to
wonder.
NMR. TUNNEY is reasonably hu-
1V1 man. Some of his closest
friends were watching him work
Wednesday. Naturally, he was not
adverse to looking impressive before
them. know how Mr.. Tunney feels
about this. Whenever the boss is
around I always try to appear pro-
found, studious and active.
One of the reasons then that Mr..
Tunney displayed unusual ferocity
was that he wanted to delight his
friends.
One of the strange things about
the fight business is that two men
can plunge millions Of people into
heated controversies about their
relative punching abilities-contro-
versies that not infrequently lead to
small-sized riots, and yet the two
men about whom the controversies
rage can step into the ring without
animous or hatred.
In fact, they can be very good
friends. am grieved to report that
there have been times when the
men were such extraordinary good
friends it was necessary to retain
them after their furious battles in
the ring for official investigation by
certain suspicious individuals identi-
fed with the business of law.
While Mr.. Tunney may not be
said to be a good friend of Mr.. Tom
Heeney, nothing has occurred in the
course of their respective lives to
develop mutual feeling of hostility.
Watching Mr.. Tunney, you
formed the belief he was striving
heroicalIy not only to unfurl a
dazzling performance in front of
his friends, but to develop what
might at least be characterized as
a synthetic belligerency toward
the New Zealander, for, behind
most of his blows there was gun
powder.