The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-01
DASHING DELANEY
FACES TOUGH FOE
BY +. G.. VOSBURGH

Creature Service Sports EditOr)
New York, March 1.-R-JacA
Delaney, the playboy Of the heavy.
weights, will be up against one OF
the toughest of the big fellows in his
15-round tussle with Tom Heeney q,
Madison Square Garden. tonight
Their battle opens Tex Richards new
elimination tournament" with ar
carly summer shot at Tunney's title
as the prize.
The dashing Delaney undoubtedly
will be a heavy popular favorite 81.
though he has always had trouble
with the husky, durable type Of
Fighter represented by the iron.
iawed Irishman from, New Zealand
The crowd still strings with the
fighter who can hit and thu French
Canadians flashes Of ring genius ir
knockout victories over such orpo.
nents as Paul Rerlcnhach, Mike Mc.
Tigue, Tiger Flowers and Bud Cor.
man are not easily forgotten.
Against a flock Of lesser antag.
onists of late, which included Cully
Montgomery and Leo Gates, Delaney
HAS SuOWu IICW SVlOCIlIC O1lAN It-S VAN
knockout punch is there.
Heeney Plugs Along
Heeney, too, in his steady, plug.
ging way, has been doing ra.:ngs
these days, getting a draw with
Jack Shar!ssy in his last big fight.
winning from Johnny Risko and
knocking out Jimmy Ee!oncy.
Indeed the dope based on compar.
alive showings against tie same op-
poneats, givcS Hecncy somewhat the
better Of it. Hio "lsayo" Of M2honey
took less than q round, whereas De-
laney lost ingloriouoly to tho same
antagonist . year ego in q fight
which wac ballyhooed as tbs battle
Of "the rapisr ard the bludceon" and
later dubbed "the tn swo-d and the
slapcticlk."
Using Johnny R:sko Is z yard
stick, Hssncy ag@..l hes the better OF
It.. Big TON wen . tsn-roand de-
cision ever the Cleveland rubber
man" who bea: Delaney oyer the
same route last September. In his
big year CT 1896, however, Delaney
won from Ri5.so on q decision.
Evenly M.t:sied
Against paulino Uzcudun, Hee-ey
fully held HIS own although the
Judges gave hir., only q loss cid a
draw. Delaney won from the Sren-
lard en- q questionable foal. But
German, whom Delaney stooncd in
two rounds in 1926, Eceney defeat.
ed On foul last year.
If the coming battle is to have 4
spectacular firi:,,, Delaney, en- TIE
records, looks better. re Is the
sharper hitter ana the bette. boxer.
If the fight tu-ns cut to be toe to
toe struggle with the premium on
endurance tho chnnc3s favor Hce::ey.
The 15-round route is 70 his liking.
Both boxers have ple:+y Of in
centive in tbs promise OF . Tunley
bout to the winner If he con SUB
seqvcn:iy eliminate tho survivor Of
the Sha-l:sy-Ric!:o bout two weeks
later.
Delaney Ccnei.ues
Delaney and Eceney, alika, tie ex-
king OF the liEo: hravisc, who joined
tEo big boys in quest Of the b..
money. and Eesney. the un:rc2ir.:nSa;
but Woodworking invader from the
Antipodes, stand together on the
threshold pf bos.irs's biggest prize
and only Cns can stay. Delaney will
cont:nu. training FOR tbs fight at his
quarters inaDr:dgeport, Conn, where
a. he says, he cen get homo cook
ing, while Heeney win do his timber.
inf. not far from Broadway.
Delaney, now . full ledged heavy
weight, expects to scale about 1872,
which means giving away some IL
ponndS.