New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
TOM HEENEY IS READY FOR GONG
Awaits Bout With Jack Delaney
 in Garden Tomorrow Night

New York, FeN. % R>-A chunky, bilsyihewe1 prize. fighter. who neVer expected 60 amount 10 much in tho racket loafch about a. furnished room today and waited for the gong tkat will send him into action before q $o00.N0V gate with the chance of Ia match fc:. tn heavyweight cham pionzhip d"ren1ipG on the outcome
 of the battle.
 He was Tom Fcepey. late of New Zealand and Stili later London. an ort-and- -ont -''I ,,mie' i'll his own
 classification but the bes, of the heavyweight coltrnd"rs in tho eyes of Champion Gen. T,nncy. Unai1- cd by Tex Eickai,i's resounding hpliy hoo Heeney mas plodded through Il host oi rival cOuto nderS. never spec tacll!ar and oft times downright dis appointing from box -olflc" etanI- point, but 3lNlyS chucging his short
 llrly arms into Inc bodies of op-
 ponents with sufficient ychemence 10 hriDs, him either victory or draw Th" American campaign Of the British subject first ln recent hlS~ tory 10 st3nd in acid lest of Yankee
 punching and still remain erect. will carry him tomorrow night into J l around battle with Jack Delaney, statues.luc Ir.nCh Cana dian warrior of Bridgeport. before ? Madison
 !:1uurr Garden thrnnc that promises to pack the hig arena. \ knock out victory for either forecasts 2 June tilt with Junnav for the champ plol1- ship. with the vlun"r of the Jack S;hark"y Johnny Iisko hout on ! Marsh 12 held iu r1eoryc for 3 Sep l ten1hor title match.
 | The odds Hcrr I to , today that the rraclling right hand punch of . Detanoy would bowl over the New i Zs1l3Itdcr deSpit" ] wright handicap { of approximately 900 pounds m tho i invaders favor, llr"ney. of course, loe9nt think thai will happen, but. 1 with taudor tha; Is most refreshing in tn. prrsept era of ring ogotists. he is frank to admit that he isn't much of 3 scraprcr as really great
 fighters go.
 "snythin- 5on happrn with 2 man like Delaney. who knocks people opt
 with single punch he ssya Fighters like that are rare, I'm not one of them.
 I'm not so much of fighter but can give and take my Sh9rn- Right
 mt ft pll fhI-,
 Thcro1i Ia no excuses If Delaney
 beat, me on points or knocks mo
 cut I; the latter happens if will
 be because he hit me on the chm harder than anybody else ever did, and not because there S anything wrone with me All ask E that DeIar'v has tIo same to say if l
 knock hl1 cut"
 There la no lack nf confidence
 about Heensv and no modest desire
 to hr1e hls talent.4 behind stack of
 toast tea and marmalaJe his favor
 Ii dish. Rather the bDrly black -
 smith. totally unaffected and quite
 capable in his self-analysls en1oav-
 crS only to show that any man who
 is Int right will go doNn-with Dr1ancr'S chances of taking the
 shock just as gr.at as his OWL
 With flair of publicity. Hccney
 ctIn'' To AmerIct gust for q couple
 of fights on the side" and fought
 his way past Pauline Izcudun. John
 ny l;isko, and Jimmy Maloncy and up on even terms with Jack .jhHrkey
 through q draw verdict He knows 1 but one styI" of battle-tn wad" in, both short arms pumping. and take
 what IS coming his way in au "n-
 |. ? vr To ro'1n ! opt victory <.rar | holding sn'thug m rsTer,s. hts