Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-27

VI well nlEn HfaVet To-Day. puiVeF'
i Y lied by the power In the flst'
Of Gene Tunney. q real ngnt'
ms Marine.
Under . storm of gloves that rippe,
his scanned features open and blindet
him In ons eve. Tom Heeney of New
Zealand. who plodded his weary wa.
mast ell American challengers. crumblet
last night In the eleventh round OF tn
iS-round battle he had earned with TIT
heavyweight king.
Heeney went down. shanbling
sorry figure. nunihed In body by terrift
richt-liand punches which new brand
Of Gene Dlnney poured into the almost
defenseIess challenger for nearly NV
consecutive rounds. Heeaey sank tt
the canvas. saved from the ignomins
Of Knockout by the shielding arm o.
the referee. but only after one Of the
greatest stands and most vicious beat
ings . heavyweight ever endured.
gene Revealed As killer"
oyershadowihg, perhaps. the un.
e,,enchabie courage Of. the challenger
II, TIRE face Of whitening glove ire was
the ricture Of the champion. revealed
nj last under the glaring lights OF the
Yankee Stadium ring as killer the
type Of tighter Tunney In his heart all
WAYS has enyied.
Unfortunately. Genes awcsome dis
nlsy OF punching venom came 700 iate
II save Tex Rickard from the first great
financial failure of his career. Although
nfficiai receipts have yet to be an
nounced. the promoter admitted that
the crowd OF 10000 that more than
half Allied the huge home of the Amer
team Learue world champions paid but
k70e 900 TO see the major flstie snow OIL
the entdoor season.
The loss to Richard and the Madison
Square Garden Corporation, coming q
the end of q series OF heavyweight
championship matches that set new
records for receipts. probably VIII reach
$500 600 The championship TIT. count
ing . guarantee Of $s2S.ooO Tor Iunney
and 500. 900 for Heeney. probably cost
tsoo 600 to stage. and OF the SIoo.ooo
estimated receipts the promoter must
nav 50 Der cent in taxes 70 the State
and Federal governments.
Sees Niger Gates.
But through that dreary vista Of iig-
mrs that showed Rickard nothing bui
1nszes where gates OF $i,800.100 anc
ee 500 900 once bloomed under the
MI4&EE 4EAEA o. JeAsh AfchAtktcNys ttt0 PAo
meter to-day saw visions Of bigger and
better srzkes TO come The impre-
sario 81 Madison Square Garden be-
lieFex tat ne now has In Tunney the
r,ekfnex uf one Of the greatest drawing
cards ii the history of the ring--a
master boxer with the power In his
granite fists 10 batter helpless man
Who never before was punched to the
canvas.
Certainly the handsome champion.
hronzed the color Of an Indian. trained
70 the minute. and savage IN the per-
fecfion nf his cI0uting accuracy, turned
loose .p0n Tom Heeney brfllsnt ALI
fOund display OF flghting power.
From the third round until the sew
erth. when slashing right hook par
alyzed the optic nerve In Toms left
eye. there was no question Of Tunney's
supremacy. And from the moment that
hloW I2nded until Referee ID Forbes
mercifuily stepped IN 70 save the Anzac.
blind and helpless after 2 minutes and
So seconds Of slaughter In the eleventh,
the sole issue was one of endurance
Heeney;s ability to absorb punishment,
saved ~ the nell
FOR tlast moment In the tenth
round rs Heeney. battered senseless By
Q storm Of punches that ratified on his
fiinfv chin and chugged deep IN bis
bgriy body. stretched helpless ct the
edge Of the ring, Gene seemed to have
wen tf1e prize BY O clean knockout
But before q count could be started
the song changed 10 end the session.
and Toras desp&iring seconds dragged
Him q his corner. Heroic treatment
restored the knzac sufI1cienfiy to war
rant sendinr him forth for the final
round, but the end, forecast from the
moment Gene paralyzed half OF
Heeneyix sight, could not be averted
three r1inutes more
Having the sympathy Of most Of the
crowd bF his Spartan indifference to
punishment. Heeney tore into the
champion III the hrSf round and drove
Gene before him under . storm Of
fi.0rf. lOoptnr hooks 10 the head. Com
fernpfs1ezis a punishment. the craggy-
featured challenger ripped through
TunneyE guard. buiIed him about the
ring. and drunrned his punches on
Genes head
ii was an amazing sight 10 the
ti1ron9. which viewed the champion "a
4 a-kO-i faporite and had come 70 Sc
4 master boxer riddle his foe with
lixl1fsIir,r leffs. an occasional right and
6zzzIe rim with the fastest footzgork any
nenvyueiel1f has developed since the
dxes 81 Jim COrbeft. II Was just ~
er1szinx 20 Tunney, and 3 worried,
ilefrassed look was on his face as ne
tfotted % his corner. red bftiise
shove the left eye.
Tunney Selves Heeney.
Gallant as was Heeneys start amid
the roars Of appreciation OF the crowd,
Il ended - quickly ~ Il began. Within
the next three minutes Tunney had
solved the problem Of tF's plunging
Arzac enough 10 hold TDyn even IN
the round. From then on Heeney
failed 10 win another session
Strangely enough. solution OF that
tough. punching problem from New
Zealand with the concrete Jaw ano
eteel-ribbed body did not come through
sl,,rgine with the challenger. In the
sse0ad round Gene called upon all Ms
boxing skin 70 fend of Toms rusiles
At every turn he tied Heeney up IN
elinci1es wfth arms 50 strong that even
Toms bsllgy muscles could not break
the grip. But IN between times Gene
Smashed eseriastingiy al the chal-
Iengeris body. now short, fbud0ing LEFT
hooks that doomed into the pit Of the
stomach. now right smasf1es under the
heart that painted Heeney's side q deep
red and drained his stamina
Then as Heeney weakened under body
hl0ws that threatened 10 crack o RIB
Gene cut loose again i'm the third. box
ing cagiiy whenever Tom threatened,
pt1ning him In q viselike grip, but
crashing always those punches 10 the
cslaiienger's iron sides The punish
n,cnt began 70 tell on the buii-chested
invader. His rusiles grew more des-
perate Punches wandered OF the line
Tanney Bleedies Up BATTER.
Switching 10 Heeney's head In the
fourth rOmnd, Gene drew blood from
Toms nose and lips with knife like left
falys and righE~tand snaaSl1es that car
Ssed every es'rce of The weight and
strength In the champions body be.
hind them Desperately, but In vain
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