Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-23

trunk off your chest while enoeaV'
For Is months Gene Tunney has
not seen the electric lights OF
Greenwich Village or the candles
of Park avenue. He was far away
during the playing OF two Worio
series, two seasons of foot ball, the
Carnegie report, and the crash III
wall Street, although probably
near enough the latter to feel the
jar. s,.,o.
Gene is returning in prime conoltlon,
weighing almost the same as on Leaving
and with his appendix, in spite OF
rumors concerning a forced parting.
The only operation performed on Gene
while abroad was any such operation
as George Bernard Shaw performed on
his vocabulary. Mrs. Tunney lost an
appendix, but has recovered her
strength and is as well as ever.
Most of Stories Untrue.
Tunney has been source of news
while abroad the only trouble with
most of the stories concerning him
being that they were not true. There
was the story of the photographer ne
slugged. The only trouble with that
one was that Gene did not, at the
time, happen to be in the country Wnere
the reported assault occurred. He could
scarcely even have socked the man over
the border, as there happened to be
couple of countries in between.
Then there was the story OF his KILL
ing the bull. In all his travels Gene
never even slaughtered calf OF tender
wears. A matador did dedicate bull
TO him, which is SO great an honor
that it calls for an immediate present
to the said matador. II Gene brings
nh{prf Il fanny and
gets it by the customs, I am thinking
of dedicating beetfsteak to him, trust
ing that he, will remember the Spanish
custom.
There are a number Of questions
I wish to ask Tunney. One Is whether
he taught MIR. Shaw, with whom he
is said to have gone swimming on
many occasions, the jackknife dive. This
is the dive in which Gene was most
as I could observe, 1t was the only
fancy dive he knew. One thing which
may be said for Mr.. Tunney Is that
he never dived in ring.
Really Great Fighter.
I might state here again. as I often
have stated, that believe Gene Tunney
was far greater fighter than many
persons ever gave him credit for being.
Tunney as a fighter. Why should he?
Regardless of the time that Tunney
may have remained seated in the ring
at Chicago, know Of no other heavy
weight, who, socked in such manner
by Mr.. Dempsey, would have arisen
the same night.
And such a one certainly would have
had no fight left in him. Tunney had
plenty of fight left in him. Gene
EtPnnad ont inst he WAS reaching
his prime. At the time of his retire
ment he was one of the greatest heavy
weights ever saw.
And I might also say that while there
are many who regard Tunney with envy
malice and all uncharitablenesS, he has
some of the closest and most constant
friends of any young man know. Gene
is most attractive youngster to those
who know him best and they will be
glad to see him back in his own land.
Genes Plans Uncertain.
The Tunneys probably win stay at a
New York sl1otel for a month or so,
spending week ends with their friends
or at their place in the country, and
will then go to. Florida to swim, fish
and play golf.
1t is useless to ask Gene Just what
he intends to do with the rest of his
life, because do not believe that he
knows. He has refused good business
offers, mainly because his tastes did not
run in that direction. The things in
which Tunney is most interested are
| physical development, health, art and
| literature. He has original ideas con-
corning training and keeping fit and
| most of them are sound
| (Copyright, 1929, by North American News
paper Alliance.l