1928-01-07 — Page 9

SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1928.

SPORTS

TOM HEENEY.

IS HE ANOTHER "FITZ"?

NEW ZEALAND LAD.

FANLING GOLF.

STARTING TIMES FOR THE'

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TO-MORROW'S MATCHES.'

THE CHINA MAIL,

Following are the starting times for the old course at Fanling for

But Heeney turned the trick in twenty seconds, making all other knockers-out of Maloney look like pikers Heeney gave the public a laugh and hopped right into quite a bit of popularity. A couple of to-morrow: weeks ago Tom beat Johnny Risko, that tough trial horse of the heavy | Blake, weight division, who defeated Paul Berlonbach and has made several of them, including our champion, Gene Tunney, look like a lot of hams on various occasions.

Charlie Harvey says that ha thinks Heeney the best fighter from the other side of the earth in a long time, and classes him with Dan Creedon, Jim

Hall and all the

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PROPHET OF ALLAH.

"LATE STARTER" WHO SHOOK THE WORLD.

S THE TRUE; MOSLEMİ::

A haughty Did Arab, riotously drunk, being mildly reproved one day by his nephew, retorted with crushing contempt: "Are you not my father's slave?" It is because of that hasty rotort that the true Moslem of to-day is a Prohibition-| fat by religion, not merely by law, as are his trans-Atlantic Imitators. For that venturesome nephew was Mohammed, already claiming to be the Prophet of Allah....... And the in- 9,44 a.m, A, B. Purvos, F. Acident took place in Arabia thirteen Merry...

centuries ago. There was 'a sting 9.48 am, C. W. Jeffries, N. K. in the uncle's drunken response, the Littlejohn.

sting of a certain amount of pleasant truth. It reminded Mohammed of his lowly origins. The Prophet thereupon argued; “If}| wine can so make my own uncle dis respectful of my prophetic, office, it must be a vile thing. It shall be proscribed the Faithful" And so it was, for ever. Mr. R. F. Dibble's new biography of the founder of Islam, "Mohammed" `(Hutchinson, 12s. 6d.), an exceedingly readable book, in which the emphasis is on

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10.00 a.m., E. R. Hallifax, D. J. Lewis.

If "coming from New Zealand" carries the old mark of supremacy this lad Tom Heeney ought to go well up among the heavy weight challengers, with just a little more experience, writes Robert Edgren.

Heeney developed in New Zen- land in much the same way that Bob Fitzsimmons, still regarded as others with a single exception. He the greatest fighter of the past doesn't claim that Tom is another contury, did years ago. There are Bob Fitzsimmons. He knows that many points of similarity between if Heeney was a Fitzsimmons the Hoeney and Fitzsimmons. Both

· were of Irish parentage. Both heavyweight championship would bo easy picking. It surely would were workers at the forge, Fitz be easy for Fitzsimmons in thesa simmons as a. horseshoer and Heeney as

days. Nobody, could ever run fast These blacksmith. Д

enough to get away from Old Bob. workers in Iron usually pack But Harvey has hopes that Heeney punch, Both

Fitzsimmons and will pick up a knock-out punch, Heeney were noted football players, which is apparently all he needs. Bath began boxing as amateurs and Before coming to this country quickly developed into profes-

Heeney had 24 fights, won 8 with sionals..

knock-outs, 12 on decisions, lost one decision, had two draws, and lost one on a foul. That might be con- aidered a fair knock-out average- but not quite good enough to cause Heeney's name to be linked with Young. those of Fitzsimmons and Dempsey.

Heeney is a heavier man by forty pounds than Bob was when he won the heavy weight championship and knocked out most of the best heavy weights in America, for Tom weighs 195 lbs. atripped. Perhaps he's no bigger in the shoulders. Jim Jeffries says that he once picked up Lanky Bob'a cont while training with Fitz, at Harbin Springs, put it on and didn't notice the difference, From the waist up Bob was a real heavyweight.

Harney's Principal Fights. Heeney has the record of a fight ing man. He played cricket and football at school, and was offered berth in the "All Blacks," the leading football team of Australia. That means that he was something

of a star.

But he led boxing better than football. While working as A blacksmith he began boxing with his brother Jack, who was amateur welterweight champion of New Zea- land. After boxing a while as an amateur Heeney applied for a per mit to fight professionally. In New Zealand professional boxing was handled by a committee of well- known business men of which Ray Nolan, Prosecuting Attorney of Wellington, New Zealand, WAS chairman.

Always Aggressive.

com-

Harvey says: "Heeney is a bination boxer and fighter. He is always

aggressive and is a strong infighter. He's rugged and very game. He's particularly effective with short punches, has here, and will be twice as good in improved wonderfully since coming

another year."

Physically. Heeney laoks the goods. He is stockily built, with powerful, fast legs, a strong body, fair, shoulders and arms, a short, thick neck, wide Jaw that looks built for taking punches, and a set of teeth that would make the for- tune of a moving picture actor. I've often noticed that practically all the first class fighters have fine teeth. Good teeth seem to indiente good fighting condition more than make-up.-Topical Times." any one other element in ghter's

LOCAL HOCKEY,

NAVY WIN SIM SHIELD

! MATCH.

Just as he was starting as'a pro- fessional boxer the war came along, and Heeney enlisted. He was then

In the first match of the Sim aineteen

He is now Shield hockey competition the Navy years old. twenty-eight--just about the age of

yesterday defeated the R.A.F, by Fitzsimmons when Fitz began

slx goals to one and -knocking them all out.

After the war a personal friend On Wednesday next the Army of Heeney's, Mick Stewart, Official meet the Club in the same tourney. referes in New Zealand, cabled

Heeney

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come to England. On

TROUBLE AT HIGHBURY.

arriving, Heeney began fighting under the management of John Mortimer, and fought several Eng-

London, Dec, 24.

In the league match between the

Hish heavyweights with a fair aver: Arsenal and Everton, which was age of success, winning three of four fights. Phil Scott outpointed played at Highbury, the referee, noisy him in a twenty round bout. Then owing to the attitude of a he went to South Africa, whore he crowd, was compelled to take the twice defeated Johnny Squires, win-nusual course of trying to addreas

them. ning the heavyweight championship of South Africa. In the second The trouble arose through, the contest Heeney knocked Squires crowd's resentment of the tactics of out. This wasn't the old-time the Everton playere, for which they Australian champion, Bill Squires, were cautioned whilst the crowd

booed them. who decorated the canvas in rings all over the world a few years ago.

Heeney's American Debut.

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POOR RACE ENTRIES.

London, Dec. 24. On returning to England. Heaney

The entries for the Spring racing visited Dublin and took a twenty handicaps are weak. There are round decision over Bartley Mad- den, which gave him the right to only 45 noted for the Lincolnshire, call himself Champion of Ireland. none of which are French, and 26 This was a proud title in the days for the Ascot Gold Cup, 4 of which

of Peter Maher and Tom Sharkey, but has rather fallen off in class' since the good old days when Ire- land furnished most of the world's best fighting heavyweights. How- ever Heeney, with Irish parents, hope to put Ireland back on the fighting map.

Tom chased Paolino all over Europe without being able to per suade the engy Descamps to give him a match with the Woodchopper. Then he left for America.

Since arriving in thie country Heeney has developed steadily. Charlie Harvey, his manager, has a fad of picking up English and Irish- and Australian fighters, and to date. he never had a "sour one." Harvey coached Heeney in the latest tricks of the Amorican ring. Tom · stop- ped. Charlie Anderson in nine rounds, in Madison Square Garden; to futroduce himself to this coun- try. He boxed Paolino ten rounds and lost. the decision. He boxed Paolino again at Madison Square Garden, fifteen rounds, to a draw,

The decision was quite freely criticised, and it was said that Paolino was being "built up” as a colourful challenger and was given a bit the best of it in being allowed. a draw, when Heeney had out- punched him for fifteen rounds and shown superiority in everything but punch-taking ability. As a shock- absorber the Spaniard le in a class by himself,

In later: fights here Heeney won from Bud Gorman on a foul, three rounds, and knocked out Jimmy "Maloney in the first minute of the first round. His real start in this country came with the Maloney knock-out. There has been quite a bit of rivalry among our,blue-rib 'bon heavies in this matter of knock- ing Maloney out. When the Boston Strong Boy, second, was being bullt up by Tex Richard na ay challenger for Gene Tunney he was flattened in five rounds by Jack Sharkey.Then "George" Godfrey, came along and rolled Maloney out in less than half the time

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SET AGAINST STAGHUNTING.

London, Dec. 24.

The Home Secretary Sir W. Joyn. son Hicks In the absence of a de mand from the public has declined to sanction legislation to suppress staghunting.

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A Preacher in Mecm. There cannot be any doubt as to the vital part played by small chances in the big developments of the career of the Prophet of Allah,

instance, the Hegira, the flight from Mecca to Medina which opened up a new era in the world's history. Mohammed and his few faithful followers were having a very bad time at the hands of their persecutors, the powerful priestly Koreish sect who virtually ruled Mecca Death had robbed him of two of his stoutest adherents and supporters, his admirable first wife, Khadija, and his uncle, Abu Talib, the man who was his shield against the incensed Koreish. One day, while in the state of deepest to matters of agriculture. He can heart's desire of the first two, but dejection and full of forebodings as didly admitted afterwards that he not of the last." One cannot help to the future, the scorned and re- was in the wrong. "I am only feeling that perhaps the port viled Prophet emerged from the mortal," he confessed modestly. But Ayesha did not understand the real seclusion into which he had retired the mischief. was done, and gaunt Mohammed so well as did the and started to preach to some famine atalked the province elderly wife who followed him to pügrima. There happened to be Mohammed starved with the others. his cave in the desert. - among them a handful of men from None of them liked it. Meanwhile Mohammed died at the age of Medina, who, after listening to there were the opulent Koreish sixty-two. Perhaps the most re- Mohammed, invited him to their caravans traversing the desert to markable thing about hiin la that elty, two hundred miles north of and from Mecca; the caravans, by he was over forty before he started Mecca. They pri milned him "honour, the way, of Mohammed's enemies on his proselytizing career. ́· Till

and of the enemies of the Faithful. then his life was utterly without TT. on London protection, and power.

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of Mohammed. And out of that incalculable beginning, an accident

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The Family Man. his down-trodden followers into the

One of the most entertaining sec greatest warriors of the age, was the result of a singular chance. The tions of Mr. Dibble's book treats of |

as a family man. In Prophet had issued an order for Mohammed bidding the artificial fecundation the days of his glory he had twelve of palm trees, with the result that wives, irrespective of concubines, they became almost barren. It was though his followers were only an egregious mistake, and showed allowed four aplece. His favourite that his inspiration did not extend wife was a pretty and very plump

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Sparke. Prophet of Allah. Khadija was then forty, a widow, and rich. The disparity in their ages did not have the usual results. Years afterwards, when Mohammed was forty, and began to neglect his business of small trader and retire to the cave in the foothills of Mount Hira to commune with Allah for days at a time, the motherly Khadija seems to have raised no objections and often accompanied him. She was one of his first con- verte when at last ho burat on the world with the ecstatic cry: “La ilaha illa Allah, Mohammed rasul Allah (There is no god but Allah, and Mohammed is His Prophet.")

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