1928-07-28 — Page 13

SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1928.

Sport Columns

HOW TUNNEY WON.

HEENEY THE GAMEST MAN HE EVER MET.

TEX RICKARD'S LOSS.

GOLF.

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SUGGESTED CHAMPIONSHIP

CHANGES.

36-HOLES MATCHES.

New York, Yesterday.

Now that the major champion- A fine night, cloudy, moorless ships are concluded, and the excite- while fresh breezes tempered the ment associated with them has sultry atmosphere, enticed a big died down, it is possible to consider ger gate than expected to the calmly one or two matters of im- world's heavyweight boxing

protance and of general interest championship fight of 15 rounds arising out of them. One concerns at Yankee Stadium between Gene the conditions under the Amateur Tunney (holder) of America and Championship is played. In cer- Tom Heeney (challenger) of Newtain quarters it is contended that the scramble following the indiscri- The scattering of celebrities at minate throwing into a hat the the ringside included Jack Demp-names of 250 players is not con- say and his wife, Corbett, stage ducive to a true result; and screen favourites.

Zdalund,

The battle opened at 9.52 p.m. Heeney was very aggressive, startling the champion-with blows to the jaw and compelling the latter to resort to clinching to evade lleeney's courate and hard drives one of which, in the first round, blackened Tunney's

eye,

SAFETY FIRST,

in other

words, freakish accidents and dreadful calamities would not happen if a more modern and mere sensible plan were adopted.

What is this plan? It is that a in the shape of a qualifying test stroke competition should first be which applied, the survivors of should then engage in 36-holes matches. And a very dull, uninter- Heeney continued to dominate jesting, and tedious business it the sporting the ring, disregarding occasional would be, most of crashes until Tunney was ducking character of the championship being sacrificed for a cold-blooded piece of and dodging all round the ring.

The champion's. efforts at accountancy, in which a pencil and scientific boxing were perforce a plece of paper become, in some abandoned at the dictates of part, the substitutes for the human "safety first" but he got in three opponent. powerful jults in the third round amine before stopping a left on the mouth, the blow drawing blood.

It was a very stylish display of

boxing.

in the fourth round, Tunney abandoned in-fighting, stood up and met his opponent, man to

man,

Heeney's face was now. bleed- ing but he was going as strong as ever and compelling Tunney to fight desperately and parry a mighty onslaught of bull-dog

rushes.

TUNNEY A GOOD SPORT, Heeney persisted in rushing tactics during the fifth round and kept the champion' on the defen- sive but at the cost of heavy punishment. Heeney missed a swing and slipped prone on the ground while Tunney very sport ingly stood back until his oppon- ent had fully regained his stance. The pace slowed up during the sixth round. Both were inclined to rest and recover their dissipat- ed energies.

However, let us CX- in a spirit of fairness the

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or any multiplication of the original figure of 18.

But this is absurd, and is a suf- ficient reason for not departnig scheme that is supposed to pro- from a long-established custom that dure with infallible regularity the has rarely failed to produce a real champion. The idea is not champion entirely worthy of the with certain variations, in America,

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holes matches had been in opera- cept the first, being of 20 holes..

not as Two years ago, the plan was tried tion at Prestwick? It is of qualifying only sixteen players, plain as a pikestaff that he is the but the number, having regard to best amateur golfer in the country, the three or four hundred original and that his triumph is due just

as much to the quality of his golf as On demand competitors, was 90 ridiculously

to the fact that he is complete Credita, small that the scherte was forth-

master of himself? Mr. Perkins the States with abandoned. In

does not need a 36-holes match,

On Berlin-o they go a step further, the draw lasting the best part of a day, to

On-demand being "aeeded" in order that the outstanding personalities shall not enable him to work off an initial

On New York nervousness; rather does he know cut one another's throats at the outset. This may be all very well that it is the business of a golfer On demand

seeking national honours to be Credits, 60'daye' aight from the point of view of commer fully prepared for all eventualities On Bombay... cialism, but it is not amateur sport from the moment the first ball is as recognised in the country. struck. though, to be sure, we have intro- duced "gates" in order to provide the expenses of Walker Cup teams. PASSION FOR CHANGE.

"FLUKES." Personally, I fail to see why any man, however famous he may be,

It may possibly be thought should be humoured in order to estimate of human allow him to recover from a condi-

my

man who

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Heeney's face was gory and he

On Singapore- spat out blood from his mouth that and nose.

nature is regrettably mean but tion of fright. Although one or twoj On demand..... After this Heeney was perfor the life of me 1 can-well-known players declare that they On Manlik- ceptibly tired. The American | not help feeling that the will not compete in a championship On demand was able to avoid his blowa more passion for a change in the pre-again until the conditions are so

On Shanghai- successfully and both seemed im-sent condition is often the outcome altered that "flukes" will not occur, pressed with the other's fighting of a singular defeat. Immediately it is sincerely to be hoped that St. On demand abilities. They adopted a wait- a distinguished player falls to the Andrews will not be tempted to 30 day's sight (private ing policy until the eighth round "unknown" the cry goes up for the depart from a custom that has paper) when Tunney got the ascendant 36-helea match on the ground that made the Amateur Championship On Yokohama—--- and damaged his opponent's left the result is a fluke. It is pre; one of the world's greatest sporting On demand eye. Tunney seized his oppor-aumed, goodness knows why, that events. tunity, launched an open slashing had the longer match been in Another suggested reform arising attack and the New Zealander operation the result would have been out of the championship concerna was bleeding profusely.

reversed, and the "unknown" have the ball. It is alleged that the A RED MASS,

got his deserts. But why should power of the modern ball ruined Tunney's eye, in the ninth the reault of a 36-holes match be many of Prestwick's famous holes, round, had a glint of battle. He any different from that of 18 holes? the Alps, for example, being a mat-

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leading at the close of a 86-holes reached the Cardinal, in two cleek

Chinese Sub. - Coin 28% dis. Hecney was still landing force-match. Only in two instances in shots, whereas in the old days this ful blows on the American's jaw the history of the final

Hong Kong Sub. Coin Par. of the notorious hole required a drive, a and taking punishment with cour-Amateur Championship would the brassie, and a pitch. It is per- age and tenacity which were re-result have been different if the fectly true that distances have been warded with thunderous applause. contest had been one of 18 holes leasened because of the responsive The same gameness was evinc-only, one case concerning the victory ball, but while citing these two ed in the tenth round but now of Mr. Tolley over Mr. Bob Gardner, instances it should not be Heeney's assaults were blunder-the American, at Muirfield eight gotten that the holes were played ing and easily evaded by the years ago. Mr. Tolley is a strong with & following wind, and that champion who pummelled his advocate of the change to a qualify had the conditions been reversed face until it became a red massing test and 36-holes matches, not the Alps and the Cardinal would with blood pouring heavily from because he feels that the champion-have maintained their character. both eyes. Tunney rushed him to ship would present a truer mirror But how can a charge of ruin bo the ropes and floored him and, of events by making it certain that brought when Mr. Wethered, who but for the bell, the fight would the players possessing obvious reached the final, was perilously then have ended.

merita, and worthy to wear the near the eighty mark for each round THE LAST OUNCE.' The seconds, with water and mantle of champion, should not be he played? It cannot be that his several opponents made Prestwick towels and a restorative. provid- the playthings. of mere cuprice. ed timely, helped Heeney to re-

look "Billy," otherwise Mr. Wether- turn to the ring for the eleventh My experience of championship ed would long ago have vanished round. He was bent on knock- "accidenta" is that in the vast from the scene. Take the case of out as his only hope. He opened majority of cases the distinguished Mr. Perkins, the most efficient of the with a wild smack but his player has started nervously a lot. Did he ruin the course because strength was visibly ebbing and human frality not peculiar to any of the way he annihilated space? he became a plaything in the one or set of individuals has failed For the 105 holes that he played lands of Tunney who hit him at to scise his opportunities, and, in his seven matches on the way to pleasure.

generally speaking, has not taken the final, his score was two

HUMAN FRAILTY.

encounter:

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Heeney had given the last ounce a proper grip of himself at any 4. While this represents a very but he declined to take the knock-stage of the

Whose high standard of golf, it cannot pos- out:

fault is it if he goes under to a sibly be said that it was in any The referee intervened after chorus of, "Well, did you ever ace way phenomenal. "Observer" Cor- the round had lasted two and a the like of that" 1 And, moreover, respondent.

alf minutes. Heeney flopped in why should the illustrious one bo his seat. Under the treatment of given the chance of a recovery that his seconds, it was several min- the 36-holes match may provide? ntes before he was able to return The traditional golf match is one of to the centre of the ring and 18 holes, and though it may, be shake hands with the conqueror, argued that 86 provides a better

PROMOTER'S LOSS..

test, and more likely to produce

Mr. Tex Rickard loses heavily as the proper result, 72 holes would the result of the big fight. It is be better still. And so would;144,, estimated that there were present only 50,000 spectators, who palð

·08750,000, whereas Tunney's foo] alone is G800,000.

Heeney, describing him as "the Tunney, in an Interview after gamest man I have ever met," but the fight, declared that he intend- expressed the opinion that the re- ed to continue to defend his title, feree ought to have stopped the He paid a glowing tribute to contest in the eighth round.

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