The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 27, 1928, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Gene Tunney Earns Name of ‘Killer’ by Slashing Heeney Linton Wins Harvey Game a FIGHT STOPPED IN 14TH ROUND | TO SAVE ANZAC; Gene Paralyzes Heeney’s Optic Nerve to Win Advantage in Seventh TOM FIGHTS GAMELY ee | Though Fight Was Financial Failure, Rickard Sees Big- ger Gates Coming By EDWARD J. NEIL (Assciated Press Sports Writer) New York, July 27.--(®) — The hard rock o n under was well nigh gravel t pulverized by the Power in the fists of Gene Tunney, a real fighting marine. Under a rm of gloves that ripped his seamed features open and blinded him in one eye, Tom Heeney of New id, who plodded his way past all American challengers, crumbled last night in the eleventh round of the fifteen-round battle he had earned with the heavyweight king. Heeney went down—a shambling, gory figure, numbed in body by ter- rific right-hand punches which a new brand of Gene Tunney poured into the almost defenseless chal- lenger for near five consecutive! rounds. Heeney sank to the canvas, | saved from the ignominy of a knock- out by the shielding arm of the ref- eree, but only after one of the xreat- est stands and most vicious beatings a heavyweight ever endured. Overshadowing, perhaps, the un- quenchable courage of the challenger | in the face of withering glove fire was the picture of the champion, re- vealed at last under the glaring lights of the Yankee stadium ring as a “killer’—the type of fighter Tunney in his heart always has en- vied. Too Late to Save Tex Unfortunately, display of purchin late to save Tex Rickard from the first great financial failure of his career. Although official receipts have yet to be announced, the pro- moter admitted that the crowd of 50,000 that more than half filled the huge home of the American league world’s champions paid but $700,000 to see the major fistic show of the outdoor season. However, the promoter today saw visions of bigger and better “gates” to come. The impresario of Madi- son Square Garden believes that he now has in Tunney the makings of one of the greatest drawing cards GENE T Round One Grimly determined, Tunney whipped a solid right to Heeney's jaw. The challenger ducked and swarmed into Gene with short left and right hooks to the chin that drove the champion Heeney shot over a the head. to the ropes, solid right to Gi ¢ in the history of the ring—a master heer asian oe boxer with the power in his granite BIGHT A eiaed Man fists to batter helpless a man who unney was out fast never before was punched. to the canvas. Certainly the handsome champion, with his 1 deat both ‘hands like # tattoo on Tu ney's chin as they swapped in close. i Gene ripped a solid right to head but; brohzed the color of an Indian, othe challenger and) trained to the minute, and savage | Tunney on the run as Tom ripped z 4 . f fter him, hoth nds in the perfection of his clouting ac-| {07 him. hoth hands f curacy, turned loose upon Tom = = lo} eo] > = 5 'UNNEY in the center of the ring before Tom could get away from the ropes. Gene was boxing him easily, spearing him definitely with lefts, Round Seven a breather, Tunney was h the challenger, k the veness of Tom's left hook by carrying his right high ainst his’ cheek. bucket of wa- d and a new Tom shook peration as he could see from that e: Tunney’s left ey Heeney a brilliant all-round display | "ound. of fighting power. From the third round until the seventh, when a slashing right hook paralyzed the optic nerve in Tom’s left eye, there was no question of Tunney’s supremacy. And from the moment that blow landed until Ref- eree Ed Forbes mercifully stepped in to save the Anzac, blind and help- less, after two minutes and fifty- two seconds of slaughter in the hook. dropped I eleventh, the sole issue was one of|and Gene smiled and endurance—Heeney’s ability to ab- i sorb punishment. Bell Saves Kayo For just a moment in the tenth + round, Heeney, battered sense- less by a storm of punches that, ell oft his linty, chin (and Bupneresnorly found right chug; deep in his burly body, | Plodded into a right-handed ex stretched helpless at, the edge of | usta MSdiuony teignemycrnned Bis the ring, Gene seemed to have won|hands ready and daring another ex: the prize of a clean knockout. But| change.’ Gene accommodated him a before a count could be started the | (Ney cracked lefts and rights, ong eianked to end the igs ay a ‘om’s despairing seconds dragge him to his corner. Heroic treatment restored the Anzac sufficiently to “warrant sending him forth for the} final round, but the end, forecast | from the moment Gene paralyzed half of Heeney’s sight, could not be averted three minutes more. Having the sympathy of most of the crowd because of his Spartan indifference to punishment, Heeney tore into, the champion in the first | ! a round and drove Gene before him| into Gene's under a storm of short, looping|two rights off Tom's flint hooks to the head. Contemptuous of | Shot, the challenger's he punishment, the craggy-featured Lave challenger ripped through Tunney’s guard, bullied him about the ring, .and drummed his punches on Gene’s ead. Steadily the champion whittled away at his challenger, standing toe- to-toe with Tom to hatter and slicc at his body as Heeney’s strength hive Be enting apisit Poin! ame the head. Back to the hemp. in the . ae ‘one blow that settled the battle left h ‘ | Tom blinking and rubbing his eye, | ¥: 2 for a moment it seemed as though the milling might end then “and there. Here Tunney, now the master in full command of the milling, showed 2 brand of sportsmanship that brought cheers from the throng, al- ready tiring of the gory spectacle, * Gene clinched with the challenger as Heeney fought to gain control of the left eyelid, held him there, - fused to punch ‘until he was i just one of ~ SCOTT BREAKS ~WBOK IN CRASH , July 27) —FI opetery Beate cficlaze fe atthe belle” us vy startled jerce offensive, started box- ch to! lefts and q sturdy head of the challe causing a flicker of Hee lashes. Gene swapped pu hi jallenger and and right hooks t us exchange. Tom ripped in. they vip th n heels. The hell broke up the exeh. as the crowd stood and ; proval. Round Three nawed by the power in nd he bounced |Spearing the cession of Te him at the champion's head, w met his attack with solid left hoo! to the body. ising i unexpected ‘owd ining the up- | ly for the first time | isht. Gene threw a right into | head with every ounce of | his weight and streng ehind Thin time, ‘Tom's eyelids tered and Tunney pressed h’ d~ vantage with two crushing righ! to, the heart. Sensing the turn, with | blood beginning to drip from’a cut| under his chin, Heeney tore savagely | into the champion and nailed him to! the ropes with a rocking volley to| Heeney nailed him repeatedly on the! head. The bell broke up the chal- lenger’s onslaugh i Five | his right fut! un-{ der Heeney's heart, but the Anzac} seemed to like it. He bounded in to slug at the champion's body. G drilled a left and right into Toni rugged head and: blood dribbled from the challenger's nose. Boxing cagily again, on the defense, Gene prodded the Anzac with jolts to the head and body as Tom sturdily plodded into whatever punishment came his way. Tom slipped, ag Tunney hooked him in a clinch’ but was up without a count. Tunney necked at him stead- ily up to the-bell, Round Six ‘8 om ‘ly defense had juite muddled now as Tom in onl: his clouts Tunney’ Heeney ploddea in th an in off "Heene: a1 In a clinch with the effectiveness of T burying his right hard wes [Sesttieg font cn spearin, rege Sgequentiy. Bi aaa ainst his danced and bit and tare out of the or a ou e carious position so fast that he landed closed it of his own accord into Tunney with one good ey to see his advantage, Gen 1d the allenger a moment, looked over his q and then pumped 1 righ Tom's head and body under the blows, but from his nose h attack, olted Heeney steadily despite geous onslaught right up to Round Nine, ue to see from his right the minist p led into the champion, It from the tights had got- "s gloves and onto the sportsman shu with the but Tom got the worst + too. Ag Tunney nifing drummed on the Anzac’s head, b n to ooze from Heeney's t eye. A gory sight and = Korler, Heeney again sum- d his strength for another surge 1 ripped his right and left to the champion's head, Round Ten ‘e looked almost normal ly to battle the ‘s pinches and Tunney appar- little desire to cut up the i grabbed plunged in close vith left hooks to Tom reeled under nd right hand clouts to the odding forward now by in- stinet, Heeney ran into a barrage and went down under a right to the head. Heeney rolled unconscious almost som the ring, the bell rang and ended n. | Heeney was out flat on and had to be carried to his ¢ Mis seconds had him restored for the next, round, |den’s day. LACOSTE LOSES T0 BILL TILDEN Reinstated Tennis Champ Gives Americans Start to Victory in Cup Matches Rolland Garros Stadium, Auteuil, France, July 27.—()—Big Bill Til- den today defeated his old rival, Rene Lacoste of France, in the first match of the Davis cup challenge round by scores of 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. | The American veteran came from behind after dropping the first set, and outlasted the French master of machine-like strokes in one of the most grueling five-set struggles these tennis giants have ever waged. By winning, Tilden gave his team a flying start in its drive to regain the Davis cup from the French, who captured it a year ago in the United States. BILLY PETROLLE FIGHTS ENGLISH JACK BERG EVEN Chicago, July 27.—(4)—Billy Pe- trolle of Fargo, N. D., and Jack Berg of England, battled ten rounds to a draw last night. They weighed 133 pounds each. Berg carried the figkt to Petrolle most of the way, but Petrolle kept the judges’ decision a draw by his clever boxing. Their fight, promoted by Jim Mul- len, was to select a challenger for Sammy Mandell, lightweight title holder. Six thousand fans ‘paid $14,500 to sec the fight, and Mullen told them when it ended that he intended to give them a return go. Irish Kennedy of St. Paul won the decision in five rounds over Bill; Hoon of Rock Island, Ill. Eac weighed 140 pounds. The Americans now face the task of winning two of the remaining four matches if they are to lift the cup. The second match was sched. uled for later in the day, and pitted Henri Cochet of France against the young American, John Hennessey. Tilden played the most magnifi- cent matches of his tennis career in proving decisively that “they do come back.” His triumph at least in part atoned for the reverses suf- fered at the Frenchman's hands in the United States last year, when Lacoste beat him in Davis cup play and also im winning the American championship. Lapate earlier this season handed Big Bill a beating in a five-set duel in the British championship, which he won, but this proved to be Til- WINGARD SHUTS DOWN INDIANS Millers Make It Four Straight From Mudhens and Pairs Are Divided ‘ Chicago, July 27.—(?)—The e setting Indianapolis Indians suffer- ed a setback today in their pennant aspirations when the Milwaukee Brewers shut them out 2 to 0, large- ly through the effective pitching of Wingard who allowed only six scat- tered hits. Wingard helped win his own game by collecting three hits, one of which was a double which blossomed into a run when he scored on Lebourveau’s hit. Pick account- ed for the other run by smashing out a four bagger. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1928 Helpless nd Right to Enter State Junior Meet HARRY LYNN'S OUTFIT TAKES TILT, 11 107 Fogle Stars With Stick, Bat- ting for Average of .800 in Two Games VICKERMAN IS WILD Harry Lynn Expects Linton Team to Win Minot Tour- nament Hands Down Linton’s junior baseball team --' Tepresent the i the American Legion’ {COVETS TUNNEY BOXING CROWN New York, July 27.—(®)—Tommy Loughran today announced the in- tention of cleaning Od all challeng- ers for his world’s light heavy- weight boxing championship this fall and then entering the heavy- weight division in the hope of a crack at Gene Tnnney’s crown, “I have defeated all contenders for my title and by field is now lim- ited,” the Philadelphia adonis de- clared today. “I'll fight either Leo Lomski or Jimmy Slattery in Sep- tember, then may take on Mickey Walker in Chicago and then wiil give up my title to enter the heav- ies’ ranks.” * Yesterday's Games ] NATIONAL LEAGUE R H from the Mudhens by turning in a 6 to 2 win over Toledo. Lisenbee did some good pitching for the Mil- lers and was backed by timely hit- ting, Frank Emmer leading the at- tack with four hits, which included three doubles. Kansas City and Louisville divid- ed another twin bill. Joe Deberry beat Jimmy Zinn, 3 to 1, in the first d|game for the Colonels’ win, while the Blues took the second, 18 to 5, in a slugfest. St. Paul and Columbus broke even in their bargain bill, the Saints co} ping the opener, 4 to 3, while the Senators administered a 2 to 0 whip- Ping in the aftermath. Fred Hei- mach was credited with his sevens teenth win of the season when he won the first game. GRAYS, LINTON MEET SUNDAY The Bismarck Grays, now playing a doubleheader with the Stroll, S. D., nine at Dickinson, will meet Linton at the Bismarck athletic field Sun- day at 3 p.m. Parshall had been signed for the Sunday game, but the northern crew disbanded immediately after their game at Minot last Sunday and wired Churchill that they could not fill the engagement. Linton will be playing in Bismarck ‘for the first time this season Sun- jay. Captain Eddie Tobin and Kelly Simonson are taking charge of the crew in place of Neil Churchill, who is spending a month vacationing. The Grays will have full strength Round Eleven ame out with a left that d and Tunney measured him for al blow. Showing amazing re- ¢ powers his head a mass of blood, Tem plunged again into the champion, smashed with a right to the head. A right to the heart, sent Tom reeling again. Tom could barely stagger in the close places, His back to the ropes, Tom blindly staggered forward. ‘Tunney half kidding, stabbed him easily with a left and let him get away. Gene flayed Tom about the head on the ropes and Tom reeled under the punishment. The challenger Was helpless and Referee Forbes stepped between to halt the fray as Heeney collapsed. Tom mis a CHALK IS FREE, SAYS SOX GROUP Chicago, July 2.—()—The status between Ray Schalk, former Chica- go White Sox.manager, and the club officials was not exactly clear today but it was known that the officials no longer considered Ray a part: of the organization and’ that in all Probate Schalk would resort to legal action before considering him- self a free lance ball player. Plage Sox officials said that when han des Fone sannags: ment: he automatically excluded him- self as a member of. the. club. . He to pit against the Linton nine. (By the Associated Press) New York.— Gene Tunney, world’s heavyweight cham nical ki ut Heeney, New Zea- land (11). Bill Daring, U. 8. navy, knocked out Frank Lang, South Bend, Ind. (2). Johnny Grosso, New York, knocked out Francisco Cruz, rertegal qa). George La: New York, de- feated Herman Heller, Germany (6), Ad Warren, North Caro- lina, won from George Hoffman, New York (6). Jimmy Byrne, Louisville, and ig 37, J son, Minneapolis, ©). Ogee ate Ee jo, N. D., jac! fe 4 fina, drew (10). Al G Hook “herre“Heate, td, (@). . (6). Haute, Pai Paul, won Rock Island San Antonio, Tex.— Jimmy Wi Atlanta, and Chicho Cis- pel ed eat drew (10). Minneapolis— Mike Mandell, rag > to) nee Retsiaff, “Winot, Ny De a pointed Joe Gordon, former of Minnesota star (6). versity Minneapolis made it four straight] p, ‘and Sunday. ¢ Emmons county youngsters whipped Harvey last night in the Bismarck district final game at the Bismarck athletic field, 11 to 7. Linton and Harvey won the right to compete for the district title when they defeated Bismarck and Heaton respectively in elimination contests Wednesday. Linton Has Edge fhe Linton had a slight edge on the Harvey crew all the way, they didn’t play as strong a game as they did against Bismarck the precedin| day. Harvey was also weakene considerably because of its Wednes- day game. Linton will have two classy hurl- ers for the state meet at Minot in Anthony Volk and Anton Heisler. Vickerman pitched a nice game for Harvey, allowing only eight hits, but he gave eight free passes on balls and made four wild pitches. The blond Harvey boy whiffed nine men in the fray. Linton scored in all but their last two innings, Harvey scoring once in E the second, twice in the fourth, three St. Louis 6 15 1 in the fifth, and once in the ninth eel Wiltonv "Petty, ‘a __Fagle Ie Best org —vént '¥+) Among the first of the women swimming stars to ar on the Olympic| Fogle was the outstanding man in ‘Koupal, Ehrhardt and Gooch, ieee: are the three pictared above, =. won i ‘on the Pets beeed last night's contest, getting three R H | team at the try-outs at Rockaway Beach, Long Island. Upper left is|hits out of four attempts, scoring Cincinnati 6 10 | Miss Eleanor Garratti of San Rafael, Calif., who established a new world| three runs, and stealing three bases. Philadel i. 4 7 i in the 100-meter free style event. The diver is Miss Helen Meany,|He played without error. In the 4. May, \Bixey "and Hargrave, | of, the, Women's peiton, ower Tight is Mise Agnes Geragnty, Women's| shortstop hit safely eight times sn 2 , com) > ss Sukoforth; Miller, Benge and Lerain. Swimming ition. She Connell nine seconds from her own’ American ten trips, making his grand aver- R i E record in the 220-yard breast stroke. are . 5 Pittsburgh an... 7 Elam pf ig hy mae New York . 5 PS straight to the St. Louis Browns in| fang that if his pitchers hold vp ora Grimes and Hargreaves; Hubbell, the first game of a doubleheader, | his team doe: ‘well as it did here, Faulkner, Walker and Hogan. Pitot Lge ncols oeopr ire ree Linton. will returned the state be to be im R H &E Gray pitched the Browns to 4 7 to 5| champion at Minit, Chicago 6 18 0 i in first game, and regis-| The box score: joston, 7 18 2 tered his fifteenth victory, against | Linton ....... o RHPOAE 3 seven defeats. Dockter, rf, 2b..4 21000 Bush, Holly, Jones, AND WINNING Pong aT Pfeifer, If ......0 10001 nett; Barnes, R. Smith and Taylor, etter, 2b,1f....3 2021 3 (ERICAN LEAGU (By the Associated Press) ; ieee pint aa puis in * | Back home at the Hub, the Boston Haugee, 1b, A A = 400 R H E| Braves are suffering from the same Schmidt, ¢ . 301430 Boston .... «. 2 6 4 / acute malady that made them so Heisler, p,3b.... 4 0 0 1 7 0 Cleveland ... + 4 (10 — 0/ feared last year—a disease that im- xKruger, If, 2b..1 1 0 2 0 0 Ruffing and Hofmann; Bayne and| Pels them to rise from the depths of LIM xxWood, rf 100000 L. ‘Sewell the second division and smite pen- xxxGraf, 5000000 PE aes pretensions tthe: National leagae 3 pretensions to onal eeseaa 8 26 15 Second game. ie z crown. meander (By the Associated Pres) = Totals 33 11 55 jow that it's a io any lium, New York, July | Harvey cee: ae ie Pennant chasing on their own hook, popstar eo cgereomiennge | astiy 02140 Harriss, ‘and Berry; Grant Braves apparently have decided thful Vickerm: 02020 ad ‘Antes. . to get what melancholy satisfaction | Battleship Arkansas, a youthful 1014 0 0 . z ~, i foi of Spee down first |edition of the Pallseomeiet Cay a 4 A é A " livision clubs a peg or two. oan ii eft-1 1, New Yor They chose the Chicago Cubs as| blasted’ Frank “Lat, heavyweight | M 22430 Detroit 1| their first victims, smote hem high, from South Bend, Ind., out of the 10000 ;| Wide and handsome on Wedi +| picture in 1. minute and 53 seconds 01000 and repeated the dose yesterday.|of the second round of the first 10100 pa et single in the fourteenth | preliminary of the Heeney-Tunney 00000 scored Farrell with the run that pontine! A card. = beat ge cae? ps egg dey fans,_warmed bet little Totals .....40 7 92414 5 ins down P! in Ji yrne, Louisville Dest Sree Pieces, ee 2 standing, one notch below the Cin- ple weight, tried his pyle bay x Replaced Pfeifer in third in- bell and Grabowski, Be ;| cinnati ls, who. opportunely | punches on Big Boy Peterson, Min- | Mi mortaced oo nth Whitehill, Vangilder, ‘Holloway and|*®°U#%. beat the Phillis. eapolis, in six-round engagement. 2% Replaced Dockier in seve t ai mal + — ee ge yy ad er url It. ers, a draw i v Philadelphia % Z | baseball until the fourteenth, but! terson after six rounds. | ‘olk relieved Heisler in seventh icago Re 8 §)he was matched, step for step, by| Peterson offset a bruising body at-| inning. 1 Heber in fifth inning. Grove and Cochrane; Thomas and| Bob Smith, the ‘reformed infielder,|tack that had him wilting toward| 2 Renlaced . after the score had been tied at 6-all | the close with knifing right-handers| Score by innings: tied in the sixth, , to the head. After a bad third| Harvey 010 280 001 7 9 § First game. R H E| A four-run rally in the ninth en-| round Petesson came on in the fifth| Linton .... 312 212 00x—11 8 5 Washington ....... 5 8 2)abled the Reds to trim the Phils|to rock the Louisville entry. . St. Louis .. ee 9 1/6 to 4, Jack Hendricks throwing 19| There were volleys of “ohs” and| Summary: Two base bite ek i. Braxton, Ma: and Ruel;/men into the fray to pull it out of |“ahs” as the ringsiders and rim-|Three base hits—Fogle, Volk, Stol- Gray, Strelecki, Crowder and] the fire. siders alike began to pay- attention. |en bases—Dockter 3, Pfeifer, Vetter n While the Cubs and the Reds were | Byrne weighed 183, Peterson 198. 3, Foglé 3, Volk 2, Schmidt 2, Heis- ie ha: the St. Louis Car-| The bia Pe . Krew consiaoraniy, ler, uRe oS aichees, yee oa dinals their cl johnny Grosso, >] son . washingeae =... 7§ "SG llend to five full gemen by tating | gcd’ New’ York heavyweight, elim: | Docktor, ‘Pleifer, ‘Vetter 2, Foule, St. Louis .... pay Vega | 1jover the Brooklyn, Robins 6 to 1.| inated Francisco Cruz, champion of | Schmidt, 2, Beinek. Hit Zachary, Brown and Kenna;| “Old Pete” Alexander held the Rob-| Portugal, in just 37 seconds of an-|Heisler 7 in 6 innings, Volk 2 in meee ek RS alee me eee (san rin Le ee pour even 7. . ont MO -. wetuamng a home run and a triple| George Larocco, a sturdy | Wild pitches—Vickerman 4, Heisler AMERICAN ASSOCIATION as ie Frisch, whe rekurned to hesyyyiaht gs armen Hn ae Posted balls Matioe mc Left on line-up after a lay-off occa-| ler, y by way raey | bases—! . Viiiwaukes ccc: 8. el anne Beene, City, in another ix-rounder. out by—Helaler’ 2, Volk 2, Vicker- Indianapolis . ye s 1 burgh Pirates and the RES een Hattiman at Losing Pes es Um- tonic garsgand McMenemy; Swe! row ‘York Giants did all their scor- | New ‘York, former amateur heavy. | ives | Jelinek. Time of Tesmer; Wichita 16; ‘Omaha a Moines, postponed. Tulsa 2; Pueblo 4. Oklahome City 3; Denver 4. weight champion, in the six-round counting seven times, to the | semi-final. : =| MINOT BOXER ail Gordon ig 1 lett Peet vereeerie. sebaree sec-} In the American league the New Yak ee divided hee Minneapolis, Joly Eee ery ‘won the first game 12 to 1 tt champion of Belgium Behe bans wracene ef poten 13 eff the decision in. 10 fing. “Buscel got four hits, inctud- | UNS aeainst Jack Humbeck in the ing. homer and a triple. The Tigers oe meen betted four Yankee pitchers aR tumbeck, tough and rugged, for on the long end of a 18 to 10 score. £0 Sonne Sod, SP tee aeeren The. Red Box “for, the _ second |#ive encugh and willing, but t0 slow een Gar Lo ee, tsk Poul ight hwory dunce’ in and dians, 4 to-2 and 4 to 5. Billy odie yah dpe Mila Bayne and George Grant were the Jarred the but never 8 ee ee Inn Yookees. Tey Grove'wan com surprise of the show was fur- wlete r.cster of situation, while 7 Herman Ratslaff of Mi- Me cceerei crt (BG wei ‘Nat Pals Si 4 st ouportune moments, . North - piled all After Shad seventh Joe Gorden of j afte er the second round to win the six- entered the ri > ~~ ¢