Thought“ is -,stlnds on the J. tnTunney became ed for Jimmy. ; inside and moods of man. tor of no meager ability. Always in Fight. Tunney. “but iust always to be in one." ' village. 'I, :hettan Casino always ‘hborhood the best of the night. . baseball ecoi‘e leagues for potential -He Geod'l‘onscepe— dormer stenegre her. the ex-nierinqi ‘roet formidable for. You «nailed it theWillisiuseerieeonTunney. Ii’etbebest thto his family and the large through the inability . ' _ ' r brother to pronounce Sam Green, heard of the incident. I .1.“ M the younger Tunney went to fight for money?" I i! do with it was a“: Yhmhh' Green the next time he saw Tunney. W to “y Jim and "I . w on "Well.. I'll tell'you. You're afraid of e early chapters of Tunney's life - much like those of any other .. h mhflfiflflfi?m2ffofiifi friend was kidding him or not. He ' "youth is fashioned early into didn't appear to be. "An toda a guffgfinffigfifngt in ym: one. Whatever happens. win or lose. youthful days he was a. street 1 'm throuxh ' in demand then at the smauer a. 3‘ clubs in New York. Matchmek- fighting only one fight at the neigh. . t the Bharkey. Feirmount and borhood clubs. He fought three had a others and won them all. "grudge fight" i cards. Frequently these fights ~.°AI.WAYS WKS IN ONE . ' I 3 T '—‘ "- - “b.1110 “Slinky A. C. New Him 810 “ W goons Lest But He Was To'o ht He'd Die‘In France. e toihegin with. Gene 'l‘unney fered him no to fight a four-round- oeas m... at all. swag. er the following Saturday night. years age. down in Greenwich at 111. Bank street. James J. N '” born. ‘3”‘mn‘i “““m' of fighting reg money had never. en.- 3'3““. 9‘ Irish an“ 0‘” that tered my head. end .soinehOw or 1d °‘ the other it all seemed very distasteful. -heevyweight championship. "You can believe it or nob", latcs Tunney "but 1 races of- fended than surprised. I told Jacobs I'd never fight any. '3‘” body except for the fun of it." One of Tunney's buddies. by name “Do you know why you don't asked getting that good looking pan of yours smashed in." Tunney wasn' t. sure whether his right, 8am," Tunney replied “I fight for Jacobs, but it'll bemy last public Tunney won the fi his man. All of his 1. He stopped ngfroin the- , é. don't we, no.“ going“: of village was there to see him do it. way to start one of those fights." i the game 1 boys started cheeringss I came into "I was so fiustered when those the ring to fight an ordinary pre~ 'due time Tunney came to be llminary." recalls Tunney “that I . as the best 1‘01”“)!!!81' in would have run from the place had Neighborhood fighters it been possible " Tunney changed his mind about looking on better see): time. no Wasn‘t Interested. One of those four fights was stag- Tunney started professionally this ed at the old Felrmount A. C.. which . Bill Jacobs used to scout for was then operated by Billy Gibson, hhorhood material for the old Tunney'spreeent manager. " key A. .C. in precisely the same 9 9 . 9 roam the smau- night. Tunas! was meeting one of diamond the Jaspers horn Harlem in a six- ts. Jacobs saw Tunney end of- rounder. Gibso‘n usually set at the it was hold on a hot' summer '. ,m' he business ‘ ._ ‘W._.—__—- 9.. pawl?» ,. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1926 ringside pm a. this~nlght. so he sat in the front office. about 100 feet away. cooling off before an electric fan. "Say Gibson." shouted a watch this kid Tunney go. pretty sweet." -"Wetoh him yourself." bnrkod Gibson. “I wouldn‘t walk 100 feet to see the Corbett-:Sullivan fight rc- posted." . Tunney tells that story himself. lot. I can still remember that night. The place was like a bake oven." Al the while Tunney was still working‘ss e'stenographcr and ac- A To most women nothing' 18 so did as last year’ s hat. Unless it be her last year’s dress, or coat, or‘ skirt-length. Men can’t understand it. They laugh genially at ~ ‘ such simple-minded folly. And while they laugh, they are thinking of how quéer the old car looks, even though it’s only two- seasons old, and how old-fashioned last year’s neckties make a man seem. In other wards, men are'iust about the same as women when it comes to wantng “ desire shared by everybody who is young in s irit, eager to be in on eve human thing in the world—to want the newest, the- new andgdiii' lates ” It’s a crept. I s the most The aurcst way to know what is the latest' IS to read - latcshthcbest'. ' advertisers The on ' " .ncwestin «a . androadstcrs. ‘ . mentsineverythmg 9 , And they'll keep on $011 the latest develop. '7 ' theories cf nutriti the ' ; recent additidns to radio, i. Readtbcad‘v No advancement dares “to lie actor-date cuts in this newspaper show you what the new siwlaé' in millincfry are. They'll settlatheogucatil'in, ,Of alert-lengths. They’ll show the- els' in over-m in thurlfig cars and sedans uplif c. The newest . 9 ‘9 the latest tooth“- pasteahd " 5 "onwaroiand household ap- ¢ pliancc. . . . _ in this newspaper faiths only. Getthehabitz Noam—but today, at m9 tori/latest. .' . , ; ’3'.\e’ ' I . s- J. own way, a lly supervising lils countant in the downtown offices of programs. But it was too hot for him the Pennsylvania Railroad. ‘ Didn't Talk Much. “That Job looked awfully good to me in those days," voice "and I didn't do much from theercna. "come on out and around tho'office about my fights for He looks fear I would get the 'cen.’ " This was in 1917. Presently the war reached a point where America d‘cclded‘to get in and Tunney en- listed in the marines. Tunney. in his thinker and a phllosovher. When the , transport on which lie sailed slided "And I don't b15010 Billy a. “'1‘?” out of the East river and into the Atlantic a sort 0; spiritual message came to him. it said: “You'll die'l'n'rrshce.“ "That has always puzzled me." a Tunney. talking I for the last time." FRANKIE FAY HAS “FIGH'IING ’ Eager To Match Mitts With Izzy Cohen—May Meet OneNew Canaan Club Card. Frankie Fay has added another slmon pure under his wing of mitt slingcrs. 1. ny cells the led the "Fighting Fool." and says he‘is one of the best flywcights in the state. izzy Cohen 01 New chosen is seri- ous thinking of claiming that title and, if he does. Fay says that his boy will paste a hay maker on Cohen's check. The "Fighting Fool" will send in his entry iii the New Canaan Sport- lug club and will probably be matched with Cohen. The local manager. and promoter is certain that Cohen will take his first count on the evening of September 28. when he meets the “Fool." (.‘ohcn has won every fight he has figured in this season and has won two by a. K. O. in the first round. If the "Fighting Fool" can beat Cohen he must be good. "HEB” RUSSELL sum. ' ABLE '10 WALLOP BALL “Rob" Russell. former White 88: pitching star but now ,playing' the outfield for, Indianapolis in the American association. is still up to his old tricks. The other day the Hoodiers and Milwaukee were bet- iiing it- out in a scoreless fray when liuseeli came to bet and promptly eased the pellet over the barrier for a home run. breaking up the com- but. "Rob" always could hit the minor league stuff. WATCIHNG NICOLA. Nicole. burler for the Brewster team of the NICO League. who is reported under watch or John Mc- r raw of’ the Giants is deing.gre'at work. ,Sund'ey he held "lime ford team down'to one hit. in a league contest and the Brewster team won ~handily 4 to 1. Nicole is a New tort high school 'boy who’ is about- to-enter college. , says Tunney. "I'm not- morbid by nature. yet I Was positive all the while I was in France that I had seen home. mother and n' friends How They Stand .Today’s Gaines National League New York at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. Boston at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Chicago. Ainerioen League Cleveland at New York (3). Detroit at Boston (2). St. Louis at Washington (2). Chicago at Philadelphia (2). International League Newark at Buffalo. Jersey City at Toronto. Baltimore at Rochester. Reading at Syracuse. letters League Albany at Hartford (2). Providence at. Bridgeport (2). New Haven et Pittsneld (z). Waterbury at Springfield (2). Club sonar”; National League w. L. pc. Pittsburgh .......-67 48 .583 St.Louis..........70 51 .519 Cincinnati .......70 51 .679 Chicago ...........63 57 .525 New "York .........58 60 .492 Brooklyn ..........68 66 .466 Boston ..........48 71 .403 Philadelphia .......43 73 .371 ' American League W. L. PC. New York .........77 45 .631 Cleveland ..........67 .35 .549 ”Philadelphia .......67 06 .5i5 Detroit ............63 .57 .525 Washington ........60 59 .504 .60 61 .490 Chicago .. St. Louis ..........51 i: .416 Boeton'............42 s: .339 International League w. PC. Toronto .86 49 .037 Beltimore..........81 52 .809 Newark............81 53 .604 Buffalo ...........-77 59 .565 Rochester ......--..66 69 Aft: Jersey City ........60 72 (.4...) Syracuse ...........62 so .291 Reading ............30 99 “.33 Eastern League F001” SIGNED 4,. ,3. Providence ..........7 New Haven ........‘72 50 .690 Springfield .........66 56 .691 Albany ............. .61 62 .436 Hartford ......... “58 65 .4.2 Waterbury .........44 is .861 Pitisileld ..........-40 81 .331 Yesterday’s _ Results NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati. 4: New York. 3. Pittsburgh. 10; Brooklyn. 1. Chicago. 9:1’hliadelphla. 4 (1st). Chicago, 9; Philadelphia. 0 (2nd). Bosto'n. 2; St. Louis, 1 (1st). St. Louis. ,6; Boston. 6 (2 nd) IAMEBICAN LEAGUE6 Washington. I; St. Louis.6 k - Cleveland-New York _.(rain) Detroit-Boston (rein). . Chicago-Philadelphia (rain). INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Baltimore. 0; Rochester. 8 (1st).- Baitimore, 0;- Rochester 8 (2nd). Reading. 2; Syracuse. 6. Toronto. 4; Jersey City. 2 (1st). Toronto. 8: Jersey‘gty. 0 (7 ins. —2hd). . Newark. 8:' Buffalo. 4 (1st). Newark. 10: Buffalo, 2 (7 ins.— and). .0 "- 1 ~—————- .. EASTERN LEAGUE All‘gemes postponed (rain). . e Cilicko mains AN ‘\\ 1—- 1.;‘I|‘\\;|‘\\\ ' A DOLLAR'TO ‘l‘iiElR \iALDKfiOLi. «M HM folio viiMER “I“ Go OilEiii'iiBrflOii,‘ “A?!“ . ‘ Bridgeport .........72' 53, JEIG , I slnglestitle at Wimbledon in 1326. Fight. Leading Batsincn In Major Leagues NATIONAL LEAGUE. ' G AB R 11 PC Hargrew. cm. 77 181 30 84 .304 Sloph'son, Ch]. 00 230 30 so .800 Braille-r, Cin.. 80 208 51 100 .350 Treynor, Pgh.118 e“ 68 I47 .847 Grent'm. Pgh. 105 III 48 112 .348 Leader a your ego today—Horns- by, St. Louis, .886. AMERICAN LEAGUE G AB R 11 PO Foihcrgili. but 81 273 46105 .3815 Ruth. N12... .ill 3” 115 140 .370 Burns, Glen. .110 470 77 174 .370 Milnush. Dot. .102 860 M 133 .360 Goslin. Wash. 110 445 84 101 .303 Loader a year ago today—Speak- cr, Cleveland .300. ABOUT BOUTS TONIGHT QUEESSBORO STADIUM—Babe Ilcrnian vs. l‘ciic Mack. Al Tripoli vs. Joe Malone, Sammy Shack vs. Frankie Garcia, 10 rounds each: Tony Canzoncri \S. Georgie Mai-.k 0 rounds: Juik Santiago ts. l‘rcddic Anderson. «1 rounds. MI'K‘BEL FIELD (Honipstcail L l. l—Eerold Abbott \s. Julius \I'clas. Alcx Tau-rte“ \s. Toncy Palmer. 10 rounds: doc Lent, vs. Joey \i'iniors, Jammy Abbott \s. Dick Santa Maria. 0 rounds; Job Mngnclly \5. Sailor rnichcit, 4 rounds. FRIDAY. AUG 21. STEEI'LECHASE ARES A (Rock- away Broom—Teddy Baldock vs. Mickey Gill. Johnny Pilkington vs. l’liil Richards. Danny Smith vs. hick Dc salvo, \t‘lllic Greenspon vs. Jack Santiago, 0 rounds each. RAY muss PROFESSIONAL DEBUT EXPECTED HERE soon Popular Y. M. CIA. Lad Hasn’t Lost Bout To Date; ' Bill Perkins and “Smokey” Bill Smith Look To Big Things From Him—Had Gene Bryan Going In Last ——7- Roy Davis. popular Y. M. C. A. boxer. passed out of the amateur ranks into those of the money mali. ing fighters yesterday. when hr- slgncd a contract with “(magma Bill Perkins and “Smokey" 1:1:1 Smith. Both managers know that they have a. fine fighter in line, He is very quick and has a am}. that won many bouts for ilill' Davis is a real clean fellow Ami gives the best in him when he is ill the ring. He never stalls and 1.... won much popularity with the film. Davis weighs about 150 pouniii and is willing to fight nearly any weltcr weight in this vicinity. In .1 recent bout at the Norwalk Armor). he fought Gene Bryan. 165 pour! .colored fighter. who is consider. I mm of the best in Connecticut. 11in pounded him severely. He has iv: to loss a. fight and if he keeps up this pace, he should bring himsnlf high up in pugillstic circles. Managers Smith and Perkins now have Y o u n g Mulligan, Charm Middleton. Ray Davis and are angl- ing for other promising mitt slingcri, who can show something that “iii earn them s. place under the capable direction of these two. Both are 0111 timers in the game and know thoii' ”onions". Perkins was the manag- r of Battling Kunz when he won the Connecticut chhmpionship. Davis will probably make his debut in the professiona‘l ring at the first professional card run at the Norwalk Armory. He has just rc- covercd from an attack of laryngiiis and ptomainc poisoning and is now starting in training. He is employed by the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad company and l! well liked by his fellow employee. An optimist is a man who lends money io kinfolks. RENE Lsc'osm The French Flesh During the last two or three years another foreign country has come to the'front to dispute European tennis honors so long held by Aus- tralia. Thiit nation is France. , The French have produced excep- tionally brilliant pastimors of late. One of the best. it not the best. is Rene Lacoste. Lecoste. e compara- tive youngster boasting but a few soasons'~ experience. has rapidly fleshed his way towd‘rd the top: in fact. many‘experts are picking him to be champion. of the world within the next few‘ seasons. Such a thing is not only alpossibiiity but a prob- ability. Lacoste. during the short time he's been in the international lime- light. has blazed a. sensational trail on the courts. He's the present na- tional indoor champion having won the title last winter by defeating the great Tilden. Richards and other American stars. In the final round anoste met his compatriot. Jean Borotra. another sterling player. Aft- er a thrilling match Rene came out ahead. Lacoste English 'eiso won the OUR BOARDING ‘HOUSE Esinwuiikf Miwéfiiuo DEVELOPEMEM' iii‘iiloos Wm“ 1113i Go mi PRIZE bilil’l'fi coauioii 9 AWAKE. ‘ w W :XNE Lips; EACH DAV A9179 Paired with Borotra. he took the y'MEAil,1ilio A Plastic? «vo1!- aiauum wooin- HAVE BiLLED‘illooE ALLEV plastic A9 . Hocn’cA-owio, ‘1l-i' Biuv'you; . ' etc. \unli'Tli 17.19 i“ doubles crown as well and the rAll- , Comers' championship. too. In the Davis cup play it was La- ccrie, who all but handed Tildcn his iirst defeat in that historic classic. Lacosto carried the American cham- pion to five sensational sets before acknowledging the Quaker’s superi- ority. The lircnch wizard won the fiist two and had the third and de- ciding set all but tucked away when a characteristic Tilden rally turned the tide in the American's favor. it was the closest call Tildcn ever had. In the national championships. La- ccsts got as far as the fourtli round. ’ihcn Richards put him out in straight sets; Lucoste. however. didn't show anywhere near tile tor.- nls be displayed against Tilden in the Davis trophy play. This year Lacoste stands out as a. dangerous contender. He's been playing topnotch tennis all season. even better than he did a. year ago. Rene should be one of the most troublesome opponents of America's “Big Four"-Tildcn. Joltiston. Rich< nrds and Williams: in fact, i wouldn't be surprised were the French star to reach the semi-finals. replacing Williams is that division. He may even get to the finals, but I doubt if he is capable of slipping past elthcr,Richards or Johnston. figuring Tilden as a certain finalist again. - I By AHERN 1F AMBODV EVER Acre uHAT you FEED 'EM,M‘IELL'M 'occsoiouALLv != _ next new 1 Gross you'd. Aiiz VOUR' \iliM'ED. OVERCOA‘f 90‘1““ CM GET ‘l'ii' M'ot‘l'i-Iéio es's .i ‘ ‘2““15‘5”
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