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...Gene Tunney was escorted, after a welcoming demonstration by a Chicago mob, to his training camp at Lake Villa, III. As is usual on such momentous occasions, a dozen motorcycle police "made way" for the celebrity's car at about 60 m.p.h. Hitting a bump, Officer Frank Truba's motorcycle careened into two others-smash. Mr. Tunney leaped from his motor, knelt, helped give first aid. . . . Later somebody asked Mr. Tunney if boxing was conducive to ideals. Said he: "Ideals are congenial...
James Joseph ("Gene") Tunney, world's champion heavyweight fisti-cuffer, addressed an American Legion convention in Troy, N. Y. Said he: "Radicalism must be suppressed! And the Legion can help in suppressing...
Detective Thomas Tunney, brother of champion Fisticuffer Gene Tunney, brought some comfort to perturbed police when he apprehended one Charles Colze, who, while employed in the Natural History Museum of Manhattan as porter, had carried off eight fine bird-of-paradise plumes...
...this decision was final. Though he complained loudly after coming to, Sharkey entered no formal appeal from the decision. He bore no tell-tale bruise; did not seek medical examination. Tex Rickard, promoter of the fight, proceeded at once to arrange the second meeting of Winner Dempsey and Champion Tunney, in Chicago in September...
...roll call" of ringside sport writers revealed a distinct preponderance of dependable opinion in the school of thought that claimed a foul. Among those voting "no foul" were Mayor Walker of New York City; Champion Tunney; and men named Farrell, Byrne, O'Neill, Sullivan, Loughran...