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Show Tunney Makes ; Fight Ratings : . NEW YORK, Jan. 6. (UJ I Schmelling, Sharkey and Carriers j are placed in the same bracket by "Professor" James J. (Gene) Tunney, Tun-ney, retired heavyweight champion. cham-pion. Jack Dempsey probably would not make the fourth in that class, Tunney said in a lecture before in- ; mates of Welfare Island penitentiary. peniten-tiary. Asked what was his hardest fight, Tunney said Harry Greb. "Greb beat me all over the place," Tunney Tun-ney said. "I was busted up terribly." ter-ribly." Tunney illustrated his talk with fight pictures. After showing scenes from the Dempsey-Firpo fight, Tunney remarked that Firpo at that time did not seem "altogether "alto-gether game." He paid a tribute to Dcmpsey's courage, which he compared to a wounded lioness. While the ex-marine's left may have lost some of its sting, his verbal ver-bal counters apparently were as deft as ever. Asked why he took up pugilism, Tunney responded: "I entered the profession because be-cause of my great love for the game and because the rewards were large. My early experiences in the A. E. F. led me to believe that there was a future in pugilism. |