Show FRANK K BAKER BAKER- Five men marched into the office and demanded to to I see sec e the sports 1 I turned around in my chair anc and looked up into the faces of 1 1 1 a taxi driver 2 an in insurance insurance insurance in- in salesman 3 3 one fellow I took to be a barber 4 4 another fellow who would woud pass pass' for a clerk in almost any downtown store and 5 5 another chap who held considerable cash in his handI hand I The man with the money did the talking Weve had an argument he said Did Gene Tunney retire from the ring right after his long count bout with Jack Dempsey at Chicago or did he fight som somebody body else before quitting He whipped Tom Heeney of Australia in his concluding fight light we supplied casting an envious glance at the currency arid and silver in the spokesman's hands h Ah The sigh sigl of satisfaction came from the insurance insurance ance nce salesman Lets see the record record 1 gulped Mr Taxi Driver So he was skeptical Well wed we'd show him We have ached k to get something on a taxi driver ever since our introduction Int to them back in Ka Kalamazoo So we dug out the little red record book with interest But we did it deliberately Wed We'd let Mr Taxi Driver know how it feels to wait until youve you've heard the worst T This is is what hat we read aloud Gene Tunney Born Tunney-Born Born New York May lay 25 1898 teal real name James James' Joseph Tunney height 6 feet 1 inch weight to began career in 1919 Won Von American light heavy weight title from Crom Harry Greb Won Von heavyweight championship championship champion champion- ship hip from Jack ack Dempsey in Philadelphia September 23 1926 on round 10 decision gave Dempsey return match in 1927 tn in in Chicag Chicago and retained crown by again winning 10 round decision scored te technical knockout over Tom Heeney of Australia oil on July 21 1928 and announced his retirement in in August 1928 4 And with that the group departed the insurance salesman I grinning from ear to ear as he pocketed the coin Less than 20 minutes later th the t telephone e jingled and a voice came over the wire When did Jim Braddock win the worlds world's he heavyweight championship I Again we went to the record book This time the answer was like this Braddock beat Max Baet on points in a round 15 I fight at Long Island bowl June 13 1935 to lift the title So far fax he has not defended it it although he is tentatively slated to d de defend defend de- de fend it against Max Mac of Germany in September place yet to be chosen v Our Office has been deluged with boxing quest questions question ons J ever since planted Dusky Joe Louis in the resin L with th his powerful right hand d last night It is w ha Friday is a L healthful pleasant sign sIgn indicating there IS is ismore more public enthuS enthusiasm s over oi o li ig today Q than there here Has ha been since Dempsey turned the the sport sport into into a million dollar profession Th This s enthusiasm has been growing ever since Louis Loui S appeared on the horizon with his touted punch It gained I volume a year ago when Bradd Braddock ck manhandled Baer anc and I it has reached the bubbling over over stage now now that ing has derailed th the Br Brown wit Bombers Bomber's s 's championship aspi- aspi rations p Alm Almost st everybody has something to say about last 2 weeks week's fight and j indications are are that t w will continue continue con con- to mount as as plans are are f furthered for the battle between between between be be- be- be tween Braddock a and 4 ling in the fall The fact that t these ese two warriors warriors' have haye already confounded the critics critics critics- that the erstwhile underdogs are are arenow now the top figures in inthe the prize fight picture has has done much to revive faith and nd enthusiasm over the sport that tumbled to the depths i when the glam glamorous rous Utah Mauler faded J M Myriad Myrial r aa items Hems of coni confusion io have contrIbuted contributed to the t nu numerous nu- nu q questions since now historic victory over Louis uis Dozens o of calls were received asking if it Louis Luis I died or ot Was Vas Louis drugged before the f fight B Both th questions it is believed arose from a blow by 7 description tion of the the rig fight t over the air air- and hinged di- di on the announcers announcer's comment at stage one of tl the e fight t Joe looks looks' dopey in hi th tb th rin ring ing meaning h he be appeared sluggish and weary from the e J. J beating ea ing he was w s taking NewYork New NewYork York City sports po t writers t c ally took up the tho comment sought to o make ak a point appoint out t of it but 2 the confusion n certainly was not confined d to Gotham |