| Show ir Sports Mirror By JOHN I MOONEY T Telegram Sports Sport Editor Observation tion Ward WardIn In boxing as at in holiday lastly ft if WI II'S the punch that makes make in inI h h. I li i fT s g Hunick Honick Sets Example f In these days when its it's smart so they think for the you youngsters i to do things the cas easy way its it's re- re to watch a kid like West Vest Jordans Jordans Jordan's Ernie Hunick When too manof man of our teen agers are tak- tak ing ne the the easy way of getting theirs heirs Hunick stands out like a lighthOUSe in a fog For nothing hu bes come easy casy for Our Ernie I. I Hes He's had to battle and scrap for fora fora for athletic honors a a L li and nd finally for recognition But tod todaY oday Y Hunick can take his place alongside Jon side the great little fellers of f 01 Utah's boxing history I t Hunick ma may some day excel the feats of the Midget fidget Smith Ace Hudkins Hudkin and Kid Davis Dais Right now Hunick is matched with Billy Murphy Dec 17 in Madison Square Garden as the semifinal bout to the Sandy Sadler title bout If It Hunick gets over ocr Murphy its it's hard ard telling where his star will point next Hes He's hotter than the depot stove stove and in the day when promoters are clamoring for capable capable capable cap cap- able fighters Hunick's as welcome welcomes check as as s a bonus lo 1 Most t of 01 the fans are arc quite acquainted with ith II Hunick how bow hes he's developed de into one of 01 the deadliest punchers pound for lor pound that the state tate ha has produced how hes he's conquered his 5 to some extent and how hes he's been a n sterling example for athletes of all classes But the average fan falls to realize the work the drudgery the painstaking efforts which have e been en spent b by Hunick Huntck and his mana manager er Mary Man in bringing Hunick to this peak of near perfection Actually Hunick isn't a nat- nat tural fl fighter in the time extent which ff e we e have ha come to measure our fIghters lighters He lie isn't the tho surly killer we reC recall Il in the carl early Dempsey years He the confident con con- typo type of 01 executioner which made Tunney great Neither is he the straight puncher of Mc- Mc Larnin's t typo type Pc or the cagey boxer bOer like Barne Barney Ross Physically Ernie had only one thing bing the courage of a wounded animal when he started fighting some six years ago go He was awkward he was erratic and for a time the ring- ring ders were almost as much in danger of getting hit as his op op- f I fErnie Ernie never ne was a straight puncher and he wasn't a natural Jabber or hook puncher either cither Hun Hunick's ck's punch would best be likened to the windmill flailing of Windmill Pearce of a decade ago But Hunick has two assets whIch money mone couldn't buy In a arize prize fighter He lie rarely makes the same mistake twice t and he II train No man ever took better tetter care of his natural condition condition condi condi- tion than did Hunick Life to him is one long training grind grimI You can laugh this thi off oU as fun but picture yourself running Balking boxing training 12 months of 01 the year ear and you'll flet get a picture of labor l of f loef love Io f f. Theres There's nothing freakish about Himick hed he'd hed he'd chances are arc like to VT r T j a t WAle He same as any other 1 Ij o of 22 years would But Dut Ernie is smarter than most kids his age Hes He's set a goal perhaps the championship of the world worM and if he fails it wont won't be because hes he's handicapped himself by any indiscretions Its It's refreshing in these days When a goodly number of our high chool kids think they have to smoke moke or perhaps have hac a snifter to be men to find a kid with the common sense of Ernie Hunick We in athletics ha e had hind enough of the Max Baers the Tony Ton and their ilk to us more than our three wore score and ten years ears allotted us I The youth of Utah might do doelL dowell well elL to forget their zoot suit Idols theIr n neighborhood e I g h b 0 rho 0 d with their smokes and pattern attern themselves les after alter a a. clean kid like lUce Hunick t It If E Ernie me Hunick should go on w to o make a greater name for himm him- him leU m in athletics it couldn't hap- hap en to a finer kid t Its It's time all our athletes got on an n the beam J and set examples for we the younger kids and us weaker oldsters to toll follow ow One kid of Hunck's caliber does more for the youth of his city and state in than n all the Baers etc history |
