Show c. c N ON 0 N I INT N TEREST H EN T X FIGHT B COMES JIM FARLEY LAUGHS AT TITLE BOUT Champion Makes State merit ment Declaring Bout Will Be Held By Alan J. J Gould Associated Press Sports Editor BOSTON July 6 lt AP-lt ma may maybe bo be gathered that the situation has has' become a trifle serious when the tho I Ih h heavyweight avy champion of the world personally takes up the tho cudgels tor I Tex rex Rickard In the best beat Interests of the title affair In which Tom I la is to be the party of the second sec sec- i ond part Taking cognIzance as the boys bos I Isay say of the widely circulated reports reports re- re I ports that developments might occur occur oc- oc cur to halt hatt or postpone the ham bout Gene Tunney advises by raph he Is surprised that anyone would lend bend credence to pernicious pernicious per per- rumors started by enemies ot of Rickard Bickard with purpose to belittle contest of th the twenty sixth and discredit Richard Can assure you rou ho e concludes contest wilt will be fought on July 26 regardless of what rumor creators and detractors sa aay HANNEGAN SAYS HIS BIT ALSO There Is II no sidestepping or pullIng pulling pull pull- Ing of verbal erbal punches here The champlon's spokesman Steve Hannegan Hannegan Han Han- takes an even stiffer wallop wallop wal- wal enemies lop at Palpable plot Is the tho way Hannegan lIanne Han lIan- ne an brands the rumors apathy and skepticism that have seemed to surround the big bout He adds Regardless ot of what rumors say you ou can rest assured that cOntest will take place and with no other opponent that Tom Heeney who has proved his right to match by his record ot of victories since his arrival ar- ar rival In this country eighteen months ago Story he Is to be replaced replaced re- re placed by Sharkey ridiculous as Sharkey Is b by virtue of his defeat at the tho bands of eliminated BOTH HAVE DECLARED SAME This appears to make it Richard Rickard and Tunney both have made It clear there will be a fight at the Yankee stadium for the heavyweight he title on the night of July 26 26 top price 40 Including the tax of 25 per cent Since each has hasa a a. somewhat strong personal Inter Inter- eat t In the affair their emphatic rebuttal rebuttal re- re OUght to discourage the doubters and skeptics even If It does not drive them entirely to cover plot Is involved In- In Whether hether or not an any Is something else There Is Isa Isa a chance for the sleuths here It is not clear to observers how how- ever just how the plotters It if any have managed to Influence the In- In that Is manifestly wide wide- spread Tunney blames It on detractors detractors de tractors Richard Rickard on just plain knockers FARLEY LAUGHS AT BATTLE Some of the tho outlying returns are Interesting among them a. a pronouncement pro pro- credited to James A. A Farley chairman of the New York state athletic commission on the way back from the Democratic national national na- na convention The New Orleans Times Picayune quotes Farley as follows This coming bout at the Yankee Tan Yan- kee stadium between Tunney and Heeney will be pie for Tunney I think he could lick Heene Heeney with one arm All Gene will have to do Is Isto isto to stand up and feed him two one punches to the head The match I think would have been a a. better one had or Sharkey ben selected d to fight the champion EXPECTS GATE OF We Ve dont don't expect the gate to goas go as high as i This Is not calculated to arouse the enthusiasm of either Rickard I or Tunney The promoter expects a gate ot of and the champion champion cham cham- pion has no o Idea that Heeney will willbe willbo bo be a a. setup It will take the developments developments devel- devel of the night of July 26 to determine this The experts thought Tunnel Tunney would be pie for Dempsey two years ears ago It has been a a. persistent custom to under estimate the challenger challenger chal- chal lenger In heavyweight hea title fights Tunney Intends to make no mistake along this line He realizes too well the handicap of nearly a years year's layoff lay lay- off for him and the corresponding advantage ad to Heeney Heene of fighting hIs wa way up to the position of challenger |